CLARK -- Three former Arthur L. Johnson High School Crusader student athletes recently dominated the headlines in the Big East Conference. Robert Smorol, Brian Megill, and Scott Klimchak were named Big East Players of the Week for Feb. 18 – 24. All three former Crusaders graduated in 2009.
WOODBRIDGE – Perth Amboy High School’s wrestling team won the District 19 title with 163 points in a competition at Woodbridge High School on Saturday. John F. Kennedy High School of Iselin finished second with 139 points.
RAHWAY -- The Rahway High School Indians solidified themselves as one of the New Jersey’s top track teams by finishing a close second at the Group 2 Championships last week at John Bennett Indoor Sports Complex in Toms River.
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EDISON -- “Pink Night” a program in which the Middlesex County College and Ocean County College basketball teams supported Breast Cancer Awareness, was held at Middlesex on Feb. 15.
STATE -- Twin brothers and NFL defensive backs Jason and Devin McCourty have partnered with Embrace Kids Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, and New York Blood Center on a campaign against sickle cell disease. The campaign, entitled “Tackle Sickle Cell” is launching this month and aims to educate the public, increase blood donors and…
UNION COUNTY – The ninth annual Playball for Miracles Charity Softball Tournament is scheduled for May 4, 2013 in Warinanco Park. The event is dedicated to raising awareness of rare illnesses and supporting Children's Specialized Hospital through Children's Miracle Network.
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MOUNTAINSIDE -- Union County Freeholder Chairman Linda Carter (L) and Freeholders Christopher Hudak (2nd L), Bette Jane Kowalski (3rd R) and Alexander Mirabella (R) congratulate Shannon Syciarz of Garwood on receiving the Joseph R. Lombardi Memorial Award at the Union County Baseball Association’s 77th Annual Hot Stove League Baseball Dinner on Feb. 10 in Mountainside.
CLARK -- The Carl H. Kumpf Cougars boys basketball team continues to have an impressive season under first year Coach Caleb Bain. The Cougars have won three of their last four and six of their last seven games, for a record of 7-5. With three games left in the season, Kumpf will have to win…
TRENTON – Assemblyman Patrick J. Diegnan, Jr. (D-Middlesex) today announced plans to introduce a resolution urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to reinstate wrestling, after news that one of the oldest Olympic sports will be dropped from the Summer Olympics.
EDISON -- Dr. Lawrence Hogan, the one of the nation’s foremost expert on African-American baseball before Jackie Robinson cracked the color barrier, will speak at Middlesex County College on Thursday, Feb. 21. It will be in the College Center Gallery on the Edison Campus from 5-7 p.m. The event is free and open to the…
