The big football game in Union County this weekend is Saturday’s (Oct. 8) undefeated matchup featuring Union (3-0) at Westfield (4-0) at Westfield’s Gary Kehler Stadium. However, there are several intriguing matchups Friday night (Oct. 7), including a battle of 4-0 teams in Rahway. In Rahway’s first-ever game at its new turf field at Rahway […]
Could meet again in North 2, Group 5 playoffs
What a way for Union and Westfield to continue regular season play against each other than to have both teams undefeated in a highly-anticipated mid-season clash. The Union County powers – now back in the same division in the Mid-State 38 Conference and now back to playing each other in the regular season after not […]
The 5th Roselle Park Athletic Hall of Fame dinner will take place Nov. 17 at 6:30 p.m. at The Westwood in Garwood. The Class of 2016 inductees include: Kenneth Adriance Samuel Appello Albert Buik Norman Buik Catherine Finizio Judy Lee Keith Loneker Gerald Matthews Victor Pozsonyi John Ricciardulli Rebecca Riccitelli Joseph Signorello The 1969 football […]
Two Union County teams very familiar with each other will clash this Friday night (Oct. 7) in Springfield, both coming off impressive victories. For Brearley, it was a 29-7 home triumph over a solid 2-1 Roselle Park squad this past Friday night, with the Bears winning for the second straight time to improve to 3-1. […]
Batted .364 as a freshman to help lead Highlanders to their first Union County Tournament championship
The sport of baseball has a fluidity to it at times where one thing leads to another. Governor Livingston sophomore switch-hitting standout third baseman Drew Compton gives Georgia Tech a verbal commitment on Sept. 25. A little more than two years from now – in November of 2018 – Compton will sign his letter-of-intent to […]
Cougars will host Scotch Plains next Friday night
CRANFORD – Aaron Cancio, a senior who played on the junior varsity a year ago, made the very most of his first varsity start for the host Cougars. Cancio didn’t set out to make the kind of immediate impact he produced. He just wanted to do his job. He just wanted to make sure his […]
Union and Governor Livingston have the week off
Four of Union County’s five undefeated football teams will seek to go 4-0 this week, beginning with Westfield and Rahway on the road Friday night (Sept. 30). Westfield is a heavy favorite to vanquish Watchung Hills, while Rahway is favored to halt Voorhees. Both Watchung Hills and Voorhees are 0-3. Union, 3-0 like Westfield and […]
Westfield, which last won the championship outright 15 years ago, is the top seed for the 36th annual girls’ soccer Union County Tournament. The last three times the Blue Devils were crowned champs they shared the title with Scotch Plains in 2012 and 2006 and with Oak Knoll in 2002. Westfield has won the most […]
Union at Westfield Oct. 8 is highly-anticipated battle of undefeated N2, G5 and Mid-State 38 Conference-Watchung Division teams
For the first time in what might be many years, Union County has five 3-0 football teams. They include North 2, Group 5 schools Union and Westfield; North 2, Group 4 squad Summit; Rahway from Central Jersey, Group 3 and Roselle from Central Jersey, Group 2. If Westfield wins as expected at 0-3 Watchung Hills […]
Carvalho in 13th season at helm of the Lions
The Roselle Catholic girls’ soccer team scored a big victory at its Chakey Field Sept. 22, defeating Union County Conference-Sky Division foe Plainfield 2-1 for its first triumph of the season. The Lions followed that up with another victory to improve their record to 2-4 before their Sept. 27 game at Johnson. In addition, last […]