State tournament basketball will commence Monday, Feb. 27 around the state with 17 boys’ and 17 girls’ squads from Union County qualifying. Top seeds on the boys’ side include defending champion Linden in North 2, Group 4; Rahway in North 2, Group 3 and Patrick School in Non-Public, South B. The only girls’ qualifier to […]
Union seeded 8th and repeat Sky Division champion Johnson 9th
The last time Linden was the top seed for the Union County boys’ basketball tournament the Tigers led Patrick School in the fourth quarter of the championship game. Then the Celtics scored the game’s final nine points en route to a 62-54 victory in the 2014 final at Kean. Linden rebounded to win the UCT […]
Championship game scheduled for Friday, Feb. 24 at Kean; Seeds 5-10: 5-Cranford, 6-Oak Knoll. 7-Union. 8-Johnson. 9-Rahway. 10-GL
To nobody’s surprise, the Patrick School received the top seed for the 42nd annual girls’ basketball Union County Tournament. Patrick School reached the final and won the tournament both for the first time in 2015. The Celtics were the No. 2 seed two years ago. The top two seeds last year were also Patrick School […]
The Union County Baseball Association will induct three new members into the Union County Baseball Hall of Fame at the organization’s 81st annual Hot Stove awards dinner on Sunday, February 12, beginning at 1:00 p.m., at The Gran Centurions in Clark. The three new Hall of Famers are Mark Teutsch of Elizabeth, who pitched for […]
Here are the Union County Conference’s boys’ and girls’ basketball division standings as of Monday, Feb. 6. Overall records are listed as well. UCC boys’ champions so far include St. Mary’s, Elizabeth capturing the Mountain Division and Johnson repeating as Sky Division winners with a perfect 10-0 league mark. In the Watchung Division, Patrick School […]
Farmers snap 4-game slide while handing Highlanders their 3rd straight setback
UNION – Will anyone be able to seriously challenge the Patrick School in this month’s girls’ basketball Union County Tournament? Head coaches Justin Meyer of Union and Vin Gulbin of Governor Livingston see the Celtics – who won the crown for the first time in 2015 – as the favorites and why not? Patrick School […]
PHOTO BY JR PARACHINI – The first basketball Union County Conference division winners for the 2016-2017 season are the Johnson boys’ repeating as Sky champs, the Patrick School girls’ repeating as Watchung winners and Kent Place capturing the girls’ Sky crown. Here are the Union County Conference boys’ and girls’ basketball standings as of Monday, […]
Here are the Union County Conference boys’ and girls’ basketball standings – and the overall records of those teams – as Monday, Jan. 23: UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE BOYS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS AS OF MONDAY, JAN. 23: WATCHUNG DIVISION (5 schools): 1-Patrick School (4-1) 2-Linden (3-1) 3-Roselle Catholic (1-1) 4-Plainfield (1-3) 5-Elizabeth (0-3) MOUNTAIN DIVISION (4 schools): […]