Home team Panthers defeat Bears at Herm Shaw Field for first time since 2001
ROSELLE PARK – Sparked by a stellar performance from senior running back Brian Matthews, who carried 22 times for 241 yards and three touchdowns, Roselle Park held on to turn back neighboring arch rival Brearley 34-28 in Friday night’s Mid-State 38 Conference-interdivision football clash at Herm Shaw Field. Roselle Park (4-1) won its second straight […]
Dayton, Union, Johnson and Brearley were to host first 4 matches
The girls’ soccer Union County Tournament was to kick off this Saturday, Sept. 28, with four preliminary round matches. Defending co-champion Scotch Plains was awarded the top seed once again. Four first round games are scheduled to be played Wednesday, Oct. 2, with four more second round games set to take place Saturday, Oct. 5. The […]
Bears host Dayton Bulldogs next Friday night in battle of 1-2 squads
The Brearley football team’s attempt to win consecutive games since opening its 2011 season with two straight wins was thwarted by host Belvidere Friday night. In Mid-State 38 Conference-Union Division action in Warren County, Brearley was defeated by Belvidere 26-6. Both teams are now 1-2 overall and 1-2 in the Union Division. Brearley head coach Scott […]
Lions play at UCC-Valley Division foe Brearley Thursday night
Roselle Catholic junior forward Antonio Altamirano connected off an assist from freshman Billy Carvalho for the only goal in the Lions’ 1-0 boys’ soccer triumph vs. Union Catholic at Chakey Field on Tuesday. Junior goalie Anthony Milano, in his first season as a varsity starter in net, made five saves for the shutout as Roselle […]
The Brearley football team did not get its first victory last year until game No. 8, so for the Bears to bounce back immediately from their season-opening defeat had to feel pretty good. Brearley took on Bernards in its home-opener last Friday night at Ward Field in Kenilworth after opening with a 34-14 loss at […]
FRIDAY AFTERNOON UNION COUNTY FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD (5 games): Rahway 27, Hillside 13 – at Hillside New Providence 34, Brearley 14 – at New Providence North Hunterdon 20, Linden 7 – at Linden Scotch Plains 20, Gov. Livingston 14 – at GL Bernards 33, Dayton 0 – at […]
KENILWORTH – The Bears lost four games by nine points or less last year. With a much more experienced team this season, Brearley hopes to turn those defeats into victories and bounce back from a rare 2-8 record. “What we’ve worked on the most is buying into the team concept,” said 12th-year head coach Scott […]
2013 FOOTBALL CLASSIFICATIONS FOR THE 17 TEAMS IN UNION COUNTY REVISED AUG. 2 * NORTH JERSEY, SECTION 2 GROUP 5 Enrollment: 1284-3379 Elizabeth (3379), Westfield (1378), Linden (1284), Union (1810) * GROUP 4 Enrollment: 943-1236 Scotch Plains-Fanwood (1120), Plainfield (1109) * GROUP 3 Enrollment: 715-866 Cranford (866), Summit (801), Governor Livingston […]
Union-Essex seniors champs included Gov. Livingston in American Division and Columbia in National, while the juniors champs were Westfield in both the American and National divisions
With the slow dissolving of American Legion baseball in New Jersey caused by the competition of so many other leagues that are now available to players of all different skill levels, high school head coaches Chris Roof, Dan Mondelli and assistant Ralph Yezza decided that it was time for a change. What they wanted for […]
Victory at Kean by 30-28 score gives Middlesex County All-Stars 12-8 series lead
UNION – Doug Carter willed the Union All-Stars down the field in the final minutes to make this one of the more dramatic Snapple Bowls in some time. The Union County quarterback got them into the end zone. He needed to get them into the end zone one more time to put the game […]
