Crusaders rush for 463 yards on 65 carries, hold Mountaineers to 40 points under their scoring average
CLARK – What’s more impressive – the fact that Johnson held Bernards to 40 points below its scoring average or the fact that the Crusaders carried the ball 65 times for a whopping 463 yards? That’s a 7.12 average! You be the judge. Not only did Johnson excel defensively in addition to running the ball […]
Crusaders now prepping for high-powered Bernards offense
To say that the Johnson football team has New Providence’s number now might be an understatement. After winning at New Providence 40-6 in a 2015 Central Jersey, Group 2 quarterfinal, the Crusaders returned to Lieder Field Friday night to open their 2015 campaign. Johnson scored in every quarter and this time did not give up […]
Indians led 14-0 at halftime; First game at Multi-Purpose Athletic Field at Rahway River Park expected to take place night of Sept. 23 vs. Cranford
RAHWAY – Odd football stat of the week in Union County: for the fifth straight year, Rahway’s first win came against Hillside. The two Mid-State 38 Conference teams had to endure the high heat and humidity at Rahway’s grass Veterans Field Saturday afternoon (Sept. 10), with Rahway getting the better of the play in the […]
UNION – After closing with a two-game losing streak last Thanksgiving, Union waited all winter, spring and summer long to get back into the win column. Practice finally began, scrimmages were played, but – unfortunately for the Farmers – there was no real game-scrimmage this year. “It was a long off-season,” returning senior quarterback Justin […]
Since taking over as head coach in 2008 this has been the biggest turnover Union boys’ soccer coach Lester Lembryk has been faced with. Gone are nine of 11 starters from last year’s 2015 squad that produced a winning season of 11-8-1. “We’re not so young, but inexperienced on the varsity level,” said Lembryk, who […]
KENILWORTH – The last time Brearley lost a state championship game – in 2005 – the Bears came back and captured one the next season. It may be a bit much to ask this year’s Brearley squad to follow up last year’s sectional finalist team with a state title since the Bears were hit pretty […]
CRANFORD – Last year Cranford came off its first-ever 11-1 campaign. However, that did not include a state championship. This year the Cougars are coming off their first-ever 12-0 season. That did include the program’s second North 2, Group 3 state championship and also second in five seasons. However, many of the key players from […]
RAHWAY – It was an interesting first-year for Rahway head coach Brian Russo a year ago. The Indians first lost consecutive one-touchdown games, but then bounced back to beat Hillside and Bernards on the road to even their record at 2-2. Then a three-game losing streak followed, the last two defeats by one touchdown and […]
SPRINGFIELD – The Bulldogs, like any other team, are going to do what they feel they can do best. Offensively, that’s throw the football. Returning at quarterback and eyeing another highly-productive season is senior signal-caller Joe Kastner. Also a prominent baseball player, last fall Kastner threw for nearly 1,200 yards and directed Dayton to a […]
HILLSIDE – Football coaches thrive on challenges. The bigger, the better. First-time head coach Barris Grant has one on his hands here at Hillside. While the Comets have been competitive in recent years, they have not distinguished themselves since their last winning and playoff season of 2008. Grant and his coaching staff are out to […]
