Crusaders Won UCT Crown; Finish Baseball Season, 21-5
MAKING THE PUTOUT...Crusader first baseman Vin Donofrio gets the putout on Blue Devil James Statler during a season-opening game in Westfield in late March. David B. Corbin
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By DAVID B. CORBIN on
July 2, 2026
Crusaders Won UCT Crown; Finish Baseball Season, 21-5

Long time Coming! But this season, the AL Johnson High School Crusaders baseball team had all the equipment for success. With an experienced pitching rotation and a lineup that kept plugging away, the Crusaders scored double figures in 10 games, derailed a perennial powerhouse twice, won their first Union County Tournament (UCT) Championship in 46 years and finished with a 21-5 record.

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