Hanner nets 15, McQueen 13 for the RC girls', while Horton pours in 20, Whitney 17 and Frink 13 for the RC boys'
UNION – While it was close for three quarters, this time Roselle Catholic was simply not going to be denied. Not on this night. Not on this year. This was their county tournament to lose and had been for some time. So the Lions grabbed hold of the game in the fourth quarter and this […]
UNION – Roselle Catholic has come close the last six years, with the agony of defeat ever so present. After the heartbreaking loss to underdog Union in the 2013 quarterfinals – one year after the Lions reached the final for the first time in 49 years – two very close setbacks followed in the 2015 […]
Wichelns pours in game-high 25 points for Cougars, including game-high 7 3-pointers
CLARK – Survive and advance? For The Patrick School, which is the top seed and defending champion, that’s exactly how the Celtics moved on to their third county championship game in four seasons. It took a free throw by freshman guard Lashae Dwyer with five seconds remaining and then TPS had to hold its breath […]
Here are the rosters for the Feb. 21 Union County Tournament girls’ basketball semifinals at Johnson High School in Clark. It will be third-seeded Westfield (18-6) vs. second-seeded Roselle Catholic (19-4) at 6 p.m., followed by fifth-seeded Cranford (13-11) vs. top-seeded and defending champion The Patrick School (19-5). Westfield and RC split Watchung Division games, […]
Battle lifts Lions with 18 points, including game-high 4 3s; Manuel leads Celtics with 28
UNION – Roselle Catholic was all set to do battle – once again – with Linden in order to advance to another county championship game. However, on a night when senior bigs Nazreon Reid and Alanzo Frink were not their typical dominating presence inside, Roselle Catholic’s battle cry came this time from its starting shooting […]
UNION – Of these three boys’ basketball programs – Cranford, Johnson and Roselle Catholic – which has not won the Union County Tournament yet? Cranford? No. The Cougars captured their lone title the year the Beatles arrived in America – 1964. Johnson? Wrong. Known then as Johnson Regional, the Crusaders claimed their only championship the […]
Union County wrestling is well-represented at Region 4 at Union High School’s Louis J. Rettino Gymnasium after producing several stellar performances at this past weekend’s district competition – those districts being 13-16. Region 4 commences Wednesday night (Feb. 21), continues Friday night (Feb. 23) and wraps Saturday (Feb. 24). The top four wrestlers from each […]
JOHNSON SENIOR BOYS’ BASKETBALL PLAYER GEORGE VISCONTI (No. 14) George Visconti scored 26 points to bring his career total to 2,009 in a 61-50 win at Delaware Valley on Monday night, Feb. 12, 2018. Congratulations to Johnson High School’s all-time leading scorer on reaching and passing 2,000 career points. Well done! JOHNSON BOYS’ BASKETBALL 2017-2018: […]
The 43rd annual girls’ basketball Union County Tournament will continue with eight first round games to be played Tuesday night. After 21 teams were seeded we have the top 16 seeds ready to go. Here’s a closer look: TOP SIDE OF THE BRACKET: 9-Summit at 8-Dayton 16-Linden at 1-The Patrick School 12-New Providence at 5-Cranford […]
Before the top four seeds enter into it we have four second round games scheduled to be played Wednesday night and they are all fine matchups as the 82nd annual boys’ basketball Union County Tournament continues. Three of the four matchups were previously played. Here they are: 9-Scotch Plains at 8-New Providence 10-Summit at […]
