By JR Parachini on MOUNTAINSIDE, SPORTS
Highlanders, down to their last strike, manage to avoid getting shut out
UNION – Sometimes there’s just no denying a certain team. Sometimes the better team comes out on top. Sometimes a team just matches up better against a certain opponent. All of those things and more applied on a hot and humid Thursday afternoon at KeanUniversity’s Cougar Field. It might have been appropriate that the temperature […]
By editor on CLARK, KENILWORTH, SPORTS, SUMMIT
UNION COUNTY SOFTBALL SCOREBOARD AND REMAINING NORTH 2, GROUP 4: Semifinal Wednesday, May 29 North Hunterdon 3, Westfield 1 NORTH 2, GROUP 1: Semifinal Wednesday, May 29 Whippany Park 7, New Providence 3 Secaucus 10, Brearley 2 CENTRAL JERSEY, GROUP 2: Semifinal Wednesday, May 29 Robbinsville 3, Johnson 2 NON-PUBLIC, NORTH […]
By editor on CRANFORD, ROSELLE, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD
Dayton will try to host New Providence again Thursday in a North 2, Group 1 quarterfinal
Ryan Sheekey delivered another strong performance on the pitcher’s mound in the state tournament Wednesday to help propel ninth-seeded Roselle Catholic past top-seeded St. Rose of Belmar 9-2 in a Non-Public, South B baseball quarterfinal in Wall Township. Roselle Catholic, which has won four in a row, will play fifth-seeded Rutgers Prep in a sectional […]
By editor on CLARK, KENILWORTH, SPORTS, SUMMIT
There are six Union County softball teams still alive in state tournament competition. All will be playing on the road Tuesday. Here’s the schedule: UNION COUNTY SOFTBALL REMAINING NORTH 2, GROUP 4: Semifinals Tuesday, May 28 3-Westfield at 2-North Hunterdon NORTH 2, GROUP 1: Semifinals Tuesday, May 28 3-New Providence at 2-Whippany […]
By JR Parachini on CLARK, CRANFORD, LINDEN, MOUNTAINSIDE, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD, SUMMIT
New Providence, Dayton, Roselle Park, Union Catholic and Roselle Catholic still alive in state tournament play
WESTFIELD – A game that took exactly five minutes less than two hours came down to two pitches. The home team produced on the first one, while the visiting team just missed wrecking the contest on the second. A two-out, RBI-single by Jake Greenberg in the bottom of the fourth scored Liam Devin with the […]
By editor on CLARK, LINDEN, SPORTS, SUMMIT
The Johnson baseball team, on a season-high four-game winning streak, had its state tournament game re-scheduled for Saturday according to ALJ Athletic Director Gus Kalikas. The fifth-seeded Crusaders (15-9) are scheduled to play at fourth-seeded Robbinsville in a Central Jersey, Group 2 quarterfinal that has first pitch at 2 p.m. After a 5-5 start, Johnson […]
By editor on ELIZABETH, ROSELLE, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, SUMMIT
Four Union County baseball teams were able to play their state tournament contests Friday, with two winning and two falling. Roselle Park, the 14th seed, won at sixth-seeded Weehawken 7-0 in a North 2, Group 1 quarterfinal. The Panthers, who captured the section in 2011, will play at either 10th-seeded Secaucus or second-seeded Ridgefield Tuesday in […]
By editor on LINDEN, ROSELLE, SPORTS
Sets school mark in sprint medley event with fine Union County Relays time of 3:37.5
Roselle Catholic’s record-setting sprint medley relay team ran off with plenty of accolades from the school’s annual spring athletic convocation. Mike Cianci, Tyler Tucker, Matthew Boscia and Nael Jean-Jacques set the school record of 3:37.5 at the 2013 Union County Relay Championships held at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield. Tucker, who ran 22.6 in the […]
By editor on LINDEN, MOUNTAINSIDE, SPORTS
The 38th annual softball Union County Tournament championship game between two-time defending champion and second-seeded Governor Livingston and top-seeded Westfield – re-scheduled for Saturday at 11 a.m. at Kean University’s Cougar Field in Union – was postponed once more because of Friday’s rain and Saturday’s expected rainfall. No new date, time and site for the […]
By editor on CLARK, CRANFORD, ELIZABETH, KENILWORTH, LINDEN, MOUNTAINSIDE, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD, SUMMIT, UNION
The 38th annual softball Union County Tournament championship game between two-time defending champion and second-seeded Governor Livingston and top-seeded Westfield has been moved to this Saturday – May 25 – at 11 .am. at Kean University’s Cougar Field in Union. With more rain in the forecast for Friday and Saturday, the game c0uld possibly be […]