``It’s fun.’’ But not everyone looks at youth sports the same way. ``I’ve been playing since I was 3, he said. On a gorgeous fall afternoon this week, while other kids were playing with their Play Stations or watching DVDs, David was fielding ground balls hit by his dad, over and over again. He plays shortstop and pitches for his team, enjoys standing in the batter’s box and taking his swings against an opposing pitcher, and loves nothing better than the crack of the bat and the sweet trajectory of a long blast to the outfield. n In his Day-Glo orange New York Mets T-shirt and cap, 11-year-old David Jensen Jr. The improvements were paid for from the township’s Open Space Trust Fund, he said.STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J. “The synthetic fields cost $1.2 million each,” he said. The total cost for creating the park will be about $8.9 million, when everything is completed, Vornlocker said. The 70-acre park was acquired by the township from Pizzo and Pizzo developers as part of the company’s required open space dedication connected to a series of developments in the late 1990s. “It’s pretty elaborate,” said Township Manager Bob Vornlocker. In addition to the two synthetic turf fields, Middlebush Park boasts a tot lot, a skate park, three multi-fields, adult outdoor exercise equipment and a network of trails.
More than 300 children participate in the township’s Pop Warner program, making it the largest such program in Central New Jersey, according to the Franklin chapter’s president, Stanley Croughter.
Midget game, in which Franklin’s Warriors faced the Piscataway Chiefs. Mayor Brian Levine conducted the coin toss for the 11:30 a.m. 15 as the township’s Pop Warner Football teams played their first games on the parks turf fields.
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