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 […]
LINDEN – A much more experienced unit than a year ago, complimented by two big linemen that transferred in, should put Linden back in the mix in the newly-aligned Mid-State 38 Conference’s Watchung Division. The Tigers also have aspirations of getting back to the North 2, Group 5 playoffs after winning their final two games […]
CLARK – Following slow starts that saw the Crusaders not reach the victory column until their fourth game of the 2014 and 2015 seasons, Johnson did well to regroup and eventually qualify for playoff berths in Central Jersey, Group 2. Johnson took it one step further last year, producing the program’s first playoff victory in […]
BERKELEY HEIGHTS – Because of injuries, head coach Dan Guyton needed three quarterbacks to get through a 2015 campaign that saw his Highlanders finish 4-6, but end on a very positive note with a 10-0 blanking of visiting New Providence on Thanksgiving. Guyton will be happy to use two of those signal-callers this season. At […]
UNION – Last year the Farmers were one win away from playing for a state championship, yet finished with a record under .500. Union, 5-6 in 2015, came back in dramatic fourth quarter fashion to post a first-ever playoff victory at Piscataway, but was then handed decisive losses at Westfield in the playoffs and at […]
SUMMIT – Jake Froschauer rushed for more than 700 yards and passed for nearly 1,000 during his first season as the No. 1 quarterback a year ago. He also led Summit to six wins and a berth in the North 2, Group 4 playoffs, with the Hilltoppers moving up to that section for the first […]
The Summit football team entered the third game of its 2015 season with a 2-0 record. The Hilltoppers also came to Warren Hills with a highly-impressive mark of 67-4 (.944) since the beginning of the 2009 season. Seeking to go 3-0, Summit would have no idea – nor would anyone else – what kind of […]
ROSELLE PARK – For a team that finished .500, the Panthers last year still reached the North 2, Group 1 playoffs – and lost a close first-round game on the road – outscored 10 foes by a margin of just over 100 points and produced two shutouts. Roselle Park was 2-2 at home and 3-3 […]
The Union girls’ soccer team, sparked by one of the top players in North Jersey in senior Nneka Moneme, will open its season Sept. 10 at New Providence. The first home game is Sept. 13 vs. Westfield. One year after reaching the 2014 Union County Tournament championship game, the Farmers fashioned a 9-14 record, including […]