UNION COUNTY, NJ — When Union and Cranford clashed at Kean University’s Cougar Field on May 11 of last year in the softball Union County Tournament semifinals, a berth in the championship game was on the line. Cranford High School junior right-hander Avery Toddings mowed down the fourth-seeded Farmers and kept them off the scoreboard. […]
UNION, NJ — Alissa Alcindor first tried her hand at field hockey, completing her second season this fall in the midfield. A teacher of woodworking at Union High School, Daniel Eberenz, UHS Class of 1974, got Alcindor’s ear and discussed the possibility of Alcindor going out for wrestling. There was a time in the 1970s […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — High school baseball in New Jersey is getting a much later start this season. However, we’ll only have to wait two more days to hear the umpire scream, “Play ball!” The first day of practice is Monday, March 13, but that is for pitchers and catchers only. The rest of the […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Jordan Chapman got to the podium. Only two more names were announced after his. He’s that close to obtaining his No. 1 high school athletic goal, which is winning a state wrestling championship. The Cranford High School sophomore could become his program’s fifth state champion and first since 2006. With two years […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — It was quite a week for Union County basketball, as three programs went all the way to capture season-ending state championships and another a hotly contested sectional state crown. For the third straight season and for the seventh time in the past 11 seasons, the Roselle Catholic High School Lions boys […]
UNION, NJ — What will it take this weekend in Atlantic City for Cranford High School sophomore 157-pounder Jordan Chapman, a first-time Region 4 champ, to become Cranford’s fifth state champion and first since senior Pat Hogan won at 171 pounds in 2006? “High pace, high speed, high intensity,” Chapman said. “Show no remorse.” Chapman […]
LINDEN, NJ — The Linden High School boys basketball team had finishing second down pat. Last year, the Tigers finished second in the North 2, Group 4 playoffs, falling to visiting Elizabeth High School in the championship game. This year, Linden placed second in the Union County Conference’s Watchung Division at 8-2, also finishing second […]
CRANFORD, NJ — The Cranford Cougars proved to be just as dominant in the District 13 competition at Cranford High School on Saturday, Fen. 18, as they were at last month’s Union County Tournament at Kean University. Once again, Cranford had 12 of its 14 wrestlers place, with the dozen moving on to this weekend’s […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — When the girls basketball Union County Tournament continued at Rahway High School’s Earl H. Walter Gymnasium on Wednesday, Feb. 15, after the press deadline, the conventional wisdom was that the only thing that could prevent a second straight New Providence High School vs. Westfield High School final would be Elizabeth High […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — After near misses in 2012, 2015 and 2016, Roselle Catholic High School won its first boys basketball Union County Tournament championship in 2018. The Lions have now appeared in the last four championship games, winning three of them, including last year’s against Elizabeth High School 63-58. Roselle Catholic, which plays a […]