Sports Shorts

Ray Navarette is playing for the Long Island Ducks of the Independent Atlantic League. Navarette, a graduate of Marlboro High School who played minor league ball for the Pittsburgh Pirates and New York Mets, is a third baseman for the Ducks, who won the first-half championship of the league (39-24) and automatically has qualified for the playoffs.

Navarette is batting .272 for the Ducks.

After starring at Marlboro, Navarette enjoyed an All-Big East career at Seton Hall University before being drafted by the Pirates his junior year.

The Freehold Tornadoes Intra-State Travel 14U Softball team will hold tryouts Saturday at Michael Tighe Park, Georgia Road, Freehold Township, starting at 5 p.m. All interested girls are invited to try out. The team is open to girls born Jan. 1, 1992, or later. For more information, call coach Jan Stankiewicz at (732) 462-2960.

The Freehold Tornadoes 10U Travel Softball team is looking for players for the 2007 season. Girls must be 10 years old or younger on Dec. 31, 2006, to be eligible. Open tryouts at the Michael Tighe Park on Field 1 will take place on Oct. 7, 4-6 p.m., and Oct. 8 from noon to 2 p.m. Call Oscar Boni at (732) 261-0853 or e-mail coachoscarb@yahoo.com for addition information.

Freehold Township Travel Basketball will hold tryouts for fifth-grade girls on Oct. 2 and 9 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Michael Tighe Park. The tryout is open to Freehold Township residents only. For more information, call Tom at (732) 409-6536 or e-mail Jim at jimdunn3@optonline.net, or visit the team's Web site at www.eteamz.com/FreeholdTwpTravelBasketb.

The Manalapan Torpedos, a new 11U travel baseball team forming for spring 2007 play in the USABL, will hold tryouts on Oct. 14. Players born between April 30, 1995, and April 30, 1996, are eligible to play. For additional tryout information, call Tom as (732) 863-5992.

St. John Vianney graduate, Manalapan resident and Harvard freshman soccer player Brian Grimm scored the game-winning goal on a header in overtime in a game against the University of Vermont on Sept. 19. It was the first start for the midfielder. Harvard has a record of 5-2.

Minor league softball coordinator Phil Scimone and 40/60 Major League World Series manager Len Settanni wish to invite all Manalapan-Englishtown resident girls 8-10 years old as of Jan. 1, 2007, (girls who turn 11 on Jan. 2, 2007, are eligible to play) to play softball for the Manalapan Belles. Tryouts will be held on Saturday, Oct. 14, and Sunday, Oct. 15, from 3 to 5 p.m. Any girl interested in playing but unable to make it to either tryout date may contact either Phil Scimone at (732) 617-2013 or Len Settanni (732) 462-6427.

The Monmouth Women's Basketball League (a fall/winter recreational league that runs from October through March) is looking for players. Games are played on Sunday at the Salvation Army gym in Red Bank. Any teams or individual players are welcome. Players must be 21 years old. For more information, call (732) 213-8216 or e-mail MWSL2002@yahoo.com.

The Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation will hold its Jersey Shore Golf Tournament on Oct. 12 at Deal Country Club in Deal. Executives, community leaders and others will gather to raise funds for the sons and daughters of U.S. Marines. Tee-off is set for 11:45 a.m. with a reception to follow at 5:30 p.m. For more information on the Marine Corps Scholarship Foundation, contact Daniel Perlowitz or Walter Sperr at (212) 966-0024.