Union wrestling team ready to excel in District 10 at Millburn; Farmers finish regular season 23-4, reach N2, G5 semis

Captured Union County Conference's Mountain Division championship with perfect 6-0 league mark

After a transition period that saw – for a number of years – Union wrestlers working hard and trying to keep up with the Brearleys, Roselle Parks, Governor Livingstons and Cranfords, the Farmers are on their way back. They’re on their way back to being among the elite teams again in Union County; North 2, […]

UCT basketball continues with quarterfinals at Rahway and Johnson; Girls’ are Feb. 19, boys’ Feb. 20

Top 8 seeds advanced in both tourneys

Union County waits a little longer than most counties to seed their basketball tournaments. However, once seeded, they seem to go pretty quickly. The 41st annual girls’ tournament included 20 of the 24 teams in the Union County Conference. Those opting not to participate were Sky Division teams Roselle, Roselle Park, Brearley and Benedictine Academy. […]

Summit girls’ basketball comes back to top visiting Scotch Plains; Osmulski leads charge on Seniors Night

Hilltoppers maintain Mountain Division lead with 3 league games to go

SUMMIT – A critical part of Summit’s offense is, naturally, getting the ball inside to tall senior center Cassidy O’Malley. In addition to her strong ability to haul in key rebounds on both ends, O’Malley is averaging a team-high 15 points. Scotch Plains made it virtually impossible for the Hilltoppers to get O’Malley the ball […]

Roselle Catholic girls’ basketball win features present coach coaching against player he coached for 4 years at RC; Lions down Needham, Mass. – coached by former RC standout Sheehy – 44-31

In a game that featured the host coach coaching against one of his former standout players, the Roselle Catholic girls’ basketball team turned back Needham, Mass. 44-31 Sunday, Jan. 17 at The Lions’ Den at Roselle Catholic. It was longtime Roselle Catholic head coach Joe Skrec coaching against Needham, Mass. mentor Amanda Sheehy, who played […]

Union wrestlers show solid improvement, place 4th in UCT; Cranford repeats as champions

Cougars have 6 winners, GL 2 and six others 1

UNION – There was no surprise at all at the way Cranford dominated the 41st annual wrestling Union County Tournament that was contested all day Saturday at Union High School’s Louis J. Rettino Gymnasium. The Cougars, as expected, repeated as champions, producing the most individual champs for the second straight season. Cranford won the UCT […]

Union girls’ basketball team produces 2nd 3-game winning streak for 6-4 start; Chain, Bonaparte come up big vs. Cranford

Farmers face division foe Westfield for first time Jan. 19

So far, through the team’s first 10 games, the Union girls’ basketball team has proven to be right there against division opponents. In another four weeks the Farmers hope to be right there or better concerning upcoming Union County Tournament competition. Union produced its second three-game winning streak this Friday afternoon, easily dispatching conference-crossover foe […]

Linden boys’ basketball tops Westfield in competitive clash between state-ranked undefeated squads; Senior forward Phelps leads Tigers with 24 points, 15 rebounds

UNION – What appeared like a mismatch of sorts at the onset turned into a pretty competitive boys’ basketball game between undefeated teams ranked among the best in the state. While most fans in attendance expected favored Linden to prove superior for most of the contest’s 32 minutes, underdog Westfield did not go away after […]

GL girls’ basketball opens with home victory over Johnson, sparked by Bostwick game-high 14-point performance

Soranno nets 13 and Gerrato nine and 11 boards for Highlanders; A. Palella scores 13 and Visconti 11 for Crusaders

BERKELEY HEIGHTS – While host Governor Livingston was able to establish a double-digit lead early on without being able to consistently pass the ball inside to junior center Lindsay Gerrato, a second straight opening day win over division rival Johnson did not come that easily. The visiting Crusaders regrouped quickly after falling behind by as many […]