HILLSIDE, NJ — Succeeding Barris Grant as Hillside High School’s head football coach is an assignment as challenging as making a fourth down play inside the opponent’s five-yard line to win the game. Grant was Hillside’s most successful head coach, guiding the Comets to three state championships in nine seasons before leaving to become the […]
BERLELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Governor Livingston High School baseball has accomplished much the last 30 years. However, there is still one thing the Highlanders have not done yet: That’s repeat as Union County Tournament champions. Governor Livingston broke through in 2016 on Mother’s Day and captured its first crown. The Highlanders then won again in […]
CEDAR GROVE, NJ — While the race between Arthur L. Johnson, Governor Livingston and Scotch Plains–Fanwood high schools for supremacy in the Watchung Division of the Union County Conference continues, there’s another hidden, underlying battle taking place. This one is a bit more subjective. Just which team should be awarded the top seed for the […]
CRANFORD, NJ — One of the hottest baseball teams in Union County, not counting highly talented, state-ranked Governor Livingston High School, of course, was the Cranford High School Cougars, as play continued again this week. Guided by first-year head coach Ryan Matlosz, the Cougars bounced back from a three-game losing streak to reel off five […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Next week is May. That means, hopefully, temperatures will rise and rain will stay away. Although avoiding what feels the same as freezing temps and precipitation may be more difficult than facing a 90 mile-per-hour fastball, tournament play is slated to kick in next month, as the 2025 campaign progresses after […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Last year, Jonathan Dayton High School won it for the first time. The team the Bulldogs beat in the championship game, Scotch Plains–Fanwood High School, came a run shy of winning it for just the second time and for the first time since 1977. Could this be Arthur L. Johnson High […]
SUMMIT, NJ — No surprise that both Summit High School lacrosse squads are off to solid starts again in 2025. Both won county championships last year and both have already defeated the teams they beat in the championship games a year ago in regular season competition this year. The UCTs are scheduled to commence on […]
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — There wasn’t any trophy on the line to be hoisted by the team that scored more runs. There was not to be any pile-on-the-mound celebration once the final out was recorded. Sure, Governor Livingston High School vs. Delbarton School was a Sunday afternoon, April 13, matchup that included two of the […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Two weeks into the 2025 Union County softball campaign and three teams remained undefeated as of Monday, April 14. Arthur L. Johnson High School, the leader in the Union County Conference’s Watchung Division, stood at 5-0 overall and also sported a 5-0 record in division play. Roselle Park High School was […]
SUMMIT, NJ — The Union County Conference schedule maker presented the Jonathan Dayton High School baseball team with a very challenging first three games right off the bat, no pun intended. Among the top teams in the Mountain Division, the Bulldogs opened with contests against three of the upper Watchung Division schools before they were […]