UNION COUNTY, NJ — Cranford High School and Elizabeth High School–Frank J. Cicarell Academy came so close to advancing, while New Providence High School held on and was able to reach a sectional state championship game for the first time in 14 years. Cranford and Elizabeth both scored in the fourth quarter, but it wasn’t […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Just qualifying for the playoffs is challenging enough, but when you have to travel almost half the state to face a once-beaten, top-seeded team in order to advance to a state championship game, well, the odds are not stacked in your favor. The odds really go down even farther when you are […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — In order to win a sectional state championship, you must first qualify for the playoffs out of the group-section in which you are situated. Then, you must win a first-round game, in order to have the opportunity to reach the title contest. That’s where we’re at now, the sectional semifinals. Ten […]
CRANFORD, NJ — One of the best football rivalries in Union County that has emerged the last 15 years is Summit High School vs. Cranford High School. It might be the best. They began playing each other in 2009 and it really didn’t become a rivalry until Cranford finally beat the Hilltoppers in 2014, after […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County will be well represented when the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association football playoffs commence this weekend. For several weeks, 10 of the 17 football-playing schools in Union County were on their way to making the grade. Now it’s official. Elizabeth–Frank J. Cicarell Academy, Plainfield and Linden high schools […]
HILLSIDE, NJ — With this being the final weekend of regular season play, those teams that are playoff bound will be seeking to strengthen their United Power Rankings (UPR) positioning. Two of those teams from Union County include Hillside and Cranford high schools. On its Senior Night, Cranford is scheduled to host Hillside on Friday, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Here it is, the final week of the regular season before the football playoffs commence. This is one of the most exciting weeks of high school sports during the course of the entire school year, as we are about to find out which teams make the grade and what seed they […]
CROYDEN, N.H. — The Endicott equestrian team ranked fourth overall out of nine programs at the Colby-Sawyer Show on Sunday evening, hosted at Oak Hill Farm. Isabelle Wulff of New London, N.H., and Riley Miller of Acton, Mass., both qualified for regionals to highlight the Gulls. Wulff achieved the feat behind a reserve high point […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Two Union County squads captured their first triumphs. Another one came oh so close. The only undefeated team remaining in the county made a valiant comeback effort in the second half that just fell short. Week Six was an interesting one concerning Union County football squads that were seeking to strengthen […]
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, […]