Championship game is Sunday at Kean
The 38th annual softball Union County Tournament will continue Saturday with the semifinals at Kean University’s Cougar Field in Union. At noon it will be third-seeded New Providence vs. second-seeded and two-time defending champion Gov. Livingston in the first semifinal. GL defeated New Providence 9-2 in last year’s final at Kean. That was the first year […]
Hilltoppers have combined for 14 championships - boys' 9 and girls' 5
The Hilltoppers did it again! For the fifth year in a row both Summit lacrosse teams captured Union County Tournament championships. In the re-scheduled title games played Tuesday night at Johnson High School’s Nonal Field in Clark, it was the top-seeded Summit girls’ edging second-seeded Oak Knoll 10-9 before the top-seeded Summit boys’ downed second-seeded […]
Saturday’s scheduled Union County Tournament boys’ and girls’ lacrosee championship games at Johnson High School’s Nolan Field in Clark have been postponed due to rain and the threat of thunder and lightning. They will now take place Tuesday at Nolan Field, with the girls’ game at 5:30 p.m. and the boys’ game at 7:30 p.m. […]
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 […]
Summit lax squads going for another title
Mother Nature wiped out what could have been a beautiful day of Union County Tournament baseball and softball competition. Friday and Saturday morning’s rain forced postponements of the UCT baseball championship games and the UCT softball semifinals – all scheduled to be played Saturday at Kean University in Union. The UCT varsity baseball championship game […]
Hilltoppers have won most county crowns
The Union County Tournament boys’ and girls’ lacrosse tournaments will wrap Saturday at Johnson’s Nolan Field in Clark with the championship games. The girls’ game scheduled to commence at 5 p.m. includes second-seeded Oak Knoll vs. top-seeded and four-time defending champion Summit. The boys’ game, with a 7:30 p.m. start, includes second-seeded Westfield vs. top-seeded and […]
It will be Brearley at Johnson, Cranford at Westfield, Elizabeth at New Providence and Roselle Park at Gov. Livingston
The 38th annual softball Union County Tournament continues Friday with four quarterfinal games scheduled to start at 4 p.m. at the higher seeds: Here are the matchups: QUARTERFINALS: Friday, May 10, 4 p.m. TOP SIDE OF THE BRACKET: 12-Brearley at 4-Johnson 9-Cranford at 1-Westfield BOTTOM SIDE OF THE BRACKET: 6-Elizabeth at 3-New Providence 7-Roselle Park […]
Sites are Cranford, Scotch Plains, Westfield and Elizabeth, with winners advancing to next weekend's semifinals
If Union Catholic is going to reach the Union County Tournament semifinals for the first time in a long time, the eighth-seeded Vikings will have to knock off top-seeded, state-ranked and undefeated (at the moment) Cranford at Cranford’s Memorial Field to do so. It’s a difficult task, but one that’s not impossible. Just ask Union […]
New Providence is the 3rd seed, Johnson the 4th and Rahway the 5th; After 5 prelim games are completed this week, the 8 first round games are Saturday, May 4
Westfield, seeking its first county championship in 15 years, is the top seed for the 38th annual softball Union County Tournament. The last time the Blue Devils won the title was in 1998 when they were led by senior pitcher Shannon Wagner. Eight years later in 2006 Wagner, as Shannon Norton, guided Cranford to its […]
Top-seeded Cranford remains undefeated behind standout senior lefty Williamson
Lower-seeded teams that won on the road Saturday in first round play of the 60th annual baseball Union County Tournament included 11th-seeded Johnson, 10th-seeded Linden and 13th-seeded New Providence. Johnson downed sixth-seeded Union 8-2 at Union’s Gordon LeMatty Field. Union reached the final last year for the first time since 1993, defeating top-seeded and two-time […]