Crusaders 4-0 for first time since 2006; Tigers defeated Elizabeth in regular season for first time since 2010
Two of the Mid-State 38 (really 37 since Pingry left) Conference’s hottest football teams are Johnson and Linden. Johnson is 4-0 for the first time since 2006. Linden (3-1) just defeated Elizabeth in the regular season for the first time since 2010. Linden, winners of three straight, has this weekend off before another huge game […]
There are three scheduled Friday night (Oct. 6) games that do not include either team with more than one loss. They are all division games concerning six Mid-State 38 Conference squads. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS IN UNION COUNTY OCT. 6: WATCHUNG DIVISION: Westfield (4-0, 3-0) at Union (2-1, 2-1) – Cooke Memorial Field VALLEY DIVISION: Hillside […]
Only day game scheduled for 2 p.m. kickoff Oct. 7 at Tyson Field
After the first 24 minutes of its third game, Cranford – a football team with seven straight winning seasons and six consecutive playoff campaigns presently going – was staring at an 0-3 start for the first time since 2008. Add the fact that the Cougars had just lost starting sophomore quarterback Connor Katz to a […]
Carried the ball 36 times for 184 yards and scored 3 touchdowns in each half
ROSELLE PARK – On offense you want to present the element of surprise as much as you can, you know, keep the opposition off balance. In football, that means being equally effective running and throwing the ball. Brearley had a different kind of balance Friday night. The strategy consisted of handing the ball off to […]
UNION COUNTY TOURNAMENTS BOYS’ SOCCER SEEDS: 1-Westfield 2-Elizabeth 3-Cranford 4-Gov. Livingston 5-Summit 6-Scotch Plains 7-Johnson 8-New Providence 9-Plainfield 10-Rahway 11-Dayton 12-Oratory Prep 13-Hillside 14-Union 15-Union Catholic 16-Linden 17-Roselle 18-Roselle park 19-Roselle Catholic The top four seeds receive byes into the quarterfinals. Fifth-seeded Summit receives a bye into the first round. Preliminary round games need to […]
The Union Farmers Girls Soccer team has silently moved into our radar. Union plays in the top-heavy Union County, where it competes with teams such as Westfield, Scotch Plains and Cranford. The Farmers have started the season with a 6-1 record, primary lead by a midfield of seniors Andrea Santiago, Nicole Pereira, juniors Karen Vera, Kayla […]
Miller-People leads in goals with 9 and is tied for assists with Alfano at 7 each
Three weeks into the season and we have three solid Group 4 schools vying for supremacy in Union County. All competing for the Union County Conference’s Watchung Division championship, Westfield began the week 6-0 overall, Union 6-1 and Scotch Plains 5-1. As of Monday, the Watchung Division standings had Westfield first at 2-0, Scotch Plains […]
Although it is against teams that are a combined 0-7, the Hillside Comets are on a bit of a roll the past two weekends. Hillside followed up a 42-7 win at New Providence by downing Bernards by the score of 42-0 at home this past Saturday. Bernards reached last year’s Central Jersey, Group 2 final. […]
Linden sophomore quarterback Marshall produces 5TD game to remember
Elizabeth, Cranford and Roselle Park all won on the road at teams that were 2-0. Not bad. Linden also produced a huge road victory, winning in a shootout over a team it had not beaten since 2014. Also not bad. Johnson also defeated a team that was 2-0 – doing so at home – and […]
Cougars seek to rebound in big Sept. 22 home-opener vs. red hot, 2-0 Rahway squad in Mid-State 38-Mountain Division action at Memorial Field
Something happened to the Cranford football team this past Friday night that had not happened in almost exactly nine years. What was so unique about its result at Mid-State 38 Conference-Mountain Division foe Voorhees? The Cougars were shut out for the first time since September of 2008. Cranford scored in 93 straight games before falling […]
