Dennis McCaffery steps down as Cranford baseball coach

Dennis McCaffery steps down as Cranford baseball coach

CRANFORD, NJ — A constant of Cranford High School athletics every spring was seeing No. 18 giving signs as the Cougar first base coach. For a quarter of a century, after the home plate umpire bellowed, “play ball,” you would see Dennis Joseph McCaffery in that role for the Cranford varsity baseball team. Beginning in […]

Only two Union County football teams remain undefeated going into Week Four

UNION COUNTY, NJ — We’re now down to just two undefeated teams remaining in Union County. Rahway High School put forth a solid effort, but fell short at Somerville High School, 32-16, in last weekend’s battle of teams that got off to 3-0 starts. That leaves us with Summit High School and Arthur L. Johnson […]

Only three teams remain undefeated for Week Three football

UNION COUNTY, NJ — We’re now down to three undefeated football teams in Union County after Group 1 New Providence High School on Friday night, Sept. 13, and Group 5 Elizabeth High School-Frank J. Cicarell Academy on Saturday afternoon, Sept. 14, lost for the first time, both on the road. New Providence lost at Arthur […]

Summit football wins season opener in a 46-7 rout

Summit football wins season opener in a 46-7 rout

SUMMIT, NJ — The host Hilltoppers ran the ball, passed the ball and kicked the ball with equal effectiveness. Summit High School scored in each quarter and produced six touchdowns – one of them on special teams – one field goal and one safety. However, one statistic that might stand out the most is the […]

Week Two football preview sees only five county football teams undefeated

UNION COUNTY, NJ — Week Two high school football in Union County has just as many Saturday afternoon games on tap as Friday night clashes, which doesn’t happen quite often. There are seven games scheduled for both Friday and Saturday, as all 17 Union County football-playing schools are preparing for battle once again. The three […]

Union football falls 34-0 at Seton Hall Prep in opener, but Farmers show some positives

Union football falls 34-0 at Seton Hall Prep in opener, but Farmers show some positives

WEST ORANGE, NJ — After a competitive first quarter against host Seton Hall Preparatory School, it was pretty much an uphill battle for the visiting Farmers, as they were handled at the line of scrimmage for the most part and out-played in all three phases. It was sort of back to the beginning in preparation […]

Union County football gets set to kick off Week One of season

UNION COUNTY, NJ — All 17 Union County football playing schools are in action this weekend, as Week One is the opening weekend for Roselle Park, David Brearley, Jonathan Dayton, Summit, Cranford, Arthur L. Johnson and Westfield high schools. With the football classifications finally disclosed on the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s football website […]