Sports

A group of men who have pedaled for charity all the way across the country, from Los Angeles to Brooklyn, made a stop in Livingston along the way. The fund-raising Bike 4 Friendship trek, created by the Friendship Circle International, raised $150,000 for programs that assist special needs children, including the Friendship Circle MetroWest in Livingston. The Friendship Circle pairs teenage volunteers with children and teens who have special needs.

JAG Physical Therapy won the Men's M3 softball playoffs beating Cohn Reznick 22-5. Team members include (top row) Mike Somekh, Dave Denenberg, Matt Katz, Andy Kamiel, Ken Gorman, Greg Sayle, Lou Politan, (bottom row) Ron Barbella, Ryan Gillock, Aidan Gillock, Jason Grebin, Cary Bayer, Mark Licht, Eric Rothfeld and Anthony Lauro. Also on the team was Dave Kramer.

Temple B'nai Abraham member Jake Samuels, son of Roberta and Randy Samuels of Livingston, attended the Maccabi games in Cherry Hill, with members of the JCC MetroWest from August 10 through 15. His soccer team, which also included Livingston residents Jack Wasserman and Adam Lorimer, won the gold in overtime, remaining undefeated throughout the entire tournament. The three teens will be juniors at Livingston High School this fall.

8U Livingston Thunder White finished in second place in the Denville League a Division softball Championship. shown in the front row are tori Kelber, isabella Diianni, sylvie Friedman, Kelly Deltufo, Christina newman, and Lauren Bambrick. Behind them are Heather Downey, emily Martin, Daniella Diianni, Christine Belcuore, gianna DiIanni and Mia sage. sophia Mount was also a member of the team. the team is coached by Chris Belcuore, Bill Mount, Bob sage, Chris DiIanni and Justin DiIanni.

The Livingston Dodgers of the U.S. Over Thirty Baseball League, Sunday Division, went head-to-head against the first place Staten Island Bombers on Sunday, August 10, in Livingston and came away with an 8-5 win. The Dodgers have taken two of three games from the Bombers and currently trail them by one game, with two games to play.

THE LIVINGSTON 10U TRAVEL BASEBALL TEAM took first place in the Cedar grove league, defeating Caldwell, 15-4, in the championship game of the greater essex/Morris/passaic County 10u summer baseball league. standing are coaches John dinicola, Jack dinicola, bill Murray, and les ambio. players standing are brandon Kenney, ben hausern, Vincent Militello, danny horowitz, and Ryan ambio. in the front row are austin Vecchio, noah Fisher, nick Murray, donovan dinicola, and nicholas slotnick. also on the team were Kyle Kelly and Michael Magnier.

The Livingston Outlaw competition cheer squad competed at Cheerfest, held at Great Adventure in Jackson earlier in the spring. The Livingston girls placed second in their recreation/senior division. Shown here with their trophy are: (standing) Rebecca Fekete, Arsema Amare, Brianna Brown, Ryann DeMaio, Sammantha Sheng, Elise Soutar, coach Jessica Byrne, Quinn Wright, Gabriella Santucci, Giuliana Santucci, Madison Foster, Vanessa Cuppari, Emily Delle, and Christina Cheek. Sitting are Christine Haddad, Kayla Fils-Aime, Audra O'Toole, Priyal Patel, Jasmyn Treadwell, and Imani Medy. Also on the team were coach Janice Rothenberger, Carolina Lopez, Amanda Magenheim, Erica Magebheim, Kayla Sexton and Eve Goldstein.

More than 300 people attended the inaugural Brendan Tevlin Lacrosse Festival on Saturday, August 2, at Seton Hall Prep's Kelly Athletic Complex in West Orange. Bagpipers led the four teams of about 100 players on to the field. "It was a great way to honor Brendan," said Richard Shahpazian, one of the organizers. Tevlin, the 19 year old Livingston youth who was murdered on June 25, had been a member of the lacrosse club at the University of Richmond, where he had fi nished his freshman year. Shahpazian and Tevlin had played lacrosse together at Seton Hall Prep.

The team defeated the Timberland Tree team, 11-8. Shown above displaying their trophy in the top row are Jim Cooney, Brady McLaughlin, Stan Banner, Mitch Goldberg, Mike Tuman, Sean Whalen, Ed Frayne and Brian Meierhofer. In the bottom row are Richie McLaughlin, Tracey Bent, Conor Gardner, Walter Writt, Phil Wells and Frank Denek.

The Livingston Dodgers of the U.S. Over Thirty Baseball League, Sunday Division, improved their second place record to 11-4 with a 7-0 shut out win over the Verona Twins on Sunday, July 27, in Livingston. José Martinez won his ninth game on the mound against no losses. The tall right-hander surrendered only three hits while walking none. The Dodger defense, meanwhile, backed him up with three double plays.