HUNDREDS PARADE…Players, parents, pets and siblings celebrate opening day of the Westfield Youth Baseball League last Saturday by parading from Mindowaskin Park to Gumbert Field to play ball. Mayor Andrew Skibitsky, police cars and fire trucks led the record-sized contingent on the perfect spring afternoon. See www.goleader.com/photos.

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THROWING THE BALL WITH EMPHASIS...Blue Devil sophomore pitcher Chris Jenkins fired no-hit ball through five innings to lead Westfield to a 2-0 victory over the Kearny Kardinals in Westfield on April 11.

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WATERS ROAR…The stream at Brookside Park in Scotch Plains turns into a raging river and floods the area from the huge storm of Sunday and Monday.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN…Fred Bercaw, left, president of the Newark Bait and Fly Casting Club, stands alongside Bruce Rooney of Bayonne with two Rainbow trout he caught at Echo Lake Park at the 26th Annual Fishing Derby on Saturday, April 14. The lake was stocked more than 1,222 trout by the club, and more will be replenished by the state.