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The best of Essex will be on hand for the Saturday, April 20th Cedar Grove Black & Gold Invitational, with Sophia Mount and Livingston, coach Rob Stern and his Mount St. Dominic Lions, the host Panthers and pitcher Cayce Kavakich, and coach Cliff Smith and his Columbia Cougars. There will be 24 teams playing 12 games on 3 fields. (Photos by Jeff Stiefbold and Gene Nann)
Enhanced by the addition of the pristine Eagles Field at the bottom of Bradford Avenue in addition to the upper and lower Panther Fields, the annual Cedar Grove Black & Gold Invitational will create another supreme setting for some of the top teams in New Jersey to gather for this Saturday's (April 20th) Black & Gold Invitational. Some 24 teams will be involved in the event played on three fields, including the four best teams in Essex County in Livingston, Mount St. Dominic, Columbia and the host CG Panthers, plus other top-notch programs including Middletown North, Ramapo, Ramsey, Colts Neck, Immaculate Heart and Watchung Hills. Also on hand will be Union County stronghold Cranford, Morris County’s Roxbury, Hanover Park and Pequannock, and other time-honored Essex programs such as Nutley, West Essex and Verona. The action begins at 9 a.m. with coach Sergio Rodriguez’ Hanover Park Hornets taking on LuAnn Zullo’s Nutley Maroon Raiders on Upper Panther Field, Ramsey vs. Cranford at Eagles Field and Pequannock against Verona on Lower Panther Field. Among the mid-day contests to take in on Upper Panther Field will be Middletown North vs. coach Rob Stern’s Mount St. Dominic Lions at 1 p.m. followed by Red Bank Catholic vs. coach Jason Daily’s surging Livingston Lancers at 3 p.m. Coach Cliff Smith’s Columbia Cougars, the defending North 1, Group 4 state sectional champions, will meet Colts Neck, 1 p.m., on Eagles Field. All told, the 12 games played with scheduled first pitchers between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. will make the 2024 Cedar Grove Black & Gold Invitational another key event of the showcase portion of the season. As far as top pitchers there will be plenty of hurlers to watch including the best from Essex in Sophia Mount of Livingston, Cayce Kavakich of Cedar Grove, Ava Kelshaw of Mount St. Dominic and Claire Shupe of Columbia. Top hitters will include Allie Nankivell of Livingston and Sophia DeMarco of Cranford. The rain date for the big softball event is Sunday, April 21. Follow Steve Tober on 'X' (Twitter) @Chattermeister
Sergio Rodriguez' Hanover Park Hornets, Diana Fasano's Immaculate Heart Blue Eagles and Andrea Mondadori's West Essex Knights along with slugging Sophia DeMarco and the Cranford Cougars will all be part of 2024 Cedar Grove Black & Gold Invitational. (Photos by Gene Nann ) copyright 2005 Sideline Chatter - to comment contact the webmaster
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