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 […]
UNION – What appeared like a mismatch of sorts at the onset turned into a pretty competitive boys’ basketball game between undefeated teams ranked among the best in the state. While most fans in attendance expected favored Linden to prove superior for most of the contest’s 32 minutes, underdog Westfield did not go away after […]
When it comes to winning on the hard court, the Roselle Catholic girls’ basketball team has been the gold standard of late in Union County. That’s why East Orange Campus had good reason to celebrate a rare win over the Lions at Roselle Catholic. In the final of the Roselle Catholic Holiday Tournament Dec. 30, […]
The 2015 Union County football season will always be remembered as the year Cranford cemented 12-0 for the first time, Westfield captured its first state championship in 38 years – en route to a program-first 12-0 mark – and that Brearley came oh so close to joining Cranford and Westfield at 12-0, falling just one […]
Eleven got in. How many will get out? Union County is well represented in playoff football that commences this weekend. Eleven of the 17 football playing schools in Union County qualified. Last week I wrote that nine would get in. Rahway and Roselle also snuck in as eighth seeds in their sections – the Indians […]
Seek second straight CJ, G2 playoff berth
For the second year in a row a three-game winning streak has evened Johnson’s record following another tough 0-3 start. The Crusaders of Clark just notched their first road win and have scored the same amount of points – 110 – as they have surrendered. Johnson’s next goal is to prove that it is better […]
Panthers lone team off this weekend; Will return Sept. 25 at Bound Brook
Three Union County teams opened with shutout victories last weekend, two on Friday night and one on Saturday afternoon. On Friday night in Mid-State 38 Conference-Valley Division play, Roselle Park opened at home with a 38-0 win over Pingry, while New Providence won at South Hunterdon 34-0. For the Panthers it was their fourth straight win […]
ROSELLE – If Roselle has designs on making another run in Central Jersey, Group 2 two months from now the Rams have a lot of work ahead of them. The good news from Saturday’s season-opener against neighborhood rival Rahway was that Roselle came away with a 7-0 Mid-State 38 Conference-Mountain Division victory. The bad news was […]
ROSELLE – What a breakout year it was for the Rams last season, beginning with a win over neighborhood rival Rahway for the first time since 2001. Then the following was achieved: * Roselle won its first playoff game and reached a sectional semifinal both for the first time since 1998. * The Rams won […]