The first words head Coach Phil Colicchio ushered in the press room at Rutgers after he guided the Linden boys’ basketball team to a fifth Group 4 state championship and second in three years were, “this never gets old.” Following discussion of his team’s thorough 54-45 win over Atlantic City, Colicchio said: “we want to […]
Crawford paces Tigers, who made 29 free throws, with game-high 16 points
PISCATAWAY – Sparked by a stifling defense and clutch free throw shooting, the Linden boys’ basketball team led from the middle of the first quarter on en route to a decisive 54-45 win over Atlantic City in Sunday’s Group 4 state championship game at the Rutgers Athletic Center. Linden, which held Atlantic City to an […]
After getting upset by Paterson Eastside in last year’s Group 4 semifinals and falling a game short of defending their last state championship, the Linden Tigers are back where they want to be. At the Rutgers Athletic Center in Piscataway during the second Sunday of March. North 2, Group 4 champion Linden downed North 1, Group […]
Sophomore starter Jones paces Linden and all scorers with 17 points, including 12 from free throw line; Linden will next face Hackensack in Group 4 semifinals
LINDEN – After Newark East Side came all the way back to tie the game with 39.8 seconds to go, Linden sophomore Tavon Jones had a chance to give the Tigers back the lead with 13.4 seconds left. However, the Linden starter missed both of his free throw attempts after previously making eight of his […]
One of the most challenging boys’ basketball sections in all of New Jersey year in and year out is North 2, Group 4. Since 2000, one school has managed to stand a bit taller than the rest. That team is Linden. The Tigers will be playing in their 10th North 2, Group 4 championship game […]
8 Cranford grapplers advance, including repeat 182 champ Cappello; Undefeated Gazaway of New Providence won at 145
Union standout senior wrestler David Brown experienced what it was like to make it to the NJSIAA Tournament last year and grapple with opponents from the other end of the state that he probably never heard of before. Brown lost both of his state tourney matches last year, but still produced a solid 33-13 record […]
Union, with 3 first-time champions, improves with 2nd place finish in D10
Union head coach Dino DeBellonia had one goal in mind for his wrestling team going into last weekend’s District 10 Tournament at Millburn. That was simply to improve upon last year’s third-place finish, which was a pretty good jump from finishing ninth and second-to-last just two years ago. That meant Union had to jump over […]
Top 8 seeds advanced in both tourneys
Union County waits a little longer than most counties to seed their basketball tournaments. However, once seeded, they seem to go pretty quickly. The 41st annual girls’ tournament included 20 of the 24 teams in the Union County Conference. Those opting not to participate were Sky Division teams Roselle, Roselle Park, Brearley and Benedictine Academy. […]
In a game that featured the host coach coaching against one of his former standout players, the Roselle Catholic girls’ basketball team turned back Needham, Mass. 44-31 Sunday, Jan. 17 at The Lions’ Den at Roselle Catholic. It was longtime Roselle Catholic head coach Joe Skrec coaching against Needham, Mass. mentor Amanda Sheehy, who played […]
The following are the third-, fourth-, fifth- and sixth-place finishers at the 41st annual wrestling Union County Tournament held Jan. 16 at Union High School. 2016 UCT WRESTLING THIRD 106: Conor Halpin, Cranford 113: Chris Hoerle, Westfield 120: Rhise Royster, Rahway 126: Michael DeJesus, Plainfield 132: Jashmar Phillipe, Scotch Plains 138: Mike Nigro, Cranford 145: […]