Sports Shorts

Sports Shorts

The following are the standings for the Monmouth Women’s Basketball League:
Brannigan’s/Val’s 6-1
Huddy’s Inn/Brock Farms 6-1
Chubby’s Bar 5-1
The Globe Hotel 4-3
The Red Zone 3-4
Sistas 2-4
White Lightning 1-6
Atlantic XFMR 1-6

The St. Mary’s Athletic Association will be holding registration for its spring soccer program Nov. 1 at the Harmony soccer fields from 9 a.m. to noon. The program is open to all children ages 4-16. Registration will also be accepted for the winter indoor soccer program. For more information, call (732) 671-7179.

The St. Mary’s Athletic Association will be holding registration for its winter basketball program Nov. 1 at the Harmony soccer fields from 9 a.m. to noon. The program is open to all children in grades 2 through 6. For more information, call (732) 671-7179.

The annual Husky Indoor Soccer registration in Matawan will be held Nov. 8, 15 and 22 from 8-11 a.m. at the Aberdeen Municipal Building. The league is open to all ages — kindergarten through adult. One-hour games will be held on Sundays from Jan. 11-Feb. 29. For more information, call Art Perri at (732) 566-0154, or e-mail huskysport@aol.com.

Jonathan Abramson, a 16-year-old junior at Matawan High School, won the men’s club championship at the Colts Neck Golf Club. The event was held Oct. 18 and 19. After shooting one under par, 70, on the first day, he had an eight-shot lead. He finished with a 78 on Sunday to win by four shots. He’s the youngest member to win this event at the club.

The Monmouth Rangers captured their second straight championship in the Monmouth County Garden State Baseball League on Aug. 31 by defeating the Expos by a score of 2-1.

Rich Colangelo, who started for the Rangers, gave up no earned runs through eight innings. The Rangers jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Jay Long singled with two outs. Mike Rovira then grounded to short for what seemed to be the third out, but two errors then allowed Long to score the first run of the game.

The Expos tied it up in the 9th when Colangelo issued a lead-off walk that later scored. Don Adams finished up the ninth and then proceeded to hold the Expos scoreless in the 10th. The Rangers scored the winning run in the top of the 11th when, with one out, Dave Arroyo doubled. Tom Long then also doubled to get the game-winning RBI. Adams then held the Expos scoreless in the bottom of the 11th to get the win.

The team is managed by Dave Long and Rob Thaler. The players are Tom Long, Dave Arroyo, Travis Evernham, Jay Long, Don Adams, Paul Carlet, Rich Colangelo, Mike Rovira, Brett Thaler, Brian Schubert, Dan Alvarado, Chris Alvarado, Matt Miller, Mike Tuozzo, Jeff Karpel and Peter Hayward

The Central Jersey Tornados 14U Class A fastpitch girls team is looking for a catcher for 2004 spring/summer Pony division softball. The team will play in 8-10 tournaments including Pony nationals and is hosting the Pony New Jersey State championship. To try out or learn more, e-mail captjack26@aol.com or ksports@monmouth.com, or telephone (732) 264-5938 or (732) 544-1885.

The Thorne Middle School boys cross country team has won the division for the second year in a row with an undefeated record. This accomplishment is a testament to the team spirit, wonderful coaching and guidance of Don Fadden. These 49 boys, made up of sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders, won the Northern Division Monmouth County Cross Country All-Star Meet, held at Holmdel Park, with John Nardini (seventh grade) taking first place, Michael Norton (seventh grade) finishing second, and Justin Derasmo (eighth grade) taking third. Coach Fadden finished in last place, carrying one of his team members (who suffered a sprained ankle) over the finish line.