Sports Shorts

The following are the results of the Tamarack Women’s Nine-Hole Golf Association’s April 22 outing — stroke play minus putts (no handicap). East Brunswick’s Kathleen Farmer won the A Flight with a 33, followed by East Brunswick’s Inge Robinson (34), East Brunswick’s Marion Batchelor (36) and East Brunswick’s Marge Widder (38).

Monroe’s Joan Semen won the B Flight with a 39, followed by EB’s Joy Goldstein (44), Spotswood’s Jean Ertle (45) and New Brunswick’s Sally Hindes (45).

Milltown’s Doris Colgrove won the C Flight with a 46, followed by Monroe’s Helen Michna (47) and Jeannette Squires (55). Widder and Princeton’s Abbey Lorber had fewest putts with 15.

At the April 29 outing — colored ball tournament (pass ball around and keeps its score as well as your own averaged handicap) — the team of Inge Robinson, Diane Del Masto, Sally Deyette and Joyce Nicolaison took first with a 37, while the team of Joan Semen, Dot Terringer, Joan Hoskins and Batchelor took second with a 39. Hoskins had fewest putts with 16.

The Central Jersey Hot Shots U15 girls travel soccer team came away with a convincing 5-1 state cup victory over Cherry Hill Crush. This victory advances the Hot Shots to the next round of the state cup, where only eight teams remain. The Hot Shots next opponent is Haddon Heights, with the winner advancing to the final four.

The Hot Shots recently competed in the Premier Division of the Epic Tournament, held in Yardley, Pa. The team played with tremendous heart in coming away with two victories and two ties against Premier teams from Pennsylvania. Most of the team played every minute of the entire four-game tournament, due to injuries to other teammates. Next up is a quarterfinal state cup game against powerful Haddon Heights.

The team members are Kristina Antipin, Kaitlyn Bouchard, Carly Breining, Brittany Brodniak, Kourtney Brodniak, Casey Caruso, Melissa Demko, Kirsten Gash, Allison Healy, Shannon Mastrogiovani, Christine Noppenberger, Michelle Olivo, Lina Rivera, Samantha Robin, Kathryn Smith, Lauren Swissman and Caitlin Wescott. The team is coached by Brad Caruso, and assisted by Joe Caruso.

The following are the results for the Tamarack Women’s 18-hole Group’s April 27 "Lean on Par" tournament:

Carolyn Meyer won the Flight A with a 71, followed by Rita Reisert (76); Linda Weintraub won Flight B with a 63, followed by Tres Wist (71) and Claudia Homoki (72); and Young Sook Kim won Flight C with a 62, followed by Meryl Abramowitz (64) and Jessica Kim (65).

At the April 4 tournament (Throw Out), Meyer again won Flight A with a 58, followed by Lelia Nelson (60) and Reisert (69), while Sook Kim had low putts. Betty Long won Flight B with a 59, followed by Muriel Feniello (59) and Homoki (63), with Wist taking low putts. Sook Kim won Flight C with a 55, followed by Abramowitz (59) and Judi Weinberg (60), with Joan March taking low putts.

At the May 11 tournament ("Long and Short of It"), Nelson won the Flight A with a 35, followed by Sook Kim (40) and Charlotte Casey (41.5), while Meyer took low putts. Carol Jankowski won Flight B with a 36.5, followed by Feniello (37) and Wist (38), with Homoki taking low putts. Sook Kim won Flight C with a 36, followed by Perry Pernice (38.5) and Abramowitz (38.5), while Helen Jo took low putts.

Memberships are still available for this group. Come out and play on Tuesday mornings. Send an e-mail to Meryl at Mabram32@aol.com or call Terry at (732) 545-5360.

The East Brunswick Goal Getters, a U14 girls travel soccer team in the fall, will be holding tryouts on June 1 and 2. They will be held at Dierdriksen Park field 4 at 5:30 p.m. You must attend both days of tryouts to be considered for the team. If you are interested, contact Karen Owsiak at (732) 254-2495.

East Brunswick Soccer Club is announcing tryouts on June 10 and 11 for the boys U10 Premier travel team — EB Force for the fall season. Interested players (all positions) with birth dates between 8/1/94 and 7/31/95 may contact Coach Peter (732) 208-3032.

The U16 Cranbury Cyclones girls soccer team defeated the Edison Lady Hawks, 2-1, despite playing the entire match with only 10 players. Emily Kotowski scored the first off a feed into the box from Jillian Daidone. Daidone got the game-winner when she directed in a well-placed corner kick by Alyssa Gioino. Sue Westock applied offensive pressure, while Gioino controlled play in the midfield. Katie Burke, who saved what looked like a sure goal by clearing two balls off the back line, led the defensive effort with help from Stephanie Grubb and Alessandra Mercuro, and keeper Chelsea Wittman.

The Cyclones kept up their winning ways with a 3-1 victory over Readington. Sue Westock had two goals while Danielle Cokely chipped in with one. Jillian Daidone, Alyssa Gioino, and Emily Kotowski were each credited with assists. Erin Higgins and Kotowski continually applied offensive pressure throughout the match, while Ashley Hackett and Kristyn Pecsi were solid in the midfield. Katie Lindberg, Burke, and Mercuro played strong defensively in front of keeper Stephanie Grubb.

The East Brunswick Lightning Bolts (U-15 in the fall), a boys premier soccer team competing in the Mid-Atlantic Premier Soccer League and numerous top-flight tournaments, will host open tryouts on May 20 and 21 at Dierdriksen Park (Middlesex County Fairgrounds) in East Brunswick, beginning at 5:30 p.m. The Lightning Bolts will begin their fall season following the high school season in November and will then compete indoors and outdoors against the top teams in New Jersey and the Northeast. Contact Coach Ron at (732) 238-9438 or e-mail coachron44@comcast.net for tryout information.

The Cranbury Little Falcons, a girls U14 fall soccer team, will be holding tryouts for new players for the fall season on May 19 from 6:15-8 p.m. at Thompson Park in Monroe Township. For information about the team and other tryout dates, call coach Jerry Rosenberg at (732) 521-1543, or team manager Debbie Swanner at (732) 521-1574, or e-mail jerryrose@comcast.net.

The John Somogyi Basketball Shooting Camp will be held June 19 and 20 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Rutgers Prep in Somerset. The camp is open to boys and girls ages 7-18. For a brochure, call (732) 846-8928.