Came back in second half to win North 2, Group 4 championship game at Cooke Memorial Field 24-14
There was a time when public school football was still on an even par with non-public schools. State championship games – after a period from 1976-1981 for some – were moved back to the high school fields and there was an electricity about them, not a single vacant seat to be found. Just about the […]
Guided Panthers to Group 1 state championships in 1986 and 1997
Nancy Sturcke had already been a successful leader of high school athletes before she succeeded physics teacher Bob Penny as the second girls’ tennis coach at Roselle Park in the fall of 1977. A health and physical education teacher at Roselle Park beginning in 1963, the North Plainfield native previously was highly-effective in coaching girls’ […]
EAST RUTHERFORD – Adam McDaniel had to watch his teammates win a state championship last year as he missed the season with a broken collarbone. Twelve months later he was as big a reason as any why the Westfield Blue Devils repeated as state champions. McDaniel, a junior free safety on defense and wide receiver […]
On Dec. 3, 2015 second-seeded Westfield, with a record of 11-0, took on top-seeded Bridgewater-Raritan, also with a record of 11-0, in the fourth annual North 2, Group 5 state championship game, played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. On Dec. 3, 2016 second-seeded Westfield, with a record of 11-0, will take on top-seeded Bridgewater-Raritan, […]
For the 32nd time in her 40 seasons as the head coach Nancy Sturcke guided the Roselle Park girls’ tennis team to a winning season. After competing in the North 2, Group 1 playoffs the Panthers won three of four matches down the stretch to clinch finishing above .500 for the season. Roselle Park fashioned […]
Farmers post first winning season since 2013, finish 6-5; Tigers, who receive TD passes from QBs Myers and Marshall, conclude at 5-5
UNION – Al-Tariq Jones is ready to play at the next level. “I feel I’m a Division 1 kid, whichever comes my way,” said Jones moments after the Union senior helped lift Union to an emphatic, season-ending 34-12 Thanksgiving Day triumph over longtime holiday rival Linden Thursday morning. Jones carried 22 times for a game-high […]
Playing football on Thanksgiving means many things. It’s a time for family and friends to gather before enjoying their holiday meal. It’s, in most cases, the end of the football season for both teams as many athletes will be trading in their shoulder pads for basketball sneakers, wrestling head gear or ice hockey sticks. It’s […]
Senior RB Jones scores lone Union TD on 80-yard run in 3rd quarter
WESTFIELD – The host Blue Devils employed what I will call the “007 Offense” in taking down Union County football rival Union once again. You could say that Westfield likes its Martini Shirk, not stirred. That’s because it was the air show of senior quarterback Philip Martini throwing the ball down field to senior wide […]
BRIDGEWATER – For almost the entire first half visiting Elizabeth, a clear underdog, had the look of a team most capable of pulling off an upset. With just over two minutes to go in the second quarter the Minutemen held host Bridgewater-Raritan to a field goal for its first score and still led the owners […]
Here is the Union County football playoff schedule for this weekend: Friday, Nov. 18 and Saturday Nov. 19, plus last week’s playoffs and consolations results, this week’s playoff picks and this week’s Union County Top 10: Enjoy. UNION COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL THIS WEEK’S PLAYOFF SCHEDULE: Friday, Nov. 18 (2 games) North 2, Group 5 […]
