New Providence is the 3rd seed, Johnson the 4th and Rahway the 5th; After 5 prelim games are completed this week, the 8 first round games are Saturday, May 4
Westfield, seeking its first county championship in 15 years, is the top seed for the 38th annual softball Union County Tournament. The last time the Blue Devils won the title was in 1998 when they were led by senior pitcher Shannon Wagner. Eight years later in 2006 Wagner, as Shannon Norton, guided Cranford to its […]
UCC meets at GL, county meets at Plainfield before sectionals, groups and Meet of Champions
2013 – TRACK AND FIELD SCHEDULE FOR MAY, JUNE UNION COUNTY RELAYS: May 2 and 3 both days 2:30 p.m. at Westfield UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE MEETS: May 10 and 11 at 4 p.m. and 10:45 a.m. at Gov. Livingston UNION COUNTY MEETS: May 16 and 17 both days 2 p.m. at Plainfield […]
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 […]
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 […]
Clark's Calas now going for 3rd state championship and 1st at 120
It was a long and very rewarding wrestling season for standout Union County grapplers including senior Jon Mele of Governor Livingston, senior Colin Barber of Westfield, junior John Balboni of Brearley, junior Joe Balboni of Brearley, senior A.J. Iarussi of Summit and senior Anthony Tufaro of Scotch Plains. All were good enough to earn medals for where they […]
Brearley Balboni brothers bested in 160, 170 semifinals
Seton Hall Prep standout senior wrestler Brenden Calas of Clark is now one win away from capturing a third state championship after defeating Alex Baider of Cherokee 3-1 in Saturday’s 120 pound semifinals. Calas will next take on Bound Brook’s Craig De La Cruz in Sunday’s final. Calas won the 103 title as a sophomorein 2011 and […]
Summit senior standout Iarussi loses first match of season in tie-breaker at 220
Seton Hall Prep senior Brenden Calas of Clark and the junior Balboni brothers of Brearley – John and Joe – advanced to the NJSIAA Tournament semifinals after the standout grapplers won quarterfinal round bouts Saturday. The semifinals are being contested right now, with the finals set for the last competition on Sunday. Calas, already a […]
Mele, Barber, John Balboni also win preliminary round matches; Semifinals follow quarterfinals Saturday
As many as eight wrestlers from Union County are now three wins away from winning state championships! Winning pre-quarterfinal round NJSIAA Tournament bouts Friday night at Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall and advancing to Saturday’s quarterfinals were Brenden Calas of Clark and Seton Hall Prep and Jon Mele of Governor Livingston at 120, Colin Barber of […]
