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EQUIPMENT QUESTION: In high school, baseball and softball, are adult coaches required to wear batting helmets in coaching boxes? ANSWER: In both sports, National Federation rules do not require coaches to wear helmets. National rules require helmets to be worn by on-deck batters, batters, runners, retired runners, players / students in coaching boxes as well …

SCOREBOARD NB’s Eagleson reaches amazing milestone
Earns 600th coaching victory with win over rival Union City

Tom Eagleson vividly recalls the first win in his historic Hall of Fame-quality coaching career. “It was a cold and rainy day in 1981,” said Eagleson, who began the 32nd season of his storied career as the head softball coach at North Bergen High School last week. “We played St. Cecelia’s of Englewood in Englewood.” …

Earns 600th coaching victory with win over rival Union City

TASTY TIDBITSPrep looks to defend county title after dream season
Myrlak gets hole-in-one in Houston

The Marauders of St. Peter’s Prep had a baseball season to remember in 2015, tying the school record for victories in a year (26) and returning to the local top of the heap by winning the Ed “Faa” Ford Memorial Hudson County Tournament. But according to Marauders head coach Pat Laguerre, that’s all in the …

Myrlak gets hole-in-one in Houston

Hayward finds new home at St. Anthony, coaching his son

The end of the 2015 high school baseball season didn’t end well for Ron Hayward. The veteran Marist baseball coach and athletic director, who guided the Royal Knights to the NJSIAA Non-Public B state championship in 2012, decided to leave his alma mater after nine years as a coach and administrator, but after a lifetime …

CHEERLEADING STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS

At the state championship competition at the Sun National Bank Arena in Trenton, Bayonne High School Cheerleading Varsity Non-Tumbling team finished in the top 3 in a very competitive division. The Medium Varsity team took home 1st place making them back-to-back NJ State Champions. Congratulations to our cheerleading teams.

BUDDY BASEBALL

Come support Tegan of the Mets and all the players in the Division of Recreation Buddy Baseball League on Opening Day on Saturday, May 7. Parade to begin at 10:15 a.m. on 9th Street and Broadway. Ceremony and games to follow at 11th Street Field. For further information on the Buddy Baseball League, please contact …

UNDEFEATED

For the second straight year, the All Saints Catholic Academy 3rd and 4th Grade Boys Basketball Team, after an undefeated regular season (12-0) and playoffs (2-0), won the 2016 Union County CYO Jim McElroy Memorial Tournament Championship, besting Holy Trinity School 32-30. Pictured from left: Tyler Neiman, Jack Attisano, Jimmy Szelezski, Nolan Geisler, Coach Dave …

BASEBALL AWARDS

At the most recent Bayonne Cal Ripken baseball awards ceremony, two terrific players Alex Lambos who played for AFC and Angel Mercedes who played for Hudacko’s Pharmacy were recognized. Alex won the Scholar Athlete Award and Angel the Prep League MVP.