UNION, NJ — Union High School boys basketball head coach Kevin Feeley made it very clear on Saturday, Feb. 5. “We must play better defense,” the man in charge of the Farmers proclaimed. Union’s boys basketball team concluded its regular season schedule on Saturday, Feb. 5, at home with a come-from-behind 71-68 overtime triumph against […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County’s top three wrestling teams won two matches on Monday, Feb. 6, to reach sectional state championship matches on Wednesday, Feb. 8. Union County Tournament champion Cranford High School and runner-up Governor Livingston High School won both of their matches at home, while Westfield High School, third in the UCT, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — While it’s easy to handicap the top two seeds making it to the championship game, there is usually an upset or two when it comes to the history of the girls basketball Union County Tournament. It’s time to see if there will be any upsets in the present and near future. […]
ROSELLE, NJ — When you go up against a superior unit, sometimes you have the best view of seeing exactly what, as a team, you are trying to accomplish. Your opponent is right there, in front of you, executing the way you hope to someday. You could say that was the case in the first […]
UNION, NJ — Last year, the Cranford High School girls basketball team started with a season-opening 39-22 triumph at home against Union County Conference–Watchung Division rival Roselle Catholic High School. This year, it took the Cougars a bit of time to reach the .500 mark and even their record, but they did so on Saturday, […]
UNION, NJ — The Cranford High School wrestling team had six county champions en route to a record-breaking eighth straight team championship. However, without the efforts of grapplers Dylan Jones and Quentin Connolly, who placed third; Michael Tona, fourth; and Alex Mueller, fifth, the Cougars might not have been able to beat out upstart Governor […]
UNION, NJ — Union High School did not finish among the top eight teams in the Union County Tournament. The Farmers did not have a grappler reach the finals. That did not mean that the Union wrestling team had a bad county tournament showing, however. In the first year that the competition took place at […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — Partway through a span of eight straight road games, the Union High School girls basketball team learned a valuable lesson when it went up against one of the best teams in Union County. Giving teams second and third chances to produce offensively adds up to a whole lot of trouble. Yielding numerous […]
CRANFORD, NJ — For the first time, the Union County Tournament for wrestling will take place at Kean University’s Harwood Arena in Union. Also for the first time, when this competition is complete, a school may have won the team championship for the eighth straight year. Seven-time defending champion Cranford High School, along with undefeated […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Even after 38 years of service, Dan Mondelli is an inspiration to the Union County baseball community. “Danny has put in 38 years of service and, in all of those years, he’s impacted many players and coaches,” Governor Livingston High School head baseball coach Chris Roof said. “For me, I’ve known […]