Here are the Union County Conference boys’ basketball and girls’ basketball standings as of Saturday, Dec. 31: UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE BOYS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS AS OF SATURDAY, DEC. 31: WATCHUNG DIVISION (5 schools) Linden (0-0) Elizabeth (0-0) Patrick School (0-0) Plainfield (0-0) Roselle Catholic (0-0) MOUNTAIN DIVISION (4 schools) 1-St. Mary’s, Elizabeth (2-0) 2-Union Catholic (0-0) […]
My pick for “Sports Story of the Year in Union County for 2016” is the Governor Livingston baseball team winning the Union County Tournament for the first time and how the Highlanders managed to do so. Third-seeded GL – in back-to-back days at Kean University on Saturday, May 14 and Sunday, May 15 – defeated […]
Santarelli poured in a team-high 18 points for Cougars in their home-opener
CRANFORD – Roselle Catholic senior Jennifer McClave has played in enough varsity games to know that excelling on defense is the key component for her Lions to have any kind of success. That and being able to pass the ball around effectively on offense in order to set up the big girl inside or the […]
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Union High School’s Louis J. Rettino Gymnasium will be rocking on Opening Night this Friday, Dec. 16, with a special tripleheader to jump start the 2016-2017 Union County boys’ basketball season. The 2nd Annual St. Jude Benefit Basketball Games at UHS features five Union County squads that will open their seasons and also do so […]
Roselle quarterback Gerald Hairston, left, breaks free for yardage in home playoff win over Harrison.[/caption]Five seniors that helped change the course of Roselle football include quarterback Gerald Hairston III, running back Isiah Byrd, wide receiver-punt returner-defensive back Drew Stephens, defensive tackle Xavier Young and defensive end Shaquil Jones. They were all integral components for the […]
Westfield went 12-0 again and repeated as North 2, Group 5 champions
The 2016 Union County football season will be remembered as the year Westfield – sparked again by the county’s and one of the state’s finest defensive units – went 12-0 once more and repeated as North 2, Group 5 champions, while a high-scoring Roselle squad won 10 games (nine on the field) for the first […]
Playing football on Thanksgiving means many things. It’s a time for family and friends to gather before enjoying their holiday meal. It’s, in most cases, the end of the football season for both teams as many athletes will be trading in their shoulder pads for basketball sneakers, wrestling head gear or ice hockey sticks. It’s […]
Here is the Union County football playoff schedule for this weekend: Friday, Nov. 18 and Saturday Nov. 19, plus last week’s playoffs and consolations results, this week’s playoff picks and this week’s Union County Top 10: Enjoy. UNION COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL THIS WEEK’S PLAYOFF SCHEDULE: Friday, Nov. 18 (2 games) North 2, Group 5 […]
Elizabeth, Summit, Union, Westfield, Roselle in mix
Eleven Union County teams made the playoffs. Six are gone. Five remain. Union County went 5-6 last weekend – 2-4 on Friday night and 3-2 on Saturday afternoon – with the five still alive involved in four sectional semifinal games this weekend. Friday night at 7 it will be fifth-seeded Elizabeth at top-seeded Bridgewater-Raritan in […]
Will host Manasquan in Nov. 19 CJ, G2 semifinal at Arminio Field
ROSELLE – We won’t know if Roselle is good enough to take down Manasquan until next week. However, there is one thing we do know about this team called the Rams – they know how to bring the ball with them into the end zone and in a hurry. Their relentless pursuit of producing six […]
