UNION COUNTY, NJ — Congratulations to the Union, Roselle Park and Summit football teams for winning their first games. Governor Livingston High School won a third straight contest to go more than .500 at 3-2, while Linden High School evened its record at 2-2 with its second shutout win at home. Elizabeth High School stunned […]
LINDEN, NJ — Players warmed up and were directed by assistant coaches under the afternoon sun that engulfed Tiger Stadium at Cooper Field on Saturday, Sept. 24. One hour before kickoff, the Linden Tigers went through their usual pregame rituals, with head coach Al Chiola standing among them as he began to observe their opponent, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — There are six football games on Friday, Sept. 23 and six more on Saturday, Sept. 24, for Week 4, as 14 Union County schools will complete their fourth games, joining New Providence, Governor Livingston and Scotch Plains–Fanwood, which have already played their fourth games. There are five common matchups: Arthur L. […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — As the halfway point of the regular season approaches, there are now just four undefeated teams remaining in Union County, with one each in four of the five group sizes. Rahway High School and Hillside High School are both 3-0 for the first time since 2019, David Brearley High School is […]
UNION, NJ — Ron Zieser is Union High School all over and has been for 30 years now. Zieser was a Farmer student-athlete, Class of 1997, and has taught history at UHS for 18 years. Now, he’s been named just the third UHS athletic director since the first head football coach he played for as […]
RAHWAY, NJ — “This is just a really tough time we’re going through right now,” Rahway High School head football coach Brian Russo said in a phone interview with Union County LocalSource on Monday, Sept. 12. It had been just four days since it had been reported that Rahway senior football player Ali Muhammad, 17, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County football for Week 3 will be spread out over three days, with two games scheduled to be played on Thursday, Sept. 15; 10 more on Friday, Sept. 16; and one on Saturday, Sept. 17. There are four common games: Roselle Park High School at David Brearley High School on […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — It was a weekend when prominent Union County football schools Union, Summit, Cranford, Linden, Westfield and New Providence were all playing. In fact, last weekend was opening weekend for all of the above except for New Providence High School. Union and Linden high schools both lost by 1 point, Summit High […]
CLARK, NJ — There’s a certain amount of pride, tradition and even glory when the Crusaders march in line, side by side from their locker room to Nolan Field. Then, when they sprint past the cheerleaders and break on through to the other side of the field, they expect to inflict harm onto their opponent. […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — When the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association finally released the football classifications in early August, Union County schools Rahway, Hillside and Jonathan Dayton didn’t think anything of it. All three expected to be in the same group size they were in last year and in the recent past, which meant […]