Athletes of the Week
October 16, 2019
Summit
Owen Healey
Jolan Schluter
Westfield
Faith Dobosiewicz
Andrew Echausse
These are the UCC’s final Athletes of the Week for the 2019 fall season. Winter AOWs honors will begin in late December or early January.
Important Dates
Boys Soccer: No. 2 Elizabeth and Summit play to UCT co-championship
The Union County Tournament was going just as the script was written. Undefeated and top-seeded Elizabeth, the No. 2 ranked team in the NJ.com Top 20, was leading unranked Summit, the tournament’s second seed, 2-0 with 13 minutes left in the second half. Then in 36...
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Volleyball: Union Catholic Tops Westfield to Repeat as Union County Champion
Union Catholic rallied to win the first set and never trailed in the second set as the Vikings, ranked No. 2 in the state, overpowered No. 12 Westfield in a battle of state powerhouses to win the Union County Championship for the second straight year on Saturday night...
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Girls Soccer: Westfield, Cranford Share in Union County Championship
Cranford and Westfield were crowned co-champions after they battled to a 2-2 tie in the final round of the Union County Tournament. Click here for full...
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Girls Gymnastics: Scotch Plains-Fanwood Wins Union County Championship
Scotch Plains-Fanwood took the title at the Union County Gymnastics Tournament held on Friday, Oct. 18, 2019, at Cranford High School. Click here for full...
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Springfield Boys Cross Country Defends Conference Crown, Girls See Key Performances
In the Union County Valley Championship race, Linden High School boys placed number one (senior Hunter Cromwell 17:01 )and two (senior Nelly Thebaud 17:08). Jonathan Dayton placed the next 4 runners before the third Linden Tiger runner. Dayton had all of its top 7...
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No. 1 Oak Knoll rolls through Johnson for tenth straight Union County title
Oak Knoll, the top-seed and No. 1 in the NJ.com Top 20, continued its dominance of local competition by taking a 9-0 win over second-seeded Johnson in the championship of the Union County Tournament, in Clark. The win marked the Royals 10th consecutive UCT title....
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Cross-Country: Morant and Granrath Lead Union Catholic to Conference Championship
The Union Catholic girls, led by Leena Morant's stunning course record-breaking victory, threw down a sensational performance to capture its fifth straight title at the Union County Conference Cross-County Championships on Thursday at Oak Ridge Park. Click here for...
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Union football 8-0 for first time since 1992
Imagine a scenario where Ridge, coached by Union graduate Bill Tracy, comes to Union’s Cooke Memorial Field the fourth weekend in November to try to prevent the host Farmers from winning their first state championship in 26 years? It could happen. It’s that time of...
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Westfield stuns, Union sizzles & more from Week 7
Westfield came close to knocking off a Top 20 team just over a month ago, but lost to Union (now ranked No. 6) on a late field goal, 10-7. The Blue Devils got another opportunity Friday night, and did not squander this one, shocking No. 9 and undefeated Phillipsburg,...
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Girls Soccer: New Providence Looks to Continue Hot Streak into States, Closing Regular Season with OT Victory Over Kent Place
In its final tune-up before the state tournament, the New Providence High girls soccer team came away with its final regular-season victory. Click here for full...
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