UNION COUNTY, NJ — The final weekend. This is it – the final opportunity to make a lasting impression on the first goal most teams have, which is making the playoffs in their sections. This is not only Week Eight but it’s also called the playoff-cutoff date weekend as it’s the final weekend before the […]
HILLSIDE, NJ — Since Barris Grant took over as the football team’s head coach at Hillside High School, beginning with the 2016 football season, the Comets have produced unprecedented success during that span. For example, Hillside captured three consecutive sectional state championships and also won a regional title. Hillside’s only sectional state crown that it […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — We’re down to two weekends to go before the start of the high school football playoffs in New Jersey. The season goes by that quickly. Perhaps the biggest winners in Union County last weekend included Summit High School out-lasting Linden High School at home in a battle of one-loss squads, Hillside […]
SUMMIT, NJ — Summit and Linden high schools have both come a long way so far this season. Both are also coming off seasons in which they did not make the playoffs, but then made the most of their opportunities in a new setting. Both captured Regional Invitational Tournament championships last year, Linden winning North, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Summer workouts are complete. The beginning of practice in August has come and gone. Games in August and September are now history. We’re down to just three weekends remaining in the regular season. October football to decide which teams make the playoffs and which squads don’t. In Union County there are […]
UNION, NJ — Union High School’s Farmers lead the Big Central Conference’s American Gold Division standings at 3-0. Hillsborough High School’s Raiders are tied for the lead atop the American Silver Division group of gridiron powers at 2-1. Both teams are 4-1 overall. Each got by their latest challenges by playing big-time defense and finding […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County schools that were 3-1 went 3-2 last week, while teams that were 2-1 went 4-1. So that now leaves us with seven one-loss teams in the county, three at 4-1 and four at 3-1. The three 4-1 squads are Group 5 Union High School, Group 4 Linden High School […]
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — In order to succeed on the football field, you need to perform with a certain amount of confidence. It is imperative for those who don the shoulder pads and lace up their cleats to have a strong belief in their abilities once they line up for battle. Winning breeds confidence, but […]
UNION, NJ — Heading in the direction that it wants to go, to be a player again out of North, Group 5, the Union Farmers are back to playing winning football so far this season. At 3-1 and on a three-game winning streak, the Farmers will be playing at home at Cooke Memorial Field three […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — There are no undefeated football teams remaining in Union County, but that does not mean that there are not a bunch of good teams out there. Through the first four weekends of the 2023 campaign, 10 of Union County’s 17 football playing schools have just one loss. Five are 3-1 and […]