The goal of a basketball team that did not return any starters is one of progression. Let’s start from scratch and see just how better we can get as the days, weeks and months march on. That was the scenario the Union boys’ were faced with this season. One of four teams situated in the […]
The best swimmers in Union County traveled to Middlesex County Sunday to compete in the annual Union County meets, which were held at the Sonny Werblin Rec Center in Piscataway, located on the campus of Rutgers University. To no one’s surprise, perennial powers Westfield and Scotch Plains were dominant, with Westfield repeating as boys’ champions […]
Roselle Park, with Montgomery winning crown at 113 is 2nd; 4th-place Rahway has sophomore champions in Murray at 120 and Royster at 126
UNION – “4 Baby!” Those were the first words emphatically ushered by Cranford standout senior wrestler Tom DiGiovanni immediately after he held off Summit senior Philip Angelo 2-1 to capture the 138-pound championship. DiGiovanni became Cranford’s first 4-time Union County Tournament champion Saturday en route to helping lead the heavily-favored Cougars to their third straight […]
First Cranford doubles up challenging South Jersey foe Wall 48-24 on Jan. 3. One day later Rahway has an historic 36-23 win at Roselle Park. Then Rahway, at 5-0, and Cranford, at 3-0, clash at Cranford last Friday night, with Union County’s top team – the host Cougars – coming out on top by a […]
Here is a look at this year’s returning Union County Tournament wrestling champions and the event’s only seven 4-time winners. The 42nd annual wrestling Union County Tournament is scheduled to take place this Saturday – Jan. 14 – at Union High School’s Louis J. Rettino Gymnasium. Competition will go from – roughly – 9 a.m. […]
Talk about early-season showdowns, there were two undefeated vs. undefeated girls’ basketball clashes this past week in Union County, with the road team coming out on top both times. On Saturday afternoon in Springfield it was visiting Oak Knoll coming through in the fourth quarter to pull out a 45-37 win over Dayton in a […]
Watkins paces Tigers with 17 points, Jones adds 16, Crawford 14, Livingston 12 and Krempa 10
RANDOLPH – Did Linden accomplish what it wanted to Sunday? According to senior point guard Joey Krempa, who scored eight of his 10 points in the second half, the Tigers did. “This was a quality win,” said Krempa moments after Linden topped Pope John 77-50 in Sunday’s second annual Hoops To Help boys’ basketball games […]
After losing a Union County Tournament game at Cranford more than 10 months ago – Feb. 13, 2016 to be exact – the Johnson boys’ basketball team has gone 9-1. Not counting Group 4 state champion Linden, Johnson has been the hottest Union County basketball public school team during that span. The Crusaders followed up […]
My pick for “Sports Story of the Year in Union County for 2016” is the Governor Livingston baseball team winning the Union County Tournament for the first time and how the Highlanders managed to do so. Third-seeded GL – in back-to-back days at Kean University on Saturday, May 14 and Sunday, May 15 – defeated […]
Santarelli poured in a team-high 18 points for Cougars in their home-opener
CRANFORD – Roselle Catholic senior Jennifer McClave has played in enough varsity games to know that excelling on defense is the key component for her Lions to have any kind of success. That and being able to pass the ball around effectively on offense in order to set up the big girl inside or the […]