Sophomore Reitzel slugs solo home run over left field fence
CRANFORD – To say that the Cranford Cougars were hungry and really determined to show what they could do at the plate would be an understatement. Cranford was shut out its first two games of the season, so facing Union in its home-opener meant an opportunity to turn things around. Union came to Cranford off […]
Kevin Doran of Cranford and Jack Curry of Westfield only experienced winning during the 2015 football season, including state championship victories realized on back-to-back December evenings. Evan Collier, after three years at Metuchen, came back home to Kenilworth and helped the Brearley Bears reach the North 2, Group 1 state championship game for the first […]
Should be resumed where left off at later date
BERKELEY HEIGHTS – You wait all winter long for the season to begin. Then you count the days before pre-season baseball practice and – sometimes – frigid scrimmages come to an end. Just to get to Opening Day. Then you get an initial forecast of rain. Then the sun comes out and the temperature rises […]
4 of first 6 scheduled games are at home
One of the most consistent public school baseball programs in the state has fresh faces at many positions after graduating 15 seniors of which six are now playing on the collegiate level. Defending Group 2 state champion Governor Livingston will not use that as an excuse. The Highlanders expect to still be among the best […]
Farmers open at defending Group 2 state champion GL
Opening Day is now just a day away – Friday, April 1. It couldn’t come sooner for a Union team that is anxious to show a great deal of improvement. What better way for the Farmers to begin their 2016 campaign by knocking off defending Group 2 state champion Governor Livingston at their place after […]
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 […]