Farmers are 5th seed; defending champion Cranford seeded 4th
UNION – When does a first-year varsity pitcher start to be considered an ace? When he starts to display a blend of consistency and dominance on the mound and believes in his pitches. Cole Schneider is becoming such a hurler for Governor Livingston. The junior right hander tossed a seven-hit shutout Monday in stopping host […]
Union has shot at sneaking into top 4
The gold standard in Union County baseball used to be Union, Elizabeth, Linden and Westfield. However, for the past 15-20 years, the guard has changed to Cranford, Westfield, Gov. Livingston and Scotch Plains. Cranford and Westfield have combined to win the last six Union County Tournaments, Cranford four and Westfield two. The 63rd annual Union […]
Kevin Doran of Cranford and Jack Curry of Westfield only experienced winning during the 2015 football season, including state championship victories realized on back-to-back December evenings. Evan Collier, after three years at Metuchen, came back home to Kenilworth and helped the Brearley Bears reach the North 2, Group 1 state championship game for the first […]
UNION COUNTY BASEBALL STATE CHAMPS AND RUNNERS UP ON THE FIELD SINCE 1971: 1971: GROUP 4 – Cranford over Ewing 1972: GROUP 4 – Union over Ewing GROUP 3 – Jackson over Summit GROUP 1 – Roselle Park over Pitman 1974: GROUP 4 – Union over Sayreville 1975: GROUP 2 – Audubon over New Providence […]
TRENTON – Playing from behind was probably the first thing Linden wrote down that it did not want to have to do against favored St. Anthony. Not only did St. Anthony make the game’s first shot – a basket from the left side – but the Friars jumped out to a quick five-point lead. That […]
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 […]