The Belleville High School crew team has already put the first oar in the water, but for the most part the rest of the Bucs sports teams will be starting this weekend.
The baseball and softball teams throw out their first pitches on Friday as the Belleville baseball squad hosts Glen Ridge while the softball team travels to Millburn.
That is, if the weather permits.
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One of the jobs for Belleville athletic director Tom D'Elia is to keep his eye on the weather forecasts, more so in the spring with the main two sports (softball and baseball) playing on grass fields.
Another sport basically not affected by weather is Bucs upstart boys volleyball team that will travel to Science Park to open the season on Friday.
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For all of the outdoor teams the prospects of playing are much brighter for Saturday.
The baseball team will be home against Newark East Side at noon while the softball squad travels to Westfield in Union County in an independent game at 11 a.m. The volleyball team will get another taste of the SEC as the Bucs host Montclair at 11 a.m.
The Belleville golf team will take on Newark East Side and Newark West Side at Forest Hill Golf Club for the first tee at 3:30 p.m.
Another team, boys tennis, will have its first serve of the season when it hosts Irvington on Monday at 4 p.m.
For the softball team they will travel to traditional rival Nutley on Tuesday at 4 p.m.
The last team to get going is the boys and girls track and field teams that travel to Millburn on April 7 for the first dual meet of the season (4 p.m.).
For most of the spring sports it will be the second season of the new Super Essex Conference. Bucs baseball, softball, golf and track and field are in the Liberty division.
The lone Belleville team in the top division, the American, is the boys volleyball team while the boys tennis team is in the Colonial.
The following are the schedules for the 2011.
Belleville Golf
(Matches at 3:30 p.m.)
April 4 Newark East Side/West Side at Forest Hill
April 7 at Caldwell, Mountain Ridge
April 12 Verona, Montclair
April 14 Weequahic/West Side, Hendricks Field
April 18 at West Orange/Bloomfield, Crestmont
April 19 West Orange, Forest Hill
April 20 at Verona, Montclair
April 21 Nutley, Hendricks
April 22 Nutley, Hendricks
April 26 Caldwell, Forest Hill
April 28 at East Side/Weequahic, Weequahic
May 9 at Glen Ridge/Millburn, Maplewood
May 10 Verona, Forest Hill
May 11 at Livingston, Cedar Hill
May 24 Millburn, Forest Hill
Belleville girls softball
(Games at 4 p.m. unless noted)
April 1 at Millburn
April 2 at Westfield, 11 a.m.
April 5 at Nutley
April 6 at Verona
April 8 Glen Ridge
April 9 at Kearny, 11 a.m.
April 11 Newark Academy
April 12 Columbia
April 14 at West Essex
April 20 West Orange
April 21 at Montclair
April 23 at Wayne Hills
April 25 Millburn
April 29 Verona
April 30 ECT, TBA
May 4 at Glen Ridge
May 6 at Newark Academy
May 7 ECT, TBA
May 9 at Westwood
May 11 Columbia
May 13 at ECT, TBA
May 14 at ECT, TBA
May 16 at West Orange
May 18 Montclair Kimberley
May 20 Montclair
May 24 State Sectionals, TBA
Belleville Baseball
(Games at 4 p.m. unless noted)
April 1 Glen Ridge
April 2 East Side, noon
April 4 at Montclair Kimberley
April 6 Cedar Grove
April 8 at Bloomfield, 7 p.m.
April 9 at Holmdel, Noon
April 11 West Essex
April 13 at Caldwell
April 14 Newark Academy
April 15 Verona
April 16 Millburn, 11 a.m.
April 18 Lyndhurst
April 20 at Irvington
April 23 at West Orange
April 25 at Glen Ridge
April 26 at Columbia
April 27 Montclair Kimberley
April 28 at Greater Newark Tournament, TBA
April 30 at Greater Newark Tournament, TBA
May 2 at Cedar Grove
May 4 Nutley, 7 p.m.
May 5 at Greater Newark Tournament quarters, TBA
May 6 at West Essex
May 7 at Greater Newark Tournament semis, TBA
May 9 Caldwell, 7 p.m.
May 11 at Verona
May 12 at Greater Newark Tournament, TBA
May 13 at Newark Academy
May 14 at Greater Newark Tournament, TBA
May 16 Orange
May 19 at Nutley
May 21 at Greater Newark Tournament, TBA
Belleville boys volleyball
(Games at 4 p.m. unless noted)
April 1 at Science Park
April 2 Montclair, 11 a.m.
April 4 Newark East Side
April 6 Millburn
April 7 at McNair Academy
April 8 at Bloomfield
April 9 at Clifton Tournament, TBA
April 12 Barringer
April 13 at Livingston
April 15 at North 13th Street
April 18 at Dover
April 20 at West Essex
April 21 at Clifton
April 25 Harrison
April 26 at Newark East Side
April 28 at Millburn
April 29 Wallington
April 30 at Livingston Tournament
May 2 at Garfield
May 3 East Orange
May 5 Bloomfield
May 7 Hunterdon Central, 11 a.m.
May 9 North 13th Street
May 11 Livingston
May 13 at Don Bosco
May 16 at Solomon Schechter
May 17 State playoffs, TBA
May 18 at Montclair
Belleville boys tennis
(Matches at 4 p.m.)
April 4 Irvington
April 6 at Orange
April 7 at Bloomfield
April 12 Orange
April 15 at Eastside
April 18 Technology
April 20 at Cedar Grove
April 25 West Orange
April 27 at Irvington
April 29 Orange
May 3 at Hackensack
May 9 Eastside
May 11 at Technology High
May 13 Cedar Grove
May 16 Nutley
Belleville track and field
(Meets at 4 p.m. unless noted)
April 7 at Millburn
April 9 at Columbia, 9 a.m.
April 11 at Nutley
April 16 at Shabazz, TBA
April 18 at Livingston, 11 a.m.
April 30 at Millburn Relays, 9 a.m.
May 6 ECADA at Livington, TBA
May 13 at SEC Championships, Millburn
May 20 at ECADA Individual, Montclair, TBA
May 21 at ECADA, Montclair, TBA
May 27 at State Sectionals, South Plainfield
May 28 at State Sectionals, 10 a.m.
June 3 at State Group meet, South Plainfield
June 4 at State Group meet, South Plainfield, 11 a.m.
June 9 at State Meet of Champions, Old Bridge, 3:30 p.m.
