Will anyone seriously challenge the Patrick School girls’? Will the Linden boys’ win the county as the top seed this time? Those questions and more will begin to be answered once the boys’ and girls’ basketball Union County tournaments continue with quarterfinal round play this weekend. The girls’ quarterfinals are Friday (Feb. 17) night at […]
The 42nd annual girls’ basketball Union County Tournament continues tonight – Tuesday, Feb. 14 – with eight first round games at the higher seeds. Here are the matchups: TOP SIDE OF THE BRACKET: 9-Rahway (12-10) at 8-Johnson (8-11) 16-Scotch Plains (4-16) at 1-Patrick School (20-2) 12-Union Catholic (16-4) at 5-Cranford (8-11) 13-Summit (7-15) at 4-Roselle […]
The North 2, Group 3 champion Cranford wrestling team did not get another shot at South Plainfield Sunday at Pine Belt Arena in Toms River after falling to South Jersey, Group 3 champion Delsea 39-25 in the Group 3 semifinals. Repeat Central Jersey, Group 3 champion South Plainfield, which last year defeated visiting Cranford 35-18 […]
Below are the Union County Conference boys’ and girls’ basketball standings as of Monday, Feb. 13 and overall records through games played Saturday, Feb. 11. In the boys’ Union County Conference, the Watchung and Valley division titles have still not been decided. Patrick School clinched at least a tie for the Watchung Division crown with […]
Here are updated boys’ and girls’ basketball Union County Tournament results and schedules: BOYS’ BASKETBALL UNION COUNTY TOURNAMENT SEEDS: 1-Linden. 2-Patrick School. 3-Roselle Catholic. 4-St. Mary’s, Elizabeth. 5-Union Catholic. 6-Scotch Plains. 7-Westfield. 8-Union. 9-Johnson. 10-Rahway. 11-Plainfield. 12-Elizabeth. 13-Summit. 14-Roselle. 15-Hillside. 16-Cranford. 17-Gov. Livingston. 18-New Providence. 19-Oratory Prep. 20-Dayton. 21-Koinonia Academy. PRELIMINARY ROUND Friday, Feb. 10 […]
State tournament basketball will commence Monday, Feb. 27 around the state with 17 boys’ and 17 girls’ squads from Union County qualifying. Top seeds on the boys’ side include defending champion Linden in North 2, Group 4; Rahway in North 2, Group 3 and Patrick School in Non-Public, South B. The only girls’ qualifier to […]
Union seeded 8th and repeat Sky Division champion Johnson 9th
The last time Linden was the top seed for the Union County boys’ basketball tournament the Tigers led Patrick School in the fourth quarter of the championship game. Then the Celtics scored the game’s final nine points en route to a 62-54 victory in the 2014 final at Kean. Linden rebounded to win the UCT […]
Championship game scheduled for Friday, Feb. 24 at Kean; Seeds 5-10: 5-Cranford, 6-Oak Knoll. 7-Union. 8-Johnson. 9-Rahway. 10-GL
To nobody’s surprise, the Patrick School received the top seed for the 42nd annual girls’ basketball Union County Tournament. Patrick School reached the final and won the tournament both for the first time in 2015. The Celtics were the No. 2 seed two years ago. The top two seeds last year were also Patrick School […]
The Union County Baseball Association will induct three new members into the Union County Baseball Hall of Fame at the organization’s 81st annual Hot Stove awards dinner on Sunday, February 12, beginning at 1:00 p.m., at The Gran Centurions in Clark. The three new Hall of Famers are Mark Teutsch of Elizabeth, who pitched for […]
My projected Union County Tournament girls’ basketball seeding (records through Sunday, Feb. 5): 1-Patrick School (19-2) 2-New Providence (16-3) 3-Westfield (13-4) 4-Roselle Catholic (14-5) 5-Cranford (7-10) 6-Union (8-12) 7-Johnson (8-10) 8-Rahway (11-9) 9-GL (9-9) 10-Oak Knoll (16-2) 11-Union Catholic (13-4) 12-Dayton (13-5) 13-Linden (11-7) 14-Summit (6-14) 15-Kent Place (12-2) 16-Brearley (10-4) 17-Hillside (7-11) 18-Elizabeth (7-13) […]