Please fill out the Winter Registration Form (fill-able .pdf) for the 2009-2010 Winter Sports, Wrestling, and bring it to either of the registration sessions. The registration for wrestling are Tuesday 10/20/09 from 7:00 PM-8:00 PM and Thursday 10/22/09 from 7:00 PM-8:00 PM at the Cranford Community Center. The tryout schedule for basketball is listed on the front page of the Cranford PAL website. Please follow the tryout schedule.

2009 Winter Registration

All coaches of the Cranford Police Athletic League shall have their fingerprints taken and submitted to the New Jersey State Police for the purpose of checking their criminal history. Information obtained from the criminal history check will be used in determining the eligibility of the individual to coach in the P.A.L. This information shall not be shared with civilian members of the Cranford P.A.L. Board of Directors. Any person making a false statement on this application shall be denied the privilege of coaching in the Cranford Police Athletic League. The cost of the background check will be paid by the Cranford Police Athletic League, Inc.

Coaching Application

All completed applications are to be returned to the Cranford High School Guidance Office by May 1st. The P.A.L. Scholarship Committee shall choose one (1) male and one (1) female recipient.
Recipients shall receive $500.00 each from the Cranford Police Athletic League, Inc.

Glenn A. Owens was a practical, methodical, and meticulous individual. Besides being a husband, father, grandfather, detective, baseball player, gardener and coach, he was, above all, a "doer", an initiator who preferred to make things happen rather than wait for them to happen.

Glenn was a charter member of the Board of Directors when the P.A.L was incorporated in 1981 and was the Vice President of the Board at the time of his untimely death. Glenn Owens retired from the Union County Prosecutors Office in Elizabeth in 1991 as a Lieutenant of Investigations in charge of the Forensic Unit after serving 33 years. He was C.S.I. Union County long before the television program popularized the profession.

Lt. Owens was a past president of the New Jersey State Identification Association, a former New Jersey State President and was the Union County President of the Retired Police and Fire Association. Glenn was also an instructor at the John H. Stamler Police Academy.

He played baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies from 1952 to 1956 as well as coaching baseball in the Cranford baseball leagues for over 15 years. In 2002, Glenn was inducted into the Cranford Sports Hall of Fame. Glenn Owens served honorably in the U.S. Army from 1957 to 1963. In addition, he volunteered over 2,000 hours of service to the Union County Master Gardeners of the Rutgers Cooperative Extension.

Scholarship Criteria

1. Participation in a Cranford Police Athletic League sponsored program by the applicant is a MANDATORY requirement to be considered for this scholarship. The programs recognized by the P.A.L. are Football, Flag Football, Cheerleading, Field Hockey, Basketball, Wrestling, Track and Field, Volleyball, Flag Rugby, and Skateboarding. NOTE: Participation in the Cranford Police Athletic League sponsored Summer Basketball Camp, Summer Football Camp, Summer Cheerleading Camp, Summer Wrestling Night, Open Gym, or Open Pit does not make the applicant eligible for this scholarship.

2. The recipient shall be a member of the graduating class at Cranford High School;

3. Write an essay about an event or events in your life that demonstrate you have characteristics important to Glenn Owens;

4. Provide two (2) references (one reference should come from outside the school system);

5. Provide a copy of your high school transcript.

Glenn Owens - P.A.L. Scholarship