Linden has won Group 4 two of the last three years and five times total, beginning with first title in 2000
The Linden boys’ basketball team has won state championships before – five to be exact. The Tigers have also won consecutive state titles in the past – doing so in 2006 and 2007 (present New York Jets defensive lineman Muhammad Wilkerson was a starter as a junior and senior on both of those squads). On […]
Will next face North 1, Group 4 champion Bloomfield in March 9 Group 4 semifinal at the Dunn Sport Center in Elizabeth
LINDEN – Outside of two, brief one-point deficits, host Linden played out in front the entire game, receiving huge contributions from two seniors off the bench and playing its usual, stingy man defense to keep a high-scoring Newark East Side team at bay. Linden also made 16 of 18 free throw attempts, which helped tremendously. […]
Tigers beat visiting Red Raiders 62-59 in OT in last year's title contest
Arguably the two best public school high school boys’ basketball teams in the state will clash for the second straight season in the North 2, Group 4 championship game. The when is the same as last year – March 7. The where is also the same – at the cozy confines of Linden High School’s […]
State tournament basketball commences today – Monday, Feb. 27 – in New Jersey. Another long winter season will wrap in two weeks. Union County has 17 boys’ and 17 girls’ basketball teams in the states. Sectional finals will be played next week, with the group finals scheduled for the weekend of March 11, 12. The […]
UNION – Nick Richards made an immediate statement by dunking home the game’s first two points just 16 seconds in. Then after being held scoreless in the second quarter and with just six points at intermission and his team ahead by only two, he took matters into his own hands when the second half commenced. […]
UNION COUNTY TOURNAMENT BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND AT KEAN UNIVERSITY’S HARWOOD ARENA IN UNION Girls’ final: Friday, Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m. 3-Westfield (17-4) vs. 1-Patrick School (23-2) Boys’ final: Saturday, Feb. 25, 6 p.m. 2-Patrick School (21-4) vs. 1-Linden (20-3) Can the Westfield girls defeat a second straight opponent which it previously lost to twice? The […]
We have a little déjà vu going on here in Union County. For the fourth straight year the top four seeds for the boys’ and girls’ basketball Union County Tournaments advanced to the semifinals. Also for the fourth consecutive season the Roselle Catholic girls’ are in the 4-vs.-1 semifinal. The last year the top four […]
Linden and Patrick School share the boys’ basketball Union County Conference-Watchung Division title, both finishing 7-1 in league play and splitting against each other. That means the only UCC division up for grabs still is the Valley, with Rahway leading Scotch Plains 9-1 to 8-2 at the moment, with both teams still having to play […]
Will anyone seriously challenge the Patrick School girls’? Will the Linden boys’ win the county as the top seed this time? Those questions and more will begin to be answered once the boys’ and girls’ basketball Union County tournaments continue with quarterfinal round play this weekend. The girls’ quarterfinals are Friday (Feb. 17) night at […]
The 42nd annual girls’ basketball Union County Tournament continues tonight – Tuesday, Feb. 14 – with eight first round games at the higher seeds. Here are the matchups: TOP SIDE OF THE BRACKET: 9-Rahway (12-10) at 8-Johnson (8-11) 16-Scotch Plains (4-16) at 1-Patrick School (20-2) 12-Union Catholic (16-4) at 5-Cranford (8-11) 13-Summit (7-15) at 4-Roselle […]
