SCOREBOARD Cruzโ€™s homer carries Marist to win in county title game
Royal Knightsโ€™ second title in three years caps coach Haywardโ€™s incredible year

Needless to say, the last few months havenโ€™t been so kind to Marist head baseball coach and school athletic director Ron Hayward. Last October, Hayward was planning to take a trip to Maryland to watch his son play in an elite youth baseball tournament. โ€œI felt tired all the time,โ€ Hayward recalled. โ€œI felt fatigued. …

Royal Knightsโ€™ second title in three years caps coach Haywardโ€™s incredible year

TASTY TIDBITS Prep grad Wilkes gets tryout with San Diego Chargers
Other notes from county track championships; Purcell closes out career

Khalil Wilkes was trying hard to avoid watching the recent NFL Draft. The former St. Peterโ€™s Prep standout, who recently ended his brilliant collegiate career at Stanford with an appearance in the Rose Bowl, believed that he wasnโ€™t going to hear his name get selected in the draft. โ€œI told myself that I was not …

Other notes from county track championships; Purcell closes out career

Recap of Hoboken Little League action
Hereโ€™s a rundown of recent Little League play.

CASSESA’S defeats FIRE DEPT. 12-6   Thursday wasn’t a banner performance for CALVIN FLETT, but CASSESA’S still managed to pull out a 12-6 victory over FIRE DEPT. in six innings at Hoboken. CALVIN allowed five in four, but the bullpen gave up one run and the offense banged out 11 to pick up the slack …

Hereโ€™s a rundown of recent Little League play.

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Lincolnโ€™s Matthews wins four medals at Hudson County championships

Zemora Matthews just likes to be busy. The Lincoln High School student is someone who is constantly on the go. โ€œZamora has incredible energy,โ€ said Pat Robinson, Matthewsโ€™ track and field coach at Lincoln. โ€œShe just likes to go and go and go. She always wants to do something. Sheโ€™s just the kind of person …

Lincolnโ€™s Matthews wins four medals at Hudson County championships

St. Maryโ€™s Citywide PeeWee Basketball registration under way

Registration for the 2014 St. Maryโ€™s Citywide PeeWee Basketball program has begun. The program is open to children in grades 1-4, who live or go to school in Bayonne. Players cannot turn 10 before September 1. Registration forms are available by sending a request by email to stmarypeewee@gmail.com. The registration period will close June 1; …