Known for packing a lot of power, the men of St. Ignatius, perched on the top rung of the St. Bart’s Oldtimers Men’s Softball League ladder, were forced to resort to a very different approach to keep from losing ground to St. Wolfgang, who was second on the ladder at the end of July. Facing the unfa...

St. Bart’s Oldtimers Men’s Softball League playoffs are just a few weeks away and St. Ignatius had no intentions of relinquishing its top spot in a game against St. Sebastian at Forest Road Park in Fanwood on July 30. The St. Ignatius’ bats were packed with dynamite and bombarded St. Sebastian with ...

50+ A DIVISION: A TEAMS W L T Douglas VW 15 2 Deegan Roofing 13 4 Rocky’s Bar & Grill 7 9 Phenomenal Boyz 6 9 Rappa Construction 5 1150+ B DIVISION: TEAM W L Terawulf 11 7 Thirsty Turtle 10 6 Dowling’s Tavern 7 11 Echo Tap & Grille 6 12 Sonia’s BCE 3 14Terawulf 9, Dowling’s Tavern 7 Dowlings jumped ...

TEAM STANDINGS: TEAM W L T St. Ignatius 11 4 St. Wolfgang 9 6 St. Anthony 10 7 1 St. George 6 6 2 St. Vincent 7 9 1 St. Justin 6 8 St. Sebastian 6 9 1 St. Francis 5 12St. Ignatius 5, St. Anthony 2 First place St. Ignatius won a pitcher’s duel over St. Anthony by a 5-2 margin Tuesday night at Forest ...

60+ DIVISION: TEAM W L T Linwood Boys 17 1 Swan Hotel 17 2 AJ Jersey 14 5 Rocky’ Bar & Grill 11 7 Kenilworth VFW 10 8 Deegan Roofing 60 7 10 Awnings Galore 7 11 Yogi’s Boys 5 14 Angry Joe’s Apparel 3 16 DeBellis Associates 0 17Kenilworth VFW 13, Angry Joes 12 Angry Joes carried a quick lead into the...

Midseason bragging rights were on the line when St. Ignatius and St. Anthony clashed in a St. Bart’s Oldtimers Men’s Softball League doubleheader at Forest Road Park in Fanwood on July 22. Solid pitching in Game 1 kept the scoring low but St. Ignatius managed to hold down St. Anthony, 5-2. In Game 2...

Temporarily without the availability of several of their key personnel, the remainder of the St. Wolfgang squad were quite aware that they were in Dire Straits and would not be the “Sultans of Swing” ( bats that is) when they faced St. Vincent in a St. Bart’s Oldtimers Men’s Softball League doublehe...

The Westfield 14U baseball team recently won the Middle Atlantic Regional Championship that was held in Milroy, Pa. the week of July 20. This group of Blue Devils have been on a special run, having won the North Jersey State Championship and now the Mid Atlantic Regional. The team was anchored by th...

lected three hits.St. Francis 11, St. Anthony 2 Shortstop Dave Merkel delivered a standout performance both at the plate and in the field, driving in four runs on two hits to lead St. Francis. Merkel’s big day included a 3-run blast in the 6th inning and an RBI single in the 5fth.St. Francis scored ...

Home plate suffered many scuff marks when the Westfield 11U White hosted the South Orange-Maplewood (SOM) Cougars in a New Providence Green League game at Gumbert Field 2 in Westfield on July 17. After a relatively reasonable first three innings, both teams went on a scoring spree but the SOM Cougar...