Team-first success is the most prevalent thing on the minds of Governor Livingston baseball signees Drew Compton and Stephen Reid, who both kept their commitment to play in college at Division 1 Atlantic Coast Conference school Georgia Tech. However, after signing their letters-of-intent on the second day of the national signing period last week there […]
BERKELEY HEIGHTS – The 2011 baseball season began for Governor Livingston with an incredible seventh inning rally that led the Highlanders to 1-0. A little over a month later came the football-like score victory to send GL to the Union County Tournament championship game for the first time in four years, via a walk-off home […]
SUMMIT – The visitors came back from a three-touchdown deficit and were on the verge of pulling even closer as the fourth quarter reached the midway point. Suddenly the home team was on its heels a bit and needed a stop. Having already done so in the first half Summit senior linebacker Jack Kelly was […]
Senior Willis scores on offense in first half and on defense in second
HILLSIDE – The host Comets had to make the fourth quarter their own if they wanted to reach one of their goals. Give Manasquan head coach Jay Price and his staff a ton of credit. The Warriors limited Hillside’s offense to just four plays in the third quarter. Manasquan trailed the Comets by just four […]
The explosive running backs include Rahway’s Dashon Moore, Summit’s Max Jackson and Hillside’s James Louis. The absolute studs on defense consist of Rahway’s Shimei Page, Summit’s Jack Kelly and Hillside’s Brian Ugwu. The efficient, calm-cool-and-collected, offensive-leading, signal-callers are Rahway lefty-throwing senior Jakir Robinson, Summit senior Skyler Schluter and Hillside junior Gavin Melendez. These are the […]
HILLSIDE – Yankee Stadium is referred to, for example, as The Stadium, the home of the Bronx Bombers, and most appropriately – The House that Ruth built. There’s another field that has multiple names. That’s where the Hillside Comets football team calls home. Now with field turf for the first time, we can start with […]
Alan Prochazka arrived on Abraham Clark High School’s soccer field ready to coach ten years ago, with only eight boys showing up for the first practice. “Roselle had suffered through many losing seasons and very few students wanted to participate,” Prochazka recalled. “We were able to eventually recruit 17 players, mostly freshmen, to join the […]
One of the best one-year turnarounds in Union County sports history is complete. One year after the Union boys’ soccer team had one of its worst records at 0-16-3 – the Farmers also only won three games two years ago – Union finished a spectacular 2018 campaign with an unbeaten record of 16-0-4. The Farmers […]
Best part is that 5 of 7 starters return for 2019
What might be the best looking-ahead factor about a team that just completed an outstanding 19-3 season? Well, in the case of the Cranford girls’ tennis team, perhaps it’s the fact that the Cougars return five of their seven starters for 2019, including all three singles players. Cranford’s 19-3 record included the Cougars capturing the […]
Robinson, Moore, Burnett lift Indians past visiting South Plainfield; Up next is game at Summit for crown
RAHWAY – The Rahway football team defeated South Plainfield 28-7 Saturday at Rahway River Park to advance to its first North 2, Group 3 state championship game since 2008. The Indians are seeking to win the section for the first time since 1984. Third-seeded Rahway is now 9-1, has won nine straight, and will play […]