made a fine scoop and fired to first for a putout in the fifth inning. Martino in right and Spinoccia in center both hauled in difficult liners.Miller drilled a one-out double to left in the top of the first inning but Fischer got Balestriere to pop out to first and Spinoccia to ground out to second...

Perfection took a side step, so it all came down to Game 3 between top-seeded Swan Hotel & Suites and second-seeded Deegan Roofing for the Union County Senior 60+ A Division championship at Memorial Field 3 in Linden on August 5. Unlike the 17-13 slugfest in Game 2 won by the Deeganators, Game 3 was...

Swan Hotel 10, Deegan Roofing 4 In the opening game, of this best of three 60s “A” Division Championship Final, Deegan Roofing held a 41 lead heading into the fifth inning when the Swan bats finally came to life. The Swannies scored nine runs over the next two innings while pitcher Doug Fischer blan...

Douglas VW 20, Angry Joe’s/Tad Pools 9 Game 1: the Douglas boys got behind early but then put the pedal down. Douglas - Lou Rivera (4-for-4), Al Genova (3 hits, 2 inside-the-park HR’s); Luke Nacca, Frank Padovano, Steve Steransak, Justin Doyle and Farlan Alusik (all with 3 hits). Winning pitcher was...

LEAGUE STANDINGS: TEAM W L T St. Anthony 14 3 St. Francis 9 7 St. Vincent 9 8 St. Justin 9 8 St. George 8 10 St. Ignatius 7 10 St. Sebastian 6 11 St. Wolfgang 6 11St. Anthony 11, St. George 4 Captain Bobby Camisa’s St. Anthony’s squad defeated St. George, 11-4, clinching first place and securing fir...

The Westfield Area YMCA Flyers Track Club had an impressive performance at the 2024 USATF Region 2 Junior Olympic meet, held July 1214 at the Lincoln Park Track in Jersey City. Eleven athletes represented the Flyers, participating in 18 different events and demonstrating their dedication throughout ...

Perfection was on the horizon but the top-seeded Swan Hotel & Suites men had to get past second- seeded Deegan Roofing in Game 1 at Memorial Field 3 in Linden on July 29 of the best of three A Division championship series of the Union County Senior 60+ Softball League. Their undefeated streak seemed...

A quest for a perfect season may have been on the minds of the top-seeded Swan Hotel & Suites men when they hosted fourth-seeded Linwood II in Game 1 of the best-of-three, A-Division semifinal round of the Union County Senior 60+ Men’s Softball League at Memorial Field 3 in Linden on July 22. The Sw...

Mother Nature called the shots in the New Providence Green League 11U second-round playoff game between the Westfield Black and the South-Orange-Maplewood (SOM) Cougars at Gumbert Field 2 in Westfield on July 16.After eight SOM Cougars created some lightning of their own in the top of the first inni...

Entering the past week of St. Bart’s Oldtimers Men’s Softball League action, seven of the eight teams were within two games of each other for the possibility of grabbing the No. 2 spot, while the St.Anthony squad was perched way ahead of the herd at the top spot. With identical records at 58 and sha...