HILLSIDE, NJ – There was plenty to focus on in practice, coming off a double-digit, season-opening, home loss to non-division rival Bernards High School. The host Comets felt the need to set the tone immediately against 1-0 Metuchen High School, and they did just that. On the game’s second play, senior wide receiver Al-Jamir Davis […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Winning for the first time in Week Two last weekend were Arthur L. Johnson and Roselle Park high schools on Friday night, Sept. 8, and Hillside High School on a steamy, sweltering Saturday afternoon, Sept. 9, at Hillside’s John Zappulla Field. Arthur L. Johnson won at home against Bound Brook High […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union High School found a way to win in overtime to, this time, beat Bridgewater-Raritan High School in a close one. Cranford High School got off to a rousing start by venturing into Hunterdon County and coming away with a 41-0 triumph against North Hunterdon Regional High School. Linden High School […]
HILLSIDE, NJ – Salters is gone. Simonson is gone. Parkman is gone. You’re talking about Caleb Salters, three-year starter at quarterback, and 2,000-yard rushers Kyle Simonson and Muwaffaq Parkman. All players are competing in college now and no longer for the Comets. So how will they be replaced? “It’s not going to be easy,” Hillside […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The first week of the 2023 high school football season is in the books, with four schools, Linden, New Providence, Rahway and Scotch Plains-Fanwood, all 1-0 and three other schools, Union, Elizabeth and Governor Livingston, starting off 0-1. Returning senior quarterback Tequan Thomas scored three touchdowns, including the game-winner in the […]
BELLEVILLE, NJ — He scored his team’s only touchdown, and that was a struggle to get into the end zone against a pretty solid defensive unit that jelled. He dropped back to pass and, when his receivers were covered, he zig-zagged his way to positive yardage, trying to ease through whatever holes his blockers ahead […]
UNION, NJ – During the course of the past four varsity seasons for the Arthur L. Johnson High School Crusaders, Brett Makowsky lit up the scoreboard on more than one occasion. There was a 43-yard field goal early in his junior year for his first of six career field goals in 10 attempts. On three […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — In a rematch of last year’s Union County Tournament championship game at Kean University, Cranford High School hosted Jonathan Dayton High School in one of the 10 Union County baseball opening day clashes on Monday, April 3. All 19 Union County Conference schools opened on Monday, April 3, with defending UCT […]
NASSAU, Bahamas — Miami RedHawks football is headed to the Bahamas Bowl, and Brian Ugwu will be representing Hillside. Miami will play the University of Alabama at Birmingham on Friday, Dec. 16, in the HomeTown Lenders Bahamas Bowl. Kickoff is at 11:30 a.m., and the game will be broadcast live on ESPN. This is the […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Four teams in Union County won eight or more games this season. The first two were David Brearley High School (10-1) and Hillside High School (9-2), which reached state championship games in their sections. The other two were Abraham Clark High School and Westfield High School, which just completed their 2022 […]