Category: Sentinel-NBS Sports

Above: South Brunswick’s Sophia Ginez competes in the girls 1600-meter run at the 2009 NJSIAA Track & Field State Championships held at South Plainfield High School’s Frank Jost Field on June 3. Ginez placed fifth. Right: South Brunswick’s Jamie Thompson competes in the girls long jump. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff

The third annual Bocce Invitational Tournament will be held 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Colonial Park, Mettlers Road, in Somerset, June 20. Hundreds of amateur and professional bocce players are expected to compete in the daylong event that features matches in both amateur and professional categories. The New Jersey Bocce Invitational is an Italian-American…

Old Bridge Township Raceway Park will be the center of the drag racing universe this weekend. The famed quarter-mile drag strip on Pension Road, near Englishtown, will be reverberatingwith the sounds of the most powerful drag racing machines as Raceway Park hosts the National Hot Rod Association’s (NHRA) 40th annual United Association NHRA SuperNationals from…

Top: North Brunswick’s Chris Rosenberg (l) tries to tag out St. Joseph of Metuchen’s Shane Alvarez at second base for the Greater Middlesex County baseball title May 30 at East Brunswick Tech. North Brunswick came in second place. Above: North Brunswick’s Bryan Gaeta (l) tries to beat out the throw to St. Joseph’s first baseman…

The third annual Joanne J. Amato Kick Cancer fundraiser to benefit the Embrace Kids Foundation, New Brunswick, is set for 10 a.m.-2 p.m. June 7 at Heavenly Farms, Dunhams Corner and Cranbury roads, East Brunswick. The event, which is organized and sponsored by Special Teams Solutions, will feature kicking, snapping and passing coaches, and NFL…

Christie Rampone, captain of the U.S. Women’s Soccer National Team is conducting two soccer camps in June and July for girls in grades 2-8. The Christie Rampone and K. Hovnanian Children’s Hospital Girl’s Soccer Camp will be held June 8-12 and July 6-10 from 5- 8 p.m. at Sunshine Village Park Fields in Neptune. Christie…

Right: South Brunswick’s Tom Spilatore fouls off a pitch during the Central Jersey Group IV State Tournament quarterfinal game against Jackson Memorial High School in Jackson on May 22. Below: South Brunswick’s Dan Acevado (l) slides safely into second base before Brandon Adams (r), of Jackson, can make the tag during the game. Jackson won…

The New Jersey Chapter of the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA-NJ) will hold its eighth annual Golf Classic on June 18 at the Cedar Hill Golf & Country Club, 100 Walnut St., Livingston. This is a rescheduled date. The event could not take place on May 7, the original date, due to weather…

Clockwise from left: South Brunswick’s Julie Rekant (l) collides with Old Bridge High School’s Nina Veneziale as she shoots on goal during their Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament lacrosse final on May 13 in East Brunswick. South Brunswick won 13-12 in overtime. South Brunswick celebrates after defeating Old Bridge 13-12 in overtime. South Brunswick’s Katie Rolwood…