UNION, NJ — Is Union Farmers baseball a bit splintered at the moment? Lou Clemente doesn’t think so. “Definitely not,” Clemente said. “It’s just not right now at a level that it used to be.” One of Union County’s best players the first decade of this century at Roselle Catholic High School and also a […]
ROSELLE PARK, NJ — Since the last time they finished better than .500 six years ago, the Roselle Park High School Panthers endured their lumps on a weekly basis and also suffered at the hands of their neighborhood gridiron rival, Abraham Park High School, Roselle. The last three times the Panthers and Rams clashed on […]
MILLBURN, NJ — One of the greatest high school football coaching staffs, not only in New Jersey, but in the entire country, was located right here in Union County. At Union High School. Right here in Union. A member of that coaching staff, which exactly 30 years ago captured a third consecutive North 2, Group […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — It’s time to put the 2023 Union County football season to bed with its two longtime Thanksgiving Day clashes this week. Roselle Park High School seeks its first win against Abraham Clark High School, Roselle, since 2017. A Panther victory against the Rams would also give Roselle Park its first winning […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — It was a quick 2023 high school football campaign in Union County, as none of the 17 football playing schools in the county reached a sectional state championship game. The final two consolation games were played on Thursday, Nov. 9, with Frank J. Cicarell Academy, Elizabeth, winning at Hackensack High School, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The success of the sports programs in Union County this fall were about as spread out as they could be, which is a good thing. It shows that not just one school dominates all sports when it comes to capturing county championship crowns. Of the seven sports, not including football, six […]
SUMMIT, NJ — Anything short of at least capturing a sectional state championship when you are a top seed, are playing at home, have not lost to a public school team and average 40 points is going to be disappointing. Summit High School got out to a two-touchdown lead on Saturday, Nov. 4, at home […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — There are just four more games left in the 2023 Union County football season. Two of them are consolation games and the final two are the rivalries still played on Thanksgiving. We are still two weeks away from Thanksgiving and that’s it. That’s it because, for the first year since 2007, […]
DENVILLE, NJ — The goal for Linden High School’s football team this year was to get back to the playoffs. After winning the North, Group 4 Regional Invitational Tournament championship a year ago, that mission was accomplished. The Linden Tigers worked their way through a nine-game regular season schedule to the tune of 6-2-1, which […]
UNION COUNTY — The high school football state playoffs in New Jersey can be a harsh reality to deal with, especially when the scoreboard doesn’t work in a team’s favor. Of the 11 Union County football playing schools that qualified, eight were defeated last weekend, with their seasons completed before Halloween. Those who lost were […]