UNION COUNTY, NJ — For the first time, football players from Union County will be putting on shoulder pads and lacing up their cleats to compete in the 29th annual Paul Robeson All-Star Football Classic, which takes place every June at Paul Robeson Stadium in East Orange, where the East Orange Campus High School Jaguars […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Who was the last repeat baseball Union County Tournament champion? The Cranford Cougars. That was in 2011, when Cranford High School defeated Governor Livingston High School 14-1 in a final at Kean University that simply got away from the Highlanders, who at the time were still seeking their first UCT crown. Cranford […]
CRANFORD, NJ — When the softball Union County Tournament gets seeded in the upcoming days, expect to see two-time defending champion Cranford High School where it has been in recent years. On top. Cranford, the two-time defending champion, began the week at 12-2 and was still the only Union County school that had not lost […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Cranford High School captured the Union County Tournament championship last year en route to a 25-5 season that also saw the Cougars claim the North 2, Group 3 sectional state crown. What was special about winning the program’s 10th county championship was that it was the first time since 2015 that Cranford […]
UNION, NJ — The second Tip Your Cap Classic at Union’s Gordon R. LeMatty Field, raising funds for the Tunnels to Towers Foundation, features two high-profile games each on Tuesday, May 2, and Wednesday, May 3. On Tuesday, May 2, Madison High School will play New Providence High School at 4:15 p.m., followed by Millburn […]
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — After a rocky start that did not include injured mound aces John Schmidt and Matty Diskin, the Governor Livingston High School baseball team righted its ship the last two weeks. The Highlanders took a 7-3 overall record and five-game winning streak into their scheduled Union County Conference-Watchung Division matchup at Arthur […]
CRANFORD, NJ — When the baseball and softball Union County Tournaments are seeded for baseball next week and for softball the following week, both defending champions should be garnering the top seeds. Those would be the Cranford High School baseball and softball squads. The 69th annual baseball UCT has a tentative date of being seeded […]
CRANFORD, NJ — The first two weeks of the season were near perfect for Cranford High School softball. A Union County-best 8-0 start, that includes a leading 3-0 record in the Union County Conference’s Watchung Division, saw the Cougars outscore their first eight opponents by an impressive 70-5 margin. Cranford allowed runs in just four […]
CRANFORD, NJ – Following an important comeback victory on Friday, April 14, at home against division rival Union High School, where the Cougars were six outs away from defeat for the first time this year, Cranford High School baseball veteran head coach Dennis McCaffery explained his team’s 7-0 start this way: “Our pitching has done […]
UNION, NJ — The initial week of the season was one to put up on a pedestal. For the Union Farmers, its meaning was of extremely high significance, as they were desperate to get out to a good start, following a year in which victories, only four total, were as rare as triple plays. Union […]