UNION COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE: Friday, Sept. 16 (5 games): Watchung Hills at Elizabeth, 7 p.m. Voorhees at Cranford, 7 p.m. Bernards at Johnson, 7 p.m. Roselle Park at Dayton, 7 p.m. Brearley at Belvidere, 7 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 17 (7 games): Union at Plainfield, 1 p.m. Ridge at Westfield, 1 p.m. […]
Crusaders now prepping for high-powered Bernards offense
To say that the Johnson football team has New Providence’s number now might be an understatement. After winning at New Providence 40-6 in a 2015 Central Jersey, Group 2 quarterfinal, the Crusaders returned to Lieder Field Friday night to open their 2015 campaign. Johnson scored in every quarter and this time did not give up […]
Here is this weekend’s opening Union County football schedule, picks and last year’s final Top 10. Enjoy! UNION COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE: Friday, Sept. 9 (11 games) Watchung Hills at Union, 7 p.m. Hillsborough at Elizabeth, 7 Westfield at Linden, 7 Somerville at Cranford, 7 Summit at North Hunterdon, 7 Gov. Livingston […]
Here is this weekend’s opening Union County football schedule, with 11 games Friday night, Sept. 9 and three on Saturday, Sept. 10. Saturday is a testing day, so games are scheduled at later and different times. Saturday’s Hillside at Rahway game is now a 1:30 p.m. start according to Rahway head coach Brian Russo – […]
CLARK – Following slow starts that saw the Crusaders not reach the victory column until their fourth game of the 2014 and 2015 seasons, Johnson did well to regroup and eventually qualify for playoff berths in Central Jersey, Group 2. Johnson took it one step further last year, producing the program’s first playoff victory in […]
Advances to semifinals of her women's 400-meter hurdles competition
SCOTCH PLAINS – With the whole world watching – including the entire galaxy along Martine Avenue in Scotch Plains – 17-year-old track sensation Sydney McLaughlin continued to amaze. This time the stage was as grand as it comes – the 2016 Rio Olympics. McLaughlin, who just turned 17 on Aug. 7 and who in a […]
Dave Curtin, who made his mark in Union and Essex counties as a football and track and field coach and also as an athletic director, passed away Aug. 10 after a battle with cancer and heart failure. Curtin, who had just turned 58, grew up in Kenilworth and graduated from Kenilworth’s Brearley Regional High School […]
Below are Union County football scrimmages and complete Union County football schedules for the upcoming 2016 season (for scrimmages, contact athletic directors to be sure): SCRIMMAGES UNION FARMERS Aug. 17 Multiple teams, 10 a.m. Union, Madison, Irvington, Randolph Aug. 23 at Phillipsburg, 4 p.m. Phillipsburg, Union, Warren Hills ROSELLE PARK PANTHERS Aug. 17 Delaware Valley, […]
She just turned 17 on Sunday, Aug. 7. She will begin her senior year at Union Catholic High School in less than one month. In a week – on Monday, Aug. 15 – she will be competing on the biggest stage of her young lifetime. Born in New Brunswick, a resident of the tiny Middlesex […]
Game taking place at Woodbridge for the first time
When discussing Cranford football the past two seasons many people were aware of the accomplishments of lineman Will Fries and quarterback Jack Schetelich. The 2016 graduates have moved on to the next level, playing in the next state west of us now, with Fries at Penn State and Schetelich at Villanova. However, a lot more […]