Linden football captures first state championship – and only 2nd overall – since 1985; Tigers top neighborhood rival Elizabeth 27-20 to capture North 2, Group 5 for first time

Dolbrice scores game-winning TD on kickoff return late in fourth quarter and then seals victory with interception in end zone

EAST RUTHERFORD – Juwan Dolbrice never returned a kickoff for a touchdown this season. He picked the absolute best time to do it – with just over two minutes left in the season and his scholastic football career. Picking up the ball at his own 25, Dolbrice found a hole up the middle and then […]

Cranford football falls in North 2, Group 3 final; Christiano, Schetelich score on long runs

EAST RUTHERFORD – Behind the running of incredibly shifty diminutive senior tailback Angelo Gallego, the poise of freshman braces-wearing quarterback Nick Verducci and two big first-half plays by senior two-way standout Ryan Shaw, third-seeded Parsippany Hills went on to capture its first state championship ever by holding off top-seeded and undefeated Cranford 20-13 in Sunday’s […]

GL baseball players Frohman, Lynch, Tedesco, Zucker to continue playing in college; Quartet seek to lead Highlanders to great success in 2015

BERKELEY HEIGHTS – One of these years it’s going to work out for the Highlanders. It almost did last year. You see, the Governor Livingston baseball team has pretty much won every title under the sun – including Highlander Classic, division, section and state – except for one. One of these years the Highlanders will […]

Linden, Cranford, Elizabeth football all 1 win away from capturing state championships; 3 Union County teams will be playing at MetLife Stadium

On Dec. 7 in East Rutherford it will be - in N2, G3 - Parsippany Hills vs. Summit, followed by - in N2, G5 - Elizabeth vs. Linden

Just think, instead of the Giants or Jets playing at MetLife Stadium this Sunday at 1 p.m. it will be the Cranford Cougars. Make that the – 11-0 for the first time in program history – Cranford Cougars! Wow, that’s how far that program has come. Not even the highly-successful Cranford baseball team has played at […]

Linden, Cranford football to play their state championship games at MetLife Stadium; Tigers to battle Elizabeth in N2, G5 and Cougars to clash with Parsippany Hills in N2, G3

Both contests to kick off Dec. 7 in East Rutherford

For the first time, the Linden and Cranford football teams will be playing for a state championship in East Rutherford. Both Union County Mid-State 38 Conference division winners advanced to sectional finals – for Linden the first time since 1985 and only third time total – and for Cranford the first time since 2011 and […]

Roselle football falls to Delaware Valley in CJ, G2 semis; Hairston throws TD pass to Pendleton, Canady rushes for a score

Mountain Division champion Rams will close season at Roselle Park on Thanksgiving

ROSELLE – While the home team was just 24 minutes away from playing in a state championship game for the first time in 24 years, it was the visiting team that seized the opportunity to compete for a ring. Down by five points at intermission, which was the same deficit it lost by when the […]

Linden football reaches first state championship game since 1985; Tigers hold on to defeat Westfield 14-6 in North 2, Group 5 semifinals

Phipps, Dolbrice score TDs in second quarter

LINDEN – With playmakers such as Kyle Phipps and Juwan Dolbrice, Linden can score from anywhere on the field at any time. Sometimes it’s all that’s needed. In a weird way it was Friday night at Cooper Field. Led by touchdown runs of 58 yards by Phipps and 41 by Dolbrice in the second quarter, […]

Linden, Cranford, Summit, Roselle will host sectional semifinals; All are 1 win away from playing for a championship

Seniors Dolbrice, Zanelli become their school's all-time leading rusher

For the first time in awhile, four Union County football teams are one home win away from playing for championships. Those schools will be Linden and Cranford on Nov. 21 and Summit and Roselle on Nov. 22. All total, six Union County teams are still alive and playing in sectional semifinals, including Westfield on Nov. […]

Summit football comes back twice to thwart playoff upset bid by 4-5 Morris Hills; Option pass thrown by Helmer to Bonomo is game-winning TD

Zanelli scores 2 second-half TDs for Hilltoppers, who will next host Parsippany Hills

SUMMIT – Just because a team comes to town with a record under .500 it doesn’t mean that the game will be easy. Summit found that out Saturday at Tatlock Field, with visiting Morris Hills giving the Hilltoppers all they could handle in a North 2, Group 3 quarterfinal. As a matter of fact, Morris […]

Linden football trims North Hunterdon for first home playoff win since 1985; Dolbrice passes for 2 scores, rushes for 1 TD, while Phipps and Guillaume score twice

Tigers will host a N2, G5 semifinal next

LINDEN – When North Hunterdon played at Linden a month ago, the game was still up for grabs in the second half, with the visiting Lions leading by a touchdown before the host Tigers came back to grab the Mid-State 38 Conference-Watchung Division clinching victory. When the teams met a second time Friday night in […]