By JR Parachini on CRANFORD, ELIZABETH, ROSELLE PARK, UNION
3 Roselle Park grapplers move on
Now the competition hits an all-time high. Wrestling in Atlantic City this weekend for high school grapplers won’t mean trying to get out of the way of a senior citizen heading to the slots. It will mean, specificially for 14 UnionCounty grapplers, that their ultimate goal is right in front of them. That goal? Winnning […]
By JR Parachini on ELIZABETH, LINDEN
Moore nets 14 for Tigers, Dixon 12, Dolbrice 11
UNION – When Linden – which battled back from a 13-point first-half deficit – took its biggest lead of three with less than four minutes to go, there was a new sense of urgency for the Patrick School Celtics. “We were a little scared,” said the game’s best player, PatrickSchool senior guard Dupree McBrayer. It […]
By JR Parachini on ROSELLE, UNION
King paces Farmers with 10 points
UNION – At halftime it appeared that Union might be on its way to solving Roselle Catholic, with the Farmers pulling to within three points despite the Lions making most of their shots. However, Roselle Catholic didn’t see it that way and came out with a vengeance in the third quarter, immediately setting the tone […]
By JR Parachini on SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD, SUMMIT, UNION
At Rahway: Summit vs. Union and Dayton vs. Westfield; At Johnson: Plainfield vs. New Providence and Patrick School vs. Roselle Catholic
We have four very challenging and entertaining matchups concerning the 39th annual Frank J. Cicarell girls’ basketball Union County Tournament, which will tip off at two sites Friday night. The bottom side of the bracket – featuring sixth-seeded Summit vs. third-seeded Union at 6 p.m. and seventh-seeded Dayton vs. second-seeded Westfield at 7:30 p.m. – […]
By JR Parachini on ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS
Panthers will next wrestle in Group 1 semifinals Sunday morning in Toms River
ROSELLE PARK – A season in which it has just gone out, taken it one match at a time, and performed as consistently as it could continued for the Roselle Park wrestling team Friday night. The host Panthers immediately took the lead for good against visiting WhippanyPark when senior Pete Hilburn got things started at […]
By JR Parachini on SPORTS, UNION
Next games are at Monroe Saturday and at GL Monday
UNION – When this girls’ basketball conference-crossover contest was scheduled for the first week in February, little did either athletic director – Westfield’s Sandy Mamary and Union’s Linda Ionta – realize that both rivals would be 14 games over .500 at the time of the all-important clash. Westfield visited Union Thursday afternoon, both elite teams […]
By JR Parachini on ROSELLE, SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD, UNION
Bulldogs improve to 9-5 overall after topping division leader
Wanting to prove that the performance they produced at Westfield three weeks ago was the exception rather than the norm, the Dayton Bulldogs saw a great challenge ahead of them. They had the opportunity not only to make amends for the 27-point loss they were dealt by the home team Blue Devils that Jan. 10 […]
By JR Parachini on CLARK, CRANFORD, ELIZABETH, KENILWORTH, LINDEN, MOUNTAINSIDE, RAHWAY, ROSELLE, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD, SUMMIT, UNION
Brearley has most champs with 4
UNION – Gavin Murray came oh so close last year. The talented Cranford grappler met Governor Livingston’s Ryan Hoy in the county championship bout at 132 and was edged by the defending champion 9-8. That was the last of the 14 finals matchups. Murray, a junior, and Hoy, a senior, were destined to meet again […]
By JR Parachini on SPORTS, UNION
Farmers snap 2-game skid to improve to 5-3
UNION – A big part of Emanuel Kema’s practice routine includes taking a couple of hundred shots. “I have to get my 3s in,” the 6-0 Union senior shooting guard said. “I have to work on my footwork.” While practice may not make perfect all the time, it sure helps increase the odds of making […]
By JR Parachini on CRANFORD, ELIZABETH, LINDEN, ROSELLE, SPORTS, UNION
Cougars face Westfield in UCC-Mountain Division play
UNION – Ryan Huber, who played his high school ball at Dayton and is now in his eighth season as the head boys’ basketball coach at Cranford, is looking forward to coaching his first game at Kean University. Cranford will play Westfield Sunday at 2 p.m. in the second of five contests of the second annual Investors Games at Kean. “It’s great for the kids and […]