Will face District 3 champion Brooklawn 72 Sunday at Moody Park in Ewing
Sparked by a three-hitter tossed by right hander Jonathan Brignoni, the Union Post 35 Senior American Legion baseball team advanced to the state finals for the first time in eight years. Brignoni, in a complete-game effort, struck out 12 and walked four to help lead Union 35 to a 5-1 triumph over Haddon Heights 262 […]
Union-Essex seniors champs included Gov. Livingston in American Division and Columbia in National, while the juniors champs were Westfield in both the American and National divisions
With the slow dissolving of American Legion baseball in New Jersey caused by the competition of so many other leagues that are now available to players of all different skill levels, high school head coaches Chris Roof, Dan Mondelli and assistant Ralph Yezza decided that it was time for a change. What they wanted for […]
Victory at Kean by 30-28 score gives Middlesex County All-Stars 12-8 series lead
UNION – Doug Carter willed the Union All-Stars down the field in the final minutes to make this one of the more dramatic Snapple Bowls in some time. The Union County quarterback got them into the end zone. He needed to get them into the end zone one more time to put the game […]
With July soon to turn into August, it’s time to start thinking high school football. Below are the high school schedules for all 17 Union County football playing schools. The season will commence on Thursday, Sept. 12 for 15 Union County teams and Saturday, Sept. 14 for the other two. The high school season kicks of Friday, Sept. […]
Metellus, Kurywczak, Johns, Bianchi, Romero excited to be playing together one more time
WESTFIELD – John Schinestuhl threw the first touchdown pass in Snapple Bowl history 19 years ago after leading the Roselle Park Panthers to back-to-back 11-0 records and North 2, Group 1 championships during the 1992 and 1993 seasons. Last December, Roselle Park reached its first North 2, Group 1 final since the days when players […]
Initial dinner is Monday, Nov. 25 at Galloping Hill Caterers in Union
UNION – There have been many athletes over the years that have risen to the occasion to lead Union High School athletic teams to their ultimate goals. Those distinctions were seeing the Farmers win numerous state and county championships and do it in a manner that made Union Township proud. Now the most very elite […]
Was Jaguars' defensive coordinator; is a 1989 Clifford Scott grad
Unlike the three previous head football coaches at Roselle, James Williams comes in never having coached a game at Arminio Field before. Williams, officially hired at Tuesday night’s Roselle Board of Education meeting, is coming in as an assistant and will be a head coach for the first time – like his predecessors. However, his […]
Here’s a look at the Union County Conference baseball and softball champions for the first four years of league play (2010-2013): UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE BASEBALL CHAMPIONS 2013 Watchung: Cranford Mountain: Dayton Valley: Summit 2012 Watchung: Cranford Mountain: Dayton Valley: New Providence 2011 Watchung: Cranford Mountain: Union Catholic Valley: Roselle Park 2010 Watchung: Scotch Plains Mountain: […]
Squad scores event-high 54 points to even series at 16-16-2
UNION – For one player – Elizabeth’s Phillip Walker – this was just the beginning. For another – Bloomfield’s Javon Santos – this was the end a stellar high school football career. Walker, on offense, and Santos, on defense, played integral roles in leading the North to a record-setting 54-8 triumph over the South in […]
The Rahway softball team had an outstanding season in 2013, capturing the Union County Conference’s Mountain Division championship with a 12-2 record. The Indians finished with an overall record of 15-6. Roselle Park finished second in the Mountain Division at 10-4 and overall at 15-11. Westfield won the Watchung Division at 9-2 and did not […]
