27-2 Panthers will next compete in the TOC for the first time; RP wins 2nd state title and first since beating GC in 2003 final
UNION – Maddie Hummel has been through it all before. Her experience of pitching in big games couldn’t have served her better than it did on Sunday. Hummel pitched nine innings and had to sweat through baserunners in every single one of them. While her mound performance – although solid – was not near perfection […]
Panthers seek program's second state championship and first since 2003
The softball Group 1 state championship game between North 2 champion Roselle Park (26-2) and South Jersey champ Gloucester (23-3) scheduled to be played at Kean University’s Cougar Field in Union on Saturday, June 2 at 2:30 p.m. was rained out. The game will be made up on Sunday, June 3 at Kean at 10 […]
The Roselle Park softball team not only scored in a group semifinal game for the first time in more than a decade, but the Panthers captured one for the first time in 15 years. Roselle Park – the 3-peat North 2, Group 1 champion – defeated repeat North 1, Group 1 champ Cedar Grove 2-1 […]
ROSELLE PARK – The very good news for the Roselle Park softball team? A third straight sectional state championship was captured for the first time in program history. The very daunting – and quite expected – news for Roselle Park? For the second time in 12 months the Panthers are faced with having to figure […]
The Union softball team seemed to save its best performances for last again this year as the Farmers overcame a 1-6 start to finish with a 10-11 record that included a season-ending six-game winning streak. Union outscored its final six foes by an impressive 53-10 margin, including two shutouts. Union closed last year’s 7-12 finish […]
UNION COUNTY BASEBALL STILL ALIVE IN STATES (5): Westfield, Scotch Plains, New Providence, Gov. Livingston, Oratory Prep. TUESDAY, MAY 29 NORTH 2, GROUP 4 SEMIFINAL: 4-Scotch Plains at 1-Westfield NORTH 2, GROUP 1 SEMIFINAL: 5-Hoboken at 1-New Providence CENTRAL JERSEY, GROUP 2 SEMIFINAL: 4-Metuchen at 1-Gov. Livingston NON-PUBLIC, NORTH A QUARTERFINAL: 8-Oratory Prep at 1-Bergen […]
ROSELLE PARK – Beating a team – let alone a quality one – three times in three tries in one season is a challenge many squads might find too daunting. If the Roselle Park softball team was to reach its third consecutive sectional state championship game that’s what the Panthers had to do. They had […]
UNION COUNTY BASEBALL STILL ALIVE IN STATES (12): Westfield, Union, Scotch Plains, Cranford, Summit, Dayton, New Providence, Roselle Park, Gov. Livingston, Oratory Prep, Union Catholic, Roselle Catholic. WEDNESDAY, MAY 23 NORTH 2, GROUP 1: Dunellen 11, Brearley 5 – at Dunellen NON-PUBLIC, NORTH A: Oratory Prep 5, Pingry 4 – at Oratory Prep THURSDAY, MAY […]