CRANFORD, NJ — There have been dominant programs over the years Roselle Park High School won the tournament seven years in a row from 1997-2003. After a two-year break, when Scotch Plains–Fanwood High School in 2004 and Rahway High School in 2005 won their last crowns, David Brearley High School hoisted the team trophy for […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — A decade of dominance. No school has ever pinned down the wrestling Union County Tournament the way the Cranford Cougars have. Since winning the championship in 2015, no school other than Cranford High School has managed to capture the team title. At the 49th annual UCT at Union High School’s Louis […]
UNION, NJ — More often than not, when Gordon LeMatty and then Chet Czaplinski Jr. gave Mike Liloia the ball, he was going to come through on the mound big-time for the Union Farmers. The 1992 Union High School graduate was a top-notch pitcher for the Union baseball team, playing for both LeMatty and Czaplinski, […]
ROSELLE, NJ — With one year in the books, and a very promising varsity basketball season at that, Jasmin McKay looked up and saw Allison Skrec as her English teacher in her sophomore year at Roselle Catholic High School “She gave me constant support,” McKay said. Joe Skrec, Allison’s father, was McKay’s head coach her […]
UNION, NJ — This is a season so far that the Union Farmers are proving they are no pushover, no pun intended. Major success continued for Union High School’s wrestling team at the Parsippany Hills Tournament on Monday, Dec. 30, where the Farmers did well to place second as a team behind four champions, one […]
ELIZABETH/BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — One program broke on through by slaying the dragon and then winning for the first time in a very long time. The other won again, but managed to win in a manner it had never done before. The Elizabeth High School girls basketball team and the Governor Livingston High School baseball […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Cranford High School representation filled the Bob Carpenter Center once again from Friday, Dec. 20, through Sunday, Dec. 22, with six Cougar grapplers competing this time at the annual Beast of the East Tournament at the University of Delaware. Five Cranford wrestlers won at least one match, three placed and two dealt […]
ROSELLE PARK, NJ — Through games played on Friday, Dec. 27, the New Providence, Roselle Catholic and Westfield high school girls basketball teams were still undefeated. No news there. New Providence and Westfield were 4-0 and Roselle Catholic 3-0. There was, however, one more girls basketball team in Union County that was undefeated through that […]
CLARK, NJ — On Wednesday, Dec. 4, Clark Crusader Youth Football hosted its annual post-season awards banquet. Gus Kalikas, president of Crusader Youth Football, presided over the event, as all athletes were honored for their contributions to Crusader Youth Football. All athletes received awards for their accomplishments this past season. The night culminated with the […]
ROSELLE, NJ — The two Union County Conference girls basketball teams that finished tied for second in last year’s Watchung Division standings battled right away in Roselle on Thursday night, Dec. 19, with each team seeking to dethrone New Providence High School from the mountain as the Pioneers have won the division the past four […]