UNION FARMERS Sept. 11 Phillipsburg, 7 p.m. Sept. 18 Franklin, 7 p.m. Sept. 25 at Bridgewater-Raritan, 7 p.m. Oct. 2 at Elizabeth, 7 p.m. Oct. 9 Hunterdon Central, 7 p.m. Oct. 16 Hillsborough, 7 p.m. Oct. 23 at Watchung Hills, 7 p.m. Oct. 30 at Ridge, 7 p.m. Nov. 25 at Linden, 7 p.m. […]
UNION COUNTY FOOTBALL SCRIMMAGES: UNION: Game scrimmage Sept. 3 North Bergen, 6 p.m. ROSELLE PARK: Aug. 25 Quad, 10 a.m. Aug. 28 Keyport, 11 a.m. BREARLEY: Aug. 21 North Plainfield, 10 a.m. Aug. 28 South River, 10 a.m. SUMMIT: Aug. 25 Bloomfield, Caldwell, Shore Regional, 10:30 a.m. Aug. 28 Columbia, 10:30 […]
UNION – There’s always a price to pay when attempting to win one of these all-star games. To say that the Middlesex County squad had the right fee Thursday night would be a most appropriate statement. That fee was paid in the form of diminituve running back Chase Fee of Spotswood. One of the shortest […]
The last time Kyle Phipps played in a football game he helped lead Linden to its first state championship in 29 years. The next time, which will be Thursday night, he hopes to help lead the team he is playing for to its first triumph over the opposing side in three years. Victories have been […]
UNION – Pretty standard football discussion includes arguments about what offense to run or what defense to be in. But what about special teams? That part of the game – often ignored – is just as important as offense and defense. For the South, excelling on special teams was – perhaps – the biggest reason […]
Now that the bar has been set about as high as it can go, Albert Chiola has the challenge in front of him of making sure Linden football remains as competitive as it can be. Chiola, who will turn 41 on June 24, was promoted from offensive coordinator to head coach just a few weeks […]
Standout sophomore Ali Baiocco netted 6 goals for Oak Knoll and star junior Sara Szynal 6 for Hilltoppers, who finished 20-5
UNION – With the game, the tournament and the season – post state championship contests – on the line, Oak Knoll standout sophomore Ali Baiocco was not finished. Not by a long shot. After in-town rival Summit tied Saturday’s girls’ lacrosse Tournament of Champions final with less than seven minutes to go in the second half, […]
Berkeley Heights school captured 3rd state crown since 1999
TOMS RIVER – You can say that everything is okay in Berkeley Heights today, June 6. That’s because the high school’s baseball team won a state championship, beating the opposition by the score of 10-4. Continuing another roll after falling in the Union County Tournament championship game exactly four Saturdays ago, Governor Livingston scored immediately, […]
Senior right hander Belfer will get the mound start for the CJ, G2 champs
Baseball statistics are sometimes important, necessary and even nice. But it takes a lot more for a northern New Jersey high school squad to qualify for a bus ride south to Toms River to play in a state championship game. Here, Governor Livingston’s Chris Roof – at the helm of the Highlanders since 2004 – […]
Will face South Jersey champion Buena in Group 2 semifinal at Rider University; now 1 win away from playing for a state championship
The Governor Livingston baseball team has played 32 games and won 26 of them. One more win and the Highlanders will have won 27 games for the first time. One more win and GL will be going back to Toms River for the first time in four years. In Friday’s Central Jersey, Group 2 final […]