UNION COUNTY, NJ — Before the baseball Union County Tournament gets seeded and Cranford High School attempts to become the first three-peat winner since the Cougars pulled off the feat in 1999, 2000 and 2001, this was a week filled with big Union County Conference division classes. Westfield High School began the week as the […]
SUMMIT, NJ — One of the best high school sports rivalries, not only in Union County but in all of New Jersey, continues Thursday, April 25, when Summit High School hosts parochial power Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child, in Summit, in girls lacrosse play. Summit began the week ranked No. 1 in the […]
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ – If the weather cooperates and the Governor Livingston High School baseball team gets in all four of its games scheduled to be played this week, this could be a solid indication of exactly where the Highlanders are and possibly going. Beginning the week at 6-0 overall and 2-0 against fellow Union […]
BERKELEY HEIGHTS — Matt Diskin was dealing immediately. Three up and three down in the top of the first. Visiting Scotch Plains–Fanwood High School was sent back to the dugout. Then the host Highlanders took advantage of three Raider errors and pushed across four runs in the bottom of the first, giving Diskin a lead […]
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — A big four-game week for the Jonathan Dayton High School softball team continues with a Union County Conference-Watchung Division clash at Governor Livingston High School on Thursday, April 18, at 4 p.m., in Berkeley Heights. Jonathan Dayton and Governor Livingston began the week as the only two schools in Union County with […]
CRANFORD, NJ — It was an eventful initial week for the Cranford Cougars. First came a combined no-hitter on Opening Day. Then came a milestone victory. Third was a high-scoring one-run loss. A 2-1 first week saw Cranford High School shut out Union High School; beat New Providence High School in a walk-off, after the […]
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Not getting too excited about a win in baseball is just as important as moving a runner over or completing an inning-ending 6-4-3 double play. Governor Livingston High School began 3-0 last week and outscored the opposition by a whopping 34-2 margin. However, the teams Governor Livingston beat, Oratory Preparatory School, […]
CRANFORD, NJ — A possible Opening Day pitcher’s duel was in place as seniors Dylan Falk for Cranford High School and Matthew Mendez for Union High School showed signs of dominating right from the start. Falk, who competed on the junior varsity last year, pitched to only three batters in the top of the first. […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Opening Day high school baseball in Union County on Monday, April 1, featured some lopsided scores, several high-scoring games and a few, good-old, one-run competitions. Union County’s two-best teams, Cranford and Governor Livingston high schools, scored 12 and 10 runs, respectively, while Westfield and Roselle Park high schools produced one-run victories. […]
UNION COUNTY — If you do well you move up. If you struggle, you move down in order to level the playing field. Sort of. The Union County Conferences for both baseball and softball were realigned for the soon-to-start 2024 seasons. Opening Day for both sports is Monday, April 1. As for baseball, Summit High […]