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It was three years ago that nancy Llanos got the idea to help her special-needs son play soccer close to home. Llanos said she told her husband, Rich, a board member of the Franklin Township Soccer Club, that the club should offer soccer to kids with special needs. They turned to TOPSoccer, a national program designed to do just that. …

After more than 40 years of competition, Franklin Township finally has a Pop Warner national championship team. But it’s not who you might think it is. The Franklin Township Pop Warner Midget Cheerleaders were crowned best in the nation in their division on Dec. 8 at the Pop Warner Cheer & Dance Championships held at ESPN Wide World of Sports …

Take some elements of tennis, throw in a little essence of badminton and combine with a soupçon of ping-pong, and what do you get? Pickleball, of course. The sport, invented in 1965 by a U.S. Congressman from Washington State and a friend to give their bored families something new to do, is all the rage in adult communities, mainly in the west …

Nicole Rollins knows a thing or two about running fast. The township mother of two is a former track star at Linden High School and West Virginia University. So a seed was planted when Rollins saw her twins, Adriana Monique and Qiora Noelle, zipping around the floor when they were toddlers. That seed sprouted into an idea several years later, …

The Franklin Township Baseball League’s 12 and Under team was acknowledged at the Sept. 29 Township Council meeting for its showing in a national tournament in Cooperstown, NY. The team finished 7-4 and placed 16th out of the 104 teams competing in the Cooperstown National Invitational Tournament at the end of August. In an email to Councilwoman Shanel Robinson describing …

A dream several years in the making is about to come true for a dozen members of the Franklin Township Baseball League’s 12 and Under team. The players will leave at the end of August for Cooperstown, NY – the home of baseball and its Hall of Fame – for the Cooperstown National Invitation Tournament. Starting Aug. 29, the Franklin …

The Franklin Township Soccer Club started its 2015 recreation division season April 18 with games at Middlebush Park and Samson G. Smith School. The club, which boasts about 1,000 players, will run for the next 10 weeks, although no games are scheduled for Memorial Day weekend, said Rich Seamon, an executive board member. The club will start another nine-week season after Labor …

The Franklin Township Baseball League kicked off its 2015 season April 11 – its 63rd – with its traditional parade from Pine Grove Manor School to the baseball complex on Dekalb Street. Girls’ softball and boys’ baseball teams paraded down the streets, led by members holding their respective banners. The day also featured comments from local officials, including Township Councilmen …

The Franklin Heat Traveling Basketball program will hold a fundraising basketball game from 7-8:30 p.m. Feb. 27 at Sampson G. Smith Intermediate School, 1649 Amwell Rd. The game, called the “Terrance Barker Scholarship Classic,” will raise money for the program’s Terrance Barker Scholarship Fund and will pit players against their coaches. Barker, who was a coach in the program since …

The Franklin Township Pop Warner Mitey Mites have their sights set on Disney World and bringing home a national championship. The team, comprised of boys aged 7 to 9 years, defeated Brick City 8 to 6 on Nov. 9 to win the Central Jersey Division 2 championship in Roselle. The teams played to a scoreless tie until the fourth quarter, when …