By JR Parachini on CRANFORD, ELIZABETH, ROSELLE PARK, UNION
3 Roselle Park grapplers move on
Now the competition hits an all-time high. Wrestling in Atlantic City this weekend for high school grapplers won’t mean trying to get out of the way of a senior citizen heading to the slots. It will mean, specificially for 14 UnionCounty grapplers, that their ultimate goal is right in front of them. That goal? Winnning […]
By JR Parachini on ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS
Panthers will next wrestle in Group 1 semifinals Sunday morning in Toms River
ROSELLE PARK – A season in which it has just gone out, taken it one match at a time, and performed as consistently as it could continued for the Roselle Park wrestling team Friday night. The host Panthers immediately took the lead for good against visiting WhippanyPark when senior Pete Hilburn got things started at […]
By JR Parachini on CLARK, CRANFORD, ELIZABETH, KENILWORTH, LINDEN, MOUNTAINSIDE, RAHWAY, ROSELLE, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD, SUMMIT, UNION
Brearley has most champs with 4
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 […]
By JR Parachini on CLARK, CRANFORD, ELIZABETH, LINDEN, MOUNTAINSIDE, RAHWAY, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD, SUMMIT, UNION
Linden, sparked by county champions Zalewski and Podsiebierski, capture Valley Division title
The Roselle Park girls’ tennis team improved its overall and league records this season and next year will return five of its top seven players. The Panthers, guided by head coach Nancy Sturcke since 1977, finished 11-7 overall and 7-5 and in third place in the Mountain Division of the Union County Conference. Last year’s […]
By JR Parachini on ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, SUMMIT, UNION
Former Roselle Park head coach John Wagner will lead Point Pleasant Beach in only the program's second title game and first in 31 years
For one team, it tasted (non-alcoholic, of course) champagne (or Gatorade) just 12 months ago. For the other, it’s now been exactly 20 years since a celebration took place. For one coach, it’s also been 20 years since he led a team to the promised land. That’s the Union County menu for this championship football weekend that kicks […]
By JR Parachini on CRANFORD, LINDEN, RAHWAY, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, SUMMIT, UNION
Tigers, Indians, Cougars will play on road vs. undefeated teams they recently lost to
Union has had enough of losing to Piscataway in the playoffs. For that matter, so has everyone else who has played the Chiefs in that setting since 2002. Cranford has had enough of losing to Summit – period – the last five seasons in Mid-State Conference play whether it was a close game or a […]
By JR Parachini on CRANFORD, KENILWORTH, LINDEN, MOUNTAINSIDE, RAHWAY, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, SUMMIT, UNION
Union, Linden, Westfield in N2, G5; Scotch Plains in N2, G4; Cranford and GL also in N2, G3; Roselle Park, Brearley, New Providence in N2, G1; Rahway in CJ, G2
Here we go again. High school playoff football in UnionCounty is back – about a week later than normal – with many teams seeking to extend their seasons a week. Will this be the last season that we just crown sectional champions? We won’t know about possible playoff expansion until it gets voted on again […]
By JR Parachini on ROSELLE PARK
Next weekend's opponent could be Brearley
ROSELLE PARK – You would have thought the season was on the line for both visiting New Providence and host RosellePark the way the two arch rivals battled. Although both were assured of North 2, Group 1 playoff berths once again, the winner of Friday night’s Mid-State 38 Conference-interdivision game was going to be home […]
By JR Parachini on CRANFORD, KENILWORTH, LINDEN, RAHWAY, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS, SUMMIT, UNION
This weekend is the cutoff date, with Westfield still having a chance to make it in North 2, Group 5
Usually we’re getting ready for the playoffs this weekend. However, the old system of having a “Week Zero” where only a handful of teams open the season came back this year – thus pushing the 2013 campaign back a week. That means that this is the cutoff date weekend, with some teams done with their […]
By JR Parachini on ROSELLE PARK, SPRINGFIELD
Win over Pioneers could land Roselle Park a home playoff game
SPRINGFIELD – Every game from here on in is a huge one for RosellePark. Next week is New Providence at home for – most likely – a home playoff game. The week after that will be a second consecutive appearance in the North 2, Group 1 playoffs, which the Panthers just clinched. Before playing at […]