UNION COUNTY, NJ — Last year, players from Union County made a big impact in the Paul Robeson Football All-Star Classic. For the first time, players from Union County high schools were part of the East roster. You had Hillside High School’s Caleb Salters starting at quarterback and earning East Offensive MVP honors as he […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The best Group 1 baseball in the state may reside in Union County. Since 2009, Group 1 schools David Brearley, Roselle Park, Jonathan Dayton and New Providence high schools have captured sectional state championships and have proven to be in the mix every year. Now, these four teams advanced once again […]
CRANFORD, NJ — Union College of Union County, NJ student-golfer Patrick Murray won the National Junior College Athletic Association Region XIX Golf Championship on Tuesday, May 14, at the Ash Brook Golf Course in Scotch Plains. Murray is a two-time Garden State Athletic Conference champion and now a two-time NJCAA Region XIX champion. In 2024, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Whichever team is able to go 3-0 this week, weather permitting in this crazy non-spring-like weather we’ve been enduring, will be able to hoist the trophy on Friday night, May 17. The 48th annual softball Union County Tournament was scheduled to continue Monday, May 13, with the top eight seeds facing […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Surprises, surprises, surprises. It was no lock that if you were home on Saturday, May 4, in baseball’s Union County Tournament first-round action that you were going to come out on top. As a matter of fact, of the eight games contested throughout Union County, the home team won only four […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — With one week to go before the beginning of the softball Union County Tournament, it appears that this year’s trophy might really be up for grabs. Of the six schools situated in the Union County Conference’s upper Watchung Division, all but three-time defending UCT champion Cranford High School sported a winning […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — This is a year where any of a number of teams, again most from the Union County Conference’s upper Watchung Division, have a legitimate shot of capturing the baseball Union County Tournament. Westfield High School might have clinched the top seed on Friday, April 26, when the Blue Devils defeated Governor […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Before the baseball Union County Tournament gets seeded and Cranford High School attempts to become the first three-peat winner since the Cougars pulled off the feat in 1999, 2000 and 2001, this was a week filled with big Union County Conference division classes. Westfield High School began the week as the […]
CRANFORD, NJ — It was an eventful initial week for the Cranford Cougars. First came a combined no-hitter on Opening Day. Then came a milestone victory. Third was a high-scoring one-run loss. A 2-1 first week saw Cranford High School shut out Union High School; beat New Providence High School in a walk-off, after the […]
CRANFORD, NJ — A possible Opening Day pitcher’s duel was in place as seniors Dylan Falk for Cranford High School and Matthew Mendez for Union High School showed signs of dominating right from the start. Falk, who competed on the junior varsity last year, pitched to only three batters in the top of the first. […]