PHOTO COURTESY OF LOU GRASSO JR. – Union football players sign their national letters-of-intent at the high school on the first day of the 2017 signing period – Wednesday, Feb. 1. From left are, Mike Tverdov-Rutgers, Chris Bournes-ASA, Adens Georges-Montclair State, Al-Tariq Jones-ASA, Diego Hernandez-Caldwell and Darrell Davis-Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP). Coaches behind them, […]
5 divisions still up for grabs
PHOTO BY JR PARACHINI – The first basketball Union County Conference division winners for the 2016-2017 season are the Johnson boys’ repeating as Sky champs, the Patrick School girls’ repeating as Watchung winners and Kent Place capturing the girls’ Sky crown. Here are the Union County Conference boys’ and girls’ basketball standings as of Monday, […]
The goal of a basketball team that did not return any starters is one of progression. Let’s start from scratch and see just how better we can get as the days, weeks and months march on. That was the scenario the Union boys’ were faced with this season. One of four teams situated in the […]
The best swimmers in Union County traveled to Middlesex County Sunday to compete in the annual Union County meets, which were held at the Sonny Werblin Rec Center in Piscataway, located on the campus of Rutgers University. To no one’s surprise, perennial powers Westfield and Scotch Plains were dominant, with Westfield repeating as boys’ champions […]
Here are the Union County Conference boys’ and girls’ basketball standings – and the overall records of those teams – as Monday, Jan. 23: UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE BOYS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS AS OF MONDAY, JAN. 23: WATCHUNG DIVISION (5 schools): 1-Patrick School (4-1) 2-Linden (3-1) 3-Roselle Catholic (1-1) 4-Plainfield (1-3) 5-Elizabeth (0-3) MOUNTAIN DIVISION (4 schools): […]
Here are the Union County Conference boys’ and girls’ basketball standings as of Monday, Jan. 16: UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE BOYS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS AS OF MONDAY, JAN. 16: WATCHUNG DIVISION (5 schools) 1-Patrick School (3-0) 2-Roselle Catholic (0-0) 3-Linden (2-1) 4-Plainfield (1-2) 5-Elizabeth (0-3) MOUNTAIN DIVISION (4 schools) 1-St. Mary’s, Elizabeth (4-0) 2-Union Catholic (1-1) 3-Westfield […]
Roselle Park, with Montgomery winning crown at 113 is 2nd; 4th-place Rahway has sophomore champions in Murray at 120 and Royster at 126
UNION – “4 Baby!” Those were the first words emphatically ushered by Cranford standout senior wrestler Tom DiGiovanni immediately after he held off Summit senior Philip Angelo 2-1 to capture the 138-pound championship. DiGiovanni became Cranford’s first 4-time Union County Tournament champion Saturday en route to helping lead the heavily-favored Cougars to their third straight […]
First Cranford doubles up challenging South Jersey foe Wall 48-24 on Jan. 3. One day later Rahway has an historic 36-23 win at Roselle Park. Then Rahway, at 5-0, and Cranford, at 3-0, clash at Cranford last Friday night, with Union County’s top team – the host Cougars – coming out on top by a […]
Here is a look at this year’s returning Union County Tournament wrestling champions and the event’s only seven 4-time winners. The 42nd annual wrestling Union County Tournament is scheduled to take place this Saturday – Jan. 14 – at Union High School’s Louis J. Rettino Gymnasium. Competition will go from – roughly – 9 a.m. […]
UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE BOYS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS AS OF MONDAY, JAN. 9: WATCHUNG DIVISION (5 schools): 1-Patrick School (2-0) 2-Linden (1-1) Plainfield (1-1) 4-Roselle Catholic (0-0) 5-Elizabeth (0-2) MOUNTAIN DIVISION (5 schools): 1-St. Mary’s, Elizabeth (3-0) 2-Union Catholic (1-0) 3-Union (0-2) Westfield (0-2) VALLEY DIVISION (7 schools): 1-Rahway (2-0) 2-Scotch Plains (1-0) 3-Cranford (1-1) Roselle (1-1) […]