CRANFORD, NJ — After a very tough one-point loss in the Group 3 semifinals after capturing a second straight North 2, Group 3 sectional state championship, the Cranford Cougars are now focused on succeeding in this Saturday’s District 10 Tournament they are hosting. After the districts were revised and put up on the New Jersey […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Four high schools trying to make history on a college basketball court in Union. That was and is the case this week, as the four boys basketball heavyweights in Union County seek to hoist another trophy on Sunday, Feb. 23. The 88th annual boys basketball Union County Tournament, the longest-running county […]
UNION, NJ — While the Union Farmers advanced one step further in team state tournament wrestling action this year, it was the same school that took them out. Last year, Union High School wrestled Bayonne High School in the North 2, Group 5 playoffs on the side of the bracket that was at Phillipsburg High […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Last year, the Cranford High School Cougars were a basket away from capturing their first county championship in eight years. As it turned out, the Elizabeth High School Minutemen ended up winning the whole thing and for the first time since three-peating in 1997. Elizabeth edged Cranford, 59-57, in overtime in […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Which heavyweight will prevail? Will it be fourth-seeded Elizabeth High School for the first time since 2004? How about top-seeded Plainfield High School for the first time since 2012 and only the second time since 1979? Second-seeded Roselle Catholic High School was the last team to repeat, winning its last two […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Who gets the top seed for the upcoming boys basketball Union County Tournament? That’s a good question. As the first week in February commenced a few days ago, you could have considered Plainfield, Roselle Catholic or Elizabeth high schools, based on regular season results so far. Elizabeth split Union County Conference–Watchung […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Can the Cranford High School Cougars capture another North 2, Group 3 sectional state wrestling championship? We’ll see it beginning Monday night, Feb. 10. Coming off a thrilling 37-36 triumph at home on Friday night, Jan. 31, against Governor Livingston High School, Cranford took a 15-3 record in its Wednesday, Feb. 5, […]
CLARK, NJ — One of the best starts ever in the history of Arthur L. Johnson High School’s boys basketball program, the Crusaders begin the final week of January 13-0 and are the only undefeated team remaining in Union County, which was highlighted on Saturday, Jan. 25, when a victory was realized against a team […]
ROSELLE PARK, NJ — Perhaps the story of the year in Union County girls basketball this first half of the 2024-2025 campaign reached a zenith of sorts on Saturday, Jan. 25, during Girls Basketball Day at Roselle Park High School. Comfortably ahead of an opponent the host Panthers lost to the last five times they […]
CLARK, NJ — Nearly a quarter of a century ago at this time, we were gearing for a New York Giants vs. Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl in early 2001, the only one that the Giants lost, which featured this behemoth of a defensive lineman. He hailed from Kenilworth. He played his high school ball at […]