Howell’s Grant Acker, a senior at Gettysburg (Pa.) College, has been named to the “Street & Smith” and “Football Gazette” preseason Division III All-American teams at linebacker. Acker is coming out a breakout season with the Bullets in ’03, when he recorded 139 tackles, including 77 solo stops. They were the most tackles by a Gettysburg defender since 1978. Acker intercepted two passes during the season and returned one theft for a touchdown. He was named to the All-Centennial Conference and All-ECAC Southwest All-Star Teams after the season and was a CC Defensive Player of the Week winner.

A three-year letter-winner, Acker enters the 2004 season with 221 career tackles (123 solo).

Gettysburg went 5-5 in 2003. With 33 letter-winners, including 12 starters, returning, the Bullets have made winning the Centennial Conference championship their goal in ’04.

Acker is a graduate of the Peddie School, where he was an all-state prep selection.

The first meeting of the 2004-05 academic year for the Shore Track & Field Officials Association Inc. will be held on Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the Brick Township High School auditorium, Chambers Bridge Road, Brick. For additional information, call secretary/treasurer Larry Kalb at (732) 920-7503.

The Forsgate Foundation Charity Golf Classic will be held Oct. 3-4 at the Forsgate Country Club, Monroe Township.

The event, which raises valuable funds for the Special Olympics New Jersey, will be headlined by reigning U.S. Senior Open champion Peter Jacobsen and Chi Chi Rodriquez. On Oct. 3, Jacobsen and Rodriquez will participate in the Bud Light Skins Game, a nine-hole competition on Forsgate’s Banks Course, to win a purse of $9,000.

U.S. Financial Services will serve as the main sponsor for the Oct. 4 Exhibition Clinic featuring Jacobsen and Rodriquez. The clinic will precede the Skins Game.

Participant tickets for Oct. 4 are $15, and available for purchase by calling (732) 656-8911.

The Central Jersey Saints 14U baseball team is looking for a catcher for a Saturday and Sunday fall league. The team has already qualified for the 2005 national qualifying tournament in Delaware. Serions and dedicated players, with experience as a catcher, can call Bob Berardi at (732) 525-2917.