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 […]
The defending boys’ soccer Group 1 state champion Brearley Bears will wrap their scrimmage schedule Aug. 31 at North Plainfield after having faced Governor Livingston on the road and Linden at home. Brearley captured its second Group 1 state title outright last season, its third overall and its second in three years when it defeated […]
ROSELLE – The Rams have qualified for the playoffs 12 times, but have never made it three years in a row. Roselle will – once again – attempt to reach that lofty goal for the first time, led by three-year starter Gerald Hairston III (6-2, 230) at quarterback. The mobile, southpaw-throwing, senior signal-caller has been […]
Jamil Jackson, Class of 1989, was just hired as the new head football coach at Elizabeth, succeeding John Quinn, who was in charge for six seasons from 2010-2015. Jackson, who as a senior starred on Elizabeth’s 1988 North 2, Group 4 state championship team, is Elizabeth’s 17th head football coach. The Elizabeth Board of Education […]