MLB player Kevin Herget honored at Kean University with jersey number retirement

MLB player Kevin Herget honored at Kean University with jersey number retirement

UNION, NJ — Kean Athletics recently retired No. 16, the jersey number of Hall of Fame member and MLB pitcher Kevin Herget. He is the first baseball player and the third athlete in Kean history to receive the prestigious honor. The campus community celebrated the 2015 graduate’s remarkable journey from Kean University to the major […]

Cranford football team to host Hillside on Friday, Oct. 25; both teams have winning seasons

Cranford football team to host Hillside on Friday, Oct. 25; both teams have winning seasons

HILLSIDE, NJ — With this being the final weekend of regular season play, those teams that are playoff bound will be seeking to strengthen their United Power Rankings (UPR) positioning. Two of those teams from Union County include Hillside and Cranford high schools. On its Senior Night, Cranford is scheduled to host Hillside on Friday, […]

Union County football teams get ready for final week of regular season

UNION COUNTY, NJ — Here it is, the final week of the regular season before the football playoffs commence. This is one of the most exciting weeks of high school sports during the course of the entire school year, as we are about to find out which teams make the grade and what seed they […]

Cranford teen helps equestrian team to finish fourth at Colby-Sawyer Show

Cranford teen helps equestrian team to finish fourth at Colby-Sawyer Show

CROYDEN, N.H. — The Endicott equestrian team ranked fourth overall out of nine programs at the Colby-Sawyer Show on Sunday evening, hosted at Oak Hill Farm. Isabelle Wulff of New London, N.H., and Riley Miller of Acton, Mass., both qualified for regionals to highlight the Gulls. Wulff achieved the feat behind a reserve high point […]

As Week Seven football gets underway, ALJ is the only one-loss team remaining

UNION COUNTY, NJ — Two Union County squads captured their first triumphs. Another one came oh so close. The only undefeated team remaining in the county made a valiant comeback effort in the second half that just fell short. Week Six was an interesting one concerning Union County football squads that were seeking to strengthen […]

5-0 Arthur L. Johnson lifted by strong offensive line play

5-0 Arthur L. Johnson lifted by strong offensive line play

BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Kershaw. LaRocca. DiBiasi. Metroka. Guenther. These are the young men who are moving mountains for the Crusaders, who are the only undefeated football team (5-0) remaining in Union County and just one of two in the section they are in: South, Group 2. “Without them, we’re nothing,” Arthur L. Johnson High […]

Week Six football promises to be an exciting series of games for Union County

UNION COUNTY, NJ — Week Six of the 2024 high school football season here in Union County is spread out among three days because of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, beginning on Friday, Oct. 11, and ending Saturday, Oct. 12. There are six games on Thursday, Oct. 10, six more on Friday, Oct. 11, […]

Halfway through regular season, some Union County football teams are excelling

UNION COUNTY, NJ — There are now just four weekends left in the regular season before the playoffs commence on Friday, Nov. 1. Some teams have played five games and some four. Remaining undefeated in Union County are Summit and Arthur L. Johnson high schools, both 4-0. They were both decisive in victory last weekend, […]