Any women interested in playing 18 holes of golf is invited to join the Tamarack Women's 18-Hole Golf Association. The ladies play every Tuesday from April through October. For further information, contact: Terry Massaro at (732) 545-5360 Also, the Tamarack Women's 18-Hole Golf Association's Opening Spring Breakfast Meeting, is scheduled for Tuesday, April 4. The meeting will be open to the entire membership including prospective members. Those interested to know more about the group should attend this meeting. It will be held at the Colonial Diner, 560 Route 18 north in East Brunswick, at 9:30 a.m. Opening day of play will be Tuesday, April 11. Call league President Meryl Abramowitz at (732) 238-3823 or e-mail mabram32@aol.com.

The East Brunswick Giants U-12 soccer team played their home opener on Sunday at Dideriksen Park against the Tewksbury Tigers. The Giants, coming off a very successful indoor season, continued their dominant play and posted the 6-1 victory. Tewksbury came out strong after the opening whistle and dominated for about the first 10 minutes of play. The Giants began to come alive when John Loubnan opened the scoring with a goal at about the 12-minute mark. Loubnan scored again later in the game. His two goals combined with scores from Rob Shalikar, Matt Roche, Coby Kelner and Justin Rosa allowed the Giants to run away with the victory. Tewksbury scored a goal late to avoid the shutout. The Giants are scheduled to play Scotch Plains-Fanwood next week in an away game.

The Monroe U12 girls travel team finished the season strong with a second-place finish in the North Brunswick March Madness Tournament. In the semifinals, Monroe avenged a round-play loss to West Windsor. The Monroe defense smothered the West Windsor offense holding them to 25 points. Samantha Clark netted 15 points, while Kylie Davidson (six points), Meghan McClaren (five points), Jackie Racine (four points) and Jena Pritzlaff (four points) also keyed the offensive attack. Monroe fell to a tough Clinton team in the finals. Scoring in the finals came from Alexa Carini, Davidson, Clark and Pritzlaff.

It was a great season of accomplishments and firsts for the U12 girls team. They completed a 20-win season, and were 15-9 in league play. In the Mid-Monmouth League (8-5 during the season), it was the first time this group of girls made the playoffs by placing fourth in the West Division after league play. The girls were semifinalists in the North Brunswick League (7-4 during the season) and once again nearly avenged a regular season loss. Hillsborough needed a basket with two seconds left to edge the Monroe team by a point. Monroe placed second in the North Brunswick March Madness Tournament.

The team is made of up point guards Kylie Davidson and Alexa Carini; shooting guards Jena Pritzlaff and Christina Felice; forwards Meghan McClaren and Kristen Junquet; power forwards Samantha Clark and Keriann Manziano; centers Jacqueline Racine and Fallon Regan; and coaches Ed Pritzlaff and Brian Clark.

After losing their first two games of the season, the Monroe U10 travel basketball team finished strong with an overall record of 25 wins and five losses. They advanced to the playoffs in the Monmouth Youth and the Central Jersey basketball leagues, as well as winning the Hazlet Tournament.

Monroe played well in the Monmouth Youth League, finishing with a 9-2 regular-season record, advancing in the playoffs to the quarterfinals, before loosing to Oceanport. In Central Jersey league play, Monroe loss its first game of the season and then went on an 11-game winning streak, including two playoff games, before coming up short against South Brunswick in the championship game this past Sunday.

In tournament play, Monroe went 4-0, playing good team basketball, especially on the defensive end, and redeemed an earlier loss to Holmdel by beating them in the championship game of the Hazlet Tournament to bring home the hardware.

Monroe was the best defensive team in the Central Jersey league regular season, allowing an average of only 19 points per game, proving that hard work truly pays off.

Congratulations for a successful season to all the players - Kevin Brix, D.J. Mascali, Kyle Cruthers, Dominick Morelli Andy Dooley, Zach Pace Justin Fleites, Matthew Siemons, Zachory Gorham, Ryan Stolte, Michael Harrigan and Nick Wolfson.

The St. Bart Buffalos' board of directors will hold an information meeting on Saturday, April 1, at 6:30 p.m. at the St. Bartholomew's Church Parish Center. Come and meet the board and head coaches, and discuss the upcoming season. For more information, call (732) 613-8811.

A men's adult basketball league at South River High School is looking for teams and/or players. The league features five-on-five play, with six teams playing an eight-game season plus playoffs. There are two certified referees and a scorekeeper. Game jerseys included (up to 10 team shirts). High school game rules. Games are played Wednesday nights (6:30, 7:30 and 8:30 p.m.). Team fee is $635 (referee fees not included).

For more information, visit www.mballers.com or call (908) 720-5192.