Sports Shorts

The East Brunswick 11U boys all-star team took first place July 19 in the Montgomery Tournament, beating the South Brunswick Bandits. The successful six-game series was the result of the pitching of Justin Rosa, Mike Toto and Chris Wilczynski, the fielding of Philip Merola, Nick Gudzak, Sam Horowitz, Mike Cia and Zack Lublin, and the hitting of Ryan Berdoff, Dominick Razzano, Ryan Frey and Jimmy Wendell.

The East Brunswick 8-year-olds baseball team captured first place in the North Brunswick Tournament, ending on July 10. The Green Machine defeated Franklin by the score of 8-7 to capture first place. The 8-year-olds are led by the following players: Matt Bellantoni, Sean Biagotti, Victor Dudka, Patrick Geiger, Chris Hernandez, John McHenry, Dalton Rovera, Adam Rosa, Nick Smutko, Ryan Starace, Jake Stolzenberg and Bryan Talerico. Patrick Geiger was awarded MVP of the six-game tournament.

The Central Jersey U13 travel baseball team is looking for players to round out its roster for fall season and play on 60/90 fields. The team will play locally in the fall, but the plan is for a committed team to play leagues and tournaments throughout 2006. Players must be born on or after May 1, 1992. Call (732) 462-0477 or e-mail njbats@optonline.net for additional information.

Following are the results of the Tamarack Women’s Nine-Hole Golf Association’s July 21 outing — specks; longest drive in the fairway, first on green, all one putts.

Marion Batchelor won the A Flight with an 11, followed by Jean Ertle (8), Dee Moles (8) and Barbara Chudkowski (8). Diane DelMasto won the B Flight with a 10, followed by Gail Dimaio (8), Abbey Lorber (7) and Annabelle Donnamaria (7). Morie Marino won the C Flight with a 7, followed by Mary Thompson (5), Marge Wukitsch (4), and Linda Pitone (2). Jean Ertle had fewest putts with 14.

At the 2005 President’s Cup — match play — Jean Ertle defeated Rosanne Marosy in the finals. In the Vice President’s Cup, Gloria Frock defeated Gail Dimaio.

For the second year in a row, the Jersey Sting U11 girls basketball team has won the AAU state championship, advancing them to the nationals.

The Sting U11 girls are led by a very dedicated coaching staff, including Kevin Kresge (Holmdel), Tim Cooper (Colts Neck) and Carmine Spinella (Colts Neck). Both Kresge and Cooper have led teams in the past that won national titles.

Once again, the state title came down to the very two same teams as last year — the Sting and the Central Jersey Hawks. The Hawks are well coached by Mary Beth Chambers and have a lot of depth. Their passing game is tremendous and their press is one of the toughest in the game to break.

However, Kresge had the Sting girls well prepared for their opponent, and led by the efforts of Stacy Coyle (Monroe), who had 22 points (including five three-pointers), the Sting persevered.

The Sting’s roster comprises Coyle, Ashley Cooper (Colts Neck), Amanda Spinella (Colts Neck), Jennifer Cecilone (Tinton Falls), Tara Patti (Tinton Falls), Sy’Essence Davis (Neptune), Shannon Nelson (Holmdel), Shannon McDermott (Holmdel), Heather Gurdon (Perrine-ville) and Victoria Lesko (Mahwah).

The Central Jersey Tornado, a Manalapan-, Freehold- and Millstone-based 10U girls fastpitch softball team, won second place in the Ewing Edge 10U Invitational Tournament last weekend. The second-place finish came after a hard-fought loss to a very talented Lionsville Lightning (PA) team in the tournament’s championship game. The championship game was preceded by Tornado victories over the Bristol Bullets (PA), South Brunswick Vikings and South Plainfield Fantasia in the Sunday Bracket Round.

The Central Jersey Tornado are: Samantha Barrington (1B), Melissa Bollmeyer (OF), Kristen Boni (OF), Ashley Eisenstein (SS), Caitlin Gee (P), Cassandra Hrevnak (3B/C), Kerrie Kortmann (P), Kristen La Polla (OF), Danielle Richard (OF), Sara Romanowski (2B) and Jaclyn Tsang (C/3B).

The girls are coached by John Barrington, Steve Eisenstein and Lenny Maltese.