UNION COUNTY, NJ — The success of Rutgers University and Seton Hall University baseball will be highlighted when head coaches Steve Owens of Rutgers and Rob Sheppard of Seton Hall headline the second ever Garden State Baseball Coaches Clinic. Once again, the event, scheduled for Friday, Dec. 9, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., will […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Thanksgiving football in Union County is down to just two games. They just happen to be the longest and oldest rivalries in the county and among the longest and oldest in the state. This week will see Roselle Park High School at Abraham Clark High School of Roselle the night before […]
HILLSIDE, NJ — A season that had state championship aspirations, based on the wealth of senior talent the Comets had coming back, almost had Hillside High School’s football team reaching the place it wanted it to go. Placed in Group 3 for the first time and moved to the north, Hillside reached a state championship […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Summit, Abraham Clark and Plainfield high schools all took advantage of a new system implemented by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. It provided football teams that didn’t make the playoffs the opportunity to play for something tangible, with a trophy attached to it. Welcome to the first year of […]
MOUNTAIN LAKES, NJ — This is high praise from a longtime mentor and just shows you how much a player will be missed. “Matt Sims was one of the top two quarterbacks I’ve had here,” David Brearley High School head football coach Scott Miller said of his standout senior signal-caller. “He was a special player […]
HILLSIDE, NJ — Five years ago, in order to win Central Jersey, Group 2 for the first time, Hillside High School’s football team needed to travel to Piscataway to play the championship game at Rutgers University. Two years later, the Comets had to go all the way south to West Deptford High School to try […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — David Brearley High School, sparked by the outstanding performance of Union County Player of the Year candidate Matt Sims, does not have a blemish. Hillside High School, lifted by the bulldozing running of back Kyon Simonson, is in familiar territory. For the first time in seven years, David Brearley has reached […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — It’s now down to a final four. The four Union County football teams still alive in state playoff competition are preparing hard for this weekend’s sectional semifinal matchups. On Friday night, Nov. 4, Cranford High School and David Brearley High School will be playing at home, while Westfield High School will […]
HILLSIDE, NJ — With the season on the line, a bit earlier than the Hillside Comets expected, senior quarterback Caleb Salters knew he had to make a play late in the fourth quarter or that was it. Hillside High School was that close to being bounced from playoff football pre-November and in the first round […]
UNION, NJ — Tickets are still available for the Union High School athletic hall of fame Class of 2022 induction dinner, which is now less than four weeks away. The fifth group of athletes, teams, a coach and a special contributor will be inducted into the Union High School athletic hall of fame on Monday, […]