Category: Sentinel-EDM Sports

  • VARSITY REPORT

    BISHOP AHR Bishop George of  AHR High School also finished 4-6 last fall, including a 2-6 record in the GMC White Division, and the team didn’t participate in the Non-Public Group III playoffs. The season included a third consecutive defeat to St. Joseph High School of Metuchen since the teams have clashed. Head coach Joe…

  • Barclays event results in red-letter ‘Day’

    By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer Clear sunny skies welcomed the top 125 golfers in the world as they teed off at The Barclays FedExClub Playoffs held at the township’s Plainfield Country Club this past weekend. Notable golfers Jason Day, Justin Rose, Jordan Spieth, Bubba Watson, as well as veteran Phil Mickelson were among those who…

  • Event at Barclays site is hole in one for executive women

    As tournament week at The Barclays kicked off, more than 125 businesswomen from central New Jersey gathered at the Plainfield Country Club for Executive Women’s Day. Sponsored by Astellas Pharma US, Inc., the business forum brought together women for an engaging daylong event focused on professional development, networking, and health and wellness. This year, the…

  • Fundraising walk aims to breathe life into girl’s fight against lung ailment

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — It’s easy to take breathing for granted — most people do it effortlessly all day long. But Olivia Marie Rodrigues isn’t most people. The 7-year-old Metuchen resident was born with a rare heart and lung disease called pulmonary hypertension. “A few times as an infant, we thought we had…

  • Planning Board revisits MRI application

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent EDISON — A previously contentious Planning Board application for the expansion of a business to accommodate a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machine again went before the board on Aug. 10, and again, did not result in a vote. At the June 15 Planning Board meeting, Dr. Suresh Mody, a radiologist, sought…

  • Murugesan one of the top singles players in the state

    By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent J.P. Stevens High School’s Gokul Murugesan became just the third junior in program history to be named team captain of the boys tennis team last spring. Murugesan, who plays first singles, has displayed outstanding leadership. He helped the Hawks win the Greater Middlesex Conference title. Gokul Murugesan plays tennis for J.P.…

  • PGA pros, fans tee up windfall for Edison-area businesses

    By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent Top: Bubba Watson, who is ranked No. 3 in the Golf-World Rankings, and Phil Mickelson (below), who has won five major championships in his career, will be teeing it up this week at the Barclays, the first event in the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup, at the Plainfield Country Club. op: shooting…

  • Edison golf pro aces PGA national award

    EDISON — It’s been a banner year for the New Jersey PGA Section. Along with receiving the Herb Graffis Award, which is presented annually to a PGA Section that shows exemplary contributions in player development and growth of game programming, one of its local golf pros is also being honored. Bill Castner, a PGA Master…