Farmers are 5th seed; defending champion Cranford seeded 4th
UNION – When does a first-year varsity pitcher start to be considered an ace? When he starts to display a blend of consistency and dominance on the mound and believes in his pitches. Cole Schneider is becoming such a hurler for Governor Livingston. The junior right hander tossed a seven-hit shutout Monday in stopping host […]
Union has shot at sneaking into top 4
The gold standard in Union County baseball used to be Union, Elizabeth, Linden and Westfield. However, for the past 15-20 years, the guard has changed to Cranford, Westfield, Gov. Livingston and Scotch Plains. Cranford and Westfield have combined to win the last six Union County Tournaments, Cranford four and Westfield two. The 63rd annual Union […]
Becker earns mound victory; Dayton's Goldberg slugs double, triple, drives in 4 runs
SPRINGFIELD – After five-and-a-half innings the visiting Johnson Crusaders had 11 insurance runs in the bank, while their pitcher was tossing a one (infield)-hit shutout. However, despite just being six outs away from remaining undefeated in division play, Johnson needed every run it produced, no matter it was ahead by double-digits. That’s because host Dayton […]
8 Cranford grapplers advance, including repeat 182 champ Cappello; Undefeated Gazaway of New Providence won at 145
Union standout senior wrestler David Brown experienced what it was like to make it to the NJSIAA Tournament last year and grapple with opponents from the other end of the state that he probably never heard of before. Brown lost both of his state tourney matches last year, but still produced a solid 33-13 record […]
Union, with 3 first-time champions, improves with 2nd place finish in D10
Union head coach Dino DeBellonia had one goal in mind for his wrestling team going into last weekend’s District 10 Tournament at Millburn. That was simply to improve upon last year’s third-place finish, which was a pretty good jump from finishing ninth and second-to-last just two years ago. That meant Union had to jump over […]
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. […]
The following are the third-, fourth-, fifth- and sixth-place finishers at the 41st annual wrestling Union County Tournament held Jan. 16 at Union High School. 2016 UCT WRESTLING THIRD 106: Conor Halpin, Cranford 113: Chris Hoerle, Westfield 120: Rhise Royster, Rahway 126: Michael DeJesus, Plainfield 132: Jashmar Phillipe, Scotch Plains 138: Mike Nigro, Cranford 145: […]
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 […]
UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE GIRLS’ TENNIS ALL-CONFERENCE TEAMS FOR 2015: WATCHUNG DIVISION: FIRST TEAM First singles: Emma Verpoucke, Kent Place Second singles: Ali Baiocco, Oak Knoll Third singles: Kaitlin Dunleavy, Oak Knoll First doubles: Jackie Grieco and Maria Bambrick-Santoyo, Oak Knoll Second doubles: Kendall Bloomfield and Danielle DelRosso, Summit SECOND TEAM First singles: Kathy Ge, […]
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 […]