RAHWAY, NJ — “This is just a really tough time we’re going through right now,” Rahway High School head football coach Brian Russo said in a phone interview with Union County LocalSource on Monday, Sept. 12. It had been just four days since it had been reported that Rahway senior football player Ali Muhammad, 17, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County football for Week 3 will be spread out over three days, with two games scheduled to be played on Thursday, Sept. 15; 10 more on Friday, Sept. 16; and one on Saturday, Sept. 17. There are four common games: Roselle Park High School at David Brearley High School on […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — It was a weekend when prominent Union County football schools Union, Summit, Cranford, Linden, Westfield and New Providence were all playing. In fact, last weekend was opening weekend for all of the above except for New Providence High School. Union and Linden high schools both lost by 1 point, Summit High […]
CLARK, NJ — There’s a certain amount of pride, tradition and even glory when the Crusaders march in line, side by side from their locker room to Nolan Field. Then, when they sprint past the cheerleaders and break on through to the other side of the field, they expect to inflict harm onto their opponent. […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — When the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association finally released the football classifications in early August, Union County schools Rahway, Hillside and Jonathan Dayton didn’t think anything of it. All three expected to be in the same group size they were in last year and in the recent past, which meant […]
CLARK, NJ — In an attempt to get back to “Johnson football” and try to produce the program’s first winning season in five years, Arthur L. Johnson High School football head coach Anthony DelConte began with this: “The off-season for us was huge.” DelConte continued, “We have to get back to doing things the way […]
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — A new coach for the first time in a decade, a fresh philosophy and a renewed spirit. Governor Livingston High School football wants to be a player. The Highlanders want to be among the best. “My two biggest things right now are compete-level and coachability,” first-year head coach Pete Ramiccio said. […]
LINDEN, NJ — Last year, on the first Friday night in November to be exact, the Linden Tigers football team, with a backup quarterback inserted, was less than a quarter away from pulling off what would have been considered the biggest upset of the first round of the state playoffs. Linden High School, on a […]
KENILWORTH, NJ — David Brearley High School didn’t give up a point until its fourth game last year, and did not suffer a defeat until its fifth. The Bears produced another playoff season that saw them conclude at 7-3 after falling at Boonton High School, 42-24, in a first-round North 2, Group 1 encounter contested […]
SUMMIT, NJ — The Hilltoppers were hit as hard as a punishing sack for a 15-yard loss by graduation, but the team does have some talented players returning on both sides of the ball. Senior linemen on offense include Jake Rainero, Jack Apruzzese and Fisher Cantone. They will be blocking for senior running backs Lucas […]