UNION – When he was given the ball on the night of Sept. 29, 2017 at Roselle Park’s Herm Shaw Field, Brearley senior running back Khalid Bonnet simply could not stopped. If he had, Roselle Park would have moved to 5-0. Instead, the bruising, low-to-the ground runner used his 5-10, 230-pound frame to follow his […]
Home Run Derby featured for final day
The umpire calls, “strike 3!” The batter thought the pitch was outside. The batter is not happy. You want to keep your cool in that situation, player and coach as well. There’s a proper way to act when that happens. It’s all part of good sportsmanship. Being a good sport is just as important as […]
All-Star Game continues to benefit Children's Specialized Hospital in Mountainside and Lakeview School in Edison
The MyCentralJersey.com Snapple Bowl is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month. The game – with all proceeds going to the Children’s Specialized Hospital in Mountainside and the Lakeview School for children with disabilities in Edison – is scheduled to take place Thursday night, July 19 at Woodbridge High School. Practice for the Union County team […]
UNION – South quarterback Josh Zamot – in his final high school game before going on to play at Stony Brook – talked afterwards about a play he called, “5 Special.” “It was something we ran in practice five times,” Zamot said. The play produced a touchdown pass to wide receiver Edwin Morales early in […]
So now that Phil Colicchio is the head coach at his alma mater Elizabeth, how does the 1984 Elizabeth graduate begin to get the Minutemen to play his style of basketball? “It starts this summer in our summer league,” said Colicchio, who for the past 21 seasons guided the Linden boys’ to six Group 4 […]
UNION – Jerish Halsey came up quite large in Rahway’s biggest games last season. The elusive wide receiver produced two touchdowns in Rahway’s season-opening win at Hillside. He then hauled in a touchdown pass in Rahway’s victory the following month at undefeated Somerville. In North 2, Group 3 play at Summit Halsey was there to […]
HAMILTON – Westfield senior left hander Cory Hiltz, the only public school pitcher to beat Hunterdon Central, dominated the Red Devils at Diamond Nation back on April 16. On Monday night it was Hunterdon Central senior right hander Alex Degen’s turn to be just as devilish. Degen limited the Blue Devils to just three hits […]
SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 2011 AT TOMS RIVER SOUTH: – Manalapan 29, Westfield 14 Although the scoreboard read Manalapan 29, Westfield 14 once Saturday’s Group 4 state championship baseball game at Toms River South’s Ken Frank Stadium concluded, the Blue Devils produced a victory of sorts by the way they refused to quit. Westfield trailed 11-0 […]
27-2 Panthers will next compete in the TOC for the first time; RP wins 2nd state title and first since beating GC in 2003 final
UNION – Maddie Hummel has been through it all before. Her experience of pitching in big games couldn’t have served her better than it did on Sunday. Hummel pitched nine innings and had to sweat through baserunners in every single one of them. While her mound performance – although solid – was not near perfection […]
Panthers seek program's second state championship and first since 2003
The softball Group 1 state championship game between North 2 champion Roselle Park (26-2) and South Jersey champ Gloucester (23-3) scheduled to be played at Kean University’s Cougar Field in Union on Saturday, June 2 at 2:30 p.m. was rained out. The game will be made up on Sunday, June 3 at Kean at 10 […]