Since 1982 – the year after present Elizabeth assistant coach Steve Petruzzelli guided the Johnson Regional Crusaders to their one title – only five schools have captured the Union County Tournament – the oldest and also one of the most prestigious boys’ basketball county tournaments in New Jersey. Since then St. Patrick/Patrick School has won […]
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL UNION COUNTY TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13 TOP SIDE OF THE BRACKET: 12-Dayton at 5-Kent Place 13-Elizabeth at 4-Oak Knoll 9-New Providence at 8-Summit 17-Scotch Plains at 1-Patrick School BOTTOM SIDE OF THE BRACKET: 10-Union Catholic at 7-Gov. Livingston 15-Johnson at 2-Westfield 11-Brearley at 6-Cranford 14-Plainfield at 3-Roselle Catholic – JR PARACHINI
UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE BOYS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS AS OF MONDAY, FEB. 11 WATCHUNG DIVISION (4 schools): 1-Roselle Catholic (6-0) – outright champions 2-Patrick School (4-2) 3-St. Mary’s Elizabeth (2-4) 4-Linden (0-6) MOUNTAIN DIVISION (4 schools): 1-Elizabeth (6-0) – outright champions 2-Union Catholic (4-2) Union (2-4) 4-Plainfield (0-6) VALLEY DIVISION (4 schools): 1-Rahway (6-0) – outright champions […]
BOYS’ BASKETBALL UNION COUNTY TOURNAMENT SECOND ROUND WEDNESDAY, FEB. 13 TOP SIDE OF THE BRACKET: 9-Plainfield at 8-New Providence 12-Westfield at 5-Union Catholic BOTTOM SIDE OF THE BRACKET: 10-Rahway at 7-Union 11-Summit at 6-Linden * * * GIRLS’ BASKETBALL UNION COUNTY TOURNAMENT PRELIMINARY ROUND STILL TO GO MONDAY, FEB. 11 TOP SIDE OF THE BRACKET: […]
Former New York Yankee All-Star 2B and New York Mets manager Willie Randolph has replaced Dwight "Doc" Gooden as guest speaker
Before Rich Biddulph excelled behind the plate for the Lions, a place to play had to be constructed at Roselle Catholic. “We built the baseball field my sophomore year,” Biddulph recalled. “Being a sophomore, I did most of the heavy lifting. It was a labor of love.” One of the many talented second baseman to […]
Ultimate drama would pit the two - both ranked among the top 5 teams in the state - in the championship game
Before state tournament play commences and we get to see if Roselle Catholic and Elizabeth are both good and fortunate enough to capture state championships en route to the Tournament of Champions, what is the one matchup – I take it – most Union County basketball fans want to see? Roselle Catholic vs. Elizabeth in […]
Westfield, which lost to Patrick School in the 2015 and 2017 finals, is the No. 2 seed; Defending champion Roselle Catholic, which split with PS this year, was seeded 3rd
Teams with records that are four games under .500 don’t usually get seeded No. 1 for a county tournament. The Patrick School of Elizabeth girls’ basketball team, which began the week at 7-11, is the exception. The Celtics have gone 1-3 against teams from out of state and 0-7 vs. the likes of highly-regarded and […]
Golabek leads Tigers with 280 game that includes 11 strikes
If there was any pressure of sorts it was on the Linden Tiger bowlers as they were the top seed and defending champion, seeking a second consecutive Union County Tournament championship last week. Lifted by a total team effort that included all six bowlers playing a key role, Linden was successful in obtaining its goal […]
UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE BOYS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS AS OF MONDAY, FEB. 4 WATCHUNG DIVISION (4 schools): 1-Roselle Catholic (5-0) 2-Patrick School (4-1) 3-St. Mary’s Elizabeth (1-4) 4-Linden (0-5) MOUNTAIN DIVISION (4 schools): 1-Elizabeth (5-0) – outright champions 2-Union Catholic (2-2) Union (2-2) 4-Plainfield (0-5) VALLEY DIVISION (4 schools): 1-Rahway (5-0) 2-Summit (4-1) 3-Westfield (1-4) 4-Scotch Plains […]
Defending champion Celtics take lead in Watchung Division and will also be the top seed for the Union County Tournament
WESTFIELD – Entering the second quarter with a three-point lead, Patrick School third-year head coach Damel Ling shouted this instruction to his players: “start to take some 3s!” The Celtics had five girls with exactly one two-point field goal for all of their first quarter scoring. That was not the case for the next eight […]