Post Tagged with: "Baseball"
10U Championship Tonight
The Verona 10U Barnstormers play the championship of the Essex/Passaic/Bergen baseball league tonight. The game, which starts at 7:30 p.m., is being played at a neutral site in Cedar Grove, the Little League field on the corner of Grove and Bradford Avenues. Verona, which has a 14-2 record, is playing No. 1 seed Montville, which [...]
11U Baseball Championship Tonight
The Verona Baseball Softball League‘s 11U summer baseball team has advanced the championships. VBSL Co-President Tom Finn says the Verona team will face North Caldwell tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Fireman’s Field in North Caldwell. If you’re going, that’s the field off Mountain Avenue; directions are here. The game could make for some complicated scheduling; [...]
Summer Options! Sports Camps
Let’s face it, as great as it is to take the time to relax and chill out, it doesn’t take long for the energy to build back up in kids. They need an outlet, and summer sport camps are a great place to both get the energy out and take advantage of off-season training. Verona [...]
Fall Baseball To Hold Summer Tryouts
It may seem as if spring baseball just ended, but fall ball is around the corner. In fact, travel team tryouts for Verona Baseball Softball League softball (U10, U12 and U14, with an age cutoff of 12/31) and baseball (U9 – U14 with an age cutoff of 4/30) will be held on or around August [...]
In Baseball, The Anthonys Have It
Seniors Anthony Pena and Anthony Oranges were selected to the First Team All-Conference in Baseball. Pena played first base and Oranges catcher. Photographer Bo Kirby caught them in action this season.
Tennis, Baseball Win; Lacrosse Teams Fall
Verona sports results have been as jumbled as the weather so far this week. In the plus column, the Boys’ Tennis team bested Cedar Grove 5-zip on Monday. Junior Paul Corrente defeated Jake Perazzone 6-1, 6-3 in first singles. Mike Streifer won his second singles matches over Jonathan Chan 6-0, 6-2. In third singles, Noah [...]
Verona-Cedar Grove, Play By Play
Since the Verona-Cedar Grove baseball game at Yogi Berra Stadium is more of a town-wide event than just a game, I thought I would try something a little different. Here is a minute-by-minute recap of Wednesday night’s game, the crowd, the atmosphere, and my own stream of consciousness. Hope it’s entertaining. 6:45 p.m.: I arrive [...]
Events For The Week Of May 3
Vacation’s over and it’s back to business, Verona. Here’s what you have to juggle this week. In government, there’s a Town Council meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in Town Hall. Since it’s the first Monday of the month, staffers from the County Clerk’s office will be on hand at Town Hall today from 2 to [...]
Rosenfeld and Seymour Power Verona Past CG
What a game! Verona shut out archrival Cedar Grove 2-0 in a classic pitcher’s duel on Wednesday at Doc Goeltz. The win puts Verona’s record at 7-6 and above .500 for this first time the season. The story of this game really begins and ends with junior starting pitcher Matt Rosenfeld. Rosey established his dominance [...]
Events For The Week Of April 26
Families with younger kids may be at Disney World this week, but anyone with older kids in sports is in town because the high school sports teams have a full schedule of games. But first, a world about a key deadline for summer that you have to hit this week: The last day for registering [...]