Brian Oblachinski did not only look to reach first base. His goal was to score. In the field, his range at shortstop prevented plenty of opposing players from getting hits they thought they had. A leader for the Cougars on the baseball diamond, the 2017 Cranford High School graduate is now a freshman member of […]
Group semis, finals are Feb. 11 at Toms River's Pine Belt Arena
Panther dominance continues for another evening. An historic season for the Roselle Park wrestling team now includes the program’s 23rd sectional state championship and record 19th in North 2, Group 1. Top-seeded Roselle Park rolled second-seeded Bound Brook 58-12 in Friday night’s North 2, Group 1 state championship match at Roselle Park’s T. Ralph […]
JOHNSON SENIOR BOYS’ BASKETBALL PLAYER GEORGE VISCONTI (No. 14) 1,957 career points with 3 regular season games and at least one county and one state tournament game to go Johnson’s next game is a UCT contest Saturday, Feb. 10 at Plainfield at 1 p.m. JOHNSON BOYS’ BASKETBALL 2017-2018: (12-6 overall, 9-1 won share of UCC’s […]
ROSELLE – A player who did not participate in the first game two weeks ago – senior guard Markquis Nowell – did his best to try to steal the game away for the visiting Celtics. His downtown, bombs-away shooting east and west put his team back in the lead late in the third quarter and […]
Johnson next plays Dayton home Feb. 6; A Crusader win will clinch a share of the UCC's Sky Division crown with New Providence
JOHNSON SENIOR BOYS’ BASKETBALL PLAYER GEORGE VISCONTI (No. 14) 1,908 career points with 4 regular season games and at least one county and one state tournament game to go JOHNSON BOYS’ BASKETBALL 2017-2018: (11-5 overall, 8-1 UCC’s Sky Division – through Saturday, Feb. 3) Dec. 15: Johnson 68, New Providence 58 – at Johnson George Visconti […]
JOHNSON BOYS’ BASKETBALL SENIOR GEORGE VISCONTI (No. 14) 1,888 career points going into Feb. 3 game vs. St. Rose at Roselle Catholic. JOHNSON BOYS’ BASKETBALL 2017-2018: (10-5 overall, 8-1 UCC’s Sky Division – as of Saturday, Feb. 3) Dec. 15: Johnson 68, New Providence 58 – at Johnson George Visconti 16 points – put him […]
Is it 1,888 with at least 5 regular season games to go, plus one guaranteed UCT game and one guaranteed state tournament contest
GEORGE VISCONTI – JOHNSON BOYS’ BASKETBALL SENIOR is now 112 points away from 2,000 JOHNSON BOYS’ BASKETBALL 2017-2018: (10-5 overall, 8-1 UCC’s Sky Division – as of Friday, Feb. 2) Dec. 15: Johnson 68, New Providence 58 – at Johnson George Visconti 16 points – put him at 1,606 Dec. 19: Johnson 86, Roselle Park […]
Sectional competition begins Feb. 5, continues Feb. 7 and concludes Feb. 9
Cranford is a defending champion and earlier this year captured its fourth consecutive Union County Tournament title. Roselle Park is seeking its first sectional title in four years. Earlier this year – after being edged by two points (187-185) by Cranford for the UCT crown at Union – the Panthers came back four days later […]
Will clinch 3rd straight outright Valley Division championship with wins at Roselle Jan. 30 and at Scotch Plains Feb. 6.
RAHWAY – The last undefeated basketball team in Union County has had enough of – almost getting the job done. This year the goal is simply to – finally get the job done. All is well at the moment for the Rahway Indians as they improved to 15-0 with Saturday’s convincing 61-29 Union County Conference-Valley […]
Crusaders will close month with 3 straight Sky Division road contests
UNION – Seeking to bounce back from a tough road division setback, the Johnson boys’ basketball team overcame seven deficits to take the lead in the fourth quarter against St. Peter’s Prep. However, unlike last year when Johnson outscored the Marauders at home, St. Peter’s Prep – sparked by senior strongman Shayne Simon – muscled […]