BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — Kershaw. LaRocca. DiBiasi. Metroka. Guenther. These are the young men who are moving mountains for the Crusaders, who are the only undefeated football team (5-0) remaining in Union County and just one of two in the section they are in: South, Group 2. “Without them, we’re nothing,” Arthur L. Johnson High […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Week Six of the 2024 high school football season here in Union County is spread out among three days because of the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, beginning on Friday, Oct. 11, and ending Saturday, Oct. 12. There are six games on Thursday, Oct. 10, six more on Friday, Oct. 11, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — There are now just four weekends left in the regular season before the playoffs commence on Friday, Nov. 1. Some teams have played five games and some four. Remaining undefeated in Union County are Summit and Arthur L. Johnson high schools, both 4-0. They were both decisive in victory last weekend, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
CLARK, NJ — On Wednesday, Aug. 21, Clark Youth Football hosted its Clark Youth Football Summer Clinic. The night brought together all members of Clark Youth Football – third through eighth grade – and the coaches and student athletes of Arthur L. Johnson High School Crusader Football, as they trained and ran through drills organized […]
CLARK, NJ — Anthony DelConte, now in his 11th season at the helm of his high school alma mater, describes his team this way: “We’re grinders. We work hard and have competitors who want to win. “That’s all I ask of our kids.” In preparation for its season-opener on Friday, Sept. 6, on the brand […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The 2024 high school football season in New Jersey is here. It’s about to kick off Thursday, Aug. 29. The final day of the season is Wednesday, Dec. 4, with the last public and non-public state finals scheduled to take place that day. Union County has not produced a state champion […]