LINDEN – You are going to need a program to find out who is who and who is playing where for the Tigers this season. Just one year after Linden captured its first state championship – and only second overall – in the playoff era since 1985, the Tigers were hit about as hard as […]
The final game wearing your high school uniform is usually an emotional one for every student-athlete. Even if that uniform is The RC Lion mascot suit. Andre Mosley slipped into the lion uniform for the final time when RC defeated Pope John, 57-45, in the Tournament of Champions final on March 23 in Trenton. “After […]
“Write on Sports” completed a second straight successful season at Roselle Catholic High School earlier this month. Eight grammar school campers, residents of Roselle, Linden, Elizabeth, Hillside and North Plainfield, completed the two-week camp session, directed by Roselle Catholic graduates Joe Skrec (’84) and Erin Sisk “’06), from July 6-10 and July 13-17. Write on […]
UNION FARMERS Sept. 11 Phillipsburg, 7 p.m. Sept. 18 Franklin, 7 p.m. Sept. 25 at Bridgewater-Raritan, 7 p.m. Oct. 2 at Elizabeth, 7 p.m. Oct. 9 Hunterdon Central, 7 p.m. Oct. 16 Hillsborough, 7 p.m. Oct. 23 at Watchung Hills, 7 p.m. Oct. 30 at Ridge, 7 p.m. Nov. 25 at Linden, 7 p.m. […]
UNION COUNTY FOOTBALL SCRIMMAGES: UNION: Game scrimmage Sept. 3 North Bergen, 6 p.m. ROSELLE PARK: Aug. 25 Quad, 10 a.m. Aug. 28 Keyport, 11 a.m. BREARLEY: Aug. 21 North Plainfield, 10 a.m. Aug. 28 South River, 10 a.m. SUMMIT: Aug. 25 Bloomfield, Caldwell, Shore Regional, 10:30 a.m. Aug. 28 Columbia, 10:30 […]
UNION – There’s always a price to pay when attempting to win one of these all-star games. To say that the Middlesex County squad had the right fee Thursday night would be a most appropriate statement. That fee was paid in the form of diminituve running back Chase Fee of Spotswood. One of the shortest […]
The last time Kyle Phipps played in a football game he helped lead Linden to its first state championship in 29 years. The next time, which will be Thursday night, he hopes to help lead the team he is playing for to its first triumph over the opposing side in three years. Victories have been […]
UNION – Pretty standard football discussion includes arguments about what offense to run or what defense to be in. But what about special teams? That part of the game – often ignored – is just as important as offense and defense. For the South, excelling on special teams was – perhaps – the biggest reason […]
Now that the bar has been set about as high as it can go, Albert Chiola has the challenge in front of him of making sure Linden football remains as competitive as it can be. Chiola, who will turn 41 on June 24, was promoted from offensive coordinator to head coach just a few weeks […]
Top-seeded Johnson, which was seeking its third title and first since 1981, ousted in softball semifinals
Many times it feels like the champion in Union County will come down to Cranford vs. Governor Livingston. That will be the case twice on May 9 at Kean University in Union. For the second year in a row the matchups for the Union County Tournament baseball and softball games are the same. This Saturday, […]