Major League Baseball saves Trenton Thunder after Yankees ditch the team

Major League Baseball saves Trenton Thunder after Yankees ditch the team

Three weeks after the New York Yankees dumped the Trenton Thunder as an AA affiliate in favor of the Somerset Patriots, Major League Baseball announced that the Thunder will become part of a new draft league that will groom baseball’s top prospects. Players coming out of high school and college will play in the draft…

Ivy League cancels winter sports season and delays spring play
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Ivy League cancels winter sports season and delays spring play

The Ivy League has canceled winter sports for the 2020-21 season and has postponed spring sports until at least the end of February because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A plan to conduct competitions for fall sports during the spring semester has also been scrapped. On Thursday, the Ivy League became the first league to cancel…

Thunder owners express anger as Yankees dump Trenton and Staten Island, restructure minor league farm system
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Thunder owners express anger as Yankees dump Trenton and Staten Island, restructure minor league farm system

The New York Yankees announced on Saturday that they are restructuring their minor league affiliations, and leaving Trenton and Staten Island for Bridgewater and the Hudson Valley. According to a statement by the Yankees, changes in the team’s minor league affiliations are the result of the expiration of an agreement between Major League Baseball and…

School board votes to allow fall varsity athletics season to begin at Princeton High School
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School board votes to allow fall varsity athletics season to begin at Princeton High School

In-person classes and other activities won’t begin in the Princeton Public Schools until some time in October, but varsity high school athletes in the district will be allowed to play sports starting today, Sept. 14, which is also the first day that all-remote learning begins in the school district. The school board for the Princeton…

New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association: Shortened fall high school sports season will begin Sept. 14
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New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association: Shortened fall high school sports season will begin Sept. 14

New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association officials have decided there will be a fall sports season for high school athletes in the state. The fall season will be shorter than usual and will be for outdoor sports only. The fall season will include football, cross country running, field hockey, girls tennis, and soccer. Competitions will…

Ivy League cancels fall sports season
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Ivy League cancels fall sports season

The Ivy League decided on Wednesday to cancel all fall sports for 2020. Winter sports will not be allowed to begin until after Jan. 1. The decision affects football teams, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, and women’s field hockey and volleyball. Ivy League officials met Wednesday to finalize the decision about…

Community Park Pool in Princeton will open on July 13

Community Park Pool in Princeton will open on July 13

The Princeton Recreation Commission decided at a special meeting on Wednesday night to open the Community Park Pool for an abbreviated season. Recreation Director Ben Stentz and his staff members are working to get the pool ready, implement new procedures that follow state guidelines for social distancing and community tracing, and train staff members. The…

Hun School names new head boys’ lacrosse coach

Hun School names new head boys’ lacrosse coach

Jim Stagnitta, a coach who has guided lacrosse teams for 32 years, including both Division I and Division III collegiate teams and professional teams, has been named the new head lacrosse coach for the boys’ team at the Hun School. Stagnitta has been a coach at Rutgers University, Arcadia University, the University of Pennsylvania, and…

West Windsor officials decide not to open community pool this summer, Princeton officials still undecided

West Windsor officials decide not to open community pool this summer, Princeton officials still undecided

West Windsor Mayor Hemant Marathe announced Friday that the WaterWorks community pool will not open this summer due to COVID-19 and the costs associated with implementing new health guidelines. Princeton officials still have not made a decision about opening the Community Park Pool. A decision was expected Thursday night, but has been postponed until a…

New Jersey Department of Health issues guidance for outdoor organized sports
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New Jersey Department of Health issues guidance for outdoor organized sports

The New Jersey Department of Health Monday issued guidance on COVID-19 health and safety protocols for outdoor organized sports activities, which are set to resume on Monday, June 22. The guidance permits practices and competitions for low-risk sports such as golf and tennis that do not involve contact, and allows for modified, no-contact practices for medium-risk…

New Jersey Health Department issues COVID-19 guidelines for summer youth camps
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New Jersey Health Department issues COVID-19 guidelines for summer youth camps

The New Jersey Department of Health issued COVID-19 health and safety guidelines for summer youth camps Monday following Governor Murphy’s executive order allowing camps to operate beginning July 6. Officials said they are aware that the opening of youth day camps is important because it will provide New Jersey working families who are in need…

NJ governor signs executive order restarting childcare, outdoor sports practices, and day camps
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NJ governor signs executive order restarting childcare, outdoor sports practices, and day camps

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced at his daily press briefing on Friday that he is signing an executive order restarting childcare services, organized sports practices, youth day camps, and municipal recreation programs. Childcare centers will be allowed to reopen their doors beginning Monday, June 15. “Having these centers open throughout this emergency for the…

Hopewell couple donates $1 million to Rider University for gym renovations
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Hopewell couple donates $1 million to Rider University for gym renovations

Hopewell Township residents Chuck and Isabel Baker have made a $1 million donation to Rider University to renovate the gym at the school. The money will be used for the replacement and expansion of chairback seating on one side of the court and the installation of new bleachers and a row of courtside seats on…

What you need to know if you plan to golf or head to a state or county park this weekend
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What you need to know if you plan to golf or head to a state or county park this weekend

Governor Phil Murphy signed an executive order this week reopening state parks and golf courses as of sunrise on Saturday, May 2. The order restores county authority to open and close parks. Mercer County has announced that county parks and golf courses will re-open on the same day. State Parks and Forests:  The order allows…

NJ governor signs executive order closing state and county parks to further social distancing
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NJ governor signs executive order closing state and county parks to further social distancing

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy Tuesday announced that he signed an executive order closing all state parks and forests and county parks to further social distancing measures.  The order takes effect on Tuesday, April 7, at 8 p.m. and is in effect until further notice. Mercer County Park and the 70-mile Delaware and Raritan Canal…

Princeton area teams raise more than $3,700 for special needs hockey program
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Princeton area teams raise more than $3,700 for special needs hockey program

Junior coaches from rival hockey teams hosted a skate-a-thon recently to support the Mercer Bulldogs Special Hockey team. The event was planned and organized by junior coaches Collin Penders from the Pennington School and Andreas Oskiper from Princeton High School. With the help of junior coaches from the Notre Dame High School, Robbinsville High School,…

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Princeton YMCA breaks ground on new basketball court

  PRINCETON – The Princeton Family YMCA has broken ground for the construction of a new outdoor basketball court on its field along Paul Robeson Place.  As a result of a $300,000 anonymous donation, the organization will build a state-of-the-art court featuring a surface that provides some of the best safety and performance available, representatives said. The…