Hummel tosses 4-hitter, Ortega bangs out 3 hits and drives in 4 in 6-0 win over Elizabeth
UNION – A month ago Roselle Park held on for a one-run win at home over Elizabeth, the only run scoring in the bottom of the first. On Saturday in the county semifinals, Roselle Park gave its standout pitcher Maddie Hummel much more than just one run to work with. The top-seeded Panthers broke open […]
The other semifinal pits Westfield vs. Gov. Livingston; the final is May 6 at Kean
Roselle Park and Elizabeth clashed back on April 13 with nothing on the line. It was a Union County Conference-crossover softball contest at Roselle Park, a good test for both. Roselle Park, the Mountain Division leader, was 5-0 while Elizabeth, out of the Watchung Division, was 4-2. Roselle Park managed to score a run in […]
The championship game is set for May 6 at Kean's Cougar Field in Union
Roselle Park is the top seed for the first time since the last time the Panthers won the event in 2004. Second-seeded GL, with just one in-county loss, is seeking to advance to the championship game for the ninth straight season. Upstart Summit – the only team outside of the top eight seeds to advance […]
Other 2 contests include New Providence at Union and Elizabeth at Scotch Plains
When Johnson went to Berkeley Heights this time last year they faced a Governor Livingston baseball team that was 15-0, ranked No. 1 in the state for the first time and averaging nine runs. Johnson’s resume at the time read 7-7. The Crusaders rebounded from a 1-6 start to earn the Union County Tournament’s ninth […]
UNION COUNTY TOURNAMENT BASEBALL FIRST ROUND: Monday, April 30 12-Oratory Prep at 5-New Providence 16-Dayton at 1-Westfield QUARTERFINALS: Saturday, May 5 TOP SIDE OF THE BRACKET: 8-Cranford at 1-Westfield or 16-Dayton at 8-Cranford 12-Oratory Prep/5-New Providence at 4-Union BOTTOM SIDE OF THE BRACKET: 7-Elizabeth at 2-Scotch Plains 6-Johnson at 3-Gov. Livingston UNION COUNTY TOURNAMENT SOFTBALL […]
Semifinals and finals for both are scheduled to be played at Kean University the first two May weekends
Westfield is the top seed for the 65th annual baseball Union County Tournament, winning just last year. The Blue Devils captured their record 15th UCT championship in 2017, defeating Cranford 6-3 in the final at Kean University. Roselle Park is the top seed for the 43rd annual softball Union County Tournament, but has not won […]
Union County teams went 3-2 in the 11th annual Autism Awareness Baseball Challenge at North Brunswick’s Community Park. Johnson, Scotch Plains and Governor Livingston were victorious, while Elizabeth and Rahway both fell by the score of 4-2. Here are the results of all 20 games: 11TH ANNUAL AUTISM AWARENESS BASEBALL CHALLENGE AT NORTH BRUNSWICK’S […]
Limits Green Wave to 6 hits, while striking out 5 and walking just 1
Of the paltry sum of 30 innings pitched that the Governor Livingston Highlanders had returning this season, DJ Gonnelli was responsible for five. Nearly three weeks into the season the senior left hander has now thrown 17 and 2/3 innings in his three starts, with an ERA under 2. The best seven of those innings […]
