Williamson tosses 5-hitter to finish 11-0; Bottom order of lineup sparks 3-run 5th inning rally
TOMS RIVER – Down by a run heading into the bottom of the fifth against the biggest underdog in Toms River, there was no way Cranford was going to be denied another state championship. “If we didn’t win this game I probably wouldn’t have lived it down,” said Cranford pitcher Ryan Williamson. While Cranford’s top […]
Because of heavy rain that began Thursday and is expected to continue past Friday night, Saturday’s state champi0nship baseball games involving Cranford and Westfield have been moved to Sunday at Toms River East High School and Toms River North High School in Toms River. Cranford will play Burlington Township in the Group 3 final at 12:30 […]
North 2, Group 1 champion Dayton concluded another fine season at 20-5
Believe it or not, there’s something the Cranford baseball program has not achieved yet. That’s win back-to-back state championships. The Cougars are now seven innings away from doing that for the first time. Believe it or not, there’s something the Westfield baseball program has not achieved yet. That’s win a state championship. The Blue Devils […]
Cranford's Grant and Hunter third and fourth in triple jump; Rahway and Roselle among Top 6 teams in boys' 1,600-meter relay
Standout Union sophomore track and field performer Haisha Bisiolu excelled in another Meet of Champions event Wednesday at Frank Jost Field in South Plainfield. The Union County indoor track athlete of the year as chosen by The Star-Ledger, Bisolu placed second in one girls’ event and third in another. Bisiolu was second in the 100-meter dash in 12.12 […]
Cougars, Bulldogs, Blue Devils one win away from reaching Toms River
Westfield was there for the first time two years ago. Cranford has been there four times since 2003. Dayton is seeking to get there for the first time. Where is there? There is Toms River to play for a state championship. Union County baseball will be well-represented in Tuesday’s group semifinals, with three schools coming […]
Will next face Paramus Tuesday at East Brunswick Tech in a group semifinal
CRANFORD – Going into the sixth inning you could have described the game as bordering on a classic. A low-scoring contest saw the score still tied after both teams survived fifth inning errors. Then after each led off their sixth innings with singles, it was a matter of one not getting the bunt down and […]
Oak Knoll softball falls in Non-Public, North B semifinals
Cranford baseball repeated as North 2, Group 3 champions Friday and won the section for the third time in the past four seasons, while Westfield captured North 2, Group 4 for the second time in three years after not winning it since 1988. On Saturday at Ruby Field in Springfield it will be fourth-seeded Dayton […]
The Cranford baseball team will seek to capture North 2, Group 3 for the second straight season and for the third time since 2010 when it hosts South Plainfield in Friday’s 4 p.m. championship game at Memorial Field. UNION COUNTY BASEBALL REMAINING NORTH 2, GROUP 4: Final Friday, May 31 10-Westfield at 5-North […]
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 […]
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 […]
