Former Roselle Catholic basketball standouts Laverty and Warney meet on the college stage

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Laverty, Class of 2009, is playing at Seton Hall and Warney, Class of 2012, is at Stony Brook

  Roselle Catholic graduates Connor Laverty, at left in the photo, and Jameel Warney, at right, met in the post-game handshake line following Seton Hall University’s 60-59 victory against Stony Brook on Dec. 28 at the Prudential Center in Newark.Warney, who scored five points in 27 minutes vs. Seton Hall, graduated from Roselle Catholic last […]

Former ALJ record-scorer Poskay to be honored at 16th Annual New Jersey Lacrosse Hall of Fame Induction Dinner

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National champion at Viriginia is now the head coach at Wagner

Matthew Poskay, former Alumni of Arthur L. Johnson High School, will be honored at the 16th Annual New Jersey Lacroose Hall of Fame Induction Dinner on January 27, 2013, at the Mercer Oaks Golf Club in Princeton Junction. The dinner is sponsored by the New Jersey South Lacrosse Chapter. Matthew Poskay, former Alumni of Arthur […]

Johnson football standout Baron honored at Maxwell Football Club dinner

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Honor Roll student an imposing figure as a complete two-way lineman

Student athletes from a variety of schools throughout the State of New Jersey were recently honored at the 2nd Annual New Jersey High School Awards Dinner on Sunday, January 13, 2013, at the Heldrich Banquet Center, located in New Brunswick. The dinner is sponsored by the Maxwell Football Club. Over sixty years ago, the Robert […]

Former Johnson High, CNJ star athlete Syciarz to be honored at Feb. 10 Hot Stove Dinner

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Earned numerous team, individual accolades as a standout high school and college field hockey goaltender

Student athletes from a variety of schools throughout UnionCounty will be honored at the 77th Annual Hot Stove League Baseball Dinner on Sunday, February 10, 2013, at the L’Affaire Banquet Center. The dinner is sponsored by the Union County Baseball Association, in cooperation with the Union County Board of Chosen Freeholders and the Union County […]

Brearley girls’ basketball sweeps Rahway in Valley Division play to improve to 7-2

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Bears sparked by scoring of Grispart, Zielinski, O'Boyle and key rebounding of Levy, Pace

KENILWORTH – When junior center Christine Grispart is fed the ball inside, there’s practically no stopping the Brearley Bears. However, with basketball being the team sport that it is, teams need more than just one player to step up their games if they are to be successful. A combination of Grispart scoring in the paint […]

Brearley grapplers will be going for a record 8th straight UCT championship Saturday at Union

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Returning champions include Brearley's DeMarco, GL's Mele, Summit's Abbott, GL's Hoyt, Brearley's John Balboni, Brearley's Joe Balboni and Scotch Plains heavyweight Tufaro

UNION – Will Brearley make it a record eight in a row? Or will Roselle Park capture its first county crown in a decade? Those questions and more will be answered Saturday when the 38th annual wrestling Union County Tournament takes place at Union High School’s Louis J. Rettino Gymnasium, beginning at 9 a.m. The […]

Union Catholic boys’ basketball, sparked by Hillside resident Lynn’s game-high 32 points, battle state-ranked Linden to the very end

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Was battle of 9-1 Union County squads at Inaugural Investors Games at Kean

UNION – Damon Lynn can shoot the 3, no new development there. However, Lynn and his Union Catholic teammates proved Sunday that they have the ability to seriously compete against the upper echelon teams in the state. That is news for a Union Catholic squad that Linden had its hands full with. Although the Vikings […]

McCoy nets her 1,000th career point in lifting Cranford girls’ basketball past division foe Scotch Plains

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Standout senior guard made her first 4 shots to reach milestone by end of first quarter

SCOTCH PLAINS – In a circumstance where many players struggle to reach an individual goal, Cranford senior guard Jessica McCoy couldn’t miss. McCoy was a perfect 4-for-4 Friday night when going for the 10 points she needed to reach 1,000 for her career. McCoy’s game-high 21 points put her career total at 1,011 and it […]

Dayton girls’ basketball holds another opponent to under 30 points

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Athan's 13 lift Bulldogs to 39-29 home win over Colonia

SPRINGFIELD – Playing an out-of-county opponent less than 24 hours after beating a division rival is one of the many challenges a basketball team faces during a long winter season. That was the case for a young Dayton squad Saturday afternoon as they took on a Group 3 school, Colonia, which entered the Dayton gym […]

RC girls’ basketball posts convincing division home win over Cranford in battle of unbeatens

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Junior frontcourt standout Pozsonyi nets game-high 17 points, Oliver adds 14 and 13 rebounds

ROSELLE – Seeking to immediately create havoc and really put the ‘press’ure on visiting Cranford, host Roselle Catholic went to a full court press after the opening tip. With hands up and bodies closely guarded, RC put the pressure on, with four of its players – seniors Niavanni Grant and Renee Oliver, junior Tori Pozsonyi […]

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