EAST RUTHERFORD – Behind the running of incredibly shifty diminutive senior tailback Angelo Gallego, the poise of freshman braces-wearing quarterback Nick Verducci and two big first-half plays by senior two-way standout Ryan Shaw, third-seeded Parsippany Hills went on to capture its first state championship ever by holding off top-seeded and undefeated Cranford 20-13 in Sunday’s […]
BERKELEY HEIGHTS – One of these years it’s going to work out for the Highlanders. It almost did last year. You see, the Governor Livingston baseball team has pretty much won every title under the sun – including Highlander Classic, division, section and state – except for one. One of these years the Highlanders will […]
On Dec. 7 in East Rutherford it will be - in N2, G3 - Parsippany Hills vs. Summit, followed by - in N2, G5 - Elizabeth vs. Linden
Just think, instead of the Giants or Jets playing at MetLife Stadium this Sunday at 1 p.m. it will be the Cranford Cougars. Make that the – 11-0 for the first time in program history – Cranford Cougars! Wow, that’s how far that program has come. Not even the highly-successful Cranford baseball team has played at […]
Both contests to kick off Dec. 7 in East Rutherford
For the first time, the Linden and Cranford football teams will be playing for a state championship in East Rutherford. Both Union County Mid-State 38 Conference division winners advanced to sectional finals – for Linden the first time since 1985 and only third time total – and for Cranford the first time since 2011 and […]
When Tyara McQueen hit the back of the net and assisted on two other goals in a state tournament victory, her sister and schoolmate, Tyffani McQueen, wasn’t one of the many Roselle Catholic students watching the action on Chakey Field. While the action was taking place on the pitch, Tyffani McQueen was on Coach Hagan […]
Mountain Division champion Rams will close season at Roselle Park on Thanksgiving
ROSELLE – While the home team was just 24 minutes away from playing in a state championship game for the first time in 24 years, it was the visiting team that seized the opportunity to compete for a ring. Down by five points at intermission, which was the same deficit it lost by when the […]
Phipps, Dolbrice score TDs in second quarter
LINDEN – With playmakers such as Kyle Phipps and Juwan Dolbrice, Linden can score from anywhere on the field at any time. Sometimes it’s all that’s needed. In a weird way it was Friday night at Cooper Field. Led by touchdown runs of 58 yards by Phipps and 41 by Dolbrice in the second quarter, […]
Seniors Dolbrice, Zanelli become their school's all-time leading rusher
For the first time in awhile, four Union County football teams are one home win away from playing for championships. Those schools will be Linden and Cranford on Nov. 21 and Summit and Roselle on Nov. 22. All total, six Union County teams are still alive and playing in sectional semifinals, including Westfield on Nov. […]
Zanelli scores 2 second-half TDs for Hilltoppers, who will next host Parsippany Hills
SUMMIT – Just because a team comes to town with a record under .500 it doesn’t mean that the game will be easy. Summit found that out Saturday at Tatlock Field, with visiting Morris Hills giving the Hilltoppers all they could handle in a North 2, Group 3 quarterfinal. As a matter of fact, Morris […]
Tigers will host a N2, G5 semifinal next
LINDEN – When North Hunterdon played at Linden a month ago, the game was still up for grabs in the second half, with the visiting Lions leading by a touchdown before the host Tigers came back to grab the Mid-State 38 Conference-Watchung Division clinching victory. When the teams met a second time Friday night in […]