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Sports Shorts
The Rutgers women’s basketball team (19-12) earned the No. 7 seed in the Oklahoma City Region as the NCAA Division I Women’s Tournament field was announced Monday evening. The Scarlet Knights will host No. 10 Virginia Commonweath (26-6) in first round action Saturday, as Rutgers is one of 16 host sites for the first and…
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Eagles pursuing third straight GMC diamond title
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer The Edison High School baseball team will begin its campaign to win a third straight Greater Middlesex Conference Red Division title when the 2009 season gets under way April 1, when the Eagles take on division foe South Brunswick. Last year’s team went 21-5 with an appearance in the GMC…
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Barrons softball to rely upon youngsters
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer Last season’s Woodbridge High School softball team struggled to a 7-16 record, but with the return of sophomore Brianna Pichalski to the starting rotation, the team appears more than ready to improve. Pichalski pitched in roughly half of the team’s 23 games last year as a freshman, and the Barrons…
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Stevens baseball looking for more success in ’09
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer Thanks to an explosive offense, the J.P. Stevens High School baseball team came to within a win of advancing to a state sectional title game but ran into North Hunterdon’s Jason Knapp. Knapp was arguably the best pitcher in the state last year and was a second-round draft pick of…
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JFK baseball looks to bounce back after tough end to ’08
BY SHAWN LAYTON Staff Writer Last year’s John F. Kennedy High School baseball came about as close as a team can get to winning a state sectional final. In the title game, the Mustangs jumped out to an 8-0 lead over Millburn, but could not hold off the opposition and eventually lost 8-7 in the…
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For the Record
A letter to the editor, “Edison Residents Need to Look at Future of Twp.,” in the Feb. 25 edition of the Sentinel from Cheryl Quinio Blodgett incorrectly included her title as a state employee. Ms. Blodgett wrote the letter as a concerned private citizen. We apologize for the error.
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Metuchen softball preps for new season
JOHN SZPARA Metuchen High School shortstop Hanna Thomas is about to tag Woodbridge’s Taylor Hopf during a scrimmage on March 14.
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Residents make food drive overwhelming success
Thank you, residents of Metuchen. You helped the hungry by helping our youth. The First Presbyterian Church’s Youth Group collected nonperishable goods from you on Saturday, Feb. 28. The event was an enormous success. Forty-four students led by 15 wonderful volunteers scattered across Metuchen knocking door to door asking for food. If you participated, you…
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Resident says Choi and Obama have much in common
After reading in the paper that Mayor Jun Choi met with President Barack Obama at the White House recently, I felt a sense of pride that our township is represented by someone who shares the same type of ideals as our commander in chief. It’s no surprise that President Obama and Mayor Choi have much…
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