SCOTCH PLAINS AND UNION – With the sun out and the temperature reaching just over 50 degrees, several Union County baseball teams were able to get in scrimmages Saturday exactly one week before the first day of the season. Some still were not due to the recent heavy snowfall. Squads that were able to get […]
UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE FINAL BOYS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS FOR 2017-2018 SEASON: WATCHUNG DIVISION (5 schools): 1-Roselle Catholic (8-0) – outright champions 2-Linden (5-3) 3-Patrick School (4-3) 4-Elizabeth (1-6) 5-Plainfield (1-7) Elizabeth at Patrick School not played. MOUNTAIN DIVISION (4 schools): 1-St. Mary’s, Elizabeth (6-0) – outright champions 2-Union Catholic (3-3) Union (3-3) 4-Westfield (0-6) […]
UNION COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING STATE CHAMPIONS (128 the first 84 years) (does not include wrestlers from Union County that won a state championship at another school) NJSIAA TOURNAMENT: 2017-1934 Union County high schools have had only one state champion in the last 9 (2009-2017) seasons. 2010s (1) 2011: 152-Christian Barber, Westfield ————— 2000s (7) […]
Hanner nets 15, McQueen 13 for the RC girls', while Horton pours in 20, Whitney 17 and Frink 13 for the RC boys'
UNION – While it was close for three quarters, this time Roselle Catholic was simply not going to be denied. Not on this night. Not on this year. This was their county tournament to lose and had been for some time. So the Lions grabbed hold of the game in the fourth quarter and this […]
The Celtics are defending champions on both sides
UNION – Roselle Catholic has come close the last six years, with the agony of defeat ever so present. After the heartbreaking loss to underdog Union in the 2013 quarterfinals – one year after the Lions reached the final for the first time in 49 years – two very close setbacks followed in the 2015 […]
UNION – Of these three boys’ basketball programs – Cranford, Johnson and Roselle Catholic – which has not won the Union County Tournament yet? Cranford? No. The Cougars captured their lone title the year the Beatles arrived in America – 1964. Johnson? Wrong. Known then as Johnson Regional, the Crusaders claimed their only championship the […]
UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE BOYS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS AS OF MONDAY, FEB. 19: WATCHUNG DIVISION (5 schools): 1-Roselle Catholic (8-0) – outright champions 2-Linden (5-3) 3-Patrick School (4-3) 4-Elizabeth (1-6) 5-Plainfield (1-7) MOUNTAIN DIVISION (4 schools): 1-St. Mary’s, Elizabeth (6-0) – outright champions 2-Union Catholic (3-3) Union (3-3) 4-Westfield (0-6) VALLEY DIVISION (7 schools): […]
UNION COUNTY BOYS’ BASKETBALL IN STATES (18 total): NORTH 2, GROUP 1 (2) – Roselle Park, Dayton Monday, Feb. 26: 9-Roselle Park at 8-American History 13-Dayton at 4-People’s Prep NORTH 2, GROUP 3 (3) – Rahway, Summit, Gov. Livingston Monday, Feb. 26: 16-Somerville at 1-Rahway 14-Warren Hills at 3-Summit 10-Middletown North at 7-Gov. […]
The 43rd annual girls’ basketball Union County Tournament will continue with eight first round games to be played Tuesday night. After 21 teams were seeded we have the top 16 seeds ready to go. Here’s a closer look: TOP SIDE OF THE BRACKET: 9-Summit at 8-Dayton 16-Linden at 1-The Patrick School 12-New Providence at 5-Cranford […]
Before the top four seeds enter into it we have four second round games scheduled to be played Wednesday night and they are all fine matchups as the 82nd annual boys’ basketball Union County Tournament continues. Three of the four matchups were previously played. Here they are: 9-Scotch Plains at 8-New Providence 10-Summit at […]