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UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE2011 BASEBALL

WATCHUNG DIVISION (7 schools):Cranford, Elizabeth, Gov. Livingston, Linden,Scotch Plains, Union, Westfield.Newcomers: Cranford, Gov. Livingston.Left: Plainfield, Rahway.Defending champion: Scotch Plains.

MOUNTAIN DIVISION (8 schools):Brearlev, Dayton, Johnson, Plainfield,Rahway, Roselle Catholic, Summit, Union Catholic.Newcomers: Brearlev, Dayton, Plainfield, Rahway.Left: Cranford. CJov. Livingston, Hillside, Roselle.Defending champion: Cranford.

VALLEY DIVISION (7 schools):Hillside, New Providence, Oratory Prep, Roselle Park,Roselle, St. Patrick, St. Mary's, Elizabeth.Newcomers: Hillside, Roselle.Left: Brearley, Dayton.Defending champion: Dayton.

NORTH 2, GROUP 4: Elizabeth, Linden, Union, Westfield.

NORTH 2, GROUP 3: Cranford, Plainfield, Rahway, Scotch Plains.

NORTH 2, GROUP 1: Brearley, Dayton, New Providence,Roselle Park.

CENTRAL JERSEY, GROUP 2: Gov. Livingston, Hillside,Johnson, Roselle, Summit.

NON-PUBLIC, NORTH A: Oratory Prep, Roselle Catholic,Union Catholic.

NON-PUBLIC, NORTH B: St. Patrick, St. Mary's, Elizabeth.

THIRD ANNUAL DAD'S CLUB INVITATIONALBASEBALL AT ROSELLE PARK

FRIDAY, APRIL 15Oratory Prep vs. Dunellen, 4 p.m.Hillsborough vs. Johnson, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY, APRIL 16Bridgewater-Raritan vs. Scotch Plains, 10 a.m.Cranford vs. Delbarton, 1 p.m.Gov. Livingston vs. Columbia, 4 p.m.Roselle Park vs. Brearley, 7 p.m.

SUNDAY, APRIL 17Union Catholic vs. Linden, 9 a.m.Holmdel vs. Hoboken, noonNew Providence vs. Newark Academy, 3 p.m.Morris Knolls vs. Elizabeth, 6 p.m.

NOTES: The Dad's Club will be honoring Roselle Park players fromthe past before the April 16 game between Roselle Park and Brearley.They have commitments from about 40 players, including those fromeach decade going back to the 1940s.

UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE2011 SOFTBALL

WATCHUNG DIVISION (7 schools)Cranford, Elizabeth, Gov. Livingston, Linden,Scotch Plains, Union, WestfieldDefending champion: Union

MOUNTAIN DIVISION (8 schools)Brearley, Johnson, New Providence, Plainfield,Rahway, Roselle Catholic, Summit, Union CatholicDefending champions: Cranford, Gov. Livingston

VALLEY DIVISION (8 schools)Benedictine, Dayton. Hillside, Kent Place,Oak Knoll, Roselle Catholic, Roselle, St. Mary's, ElizabethDefending champion: Roselle Park

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Union County players on the North roster for the June 27 North-South All-StarFootball Classic at Kean University include, from left, P.J. Franciotti of Johnson,Osa Igbinosun of Rahway, Ryan O'Malley of Summit, Jaurice Jones of Linden,Zach Troutman of New Providence, Tiaquan Womack of Plainfield and DanielLaguerre of Union. The players are pictured here at Piscataway High School dur-ing Sunday's Media Day.

Union County is wellrepresented in grid tiltNorth-South Classic at Kean June 27

By JR ParachiniSports Editor

The 33rd annual North-South AU-Star FootballClassic - set for June 27 at 7 p.m. at Kean Universityin Union - includes seven players from Union Countyhigh schools on the North roster.

They include wide receiver PJ Franciotti (6-5,195) of Johnson, tight end Ryan O'Malley (6-6, 225)of Summit, offensive lineman Daniel Laguerre (6-2,240) of Union, offensive lineman Tiaquan Womack(6-1, 280) of Plainfield, defensive tackle Zach Trout-man (6-5, 250) of New Providence, defensive tackleOsa Igbinosun (6-2, 250) of Rahway and defensiveback Jaurice Jones (6-1, 180) of Linden.

Media Day for the event was held Sunday atPiscataway.

All seven Union County players were present tohave their picture taken.

This will be the first time in 14 years - since 1997 -that the North-South Football Classic returns as themost prominent summer all-star game.

Many of the state's top players are involved.

The Governor's Bowl is no longer being held after a13-game run from 1998-2010. Lack of finances are theNo. 1 reason for the all-star game going by the wayside.

Franciotti will continue playing at Colgate, Igbi-nosun is undecided and O'Malley will continue in theIvy League at Pennsylvania.

Jones, who had an official visit to Rutgers duringbasketball season, is still undecided, while Troutmanwill head to Albany for football.

Also an outstanding wrestler, Troutman finishedfourth in the state at heavyweight.

Laguerre is undecided, while Womack will continueat East Stroudsburg.

The North won last year's game 17-3 and trails theSouth 15-14-2 in the series. The North has never led.

This is the third straight year that the game is beingplayed at Kean University, with officials very pleasedthat the game draws a large crowd there.

Coaches on the North roster who guided schools tostate championships last fall include retired NewProvidence mentor Frank Bottone and Morristowncoach and Cranford native Chris Hull.

Caldwell college career closesBy JR Parachini

Sports EditorThe greatest wrestler to come out of Rahway High

School and one of the best to ever compete at NorthCarolina State saw his collegiate career come to aclose last Thursday.

Darrion Caldwell, the 2009 NCAA champion inthe 149-pound weight class, suffered a shoulder injuryin his second-round match against Michigan's EricGrajales at the NCAA Championships at the WellsFargo Center in Philadelphia.

The injury default ended Caldwell's quest tobecome NC State's first ever two-time NCAA champ.Caldwell finished the season with a 15-1 overallrecord, including his 18-7 first-round win earlierThursday overUNC Greensboro's Ivan Lopouchanski.Caldwell sat out last season with a shoulder injury and

returned to action midway through this season, with thehopes of defending his title from two years ago.

But against Grajales, Caldwell made a move thatcaused his shoulder to pop out of its socket again.

"It was surprising because it was such an innocuouslooking move," Wolfpack head coach Carter Jordanexplained on NC State's athletics website. "It's not likehe threw the left hand and arm making a shot. He hadGrajales from behind and was just trying to reacharound. We've been training him to do that with hisright arm, but he used his left and only moved it alittle ways and the shoulder popped out."

Caldwell finished 109-13 at NC State after postinga 146-4 mark at Rahway that included three state titles.

Caldwell will have surgery to repair his left shoulder,then will move on to the international wrestling circuitand a berth with the United States National team.