Category: Suburban Sports

  • Lightning finish off summer with title Take home title in their fifth and final championship game

    By Doug mckenzie Lightning finish off summer with title Take home title in their fifth and final championship game The Spotswood Lightning, a baseball team composed of 11-year-olds, was determined to win a championship this summer. The Lightning entered five tournaments over the past few months, earning the right to play for the championship in…

  • Sayreville all-stars take home two tourney titles 12-year-olds reach sectionals before falling to Ocean

    By Warren Rappleyea Sayreville all-stars take home two tourney titles 12-year-olds reach sectionals before falling to Ocean The Sayreville Little League’s 12-year-old all-star team had a successful summer, winning the District 10 championship as well as its own Memorial Day tourney. Coach Scott Douglas’ team opened up by sweeping a pair of games against Metuchen…

  • Astreos, Tyberwood top qualifiers for Cane Pace Freehold Raceway hosting Triple Crown race on Monday

    By tim morris Astreos, Tyberwood top qualifiers for Cane Pace Freehold Raceway hosting Triple Crown race on Monday Tyberwood and Astreos won the $55,225 eliminations for Monday’s Cane Pace at Freehold Raceway and established themselves as the pre-race favorites in the process. In all, eight horses qualified for the first leg of the Pacing Triple…

  • Coors Light Classic tops Labor Day card at Wall

    Labor Day weekend means double points and extra distance races for the stock car drivers at Wall Stadium. Highlighting Saturday’s card will be the Coors Light Classic 70-lap feature for the Modifieds. Time trials will be the method of qualifying for this special race. The eight fastest drivers will advance directly to the final while…

  • Sport Shorts

    Sayreville resident Caleigh Giovenco, 12, was awarded a third place trophy (14-and-under) in the Berkely Summer Splash 5K Run on Aug. 6. Caleigh finished the race in 28 minutes, 15 seconds. Spotswood Recreation is sponsoring its seventh annual 5K Run and One-Mile Road Race on Oct. 14, behind Spotswood High School by the Little League…

  • SEE THE BALL —

    Scott Hopps of East Brunswick explains his technique for watching a pitched ball to youngsters at the Ron Hunt baseball clinic at Middlesex Vocational and Technical High School on a recent Saturday. JERRY WOLKOWITZ

  • E.B. softballers take home a couple of titles 14-and-under team finishes season undefeated

    Staff Writer By Richard Jerome E.B. softballers take home a couple of titles 14-and-under team finishes season undefeated The summer of 2000 was a momentous one for East Brunswick softballers, as both the 14-and-under and 12-and-under squads won championships. According to Larry Nicosia, who runs the program and helps coach the older team with Kathy…

  • Rutgers’ Brownlie making a name for himself

    College baseball fans throughout the country are starting to talk about Bob Brownlie as one of the next big-time pro prospects. The Rutgers University sophomore pitcher from Edison, a member of the Falmouth Commodores, was the recipient of the Robert A. McNeese Award, given annually to the top professional prospects in the Cape Cod League.…

  • Teamwork equals success for Sayreville all-stars 11-year-olds win Sayreville and Milltown tournaments

    Staff Writer By Warren Rappleyea Teamwork equals success for Sayreville all-stars 11-year-olds win Sayreville and Milltown tournaments Good defense, solid pitching and timely hitting helped the Sayreville Little League’s 11-year-old all-star team to a 19-7 record overall, as well as the championships of the Sayreville Memorial Day Tournament and the Milltown Little League tourney. According…