TRENTON – Playing from behind was probably the first thing Linden wrote down that it did not want to have to do against favored St. Anthony. Not only did St. Anthony make the game’s first shot – a basket from the left side – but the Friars jumped out to a quick five-point lead. That […]
The first words head Coach Phil Colicchio ushered in the press room at Rutgers after he guided the Linden boys’ basketball team to a fifth Group 4 state championship and second in three years were, “this never gets old.” Following discussion of his team’s thorough 54-45 win over Atlantic City, Colicchio said: “we want to […]
Crawford paces Tigers, who made 29 free throws, with game-high 16 points
PISCATAWAY – Sparked by a stifling defense and clutch free throw shooting, the Linden boys’ basketball team led from the middle of the first quarter on en route to a decisive 54-45 win over Atlantic City in Sunday’s Group 4 state championship game at the Rutgers Athletic Center. Linden, which held Atlantic City to an […]
After getting upset by Paterson Eastside in last year’s Group 4 semifinals and falling a game short of defending their last state championship, the Linden Tigers are back where they want to be. At the Rutgers Athletic Center in Piscataway during the second Sunday of March. North 2, Group 4 champion Linden downed North 1, Group […]
Sophomore starter Jones paces Linden and all scorers with 17 points, including 12 from free throw line; Linden will next face Hackensack in Group 4 semifinals
LINDEN – After Newark East Side came all the way back to tie the game with 39.8 seconds to go, Linden sophomore Tavon Jones had a chance to give the Tigers back the lead with 13.4 seconds left. However, the Linden starter missed both of his free throw attempts after previously making eight of his […]
Standout senior wrestlers David Brown of Union and Chris Gural of Roselle Park earned medals for their performances at this weekend’s 83rd annual NJSIAA Tournament at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall. Brown, who captured his first Region 3 championship at Union last weekend and was making his second straight NJSIAA Tournament appearance, placed eighth at heavyweight. Brown […]
One of the most challenging boys’ basketball sections in all of New Jersey year in and year out is North 2, Group 4. Since 2000, one school has managed to stand a bit taller than the rest. That team is Linden. The Tigers will be playing in their 10th North 2, Group 4 championship game […]
For the fifth straight year and seventh in the last eight there will not be a wrestler from a Union County school that wins a state championship. All four Union County school wrestlers that reached the NJSIAA Tournament’s quarterfinals March 5 were defeated. They will all now try to win in the wrestlebacks to try to […]
Union senior David Brown waited a year for second chance to beat Cinnaminson’s Keith Swartley. Not only did Brown, a first-time Region 3 champion, get the opportunity, but he made the most of it. After getting pinned by Swartley in 1:41 in the states last year, Brown this time edged Swartley 2-1 in the March […]
8 Cranford grapplers advance, including repeat 182 champ Cappello; Undefeated Gazaway of New Providence won at 145
Union standout senior wrestler David Brown experienced what it was like to make it to the NJSIAA Tournament last year and grapple with opponents from the other end of the state that he probably never heard of before. Brown lost both of his state tourney matches last year, but still produced a solid 33-13 record […]