Union baseball rallies in 7th, but falls short at Watchung Hills; Farmers see 2-game winning streak snapped

Union County Tournament to be seeded next

WARREN – Despite playing its fourth game in four days, the Union baseball team was – according to first-year head coach Angel Navarette – “rested and ready to go” when it traveled to Somerset County Saturday to face an improving Watchung Hills squad that had won three in a row after a 1-5 start. The visiting […]

Former Johnson High star Rusin was also standout in college; Had quite a 4-year field hockey career for Quinnipiac University squad

Jess Rusin, a 2010 Johnson High School graduate who led the Crusaders to the 2009 Union County Tournament title, produced an incredible senior year that capped off one of the most prolific scoring careers in Quinnipiac University history. Rusin, the 2008 Union County Field Hockey Player of the Year as chosen by The Star-Ledger, as […]

Roselle Catholic track and field coach Kennedy to run in Boston Marathon for a good cause; Is running a fundraiser called, ‘The One Fund’

The Roselle Catholic community will be represented at the Boston Marathon. Michael Kennedy, a member of the Roselle Catholic faculty and the head coach of RC’s cross country and track teams, will run in the prestigious event that is set for April 21. “This will be a very powerful experience for me for two reasons,” […]

Cranford baseball comes back to stun Steinert 6-5 and win for the first time in the Roselle Park Dad’s Club Invitational; Trotter produces tying RBI-hit and Ravatier the game-winner

Sophomore righty Feeney - in a 4-inning effort - earns the mound victory in relief

  ROSELLE PARK – Heading into the bottom of the seventh of Saturday’s Roselle Park Dad’s Club Baseball Invitational clash against South Jersey power Steinert, Cranford had batter Nos. 6, 7 and 8 due up. Up to that point they were a combined 0-for-6. If the Cougars, down three runs, were to pull off a […]

Dayton baseball tops Union Catholic in battle of 5-0 squads; Takes lead in UCC’s Mountain Division

Starter Kimmel earns win to improve to 2-0; Lashuk picks up a save

SPRINGFIELD – The baseball season is like a blur. Games played on consecutive days blend into each other with a bit more important ones in between soon forgotten with the next day’s first pitch. So we stop for a brief moment to acknowledge two teams off to 5-0 starts, the leaders of the Mountain Division […]

Governor Livingston baseball off to 2-0 start, led by seniors Jennings and Frohman; Highlander Classic includes New Providence, Madison and defending champion Newark Academy

Highlanders have downed Plainfield and Elizabeth so far

So far so good for a Governor Livingston baseball team that has the highest aspirations this season. Goal No. 1 would be to play up to its capabilities. GL began Wednesday with a matter-of-fact 12-1 win at Plainfield and then followed that up Thursday with a more-than-convincing 16-1 Union County Conference-Watchung Division home triumph over […]

Final UCC girls’ basketball standings, overall records and Coaches’ picks here

Five UnionCounty girls’ basketball teams won at least 20 games this season, with three of them also capturing Union County Conference championships. Roselle Catholic set a program record for wins in a 25-2 season that included a fourth straight Watchung Division crown and sixth consecutive league title. For the first time the Lions finished undefeated […]

Final UCC boys’ basketball standings, overall records and Coaches’ picks here

UnionCounty boys’ basketball was well-represented, once again, among the best hoops in the state of New Jersey. For the first time in seven years and for the sixth time overall UnionCounty had two of the six state champions in the Tournament of Champions and for the first time neither was the Union County Tournament champion. […]

Linden, Roselle Catholic state championship boys’ basketball teams post outstanding seasons; Among best squads at season’s end

Group 4 champion Tigers conclude 27-5, Non-Public, B champ Lions finish 21-10

State championship seasons – campaigns to certainly remember and cherish for a long time – came to a conclusion last Thursday for the Linden and Roselle Catholic boys’ basketball teams. In the Tournament of Champions semifinals at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, third-seeded Roselle Catholic was first edged by second-seeded Newark East Side 46-45 […]

Linden boys’ basketball tops Trenton 66-53 to capture Group 4 state championship; Moore nets 22 points, grabs 21 rebounds, blocks 5 shots

Tournament of Champions is next for 26-4 Tigers

PISCATAWAY – Linden couldn’t make their outside shots – the Tigers missed 37 of their first 46 field goal attempts – continued to miss layup after layup and trailed almost the entire first half. Yet Linden was behind underdog Trenton by just one point at intermission. “They controlled the tempo in the first half, we […]