Sports

THE Livingston American Legion Post 201 baseball team defeated Vailsburg Post 395 in the annual Fourth of July Legion Baseball Classic held at Seton Hall Prep's Anthony Verducci Field. Livingston improved to 12-3 with the 3-0 victory while Vailsburg fell to 10-3-1. The game was switched from the Oval due to wet field conditions.

The Livingston Dodgers of the U.S. Over Thirty Baseball League took both ends of a doubleheader from the Staten Island Cardinals on Sunday, June 29. In the first game, José Martinez picked up his sixth decision against no losses on the mound. The final score was 13-2. Frank Moretti blasted a three-run home run to raise his season total to four. Troy Evans had three hits, as did Carmen Capriglione. John Henriques had two hits, and Dennis Iandolo had a long double. Mitch Harris also had two hits, and Doc Pollak had an RBI single. Sal Cicio chipped in with a double. Newcomer Craig Smith had a single.

The Cobras third and fourth grade Livingston girls' softball team won its division championship. Shown are the Cobras with their first place trophies (back row) Ruhi Tawde, Malia Quiam, Sami Rosenblum, Allison Haber, Miranda Jiang and (front row) Zoe Weisman, Sophie Grabelle, Srishti Dhurandhar, Kelly Lyons and Natalie Silberman. Also on the team was Emily Pawlak. The team was managed by Jeanne Silberman with coaches Jeff Rosenblum, Rob Lyons and Peter Weisman.

The12U Livingston Thunder softball team recently won the NJBSL 12U A division championship by defeating top seeded Parsippany Ice, 7-3. This concluded an exciting playoff run for the Thunder, as they defeated not only the top Parsippany team, but also the second and third seeded teams from Wayne and East Hanover.

The Livingston Thunder Black 10-U A softball team has completed a successful spring season, winning the regular season title with a 9-1 record and winning the recent play-offs. The girls faced the #2 seed Verona team in the finals, the only team to defeat Livingston earlier in the year.

The Los Angeles team members pose with their trophies after defeating a very tough Oakland team to win the AAA Level Championship of the Livingston Little League. Kneeling are Josh Merlin, Ben Weiss and Rohan Mehta. Standing are players Eddie Aki, Ben Hauser, Zach Stecklow, Matthew Kushel, Andrew Bonnar, Tyler Modugno, Reed Becker and Jake Weinstein. In the rear are coaches Eddie Aki, Rob Stecklow, Scott Kushel, Dave Bonnar, Jeff Becker and Stu Weiss.

The Livingston Lancer boys' lacrosse team enjoyed the best season in school history this year, finishing with a final record of 16 wins and just five defeats. Among the many team achievements made throughout the season, were: a final season ranking of #23 in the state of New Jersey; earning a number four seed in the Essex County Tournament and reaching the semifinals of the tournament for the first time; earning a number four seed in the Group IV State Tournament, the highest ever and reaching the quarterfinals for the first time.

Livingston resident Bobby Schneiderman plays for the SDFC Gauchos soccer team, whose members were recently crowned the New Jersey State Champions in the boys U-18 bracket of the New Jersey Youth Soccer National Championship Series. It was the team's third championship in the past four years, and the Gauchos will now move on to regional play in Kingston, Rhode Island. They will take on 15 other state champion teams from West Virginia to Maine over the July 4th holiday with the chance to advance to the National Championship.

SUCCESSFUL TOUR De Livingston! More than 200 bikers of all ages participated in Sunday's Bike Livingston event, which featured a choice of a four mile, seven mile or 13 mile route. Family groups were mostly two and three people, but there were also a number of groups of four and fi ve family members riding together.