Johnson, Linden, New Providence road winners in Saturday’s UCT first round baseball action; 4 quarterfinals are Wednesday at higher seeds

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Top-seeded Cranford remains undefeated behind standout senior lefty Williamson

Lower-seeded teams that won on the road Saturday in first round play of the 60th annual baseball Union County Tournament included 11th-seeded Johnson, 10th-seeded Linden and 13th-seeded New Providence. Johnson downed sixth-seeded Union 8-2 at Union’s Gordon LeMatty Field. Union reached the final last year for the first time since 1993, defeating top-seeded and two-time […]

REVISED UCT baseball first round schedule for Saturday; Roselle Catholic, Oratory Prep, Roselle Park won Thursday’s preliminary round games

By on    CLARK, CRANFORD, ELIZABETH, HILLSIDE, LINDEN, MOUNTAINSIDE, RAHWAY, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD, SUMMIT, UNION  

Here is the REVISED 60th annual baseball Union County Tournament first round schedule for Saturday, April 27 at the higher seeds. FIRST ROUND Saturday, April 27 TOP SIDE OF THE BRACKET 12-Rahway at 5-Elizabeth 13-New Providence at 4-Gov. Livingston, 3 p.m. 9-Summit at 8-Union Catholic, 1 p.m. 16-Roselle Park at 1-Cranford BOTTOM SIDE OF THE […]

Union County Relays at Westfield kicks off remainder of track and field season that commences in May

By on    CLARK, CRANFORD, ELIZABETH, HILLSIDE, KENILWORTH, LINDEN, MOUNTAINSIDE, RAHWAY, ROSELLE, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD, SUMMIT, UNION  

UCC meets at GL, county meets at Plainfield before sectionals, groups and Meet of Champions

2013 – TRACK AND FIELD SCHEDULE FOR MAY, JUNE   UNION COUNTY RELAYS: May 2 and 3 both days 2:30 p.m. at Westfield   UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE MEETS: May 10 and 11 at 4 p.m. and 10:45 a.m. at Gov. Livingston   UNION COUNTY MEETS: May 16 and 17 both days 2 p.m. at Plainfield […]

First round UCT baseball matchups set for Saturday; 8 games on tap, with winners advancing to next Wednesday’s quarterfinals

By on    CLARK, CRANFORD, ELIZABETH, LINDEN, MOUNTAINSIDE, RAHWAY, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD, SUMMIT, UNION  

Union, the sixth seed, hosts 11th-seeded Johnson in one of four games from the bottom side of the bracket

The 60th annual baseball Union County Tournament will continue Saturday with eight first round matchups at the higher seeds. Call school athletic directors for the accurate starting times. The three preliminary round games that must be completed by Thursday or Friday’s rain date include: 19-St. Mary’s, Elizabeth at 14-Roselle Catholic 18-Hillside at 15-Oratory Prep 17-Plainfield […]

Cranford is the top seed again for 60th annual baseball Union County Tournament; First round games are scheduled for Saturday

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Next 7 seeds are Scotch Plains-2, Westfield-3, Gov. Livingston-4, Elizabeth-5, Union-6, Dayton-7 and Union Catholic-8

To nobody’s surprise at the seeding meeting at Cranford High School Monday night, state-ranked Cranford earned the top seed once again for the 60th annual baseball Union County Tournament. As of Monday night, Cranford was 7-0, ranked No. 2 in the state and was Union County’s only undefeated team. On Saturday morning, Cranford came back […]

Rahway’s Atilola set to compete in this Saturday’s presitgious Penn Relays

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Will continue at the next level at St. Peter's College in Jersey City

Rahway High School’s Emmanuel Atilola was selected to compete in Saturday’s Penn Relays and he also received a full tuition scholarship. Captain of Rahway’s sectional championship track and field team, Atilola will compete in the long jump at the prestigious Penn Relays in Philadelphia, Pa. Atilola was one of only two New Jersey athletes chosen. […]

Union baseball falls to Westfield in Watchung Division game at TD Bank Ballpark; Both teams 5-6 going into Monday’s UCT seeding meeting

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Blue Devils senior righty Galasso scatters nine hits, Arena produces opposite field 3-run double to left in first inning; Zimmerman, Carter, Dillon, Alvarado sock extra-base hits for Farmers

BRIDGEWATER – Sometimes the knockout punch comes in the first inning. All it takes is a couple of errors and a few walks and – even without producing a bunch of hits – the visiting team has a healthy lead right off the bat. That was the case Sunday night when Westfield and Union hooked […]

Cranford baseball improves to 7-0, sparked by Williamson 2-hitter; Cougars will gain UCT top seed at Monday night’s meeting at Cranford

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Forrestal has game-winning RBI vs. 8-1-1 Delbarton

MORRIS TOWNSHIP – Among the many clichés in the sport of baseball is that a pitcher’s best friend is a double play. On Saturday the wind – blowing in a bit – was just as friendly to Cranford pitcher Ryan Williamson. After hitting a home run the opposite way over the right field fence in […]

New Union head football coach Lou Grasso Jr. welcomes challenges that lie ahead

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Former Union assistant and Roselle head coach met with returning UHS players, 'I let them know that I'm here and that we're ready to go'

The only goal Lou Grasso Jr. has for the Union High School football team is to help lead the Farmers to their next state championship. It won’t come easy, but Grasso is ready for the enormous task at hand. The former Roselle head football coach was approved as Union’s new head football coach at last […]

Dayton baseball comes back to win at Johnson 11-9 in 8 innings; Bohannon bangs out 3 hits, Joe Iuliano produces game-winning RBI

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Walsh pitches 4 innings complete in relief to earn mound victory; Johnson leadoff batter Dunn 2-for-4

CLARK – If it were not for some less-than-stellar fielding by both teams, lefty starters Alec Marcantonio of Dayton and John Stauffer of Johnson might have been locked up in a pitchers’ duel. However, that was not the case on a very cold and gray Thursday afternoon when the Dayton-Johnson league clash was moved to […]

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