LINDEN...NEAR HISTORY While Linden High School has produced top-notch athletes in many varied sports, there's little doubt that the sport most closely associated with success in Linden is basketball. Hopes are high once again and last night marked the young season's biggest test so far, as New Jersey's #1 ranked unbeaten team, fellow Union County powerhouse Plainfield High School, came in for a visit to Ainsworth Arena, as we have lovingly nicknamed the Linden High School gymnasium. The gym was

LINDEN...NEAR-HISTORY...BECOMES HISTORY Just before Christmas, we posted the heart-breaking story of the nearly-historic basketball game at Linden High School when the Boys Varsity team gave #1 ranked Plainfield everything they could handle, and it took a fadeaway three-pointer at the buzzer for Plainfield to escape victorious. Well, last night was the rematch at Plainfield High School, one of New Jersey's most notoriously difficult gymnasiums. This time, #7 ranked Linden had an additional playe