First LLWS game is Friday, Aug. 16 at 8 p.m. vs. Oregon, the Northwest Region champion
Taking a one-game-at-a-time approach the Elmora Youth Troopers Little League team – this summer’s New Jersey state champions – just kept playing. Why? Because the group of youngsters from Elizabeth, ages 9-12, kept winning. As a result, Elizabeth, N.J. will be represented at the Little League World Series that begins Thursday in Williamsport, Pa. Elmora […]
EDITOR’S NOTE: He – Thurman Munson – will always be my favorite. The story that follows ran on this website 10 years ago – in July of 2009. I was fortunate enough to sit with author Marty Appel and pick his brains – one on one – for more than two hours at a book […]
On the mound Roselle Park right hander Maddie Hummel won 72 games in four standout seasons. At the plate one of the area’s top No. 3 batters in the lineup helped the Panthers win 83 games from 2016-2019. Considering attending Kean University and not playing softball at the next level, Hummel reconsidered and will take […]
All-Stars clash in Autoland Classic at Kean University
UNION – Aaron Ahr was sent out five times to do his job. The task at hand on those important occasions was to kick the ball through the uprights. Ahr didn’t disappoint. At all. Ahr, wearing No. 11, produced 11 points to lead the Middlesex County All-Stars to a come-from-behind 23-7 win over the Union […]
Richard E. Iacono was a “one-of-a-kind” type of coach. That’s too bad. There should be more like Rick. The former highly-successful wrestling and softball mentor at Governor Livingston – a coach with a wit and wisdom about not only sports, but life in general second to none – passed away Monday at the age of […]
UNION – The North needed to be good – and it was – and it needed to be lucky – and it was. No matter, the North will take it. When South placekicker Jake Hurler’s game-winning 25-yard field goal attempt hit off the right upright on the final play of the game, the North jubilantly […]
Former Union High School girls’ soccer coach Eric Shaw remembered Julia Caseres as not only a pretty good soccer player, but also as a person her teammates could look up to with pride. “She led by her work ethic,” Shaw recalled in a phone interview Sunday night. “She was the hardest worker day in and […]
Carmen Guarino was the coach that held things together. Guarino was the glue. He was the man in the middle for Union Farmers football. Nearly 30 years ago now Jeff Longueil was the defensive coordinator. Gary Zakovic was the offensive coordinator. Other assistant coaches included John Quinn, soon-to-be head baseball coach Chet Czaplinski, veteran mentor […]
Blue Devils will next take on Ridgewood in Group 4 semifinals Monday at Kean
BASKING RIDGE – There are moments that define a player, a game, a season. If Westfield baseball was to capture another sectional championship – this one, perhaps, the most unlikely of them all – the Blue Devils had to come through with the game on the line in the bottom of the sixth. With the […]
NEW PROVIDENCE – Visiting Brearley’s initial game-plan was simple, if the pitch looked good jump on Ryan Sherman as early as possible. That strategy worked in favor of the Bears as they were able to produce a run on two hits to take the game’s first lead before host New Providence came to bat. The […]
