Union County Tournament girls’ basketball continues at Johnson High School with Feb. 21 semifinals; Westfield vs. RC, followed by Cranford vs. TPS

Here are the rosters for the Feb. 21 Union County Tournament girls’ basketball semifinals at Johnson High School in Clark. It will be third-seeded Westfield (18-6) vs. second-seeded Roselle Catholic (19-4) at 6 p.m., followed by fifth-seeded Cranford (13-11) vs. top-seeded and defending champion The Patrick School (19-5). Westfield and RC split Watchung Division games, […]

Roselle Catholic boys’ basketball – led by senior guard Jason Battle – is now 1 win away from capturing its first UCT championship; Lions will play 2-time defending champ The Patrick School in Feb. 24 final at Kean

Battle lifts Lions with 18 points, including game-high 4 3s; Manuel leads Celtics with 28

UNION – Roselle Catholic was all set to do battle – once again – with Linden in order to advance to another county championship game. However, on a night when senior bigs Nazreon Reid and Alanzo Frink were not their typical dominating presence inside, Roselle Catholic’s battle cry came this time from its starting shooting […]

UCT boys’ and girls’ basketball will continue this week with semifinals for boys’ Feb. 20 at Kean and semis for girls’ Feb. 21 at Johnson High; Championship games are Feb. 24 at Kean

UNION – Of these three boys’ basketball programs – Cranford, Johnson and Roselle Catholic – which has not won the Union County Tournament yet? Cranford? No. The Cougars captured their lone title the year the Beatles arrived in America – 1964. Johnson? Wrong. Known then as Johnson Regional, the Crusaders claimed their only championship the […]

Union County wrestlers excel in district 13-16 competition; Region 4 at Union is up next

Union County wrestling is well-represented at Region 4 at Union High School’s Louis J. Rettino Gymnasium after producing several stellar performances at this past weekend’s district competition – those districts being 13-16. Region 4 commences Wednesday night (Feb. 21), continues Friday night (Feb. 23) and wraps Saturday (Feb. 24). The top four wrestlers from each […]

Standout Johnson senior George Visconti reaches highly-coveted 2,000-point scoring plateau; Helps lead Crusaders to their 14th win

JOHNSON SENIOR BOYS’ BASKETBALL PLAYER GEORGE VISCONTI (No. 14) George Visconti scored 26 points to bring his career total to 2,009 in a 61-50 win at Delaware Valley on Monday night, Feb. 12, 2018. Congratulations to Johnson High School’s all-time leading scorer on reaching and passing 2,000 career points. Well done! JOHNSON BOYS’ BASKETBALL 2017-2018: […]

Girls’ basketball UCT to continue Feb. 13 with 8 first round games; Quarterfinals to follow Feb. 16

The 43rd annual girls’ basketball Union County Tournament will continue with eight first round games to be played Tuesday night. After 21 teams were seeded we have the top 16 seeds ready to go. Here’s a closer look: TOP SIDE OF THE BRACKET: 9-Summit at 8-Dayton 16-Linden at 1-The Patrick School 12-New Providence at 5-Cranford […]

Boys’ basketball UCT will continue Feb. 14 with 4 second round games; Quarterfinals to follow Feb. 16

  Before the top four seeds enter into it we have four second round games scheduled to be played Wednesday night and they are all fine matchups as the 82nd annual boys’ basketball Union County Tournament continues. Three of the four matchups were previously played. Here they are: 9-Scotch Plains at 8-New Providence 10-Summit at […]

Union County Conference boys’ and girls’ basketball standings and overall records here as of Feb. 12

UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE BOYS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS AS OF MONDAY, FEB. 12   WATCHUNG DIVISION (5 schools): 1-Roselle Catholic (7-0) – outright champions 2-Patrick School (4-2) 3-Linden (4-3) 4-Plainfield (1-6) Elizabeth (1-6)   MOUNTAIN DIVISION (4 schools): 1-St. Mary’s, Elizabeth (6-0) – outright champions 2-Union Catholic (3-3) Union (3-3) 4-Westfield (0-6)   VALLEY DIVISION (7 schools): […]

Johnson senior Visconti now 17 points away from 2,000 as he scores 26 to help lead Crusaders to 62-52 UCT win at Plainfield; Next game is at Delaware Valley Feb. 12

JOHNSON SENIOR BOYS’ BASKETBALL PLAYER GEORGE VISCONTI (No. 14) 1,983 career points with 3 regular season games and at least one more county tournament game and one state tournament game to go. Johnson’s next game is at Delaware Valley Monday, Feb. 12 at 5:30 p.m. JOHNSON BOYS’ BASKETBALL 2017-2018: (13-6 overall, 9-1 won share of […]

Brian Oblachinski to be honored for his baseball excellence at 82nd annual Hot Stove League event

Brian Oblachinski did not only look to reach first base. His goal was to score. In the field, his range at shortstop prevented plenty of opposing players from getting hits they thought they had. A leader for the Cougars on the baseball diamond, the 2017 Cranford High School graduate is now a freshman member of […]

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