SUMMIT, NJ — The Union County Conference schedule maker presented the Jonathan Dayton High School baseball team with a very challenging first three games right off the bat, no pun intended. Among the top teams in the Mountain Division, the Bulldogs opened with contests against three of the upper Watchung Division schools before they were […]
CRANFORD, NJ — A positive first week of the season, including in the wins and losses columns, was somewhat imperative for a Cranford High School baseball team void of a great deal of seniors and returning varsity experience this season. Cranford opened with Union County Conference-crossover triumphs at Oratory Preparatory School, 8-3, on Tuesday, April […]
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Last season was, arguably, the best in Governor Livingston High School baseball history. The Highlanders tied the program record for wins with 28 in a 28-5 season that included just four Watchung Division losses and a 3-2 setback at perennial parochial power Delbarton. Governor Livingston, both for the fourth time, captured […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Jonathan Dayton High School Bulldogs captured their first-ever Union County Tournament championship last year in a Union County softball season full of surprises. Sparked by the outstanding play of returning varsity starters junior Angela Gatto at shortstop and sophomore Lila Carroll at pitcher, the Bulldogs were to open their 2025 […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Two Union County players excelled on defense last year to help the North squad produce an historic gridiron triumph. Nine players from Union County high schools are listed on the first North roster for this June’s annual showcase. Which of them might help the North to another victory in less than […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — For the first time, a Union County baseball team won a state championship in Hamilton a year ago, as the Governor Livingston High School Highlanders captured the Group 2 crown for the fourth time in program history. With players such as junior University Virginia commit Zach Geertsma back at shortstop and […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Roselle Park High School produced its first winning season of girls basketball in at least 15 years. Cranford High School came back from a 4-9 start to finish 15-12 and reach a sectional final. Westfield High School captured North 2, Group 4 for the second time in four years. To top […]
SOMERVILLE, NJ — When the Cranford High School girls basketball team lost at home to Roselle Catholic High School, 52-42, in Union County Conference–Watchung Division play on Tuesday, Jan. 21, the Cougars fell to 4-9. Time was slipping away on Cranford, trying to figure out its 2024-2025 season. Somehow, the Cougars did. They went from […]
ATLANTIC CITY. NJ — Jordan Chapman came close again, but fell one win short of his ultimate high school goal. In the NJSIAA Tournament 175-pound final in Atlantic City on Saturday, March 8, second-seeded Chapman of Cranford High School was defeated by top-seeded and defending champion Ryan Burton of St. Joseph Regional High School, Montvale, […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The last Union County High School wrestler to win a state championship was Westfield High School senior Christian Barber at 152 pounds in 2011. The last Cranford High School grappler to have his arm raised in an New Jersey State Interecholastic Athletic Association Tournament final was senior Pat Hogan in 2006. […]