The Central Jersey Lightning 10U fastpitch softball team concluded its summer season with another strong performance in Roselle Park last weekend, earning them another second-place finish. After defeating the nationally ranked Diamond girls from Bellville in bracket play, 3-1, on Saturday, they lost a heartbreaker in the finals, 3-2, in the last inning to the Bellville squad. En route to reaching the finals the girls amassed a whopping 48 runs and allowing only one run up to the final. Outstanding pitching from Micaela McSpadden and Claire Preston produced three shutouts along the way. From top to bottom the girls pounded the ball all weekend with two home runs by centerfielder Nicole Razzano and one home run by shortstop Marylynn Muldowney, along with a key bases-clearing triple by McSpadden in the victory over the Diamond girls. Defensive was the strong point of this team all summer, led by the great catching of Sam Mottola and Hayley Mikulak, who overcame the heat all weekend. Solid infield performances all weekend by infielders Jess Dudra, Sara Acevedo, Muldowney and Hunter Fesckovics, along with the outfield play of Jacquie Neminski, Siobhan Tracy and Razzano were enough to finish up the season with yet another trophy. For the season the CJL girls finished up with a record of 30-13-1. The team was coached by Lou Mottola, Gayle and Jill Dudra, Mike McSpadden and their very own "Mr. Misty" Bob Mikulak. The Manager was Dave Razzano.

The following are the results of the Tamarack Men's Golf Association's Aug. 20 outing. Butch Belanger took the low gross with a 74, followed by Grant Herring Sr. (74) and Jeff Byrnes (74). Ray Marko took the low net with a 65, followed by Butch Belanger (68) and Tom Pelicane (68).

At the Aug. 19 outing, Byrnes had the low gross (73), followed by Curtis Melton (75) and Belanger (75), while Mike Weiss had the low net (68), followed by Marko (68) and Belanger (69).

At the ABCD Three-ball event, the team of Belanger, Ron Becker, Jim Castucci and Jimmy Koukaunias took first, followed by the team of Carmine Nesta, Al Portano, Rudy D'Emillio and Curtis Melton. Third place went to Joe Horniacek, Herman Suppe and Frank Giampietro.

In Central Jersey Pop Warner Football action, the Raritan Bay Cougars opened the 2006 season on Sunday at home against the Sayreville Leprechauns. The Cougar Mighty Mites beat the Leprechauns, 14-7, as Joseph Guigno and Chas Franqui scored touchdowns for the Cougars.

Julanie Prince scored a pair of touchdowns, and Michael Friedman, Chris Weber and Jordan Fetterman all had strong defensive efforts as the Cougar Junior Pee Wee Squad beat the Leprechauns, 14-0.

Jesse Meyer and William Dowdell had solid games on offense and Ryan Barrett and Bryan Gerraghty anchored a strong defensive effort as the Cougar and the Leprechaun Junior Midgets played to a scoreless tie.

At the Midget level, Christian Vuolo scored on a three-yard plunge and also returned an interception 83 yards for a touchdown as the Cougars beat the Leprechauns, 18-0. Louis Millian added a 68-yard touchdown run to cap the Cougar scoring. Marcus Allen and Chris Smith had strong defensive efforts for the Cougars.