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North-South All-Star Football Game at Kean sparked by 7 players from Union County; Walker, Pierre, Baron, Taylor, Folinusz, Stapleton, Carmona gearing for clash

By JR Parachini on April 7, 2013 CLARK, CRANFORD, ELIZABETH, RAHWAY, ROSELLE, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, UNION

Kickoff will be June 24 at 7 p.m. at Kean University's Alumni Stadium in Union

PISCATAWAY – Before continuing their athletic careers on the collegiate level, seven of Union County’s finest senior football players will get an opportunity to excel one more time nearby to their home towns. The setting is the 35th annual North-South All-Star Football Game, set to kick off June 24 at 7 p.m. at Kean University’s […]

5th annual Roselle Park Dad’s Club Baseball Invitational features 10 games in 3 days

By JR Parachini on March 31, 2013 CLARK, CRANFORD, KENILWORTH, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS

Millburn, guided by former Cranford assistant coach Chapman, is in the event for the first time

This year’s fifth annual Roselle Park Dad’s Club Baseball Invitational – with the first pitch set to be thrown April 12 – just might feature the eventual North 2, Group 4 champion once again. That team could be Bridgewater-Raritan, which last year reached the semifinals where it lost to eventual champion Hillsborough. That team could […]

Union County Conference girls’ basketball all-division teams here as selected by county coaches

By editor on March 24, 2013 CLARK, CRANFORD, ELIZABETH, HILLSIDE, KENILWORTH, LINDEN, MOUNTAINSIDE, RAHWAY, ROSELLE, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD, SUMMIT, UNION

2012-2013 UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE GIRLS’ BASKETBALL TEAMS AS SELECTED BY COUNTY COACHES ALL-WATCHUNG DIVISION Jessica McCoy, Cranford Jenna Goeller, Cranford Erin Ferguson, Gov. Livingston Mallory George, Gov. Livingston Jada Lewis, Linden Breana Spencer, Plainfield Drew Winter, Plainfield Renee Oliver, Roselle Catholic Tori Pozsonyi, Roselle Catholic Taylor Sebolao, Scotch Plains-Fanwood Adora Moneme, Union Honorable Mention: Kaitlin […]

2013 Union County Conference baseball, softball alignments here; 2012 final standings listed below

By editor on March 22, 2013 CLARK, CRANFORD, ELIZABETH, HILLSIDE, KENILWORTH, LINDEN, MOUNTAINSIDE, RAHWAY, ROSELLE, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD, SUMMIT, UNION

2013 UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE BASEBALL ALIGNMENT WATCHUNG DIVISION (7 schools) Governor Livingston Elizabeth Cranford Linden Union Westfield Scotch Plains Defending champion: Cranford MOUNTAIN DIVISION (8 schools) Johnson Roselle Catholic Union Catholic New Providence Dayton RosellePark Oratory Prep Brearley Defending champion: Dayton VALLEY DIVISION (7 schools) Hillside Roselle Rahway Plainfield St. Mary’s, Elizabeth […]

UCC basketball division winners: Boys’ – RC, UC, Dayton; Girls’ – RC, New Providence, Hillside

By editor on March 16, 2013 CLARK, CRANFORD, ELIZABETH, HILLSIDE, KENILWORTH, LINDEN, MOUNTAINSIDE, RAHWAY, ROSELLE, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD, SUMMIT, UNION

The following are the Union County Conference boys’ basketball and girls’ basketball final standings for the 2012-2013 season. The boys’ champions are Roselle Catholic in the Watchung, Union Catholic in the Mountain and Dayton in the Valley. The girls’ champions are Roselle Catholic in the Watchung, New Providence in the Mountain and Hillside in the […]

Walker, Pierre, Taylor, Folinusz, Stapleton and Carmona are Union County players in June 24 North-South All-Star Football Game at Kean

By editor on March 15, 2013 CRANFORD, ELIZABETH, RAHWAY, ROSELLE, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, UNION

Media Day is April 7 at Piscataway High School

The 35th annual North-South All-Star Football game will kick off June 24 at 7 p.m. at Kean University’s Alumni Stadium in Union. Here is the list of players from Union County who will be playing for the North squad: P.J. Walker, QB, Elizabeth Ruban Pierre, OG, Rahway Derrick Taylor, LB, Roselle Chris Folinusz, DE, […]

NJSIAA Tournament commences Friday night for 15 Union County resident wrestlers seeking glory

By JR Parachini on March 8, 2013 CLARK, CRANFORD, KENILWORTH, LINDEN, MOUNTAINSIDE, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, SUMMIT

Continues Saturday with the quarterfinals and semifinals and concludes Sunday with the third-place bouts and championship matches

The weekend every high school wrestling fan in New Jersey anxiously waits for is here. The 78th annual NJSIAA Tournament at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall commences with preliminary round matches for non-region champions and then the pre-quarterfinals on Friday, continues with the quarterfinals and semifinals on Saturday and concludes with the third-place matches and championship bouts […]

Cranford girls’ basketball wins at GL 56-51 to capture N2, G3 championship; McGovern leads way with game-high 18 points

By JR Parachini on March 5, 2013 CRANFORD, MOUNTAINSIDE, SPORTS

Cougars never trailed and are now one win away from playing for a state championship; Next game is Wednesday at Ramapo in G3 semifinals vs. N1 ,G3 champ Jefferson

BERKELEY HEIGHTS – Sometimes in sports we get an event worthy of the hype. Cranford vs. Governor Livingston for the fourth time this year was simply the heart of a champion trying valiantly to come back against the heart of a team that became a champion again. This game was everything a packed house at […]

15 wrestlers from Union County headed to Atlantic City for NJSIAA Tournament; Event is Friday, Saturday, Sunday at Boardwalk Hall

By editor on March 3, 2013 CLARK, CRANFORD, KENILWORTH, LINDEN, MOUNTAINSIDE, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, SUMMIT

Clark resident Calas of SHP, already a 2-time state champion, cradles his 2nd Region 3 title

Now the competition hits an all-time high. Wrestling in Atlantic City this weekend for high school grapplers won’t mean trying to get out of the way of a senior citizen heading to the slots. It will mean, specificially for 15 Union County residents, that their ultimate goal is right in front of them. That goal? […]

For 7th time in past 2 years Cranford and GL girls’ basketball teams will clash; Another title – Monday’s North 2, Group 3 crown – on the line

By JR Parachini on March 3, 2013 CRANFORD, MOUNTAINSIDE, SPORTS

Game is a 7 p.m.tipoff at GL's blue gymnasium, with host Highlanders on a 13-game winning streak and seeking their first sectional title; Cougars are out for their second crown in four years after winning N2, G3 in 2010

CRANFORD AND BERKELEY HEIGHTS – Cranford, meet Governor Livingston. GL, this is Cranford. How’s it going? Long time no see. On the day after 3-3-13, arch rivals Cranford and GL will clash for the 3rd time this season. There are a lot 3s there. How many more – meaning 3-point field goals – will there […]