Roselle Catholic boys’ basketball – led by senior guard Jason Battle – is now 1 win away from capturing its first UCT championship; Lions will play 2-time defending champ The Patrick School in Feb. 24 final at Kean

Battle lifts Lions with 18 points, including game-high 4 3s; Manuel leads Celtics with 28

UNION – Roselle Catholic was all set to do battle – once again – with Linden in order to advance to another county championship game. However, on a night when senior bigs Nazreon Reid and Alanzo Frink were not their typical dominating presence inside, Roselle Catholic’s battle cry came this time from its starting shooting […]

UCT boys’ and girls’ basketball will continue this week with semifinals for boys’ Feb. 20 at Kean and semis for girls’ Feb. 21 at Johnson High; Championship games are Feb. 24 at Kean

UNION – Of these three boys’ basketball programs – Cranford, Johnson and Roselle Catholic – which has not won the Union County Tournament yet? Cranford? No. The Cougars captured their lone title the year the Beatles arrived in America – 1964. Johnson? Wrong. Known then as Johnson Regional, the Crusaders claimed their only championship the […]

Union County Conference boys’ and girls’ basketball standings and overall records here as of Feb. 19

UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE BOYS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS AS OF MONDAY, FEB. 19:   WATCHUNG DIVISION (5 schools): 1-Roselle Catholic (8-0) – outright champions 2-Linden (5-3) 3-Patrick School (4-3) 4-Elizabeth (1-6) 5-Plainfield (1-7)   MOUNTAIN DIVISION (4 schools): 1-St. Mary’s, Elizabeth (6-0) – outright champions 2-Union Catholic (3-3) Union (3-3) 4-Westfield (0-6)   VALLEY DIVISION (7 schools): […]

Union County boys’ and girls’ basketball teams in states here; Play commences Feb. 26, with TOC concluding March 18 – on a Sunday this year

UNION COUNTY BOYS’ BASKETBALL IN STATES (18 total):   NORTH 2, GROUP 1 (2) – Roselle Park, Dayton Monday, Feb. 26: 9-Roselle Park at 8-American History 13-Dayton at 4-People’s Prep   NORTH 2, GROUP 3 (3) – Rahway, Summit, Gov. Livingston Monday, Feb. 26: 16-Somerville at 1-Rahway 14-Warren Hills at 3-Summit 10-Middletown North at 7-Gov. […]

Girls’ basketball UCT to continue Feb. 13 with 8 first round games; Quarterfinals to follow Feb. 16

The 43rd annual girls’ basketball Union County Tournament will continue with eight first round games to be played Tuesday night. After 21 teams were seeded we have the top 16 seeds ready to go. Here’s a closer look: TOP SIDE OF THE BRACKET: 9-Summit at 8-Dayton 16-Linden at 1-The Patrick School 12-New Providence at 5-Cranford […]

Boys’ basketball UCT will continue Feb. 14 with 4 second round games; Quarterfinals to follow Feb. 16

  Before the top four seeds enter into it we have four second round games scheduled to be played Wednesday night and they are all fine matchups as the 82nd annual boys’ basketball Union County Tournament continues. Three of the four matchups were previously played. Here they are: 9-Scotch Plains at 8-New Providence 10-Summit at […]

Union County Conference boys’ and girls’ basketball standings and overall records here as of Feb. 12

UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE BOYS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS AS OF MONDAY, FEB. 12   WATCHUNG DIVISION (5 schools): 1-Roselle Catholic (7-0) – outright champions 2-Patrick School (4-2) 3-Linden (4-3) 4-Plainfield (1-6) Elizabeth (1-6)   MOUNTAIN DIVISION (4 schools): 1-St. Mary’s, Elizabeth (6-0) – outright champions 2-Union Catholic (3-3) Union (3-3) 4-Westfield (0-6)   VALLEY DIVISION (7 schools): […]

Brian Oblachinski to be honored for his baseball excellence at 82nd annual Hot Stove League event

Brian Oblachinski did not only look to reach first base. His goal was to score. In the field, his range at shortstop prevented plenty of opposing players from getting hits they thought they had. A leader for the Cougars on the baseball diamond, the 2017 Cranford High School graduate is now a freshman member of […]

Union County Tournament boys’ and girls’ basketball information here

82ND ANNUAL BOYS’ BASKETBALL UNION COUNTY TOURNAMENT SEEDS: 1-Roselle Catholic. 2-The Patrick School. 3-St. Mary’s, Elizabeth. 4-Linden. 5-Union. 6-Rahway. 7-Union Catholic. 8-New Providence. 9-Scotch Plains. 10-Summit. 11-Plainfield. 12-Westfield. 13-Elizabeth. 14-Johnson. 15-Gov. Livingston. 16-Roselle 17-Hillside. 18-Oratory Prep. 19-Dayton. 20-Koinonia Academy. 21-Cranford.   PRELIMINARY ROUND: Koinonia Academy 59, Cranford 55   FIRST ROUND: 19-Dayton at 6-Rahway 18-Oratory […]

The quest for 2,000 continues for Johnson senior Visconti; Thursday, Feb. 8 total of 30 points puts him 43 shy

JOHNSON SENIOR BOYS’ BASKETBALL PLAYER GEORGE VISCONTI (No. 14) 1,957 career points with 3 regular season games and at least one county and one state tournament game to go Johnson’s next game is a UCT contest Saturday, Feb. 10 at Plainfield at 1 p.m. JOHNSON BOYS’ BASKETBALL 2017-2018: (12-6 overall, 9-1 won share of UCC’s […]

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