Three 20-win UnionCounty girls’ basketball teams saw outstanding 2013-2014 seasons come to a conclusion Saturday in state tournament action. At Rahway in a Non-Public, South B semifinal, top-seeded Roselle Catholic was turned back by fifth-seeded St. Rose of Belmar 52-46. The Lions finished 25-2, setting a program record for wins in a season. In the […]
UNION – At halftime it appeared that Union might be on its way to solving Roselle Catholic, with the Farmers pulling to within three points despite the Lions making most of their shots. However, Roselle Catholic didn’t see it that way and came out with a vengeance in the third quarter, immediately setting the tone […]
Bulldogs improve to 9-5 overall after topping division leader
Wanting to prove that the performance they produced at Westfield three weeks ago was the exception rather than the norm, the Dayton Bulldogs saw a great challenge ahead of them. They had the opportunity not only to make amends for the 27-point loss they were dealt by the home team Blue Devils that Jan. 10 […]
UNION – Gavin Murray came oh so close last year. The talented Cranford grappler met Governor Livingston’s Ryan Hoy in the county championship bout at 132 and was edged by the defending champion 9-8. That was the last of the 14 finals matchups. Murray, a junior, and Hoy, a senior, were destined to meet again […]
Cougars face Westfield in UCC-Mountain Division play
UNION – Ryan Huber, who played his high school ball at Dayton and is now in his eighth season as the head boys’ basketball coach at Cranford, is looking forward to coaching his first game at Kean University. Cranford will play Westfield Sunday at 2 p.m. in the second of five contests of the second annual Investors Games at Kean. “It’s great for the kids and […]
ROSELLE – Freshman guard Jennifer McClave scored the game’s final five points, including the game-winning shot with 8.1 seconds left, to lift Roselle Catholic to a 41-38 win over Morris Catholic in Monday night’s Roselle Catholic Tournament girls’ basketball championship game at Roselle Catholic. Both highly-regarded parochial school teams entered the contest with identical 3-0 […]
UNION – So far the pattern has been eerily similar two games into the season. Roselle Catholic’s girls’ basketball team struggles a bit in the first half and is outscored in one of the first two quarters. Then the Lions turn it on in the second half as they have limited their first two foes […]
It was a well-attended Senior Night for the Johnson High School boys’ soccer team in Clark , but a couple of Roselle Catholic soccer players enjoyed the greatest and loudest fan support that evening from the bleachers behind the visiting team’s sideline. More than two dozen relatives and family friends of the Carvalho and Sweeney […]
First win of season in 3 tries over last year's UCT finalist sparked by stellar play of Ciandella, Scheuermann, Sheehan
After falling to Westfield twice in girls’ volleyball regular season play, defending county champion Roselle Catholic received an opportunity to play the Blue Devils one more time. That was in last Friday night’s Union County Tournament championship match at KeanUniversity’s Harwood Arena in Union. Seeking to prove that last year’s title was no fluke, the […]
The Roselle Catholic volleyball team continued its pursuit of a second straight Union County Tournament title on Saturday morning with a straight set victory against the third-seeded Linden Tigers in The Lions’ Den. Behind 18 assists, 10 service points and nine digs from senior Jessica Ciandella and eight kills and five service points from Calli […]