By JR Parachini on CLARK, SPORTS
CLARK – With a new head coach and starting quarterback in place, the Crusaders hope to build upon last year’s season-ending three-game winning streak. Last year’s special teams coordinator and also the coach of the defensive linemen, linebackers and fullbacks, Anthony DelConte – a 2006 Johnson graduate – can’t wait for the opening game of […]
By JR Parachini on ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS
ROSELLE PARK – Winning is difficult enough. Winning again – with a new regime – is just as challenging, if not more so. Roselle Park football was put back on the map the last two seasons, with the Panthers posting winning campaigns that included trips to the playoffs, a championship game appearance and long-awaited victories […]
By JR Parachini on SPORTS, UNION
Wins 3 of 4 matches in weekend tourney
Keeping sharp during the summer before the 2014 season commences in early September, the Union boys’ soccer team excelled in a weekend tournament earlier this month and hopes to play well in another one this coming weekend. Union won three of four games in the Poconos Cup Premier Tournament held in the Poconos, Pa. on […]
By JR Parachini on CRANFORD, ROSELLE PARK, SPORTS
There are many reasons why the Roselle Park football team was able to reach a championship game for the first time in 19 years two seasons ago and that Cranford was able to not only reach one for the first time but win one three seasons ago. Two of them were playing for the Union […]
By JR Parachini on CRANFORD, RAHWAY, SPORTS
Snapple Bowl practice commences later this week; the game is July 17 at Sayreville
Both quarterbacks can drop back and throw the ball. One looks more like the classic drop back because of his size. One looks more like the classic scrambler, also because of his size. One way or another it doesn’t matter. Cranford’s John Oblachinski and Rahway’s Jeffery Bost are pretty good at finding manners in which […]
By JR Parachini on SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD
Two years ago Dominic Cuniglio was a very last minute replacement to succeed Brian Sheridan as Union High School’s head football coach afterSheridan took a leave of absence one week into practice. Upon his return to Union County to continue his coaching career, Cuniglio was given a bit more time to mold the team he is now fully in charge of. […]
By JR Parachini on SPORTS, SUMMIT
BRIDGEWATER – Despite all of its success and winning in the past, Summit lacrosse was on its way to doing something it had never done before. That was both the girls’ and boys’ squads winning Tournament of Champions titles on the same day. Both got halfway there Saturday, each leading their games at intermission. However, […]
By JR Parachini on SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD
MAHWAH – The winningest baseball team in UnionCounty this season and the last one alive in state tournament play came to within seven outs of playing in OceanCounty for the first time. Unfortunately for the Dayton Bulldogs, they fell a little short. North 1, Group 1 champion Ridgefield came back from a four-run deficit and won the […]
By JR Parachini on CRANFORD, SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD
On Friday, May 27, 2011, the defending North 2, Group 3 champion Cranford baseball team lost at home to Mendham 7-3 in a N2, G3 quarterfinal. Somewhat remarkably, the Cougars have not lost a state tournament game since. Cranford takes a 16-game state tournament winning streak into Tuesday’s scheduled Group 3 semifinal vs. MountOlive at Belleville […]
By JR Parachini on SPORTS, SPRINGFIELD
Bulldogs move on to Group 1 semifinals, one win away from playing in Toms River for the program's first state championship
SPRINGFIELD – Dayton. DePalma. Dramatic. Here’s the pitch: DePalma smacks a fastball to right field that seems deep enough to get the runner in from third. Here comes Jeff Lau as he crosses home plate standing up. Ball game over. North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 championship baseball game over. The top-seeded Dayton Bulldogs repeat […]