Inaugural Union High School Athletic Hall of Fame dinner a home run; the best Farmer athletes honored for their many outstanding achievements

Tracy Young talked about how her coach Lois Hochuli-Lampert was responsible for driving her to track meet after track meet and that she always appreciated her efforts for wanting to be there for her. High school, college and NFL standout Larry Kubin discussed how in the town of Union nothing was given to you and […]

Summit football tops Cranford 35-14 to reach its second straight N2, G3 championship game; Dougherty scores 3 TDs, Terry 2

Cranford finishes successful season at 7-4; 11-0 Hilltoppers will face Parsippany Hills in championship game

SUMMIT – With an offense averaging nearly 40 points, Summit quite often provides the knockout punch by getting in the end zone four to five times before intermission. Teams have a difficult time containing a no-huddle offense that spreads the ball either running or passing it. On Saturday in the North 2, Group 3 semifinal […]

Union football wallops visiting Piscataway 47-24 in sectional semifinals; Bogan scores 4 TDs, Robertson 2 and Egwuonwu 1

Farmers will face 11-0 Ridge in N2, G5 final in two weeks, seeking their first state championship in 20 years

UNION – Trying to beat Union in a football playoff game at Cooke Memorial Field on the exact 50th anniversary of one of the most infamous days in the history of the United States of America has not worked out for two proud programs now. On Friday night in a North 2, Group 5 semifinal […]

Union, Linden, Summit, Cranford, Rahway, Roselle Park, New Providence football seek to advance to championship games; Sectional semifinals are this weekend

Tigers, Indians, Cougars will play on road vs. undefeated teams they recently lost to

Union has had enough of losing to Piscataway in the playoffs. For that matter, so has everyone else who has played the Chiefs in that setting since 2002. Cranford has had enough of losing to Summit – period – the last five seasons in Mid-State Conference play whether it was a close game or a […]

Rahway football pounds Spotswood 47-20 to advance to CJ, G2 semifinals; Indians will next play at 9-0 and top-seeded Rumson-Fair Haven

Senior QB Bost rushes and passes for 2 scores, defense excels

RAHWAY – If Rahway could draw up the perfect prelude to a heavyweight matchup that will follow at undefeated Rumson-Fair Haven next week, Saturday’s first-round home playoff game served that purpose and more. Sometimes done in by their own mistakes and forced errors, the Indians played about as perfect a first half as any team […]

Union football wins first playoff game in 5 years; Farmers blank visiting Watchung Hills 28-0

Senior running backs Bogan, Robertson score 2 TDs

  UNION – Jamauri Bogan has rushed for more than a school-record 5,000 yards. However, none of those yards came in a playoff victory. That was until Friday night. The standout Union four-year varsity starter rushed for a game-high 176 yards on 28 carries and scored two touchdowns to help lead the second-seeded Farmers past […]

First Union Hall of Fame Dinner set to honor the top Farmer athletes; Nov. 25 is the night – at Galloping Hill

Santorini, Maddox, Kulick, Labonia among honorees

UNION – Monday night, Nov. 25, is the night. It’s here. There have been many athletes over the years that have risen to the occasion to lead Union High School athletic teams to their ultimate goals. Those distinctions were seeing the Farmers win numerous state and county championships and do it in a manner that […]

Linden’s Moore signs with Cincinnati; Before going Division 1 the basketball standout seeks to lift Tigers to a championship season

Now that he has signed his national letter-of-intent to attend Cincinnati on a full basketball scholarship, Quadri Moore has only one thing in mind. That’s winning. That’s helping Linden win its first county and state championships since 2007. One of the top big men in New Jersey, Moore gave Cincinnati a verbal commitment nearly two […]

Football playoffs for 11 Union County teams commence this weekend; Defending N2, G3 champ Summit goes 9-0 for 5th straight season

Union, Linden, Westfield in N2, G5; Scotch Plains in N2, G4; Cranford and GL also in N2, G3; Roselle Park, Brearley, New Providence in N2, G1; Rahway in CJ, G2

Here we go again. High school playoff football in UnionCounty is back – about a week later than normal – with many teams seeking to extend their seasons a week. Will this be the last season that we just crown sectional champions? We won’t know about possible playoff expansion until it gets voted on again […]

Roselle Park football comes back to top New Providence 15-13 in a Friday night pre-playoff thriller; Panthers clinch first round home game

Next weekend's opponent could be Brearley

ROSELLE PARK – You would have thought the season was on the line for both visiting New Providence and host RosellePark the way the two arch rivals battled. Although both were assured of North 2, Group 1 playoff berths once again, the winner of Friday night’s Mid-State 38 Conference-interdivision game was going to be home […]