Inside Union County week of Jan. 2-8
Published: Wednesday, January 04, 2012, 6:51 PM Updated: Wednesday, January 04, 2012, 8:07 PM
Here is the first Union Top 10 that ran in Tuesday's paper and online at NJ.com:
UNION
1-Gov. Livingston (5-0)
2-Roselle Catholic (4-1)
3-Cranford (4-0)
4-New Providence (4-1)
5-Summit (2-2)
6-Linden (4-2)
7-Johnson (1-3)
8-Scotch Plains-Fanwood (4-2)
9-Dayton (4-1)
10-Union (3-3)
Gov. Livingston's Mallory George (#15) hits a layup to put her team ahead, against New Providence in last year's Union County Tournament semifinal round at Rahway High. 2/24/11 (Andrew Mills/The Star-Ledger)Roselle Catholic, which has just the one loss to G.L., sits in second place. After graduating last winter's Union County Player of the Year in Melissa Tobie, it has been paced by the play of Marcia Senatus and Tori Pozsonyi.
Cranford, which is the only other undefeated team in the county, won its Cranford Tournament last week with victories over Nutley and West Orange. Morgan Miller leads the team with 15.2 ppg., 4.0 rebounds, 3.0 steals and 2.6 assists.
New Providence was 3-1 before dropping an overtime decision to Oak Knoll on Tuesday night and had only lost to Cranford (44-35 on Dec. 20). It owns a 46-35 victory over Summit in the final round of the Summit Hilltopper Tournament on Dec. 29.
Which leads us to Summit, which lost by only two to Roselle Catholic 33-31 on Dec. 22. Guard Kate Martino (13.5 ppg.) and Kelly Osmulski (11.0 ppg.) help key the offense.
Linden at 4-2 is next. The Tigers played well in losses to Roselle Catholic (50-45) and West Morris (72-66) and second-year coach Paul Gorski has the team going in the right direction.
Johnson is 1-4, but has played well and every county loss is to a team rated ahead of it. The Clark school lost by four to Gov. Livingston and 12 to Roselle Catholic before suffering a setback to Cranford Tuesday night.
Scotch Plains-Fanwood is 2-0 against county opposition, earning narrow victories over Plainfield and Westfield. Taylor Sebolao (14.5 ppg., 5.5 rebounds, 2.7 steals) helps fuel the offense.
Dayton was 4-1 before losing to Gov. Livingston on Tuesday night. It defeated Union Catholic (46-40 on Dec. 17) and lost to Johnson (44-34) and has three victories over non-county opponents (Verona, Bernards, Mo-Beard).
Union (3-3) rebounded from a season-opening loss to Summit to win three straight against Orange, Roselle and Westfield before dropping two straight to Mendham and Linden. Jamiyah Bethune is scoring at a 12.5 ppg. clip for the Farmers.
On the fringe: Union Catholic (4-2), Hillside (4-1), Brearley (5-2).
Here is the schedule for Union schools throughout the rest of the week:
Thursday, Jan. 5
Kent Placeat Brearley, 4pm
Union Catholic at Cranford, 4pm
Johnson at Elizabeth, 4pm
Summit at Linden, 4pm
Hillside at Rahway, 4pm
Scotch Plains at Roselle, 4:30pm
Westfield at Plainfield, 6pm
Union at Roselle Catholic, 7pm
Friday, Jan. 6
Roselle at McNair, 4pm
Roselle Park vs. St. Mary (Eliz.), 4pm
Roselle Park at St. Mary's (Rutherford), 4pm
Cranford at Dayton, 7pm
Elizabeth at Gov. Livingston, 7pm
New Providence at Johnson, 7pm
Union Catholic at Oak Knoll, 7pm
Saturday, Jan. 7
Roselle Catholic vs. Paramus Catholic at at Kean university, 11:30am
Westfield at East Brunswick, 1pm
Bergenfield at Summit, 1pm
Scotch Plains at Watchung Hills, 1pm
Linden at Somerville, 1:30pm
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