Here is the story by Chris Nawalsky of NJ.com
There were no repeat winners at the Union County Tournaments which wrapped up Tuesday at Jersey Lanes in Linden.
Cranford’s Matt Greene edged the returning boys individual champion, Michael Martins of Roselle Park, in the stepladder final,179-158.
Greene was eighth coming out of the qualifying with 602 pins, but reached the stepladder with a 720 in the semifinals for a total pinfall of 1,322.
Martins earned a bye into the stepladder final. He carded a 769 to lead the way in qualifying late last week (268-278-223), and then backed that up with another 673 in the semifinals on Tuesday (197-255-221)
On the girls side, top-seeded Mia Luna of Cranford defeated second-seeded Kamila Cruz-Cordiero in the stepladder final, 153-130.
Luna was in third place after the initial day of qualifying with a 512. Hope Williams of Cranford was second with a 528 and Cruz-Cordiero was first at 538, but Luna powered through with a strong 565 (197-236-132) in the semifinals to jump ahead to first.
Williams did not make the stepladder, finishing six pins behind Iree King of Elizabeth.
The team title went to Scotch Plains-Fanwood, the No. 9-ranked team in the NJ.com Top 20. Scotch Plains-Fanwood obtained the top seed by carding a 2,970 in qualifying 91,064-908-998).
Cranford was right on its tail at 2,914, and those two teams would go on to meet in the final. The Raiders won the baker bracket championship, 3-1. Elizabeth placed third by topping Linden.
Scotch Plains-Fanwood is 9-0 on the year.
TEAM TOURNAMENT
QUALIFYING SCORES
1-Scotch Plains-Fanwood 2970; 2-Cranford 2914; 3-Linden 2679; 4-Rahway 2652; 5-Elizabeth 2428; 6-Westfield 2423; 7-Roselle Park 2412; 8-Union 2333; 9-Oratory 2231; 10-Johnson 2156; 11-Union Catholic 2049; 12-Roselle 1954; 13-Dayton 1949; 14-Hillside 1930; 15-Roselle Catholic 1478l 16-Plainfield 860.
BAKER BRACKET
FIRST ROUND
1-SPF def 8-Union, 3-0; 5-Elizabeth def 4-Rahway, 3-1; 3-Linden def. 6-Westfield, 3-2; 2-Cranford def. 8-Roselle Park, 3-0.
SEMIFINALS
1-SPF def. 5-Elizabeth, 3-0; 2-Cranford def. 3-Linden, 3-0.
FINAL
1-SPF def. 2-Cranford, 3-1.
INDIVIDUAL TOURNAMENTS
GIRLS QUAL.
1-Kamila Cruz-Cordiero, Roselle Park, 538; 2-Hope Williams, Cranford 528; 3-Mia Luna, Cranford 512; 4-Iree King, Elizabeth, 508. 5-MaryAnn Ellis, Linden 504; 6-Mikayla May, Union 477.
GIRLS SEMIS
1-Mia Luna, Cranford, 1077; 2-Kamila Cruz-Cordiero, Roselle Park, 1067; 3-Iree King, Elizabeth, 1011.
GIRLS STEPLADDER
SEMIFINALS
2-Cruz-Cordiero, RP, def. 3-King, Elizabeth, 225-170.
FINAL
1-Luna, Cranford def. 2-Cruz-Cordiero, RP, 153-130.
BOYS QUAL.
1-Michael Martins, Roselle Park, 769; 2-Mike Kisly, Cranford, 672; 3-Mauro DeRosa, SPF, 665; 4-Louis Messano, SPF, 654; 5-Jaime Paladi, Linden, 630; 6-Samad Alim, Union, 628; 7-Shawn Mackay, Rahway, 613; 8-Matt Greene, Cranford, 602; 9-Drew Shusterman, Cranford, 600; 10-Damian Nieves, Linden, 596; 11-Matt Arnold, SPf, 595; 12-Ethan Bermudez, Elizabeth, 584; 13-Antonio Monzon, Johnosn, 558; 14-Quentin Morris, Roselle, 545; T15 Nate Leversee, SPF, and Anthony Delbene, Rahway, 532.
BOYS SEMIS
1-Michael Martins, Roselle Park, 1442; 2-Louis Messano, SPF, 1414; 3-Matt Greene, Cranford, 1322; 4-Mauro DeRosa, SPF, 1311; 5-Damian Nieves, Linden, 1308.
BOYS STEPLADDER
FIRST ROUND
5-Nieves, Linden, def. 4-DeRosa, SPF, 212-191.
QUARTERFINALS
3-Greene, Cranford, def. 5-Nieves, Linden, 188-176.
SEMIFINALS
3-Greene, Cranford, def. 2-Messano, SPF, 235-201.
FINAL
3-Greene, Cranford, def. 1-Martins, RP, 179-158.
