Category: Sentinel-NBS Sports

PHOTOS BY JEFF GRANIT staff Above: North Brunswick’s Yasmine St. Rose clears the bar at 6′ 6″ in the pole vault during a meet against South Brunswick April 9 at South Brunswick High School. Top right: South Brunswick’s Malik Davis jumps 18½ feet in the long jump. Bottom right: North Brunswick’s Deshonya Drummod jumps 13′…

Professional players to help train players in township league BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer Athletes involved with the North Brunswick Soccer Club are getting their kicks by training with professional athletes. The New Jersey Ironmen, a professional indoor soccer team, will be holding training sessions this season for all of the recreational players and the…

North Brunswick Township High School’s Jacob Newton-Tanzer, top, spots teammate Matt Mueller during a summer training session for the Raiders’ wrestling team.

The seventh- and eighth-grade girls basketball team at St. Augustine’s School, Kendall Park, were undefeated for the second year in a row at the St. Matthew’s League in Edison and were undefeated in the Diocese of Metuchen League, winning the championship game March 14 vs. Holy Family Academy. Top: (l-r) Coach Patrick Reager, Coach Chris…

By WARREN RAPPLEYEA A fter completing a record-setting pitching career at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Michelle Pietrocola will be heading off to Duke University’s Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program later this month to begin work on her master’s degree. The North Brunswick Township High School resident graduated from Richard Stockton this…

The Amateur Baseball Association of N.J. is seeking players and teams for an adult recreational baseball league for men 18 and over, offering multiple wood and metal skill level leagues. For details visit http://www.All- StarTeamStats.com/aba, email NJBaseball4all@aol.com or call 201- 873-3349. The North Brunswick Adams Athletic Club Indians Pop Warner football and cheerleading organization is…

BY JAMIE ROMM Staff Writer TERRY GEERDTS Members of Sky Blue FC, including East Brunswick native Heather O’Reilly (r), take the ball upfield Sunday. BRIDGEWATER — Women’s professional soccer was introduced to New Jersey on Sunday when more than 6,000 fans watched the home team, Sky Blue FC, take on the best women’s soccer player…

Above: North Brunswick’s Chris Rosenberg (l) tries to slap the tag on Middletown South’s Craig Sweeney during a scrimmage held at North Brunswick Township High School March 25. Right: North Brunswick’s Brian Gaeta hurls a pitch to a Middletown South batter. PHOTOS BY ERIC SUCAR staff

Sky Blue Soccer hosts clinic to help players stay healthy BY KELLY D’ANNA Correspondent PHOTOS BY CHRIS KELLY staff Above: Sky Blue Soccer pro Christie Shaner demonstrates warmup techniques to minimize ACL injuries at the South Brunswick Family YMCA on March 28. Left: Physical therapist Mike Holgrem discusses exercises that will help prevent knee injuries.…