We’re at the – three weekends to go – stage of the season. Just three weekends remaining for teams to enhance their already clinched playoff status or for teams to still try to gain entry into their sections. Here in Union County, Westfield has appeared to put itself in the position to be considered the […]
When Pingry dropped out of the Mid-State 38 Conference, that left the Roselle Park football team looking for an opponent to replace. Roselle Park initially got People’s Prep Charter, with the game scheduled for Oct. 13. However, the Newark school dropped its football program right before the season was to begin. Roselle Park was able […]
Johnson and Westfield are 5-0 and on their way to qualifying once again in their sections. Seven Union County teams are 3-2 and seeking to qualify themselves, each having three more games to go that count. Roselle Park is 4-2 and has this week off and then after playing at New Providence next weekend will […]
UNION – Exit 135 off the Garden State Parkway south – the Clark-Westfield turn – is presently 10-0 on the gridiron so far this season. Johnson and Westfield both improved to 5-0 Friday night, each capturing key Mid-State 38 Conference division victories. Johnson turned back visiting Hillside 22-13 at Nolan Field to clinch the Valley […]
Farmers, after their bye week, seek to bounce back after Elizabeth setback against team that has won state-leading 29 straight
Union has had it with losing to Westfield. The Farmers have lost to the Blue Devils the last three times they faced each other, with two of the contests sending Westfield to the last two North 2, Group 5 championship games – with the Blue Devils winning both of them. There was a time 20 […]
Crusaders 4-0 for first time since 2006; Tigers defeated Elizabeth in regular season for first time since 2010
Two of the Mid-State 38 (really 37 since Pingry left) Conference’s hottest football teams are Johnson and Linden. Johnson is 4-0 for the first time since 2006. Linden (3-1) just defeated Elizabeth in the regular season for the first time since 2010. Linden, winners of three straight, has this weekend off before another huge game […]
Only day game scheduled for 2 p.m. kickoff Oct. 7 at Tyson Field
After the first 24 minutes of its third game, Cranford – a football team with seven straight winning seasons and six consecutive playoff campaigns presently going – was staring at an 0-3 start for the first time since 2008. Add the fact that the Cougars had just lost starting sophomore quarterback Connor Katz to a […]
Carried the ball 36 times for 184 yards and scored 3 touchdowns in each half
ROSELLE PARK – On offense you want to present the element of surprise as much as you can, you know, keep the opposition off balance. In football, that means being equally effective running and throwing the ball. Brearley had a different kind of balance Friday night. The strategy consisted of handing the ball off to […]
Miller-People leads in goals with 9 and is tied for assists with Alfano at 7 each
Three weeks into the season and we have three solid Group 4 schools vying for supremacy in Union County. All competing for the Union County Conference’s Watchung Division championship, Westfield began the week 6-0 overall, Union 6-1 and Scotch Plains 5-1. As of Monday, the Watchung Division standings had Westfield first at 2-0, Scotch Plains […]
Although it is against teams that are a combined 0-7, the Hillside Comets are on a bit of a roll the past two weekends. Hillside followed up a 42-7 win at New Providence by downing Bernards by the score of 42-0 at home this past Saturday. Bernards reached last year’s Central Jersey, Group 2 final. […]