5 Union County baseball teams and 1 softball squad still alive in state tournament play; Cranford baseball in another sectional final

Oak Knoll softball on road in sectional semifinal

The Cranford baseball team will seek to capture North 2, Group 3 for the second straight season and for the third time since 2010 when it hosts South Plainfield in Friday’s 4 p.m. championship game at Memorial Field.   UNION COUNTY BASEBALL REMAINING   NORTH 2, GROUP 4: Final Friday, May 31 10-Westfield at 5-North […]

Roselle Catholic baseball advances in Non-Public, South B; Cranford, Roselle Park reach sectional finals

Dayton will try to host New Providence again Thursday in a North 2, Group 1 quarterfinal

Ryan Sheekey delivered another strong performance on the pitcher’s mound in the state tournament Wednesday to help propel ninth-seeded Roselle Catholic past top-seeded St. Rose of Belmar 9-2 in a Non-Public, South B baseball quarterfinal in Wall Township. Roselle Catholic, which has won four in a row, will play fifth-seeded Rutgers Prep in a sectional […]

Baseball states Friday: Roselle Park, Roselle Catholic triumph; Elizabeth, Oratory Prep fall

Four Union County baseball teams were able to play their state tournament contests Friday, with two winning and two falling. Roselle Park, the 14th seed, won at sixth-seeded Weehawken 7-0 in a North 2, Group 1 quarterfinal. The Panthers, who captured the section in 2011, will play at either 10th-seeded Secaucus or second-seeded Ridgefield Tuesday in […]

Roselle Catholic’s record-setting track unit runs off with accolades

Sets school mark in sprint medley event with fine Union County Relays time of 3:37.5

Roselle Catholic’s record-setting sprint medley relay team ran off with plenty of accolades from the school’s annual spring athletic convocation. Mike Cianci, Tyler Tucker, Matthew Boscia and Nael Jean-Jacques set the school record of 3:37.5 at the 2013 Union County Relay Championships held at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield. Tucker, who ran 22.6 in the […]

Union County baseball, softball state tournament matchups here

UNION COUNTY IN STATES 2013 BASEBALL First round May 20 North 2, Group 4: 9-Ridge at 8-Elizabeth 12-Union at 5-North Hunterdon 10-Westfield at 7-Scotch Plains 15-Linden at 2-Edison North 2, Group 3: 16-Rahway at 1-Cranford 9-Nutley at 8-Summit 10-Chatham at 7-Gov. Livingston North 2, Group 1: 12-Belvidere at 5-New Providence 13-Science Park at 4-Dayton 14-Roselle […]

Saturday’s UCC track and field competition postponed; Will resume Monday at GL

The Union County Conference track and field meets that commenced Friday at Governor Livingston will now conclude Monday at GL, beginning at 3:30 p.m., after they were rained out Saturday. There are Watchung Division, Mountain Division and Valley Division competition for both the boys’ and girls’. The Union County meets are scheduled to take place […]

Union County Relays at Westfield kicks off remainder of track and field season that commences in May

UCC meets at GL, county meets at Plainfield before sectionals, groups and Meet of Champions

2013 – TRACK AND FIELD SCHEDULE FOR MAY, JUNE   UNION COUNTY RELAYS: May 2 and 3 both days 2:30 p.m. at Westfield   UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE MEETS: May 10 and 11 at 4 p.m. and 10:45 a.m. at Gov. Livingston   UNION COUNTY MEETS: May 16 and 17 both days 2 p.m. at Plainfield […]

Cranford is the top seed again for 60th annual baseball Union County Tournament; First round games are scheduled for Saturday

Next 7 seeds are Scotch Plains-2, Westfield-3, Gov. Livingston-4, Elizabeth-5, Union-6, Dayton-7 and Union Catholic-8

To nobody’s surprise at the seeding meeting at Cranford High School Monday night, state-ranked Cranford earned the top seed once again for the 60th annual baseball Union County Tournament. As of Monday night, Cranford was 7-0, ranked No. 2 in the state and was Union County’s only undefeated team. On Saturday morning, Cranford came back […]

New Union head football coach Lou Grasso Jr. welcomes challenges that lie ahead

Former Union assistant and Roselle head coach met with returning UHS players, 'I let them know that I'm here and that we're ready to go'

The only goal Lou Grasso Jr. has for the Union High School football team is to help lead the Farmers to their next state championship. It won’t come easy, but Grasso is ready for the enormous task at hand. The former Roselle head football coach was approved as Union’s new head football coach at last […]

North-South All-Star Football Game at Kean sparked by 7 players from Union County; Walker, Pierre, Baron, Taylor, Folinusz, Stapleton, Carmona gearing for clash

Kickoff will be June 24 at 7 p.m. at Kean University's Alumni Stadium in Union

PISCATAWAY – Before continuing their athletic careers on the collegiate level, seven of Union County’s finest senior football players will get an opportunity to excel one more time nearby to their home towns. The setting is the 35th annual North-South All-Star Football Game, set to kick off June 24 at 7 p.m. at Kean University’s […]

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