Category: Suburban Sports

  • Sport Shorts

    Sport Shorts Old Bridge Little League will hold its final registration before its draft on Sept. 12 (7-9 p.m.) and Sept. 13 (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.) at the clubhouse on Route 516. The cost is $75 for Cubs, and $85 for all other individual players, with a $95 family cost. New registrants must bring…

  • NJFHA ready to kick off another season at Kean

    Field hockey league attracting playersfrom 19 to 83 By doug mckenzieStaff Writer Field hockey league attracting players from 19 to 83 By doug mckenzie Staff Writer JONATHON TIMMES PHOTOGRAPHY Now in its 76th year, the North Jersey Field Hockey Association continues to attract players from throughout the state who are looking to remain active in…

  • Tornados pick up where they left off last summer

    By doug mckenzieStaff Writer By doug mckenzie Staff Writer The Central Jersey Tornado 14-and-under girls softball team faced some stellar competition this summer, and did little to hurt its reputation as one of the nation’s premier youth softball teams. The local girls recently placed second in the National Pony Softball Tournament in Sterling, Va., after…

  • MetroStars are coming to Rutgers for Open Cup match

    Local Major League Soccer fans will have a rare chance to get close to the action on Wednesday, when the MetroStars host New England at Rutgers University. It will mark the first time since 1999 that Rutgers’ Yurcak Field will host a MetroStars match. The MetroStars will host the New England Revolution in the quarterfinals…

  • Old Bridge 12s enjoy a solid summer season

    It has been a summer of seconds for the Old Bridge Little League 12-year-old All-Stars. The Little Leaguers recently completed a highly successful summer season by placing second in the South Amboy YAA 12-year-old tournament — after also placing second in the District 10 tourney. Old Bridge finished the all-star season at 14-4, with losses…

  • Sport Shorts

    Sport Shorts Registration for the St. Mary’s of Ostrabrama winter sports season will be held Aug. 26-27 from 7-9 p.m., and Sept. 2-3 from 7-9 p.m. Programs will be offered in competitive basketball (boys and girls grades 3-8), cheering (grades 1-8) and instructional basketball (grades K-4). For more information, call (732) 390-8204. The following are…

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    JEFF GRANIT Sayrevile’s Anastasia Scienski, 11, traps the ball in a ball-control exercise during a U.K. Elite Soccer Camp at Dideriksen Park in East Brunswick on Monday.

  • Local girls help their club team win national title

    A trio of local soccer players were part of a national championship program this summer, playing for the Players Development Academy Wildcats out of Zerepath. East Brunswick’s Lauren Esposito and Arielle Tagger, along with Old Bridge’s Katherine Johnston, played for the under-15 girls team that captured the national championship last month after a brilliant summer…

  • E.B. Junior Legion squad runs out of steam in states

    By doug mckenzieStaff Writer By doug mckenzie Staff Writer The East Brunswick Junior Legion baseball team made it through two rounds of eliminations last week in the state tournament, before falling to Gloucester Township on Monday. After losing to Gloucester by one run on the first game on Saturday night, they came back on Sunday…