UHS junior Kai Legband is a varsity swimmer Kai Legband is a junior at Union High School and has been a member of the men’s varsity swim team since his freshman year. In dual meets this season, Kai has been a part of 11 first-place relays, with a handful of relays won on come-from-behind […]
PHOTO COURTESY OF LOU GRASSO JR. – Union football players sign their national letters-of-intent at the high school on the first day of the 2017 signing period – Wednesday, Feb. 1. From left are, Mike Tverdov-Rutgers, Chris Bournes-ASA, Adens Georges-Montclair State, Al-Tariq Jones-ASA, Diego Hernandez-Caldwell and Darrell Davis-Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). Coaches behind them, […]
PHOTOS COURTESY OF ROSELLE CATHOLIC Roselle Catholic and Needham (Mass.) High School girls basketball players enjoyed a post-game lunch together in the Needham cafeteria on Sunday (Jan. 15th). Roselle Catholic coaches surround Needham HS head coach — and RC graduate (’06) Amanda Sheehey. From left, Tim Hagan, Charlie Wischusen, Amanda Sheehy, Joe Skrec, E.J. Vaughn […]
5 divisions still up for grabs
PHOTO BY JR PARACHINI – The first basketball Union County Conference division winners for the 2016-2017 season are the Johnson boys’ repeating as Sky champs, the Patrick School girls’ repeating as Watchung winners and Kent Place capturing the girls’ Sky crown. Here are the Union County Conference boys’ and girls’ basketball standings as of Monday, […]
Here are the Union County Conference boys’ and girls’ basketball standings – and the overall records of those teams – as Monday, Jan. 23: UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE BOYS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS AS OF MONDAY, JAN. 23: WATCHUNG DIVISION (5 schools): 1-Patrick School (4-1) 2-Linden (3-1) 3-Roselle Catholic (1-1) 4-Plainfield (1-3) 5-Elizabeth (0-3) MOUNTAIN DIVISION (4 schools): […]
Dan O’Brien, age 87 of Rockwall, TX, loving husband and devoted father, passed from this earth on January 16, 2017. He was born March 26, 1929, to Daniel Francis O’Brien Sr. and Charlotte (Hoffurth) O’Brien. A proud native of Elizabeth, NJ, Mr. O’Brien was a distinguished dual sport athlete at Thomas Jefferson High School […]
The Brearley girls’ basketball team is off to one of its finest starts in some time. On Tuesday, Jan. 17 in Kenilworth the Bears produced an impressive 46-33 win over Benedictine Academy of Elizabeth in Union County Conference-Sky Division play. Brearley won its third straight to improve to 8-1 overall. The Bears also lead the […]
Here are the Union County Conference boys’ and girls’ basketball standings as of Monday, Jan. 16: UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE BOYS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS AS OF MONDAY, JAN. 16: WATCHUNG DIVISION (5 schools) 1-Patrick School (3-0) 2-Roselle Catholic (0-0) 3-Linden (2-1) 4-Plainfield (1-2) 5-Elizabeth (0-3) MOUNTAIN DIVISION (4 schools) 1-St. Mary’s, Elizabeth (4-0) 2-Union Catholic (1-1) 3-Westfield […]