Growing every year, Autism Awareness Challenge is back at North Brunswick Community Park in 2026, and with (mostly) great weather

The Autism Awareness Challenge is back this year at North Brunswick Community Park – to benefit Mike Garlatti’s Teamwork Unlimited Foundation – with a full four-day slate of games.

And while some previous years have been marred by bad weather, forcing games to get rescheduled, played at high school sites, or wiped altogether, this year’s forecast looks much better, at least for the first three days of the event.

After a hot one Thursday with temps in the low 90s, Friday and Saturday will be in the 70s. Sunday, though, may not crack 60, with a 50 percent chance of showers. But Sunday is still five days away, and that forecast could change.

Here’s the full, day-by-day look at the weekend’s upcoming schedule of games,

THURSDAY, APRIL 16

Baseball

• 4 pm – Roselle Park vs. Bound Brook
• 4 pm – South Amboy vs. Rahway
• 7 pm – Scotch Plains-Fanwood vs. East Brunswick
• 7 pm – Piscataway Magnet vs. East Brunswick Magnet

Softball

• 4 pm – Sayreville vs. St. Thomas Aquinas
• 4 pm – East Brunswick Magnet vs. Carteret
• 6:30 pm – Hightstown vs. Governor Livingston

FRIDAY, APRIL 17

Baseball

• 4 pm – Voorhees vs. Middlesex
• 4 pm – Union Catholic vs. Rutgers Prep
• 7 pm – Spotswood vs. Somerville
• 7 pm – Delbarton vs. Randolph

Softball

• 4 pm – Woodbridge vs. North Brunswick
• 4 pm – Piscataway vs. Middlesex
• 6:30 pm – Piscataway Magnet vs. JP Stevens
• 6:30 pm – Bound Brook vs. Colonia

SATURDAY, APRIL 18

Baseball

• 10 am – Barnegat vs. JP Stevens
• 10 am – South Plainfield vs. Millburn
• 1 pm – Steinert vs. Sparta
• 1 pm – Ramapo vs. Holy Spirit
• 4 pm – Jackson Twp. vs. Livingston
• 4 pm – South River vs. Weehawken
• 7 pm – Carteret vs. North Brunswick
• 7 pm – Metuchen vs. South Brunswick

Softball

• 10 am – East Brunswick vs. Spotswood
• 10 am – Franklin vs. Rahway
• 12:30 pm – South Amboy vs. South River
• 12:30 pm – Timothy Christian vs. Perth Amboy Magnet
• 3 pm – Linden vs. Calvary Christian
• 3 pm – Metuchen vs. Monroe
• 5:30 pm – Edison vs JFK
• 5:30 pm – Perth Amboy vs. Woodbridge Academy

SUNDAY, APRIL 19

Baseball

• 10 am – Monroe vs. Red Bank Catholic
• 10 am – Toms River East vs. St. Joseph-Metuchen
• 1 pm – Sayreville vs. Mainland
• 1 pm – Gloucester Catholic vs. Governor Livingston
• 4 pm – Notre Dame vs. Gill St. Bernard’s
• 4 pm – Columbia vs. Edison
• 7 pm – Old Bridge vs. Westfield
• 7 pm – Oratory Prep vs. St. Thomas Aquinas