Sports Shorts East Brunswick Area Youth Wrestling Club is currently accepting registrations for the upcoming winter season. The program is open to youth in grades K-8 of all abilities from beginners to advanced and offers levels from practice-only squads to teams that compete against other local recreation wrestling programs and in team tournaments. A walk-in registration is scheduled for Thursday, Oct. 4, 6:30-8 p.m. at Churchill Jr. High School in the cafeteria and on Friday, Oct. 5, 6-7 p.m. at the St. Bart's Pop Warner practice field between Memorial and St Bart's schools. Mail-in registrations are also being accepted. Forms and additional information may be obtained from our Web site www.EBWRESTLING.com. Anyone interested in coaching this season, please attend a coaches meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 7-8 p.m. in the Milltown Public Library meeting room on West Church Street in Milltown. For additional information or questions, contact Rick Perrine at teamdirector@ebwrestling.com or Mike Duhigg at headcoach@ebwrestling.com. Sayreville Recreation wrestling team will be having signups for the 2007- 08 season at the Arleth school gym on Nov. 6-8 and Nov. 13-15 from 6:30-8:30pm. Cost is $60 for Sayreville residents and $65 for nonresidents. Children ages 5-13 are welcome. The season starts in November and runs through March. Any questions please contact Kristie Dzamba at (732) 416-8545. The Old Bridge Hornets girls U8 soccer team improved its record to 2-1 with a thrilling 3-2 defeat of the Oceanport Knights on Saturday in Oceanport. After falling behind early 1-0, Jessica Schmidt scored two consecutive goals as the Hornets pulled ahead 2-1. Oceanport tied the score 2-2, and three consecutive saves by Hornet's goaltender Sierra Stevenson kept the game tied at the half. Two early second-half saves by Hornets' goaltender Trinity Malave kept the game tied until Jackie Tannucilli scored the game-winner with less than five minutes remaining. The Hornets survived back-toback scoring attempts in a last-minute rush by Oceanport, as well as a free kick from deep inside the Hornets' end in the final seconds. Also contributing to the victory were Shannon Kearns, Kayla Lombardi, Emily Lopes, Brianna Quezada, Julia Sandor, Joelle Taranto, Emily Valazza and Skylar Weickert. The Hornets are coached by Christine Sandor, Nancy Tannucilli and Dominick Lombardi. Sayreville Recreation wrestling team will be having signups for the 2007- 08 season at the Arleth school gym on Nov. 6-8 and Nov. 13-15 from 6:30-8:30pm. Cost is $60 for Sayreville residents and $65 for nonresidents. Children ages 5-13 are welcome. The season starts in November and runs through March. Any questions please contact Kristie Dzamba at (732) 416-8545. NWS Wrestling is coming back to the Sayreville Knights of Columbus No. 2061. Bell time is 7:30 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 9 at the Sayreville Knights of Columbus. For tickets or to make a reservation, call Jack at (848) 228-0126 and leave a message. Tickets are going fast. Part of the proceeds go to the Sayreville High School Marching Unit. Georgian Court University cross country runner Heather Miara (Sayreville War Memorial High School) earned the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Female Runner of the Week for the second week in a row. The Sayreville native captured first place among 150 runners on Saturday morning at the Philly Metro Championships in Philadelphia. This was Miara's second victory in a row, having captured the Cedar Crest/Muhlenberg Invitational individual title just last weekend. Miara has finished first among the Lion runners in all four races so far this season. With a time of 19:37:73 in the 5K race, Miara helped the Lions finish 22 points ahead of Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference rival Felician College who finished in second place with 95 points. Marywood University took third place among the 18-team field. The Old Bridge Hornets girls U8 soccer team improved its record to 2-1 with a thrilling 3-2 defeat of the Oceanport Knights on Saturday in Oceanport. After falling behind early 1-0, Jessica Schmidt scored two consecutive goals as the Hornets pulled ahead 2-1. Oceanport tied the score 2-2, and three consecutive saves by Hornet's goaltender Sierra Stevenson kept the game tied at the half. Two early second-half saves by Hornets' goaltender Trinity Malave kept the game tied until Jackie Tannucilli scored the game-winner with less than five minutes remaining. The Hornets survived backto back scoring attempts in a last-minute rush by Oceanport, as well as a free kick from deep inside the Hornets' end in the final seconds. Also contributing to the victory were Shannon Kearns, Kayla Lombardi, Emily Lopes, Brianna Quezada, Julia Sandor, Joelle Taranto, Emily Valazza and Skylar Weickert. The Hornets are coached by Christine Sandor, Nancy Tannucilli and Dominick Lombardi. The numbers keep dwindling down for Vassar's Debbie Sharnak , the former East Brunswick tennis ace, as she continues an amazing journey in the 2007 NCAA Woman of the Year selection. Sharnak has gone from being one of 127 finalists to one of 30. Now, she is one of the final nine. The NCAA has chosen nine finalists for its 2007 NCAA Woman of the Year, and Sharnak is clearly in the mix. Besides the East Brunswick native, who qualifies as a Division III Independent from the Liberty League, this year's finalists are: Shauneen Garrahan, Amherst College (cross country, track and field), New England Small College Athletic Conference; Felicia Guliford, University of Tennessee, Knoxville (cross country, track and field), Southeastern Conference; Ana Gutierrez, Seattle University (soccer), Great Northwest Athletic Conference; Jessica Javelet, University of Louisville (field hockey), Big East Conference; Whitney Myers, University of Arizona (swimming and diving), Pacific-10 Conference; Ashley Parker, Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) (track and field), Division III independents; Sarah Shearman, Truman State University (volleyball), Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association; and Jamie Wolf, Clarion University of Pennsylvania (swimming and diving), Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference. The honor recognizes outstanding female student-athletes who have excelled in athletics, academics, leadership and service. The NCAA Committee on Women's Athletics will choose the 2007 NCAA Woman of the Year from among the nine finalists. The winner will be announced during the 17th annual awards dinner Oct. 27 in Indianapolis. ESPN's Sage Steele and Debbie Antonelli will serve as emcees for the evening. Raritan Bay Cougars played the Morgan/ Parlin Panthers in week five. At the Mitey Mite level, Christian Wiedman scored on the ground for the cougars, and Joseph Redavid and Christopher Pisarczyk put in good defensive efforts. At the Jr. Pee Wee level, the Cougars defeated the Panthers 30-6, as Mike Friedman, Isaiah Trawick & Minkah Fitzpatrick scored rushing touchdowns. Minkah was successful on three extra points. On the defensive side, Brandon Giles picked off a pass by the Panthers and scored a touchdown. Nick Colatrella put in a great defensive effort with A.J. Livingston grabbing a Panther fumble. At the Pee Wee level, the Cougars were defeated 13-7. Chris Weber scored on a 5- yard pass from Justin Simboli. On the defensive side, Chris Weber, Ziggy Tykarshi and Kevin Salamea all grabbed Panther fumbles. The final game of the day was the Midget game, which the Cougars won 20-6 as Julian Daly scored twice on the ground while Jesse Meyer scored on a quarterback sneak set up by a long run from Louis Millan.