Ultimate drama would pit the two - both ranked among the top 5 teams in the state - in the championship game
Before state tournament play commences and we get to see if Roselle Catholic and Elizabeth are both good and fortunate enough to capture state championships en route to the Tournament of Champions, what is the one matchup – I take it – most Union County basketball fans want to see? Roselle Catholic vs. Elizabeth in […]
Westfield, which lost to Patrick School in the 2015 and 2017 finals, is the No. 2 seed; Defending champion Roselle Catholic, which split with PS this year, was seeded 3rd
Teams with records that are four games under .500 don’t usually get seeded No. 1 for a county tournament. The Patrick School of Elizabeth girls’ basketball team, which began the week at 7-11, is the exception. The Celtics have gone 1-3 against teams from out of state and 0-7 vs. the likes of highly-regarded and […]
Golabek leads Tigers with 280 game that includes 11 strikes
If there was any pressure of sorts it was on the Linden Tiger bowlers as they were the top seed and defending champion, seeking a second consecutive Union County Tournament championship last week. Lifted by a total team effort that included all six bowlers playing a key role, Linden was successful in obtaining its goal […]
Win 2nd straight and for 5th time in past 6 games to improve to 10-6
ROSELLE – The game that Taniya Hanner reached 1,000 career points came on the road and did not come in a victory. However, the milestone was celebrated at home Saturday and came before an eventual hard-fought win against a very solid opponent. Fittingly, Hanner scored the game’s first points on the very first shot taken, […]
Defending champion Celtics take lead in Watchung Division and will also be the top seed for the Union County Tournament
WESTFIELD – Entering the second quarter with a three-point lead, Patrick School third-year head coach Damel Ling shouted this instruction to his players: “start to take some 3s!” The Celtics had five girls with exactly one two-point field goal for all of their first quarter scoring. That was not the case for the next eight […]
Blue Devils win 3rd straight to improve to 11-5; Cougars, sparked by rebounding of Pringle, fall to 6-8
CRANFORD – When you have two defensive-minded teams going at it a premium is put on being able to control the boards. On the defensive end you’re looking to grab the ball and go. Offensively, you want to follow up a miss with at least a second opportunity. While both Westfield and Cranford equally displayed […]
Bears bounce Bulldogs to win 4th straight and improve to 12-2
SPRINGFIELD – When the game’s leading scorer, Dayton senior Sayre Brandstatter, scored on a lefty layup to tie the game for the fourth and what would be the final time inside of four minutes to go, the home team’s crowd erupted. Visiting Brearley, which earlier led by as many as 15 and more very recently […]
10-0 run bridging first and second quarters spurs on visiting team
UNION – Arch rival Union had it going on early, scoring the game’s first five points, taking the ball away time and time again and going strong to the hoop. The host Farmers looked more than up to the challenge of being the first team to knock off undefeated Elizabeth. A little more than six […]
UNION – With the stinging memory of falling by a wide margin in the finals last year still in his head, Brearley sophomore wrestler Patrick Phillips just wanted to stay true to himself. Phillips figured that if he was able to execute his strategy – which consisted of pushing offense, being always on his toes, […]
Battle scores 26, Tanksley 20 for visiting Vikings; Price leads host Minutemen with 21
ELIZABETH – For many years the Elizabeth Dunn Sport Center rocked as it served as the center of the universe for upper echelon boys’ basketball in the state of New Jersey. Then for some time the Dunn Center was, well, done. The Union County Tournament, in addition to other showcase matchups, moved over to Kean […]
