The Rahway boys’ basketball team captured its own holiday tournament last week by first defeating defending champion Johnson 74-68 and then Gov. Livingston 56-43 in the championship game. Johnson beat Rahway 36-35 in last year’s final. Rahway, which repeated last year as the Union County Conference’s Valley Division champion en route to a 21-4 finish, […]
The Roselle Catholic girls’ basketball team began January perfect at 4-0 after winning its own holiday tournament. The Lions defeated West Orange 46-40 in last week’s championship game two days after beating Matawan 66-39. All-Tournament Team selection Victoria Jacobs scored a team-high 15 points, including seven in the fourth quarter, to help lead the Lions […]
Senior guard Richson was special for the Hilltoppers, producing a game-high 23-point performance
CRANFORD AND WESTFIELD – Both Cranford and Roselle Catholic were in trouble and come crunch time in the fourth quarter each had to display a kind of resiliency if they were to be victorious on Opening Day. The Cougars – at home – and the Lions – on the road – had to reach back […]
Since 2009, Union County has produced at least one state champion, a streak of nine straight seasons. Since 2011 we’ve seen Cranford win its first state championship in the playoff era – the Cougars won again in 2015 – and then we’ve seen three programs win for the first time in a very long time. […]
Now that Hillside has won its first state championship since 1985, here is the list of when was the last year each team in Union County won a football state championship: Plainfield, with a record of 0-4 in finals, Governor Livingston (0-2) and Dayton (0-1) are the only three schools in Union County that have […]
ROSELLE PARK – Roselle Park held on to defeat Roselle 7-6 in the 100th Thanksgiving Day football game played between the neighborhood rivals Thursday morning at Herm Shaw Field. Roselle Park now leads the series, which began in 1915, 51-41-8. Roselle Park defeated Roselle for the first time since 2014 and as a result […]
The Honorary Captains for the 100th Roselle Park-Roselle football game – scheduled for Thanksgiving morning at Roselle Park’s Herm Shaw Field – are John Wagner of Roselle Park and Lou Grasso, Sr. of Roselle. Wagner, a 1969 Roselle Park graduate, was the head coach at Roselle Park from 1981-2005 after serving as an assistant coach […]
A banner 5-1 first-round playoff day last Saturday has produced two Union County vs. Union County semifinal matchups this weekend. That means Union County will have at least two teams playing in championship games the first weekend in December. Six of Union County’s 10 playoff qualifiers advanced to this weekend’s semifinal action, which is a […]
Remember when “official” practice commenced back in August, with players having to put on helmets and pads during near 100 degree temperatures. Well Friday night, as the playoffs commenced, it was time to search for extra clothing. Temperatures in the 30s and as low as the 20s in some places made for a very frosty […]
5 first-round games set for Friday night, Nov. 10 and 4 more for Saturday afternoon, Nov. 11
Of the nine games involving the 10 teams from Union County that qualified for the playoffs, seven of them are playoff rematches. The only two that have no history are first round Central Jersey, Group 2 encounters. They include third-seeded Johnson hosting sixth-seeded Holmdel tomorrow night and seventh-seeded Hillside at second-seeded South River Saturday. Those […]