CLARK, NJ — Nearly a quarter of a century ago at this time, we were gearing for a New York Giants vs. Baltimore Ravens Super Bowl in early 2001, the only one that the Giants lost, which featured this behemoth of a defensive lineman. He hailed from Kenilworth. He played his high school ball at […]
UNION, NJ — Simply put, Union’s Ariel Azeredo is among the top wrestlers in Union County. So when the Union County Tournament returned to Union High School’s Louis J. Rettino Gymnasium last year, Azeredo had an opportunity to become one of Union’s first county champions in seven years. Azeredo’s first attempt to win a county […]
CRANFORD, NJ — The Cranford Cougars made the 50th annual wrestling Union County Tournament that was contested at Union High School’s gym on Saturday, Jan. 18, a special one for the program by capturing the team title for a record 10th consecutive time. Cranford High School’s magnificent run, which began with the 2015 tournament when […]
CRANFORD, NJ — There have been dominant programs over the years Roselle Park High School won the tournament seven years in a row from 1997-2003. After a two-year break, when Scotch Plains–Fanwood High School in 2004 and Rahway High School in 2005 won their last crowns, David Brearley High School hoisted the team trophy for […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — A decade of dominance. No school has ever pinned down the wrestling Union County Tournament the way the Cranford Cougars have. Since winning the championship in 2015, no school other than Cranford High School has managed to capture the team title. At the 49th annual UCT at Union High School’s Louis […]
UNION, NJ — More often than not, when Gordon LeMatty and then Chet Czaplinski Jr. gave Mike Liloia the ball, he was going to come through on the mound big-time for the Union Farmers. The 1992 Union High School graduate was a top-notch pitcher for the Union baseball team, playing for both LeMatty and Czaplinski, […]
ROSELLE, NJ — With one year in the books, and a very promising varsity basketball season at that, Jasmin McKay looked up and saw Allison Skrec as her English teacher in her sophomore year at Roselle Catholic High School “She gave me constant support,” McKay said. Joe Skrec, Allison’s father, was McKay’s head coach her […]
UNION, NJ — This is a season so far that the Union Farmers are proving they are no pushover, no pun intended. Major success continued for Union High School’s wrestling team at the Parsippany Hills Tournament on Monday, Dec. 30, where the Farmers did well to place second as a team behind four champions, one […]
ELIZABETH/BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — One program broke on through by slaying the dragon and then winning for the first time in a very long time. The other won again, but managed to win in a manner it had never done before. The Elizabeth High School girls basketball team and the Governor Livingston High School baseball […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Cranford High School representation filled the Bob Carpenter Center once again from Friday, Dec. 20, through Sunday, Dec. 22, with six Cougar grapplers competing this time at the annual Beast of the East Tournament at the University of Delaware. Five Cranford wrestlers won at least one match, three placed and two dealt […]