When Liz McKeon scored a career-high 31 points in her second-to-last game at Westfield in 1999, becoming just the second Blue Devils girls basketball player to reach 1,000 career points was quite the lofty achievement. However, it came in a loss at Morristown. When she scored 14 more points in her final game, again it […]
Winner faces top-seeded Patrick School of Elizabeth in Feb. 22 quarterfinals
UNION – In order to get an opportunity to play one of the best teams in the state the Union Farmers will have to find a way to get past one of the best teams in the Union County Conference’s Mountain Division. That team is Plainfield. Union, the ninth seed, will play at Plainfield, the […]
As expected, Patrick School, Roselle Catholic, Elizabeth and Linden – in that order – garnered the top four seeds for the 84th annual boys basketball Union County Tournament. The championship game is Feb. 29 at Kean University, with top-seeded Patrick School expected to take on second-seeded and two-time defending champion Roselle Catholic in the final. […]
This is the time of the year when I write that the Union County Tournament is the oldest boys county tournament in the state when presenting the news of the seeding meeting. It adds a certain amount of weight to the history. What does that mean, though, exactly? For sure there have been plenty of […]
Westfield, one of the hottest teams in Union County and the Union County Conference’s outright Watchung Division champion, will not be the least bit offended if it does not receive the top seed for the 45th annual girls basketball Union County Tournament. The seeding meeting is scheduled to take place Tuesday morning at the Linden […]
Alicea, Dayton's all-time leading boys scorer, leads visiting Bulldogs with 13, 11 on free throws
CLARK – To cement their position as one of the top teams in Central Jersey, Group 2 the Johnson Crusaders continued to play the kind of basketball they are capable of. It wasn’t perfect by any means, but they were able to hold one of the best players in their division to just one official […]
Hilltoppers have now won 13 straight, while Indians see their 5-game winning streak snapped
RAHWAY – Despite fast starts to the first and second quarters and double-digit leads in each of the first three once again Summit found itself in a dogfight with Rahway. When the fourth quarter commenced the Hilltoppers were only ahead by one after producing a lead as big as 15. “Going into the fourth quarter […]
Junior center Maddison Vaughn paces Rams with 14 points, 13 rebounds and 5 blocks
ROSELLE – Beginning with the vigorous play of freshman Shauntia Alexander off the bench, Roselle Catholic seized control of Monday night’s Union County Conference-crossover clash during the latter stages of the first quarter. Then the Lions never let go. Alexander’s first points gave home team its fourth lead and the advantage for good against visiting […]
All-State QB to sign Feb. 5 with Division 2 Springfield, Mass. school American International College
Andrew Sanborn remembers quite well the time he almost gave up on football. “I was about to actually quit football before middle school,” Sanborn recalled. “I didn’t really have a good experience in my Pop Warner at quarterback, you always run the ball and it really wasn’t that fun. “Then a friend of mine called […]
Produced first 10-game winning streak in program history
HILLSIDE – If you want to succeed on the court and in the classroom you need to have a certain amount of confidence. The Hillside girls basketball team is not lacking that key component. “We’re ready for more competition,” exclaimed senior guard Quanajah Felder after the Comets, according to first-year head coach Jaleel Taylor, made […]