With four juniors in the starting lineup, including at all three singles positions, the Roselle Park girls’ tennis team may be primed to put together a more highly-successful season next year in terms of wins and losses. However, at the moment, a lineup consisting of only one true returning starter is getting valuable experience. Those players […]
Montesdeoca scores twice, Primavera once for Bears; Mimy reaches end zone for Panthers, while teammate Ambrosio kicks 37-yard field goal
ROSELLE PARK – After Roselle Park scored a touchdown on the game’s first play from scrimmage, visiting Brearley took it in stride. The Bears didn’t panic. Brearley answered by marching the ball right down the field to reach the end zone for its first time. Brearley then couldn’t wait to get back on defense. That’s […]
With five seconds remaining before halftime Friday night, Roselle Park fourth-year head coach Terry Hanratty said, “why not?” So he sent out sophomore Valentino Ambrosio to attempt a 46-yard field goal at Herm Shaw Field. The 5-7, 140-pounder – who was Roselle Park’s varsity kicker last year as a freshman – sought to extend a […]
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 PARK – Although last season was not a playoff year like the previous two were for the Panthers, they did finish strong, winning their last three games to avoid a sub-.500 season and finish even at 5-5. While there are not a whole lot of returning players back, when you have the kid behind […]
“Write on Sports” completed a second straight successful season at Roselle Catholic High School earlier this month. Eight grammar school campers, residents of Roselle, Linden, Elizabeth, Hillside and North Plainfield, completed the two-week camp session, directed by Roselle Catholic graduates Joe Skrec (’84) and Erin Sisk “’06), from July 6-10 and July 13-17. Write on […]
UNION FARMERS Sept. 11 Phillipsburg, 7 p.m. Sept. 18 Franklin, 7 p.m. Sept. 25 at Bridgewater-Raritan, 7 p.m. Oct. 2 at Elizabeth, 7 p.m. Oct. 9 Hunterdon Central, 7 p.m. Oct. 16 Hillsborough, 7 p.m. Oct. 23 at Watchung Hills, 7 p.m. Oct. 30 at Ridge, 7 p.m. Nov. 25 at Linden, 7 p.m. […]
UNION COUNTY FOOTBALL SCRIMMAGES: UNION: Game scrimmage Sept. 3 North Bergen, 6 p.m. ROSELLE PARK: Aug. 25 Quad, 10 a.m. Aug. 28 Keyport, 11 a.m. BREARLEY: Aug. 21 North Plainfield, 10 a.m. Aug. 28 South River, 10 a.m. SUMMIT: Aug. 25 Bloomfield, Caldwell, Shore Regional, 10:30 a.m. Aug. 28 Columbia, 10:30 […]
UNION – There’s always a price to pay when attempting to win one of these all-star games. To say that the Middlesex County squad had the right fee Thursday night would be a most appropriate statement. That fee was paid in the form of diminituve running back Chase Fee of Spotswood. One of the shortest […]
The last time Kyle Phipps played in a football game he helped lead Linden to its first state championship in 29 years. The next time, which will be Thursday night, he hopes to help lead the team he is playing for to its first triumph over the opposing side in three years. Victories have been […]