Are we on a 7-0 at 8-0 collison course regarding the Linden and Elizabeth football teams? Both are off to 3-0 starts after Friday night wins – Linden won at 2-0 Montgomery 34-20 in Mid-State 38 Conference-Watchung Division play, while Elizabeth blanked visiting Franklin 34-0 in Delaware Division action. Linden, which leads the Watchung Division […]
Tigers dominate visiting Plainfield to win home-opener 35-6
LINDEN – Executing the game plan, staying disciplined and showing improvement by game’s end were basic goals the Linden Tigers sought during Saturday’s home-opener at Cooper Field. It also didn’t hurt that Linden had returning starter Kyle Phipps running the ball. The 5-8 senior back carried 15 times for 216 yards and scored three touchdowns, […]
Here is the corrected new alignment of football’s Mid-State 38 Conference for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. I erroneously printed the wrong alignment over the summer and earlier in September. Mid-State 38 Conference for 2014 and 2015 seasons: Delaware Division (8): Bridgewater-Raritan, Elizabeth, Franklin, Hillsborough, Hunterdon Central, Phillipsburg, Union, Watchung Hills. Watchung Division […]
UNION COUNTY FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK: Roselle Park head coach Terry Hanratty played on one of the best Union County teams ever during the playoff era. He was a senior and a key player on defense in the secondary on the 1989 Elizabeth team that became the first in program in history to finish 11-0. The Minuemen […]
LINDEN – Will this be the year Linden really puts it all together and has a chance to win a state championship in December? Moving its best player – senior Juwan Dolbrice – to quarterback was what seventh-year head coach Deon Candia hopes was the first step toward that lofty goal. “Juwan is a great […]
The Write on Sports camp experienced a successful expansion campaign at Roselle Catholic High School. A total of seven campers – who declared themselves The Sports-Savvy Seven by the end of the two-week experience on Raritan Road – and two teachers combined to make Write on Sports’ initial offering at Roselle Catholic nothing short of […]
Game is June 23 at Piscataway High School; North has another chance to take first series lead
PISCATAWAY – Summit senior Charlie Terry spent the fall season impressing a lot of people with his play at quarterback, leading the Hilltoppers to a perfect 12-0 record and the North 2, Group 3 state championship. Now the First Team All-County and Third Team All-State performer will get the opportunity to show what he can […]
While defending champion and top-seeded Westfield will have to wait until Monday to play its first-round game – at home vs. 16th-seeded and 7-1 Roselle Catholic – Roselle Park, Union, Johnson, Cranford and Governor Livingston all advanced to Friday night’s quarterfinals at Linden with first-round wins on Saturday. Three of the eight first-round games were […]
Defending champion Cranford, top-seeded Governor Livingston and lower-seeded Roselle Park – sparked by standout senior Luis Amaro – advanced to the baseball Union County Tournament quarterfinals with first-round wins on Saturday. The quarterfinals are scheduled to be played at the higher seeds Wednesday, with Thursday as the rain date. Cranford, which has won the UCT […]
61ST ANNUAL BASEBALL UNION COUNTY TOURNAMENT SEEDS: 1-Gov. Livingston. 2-Cranford. 3-Westfield. 4-Scotch Plains. 5-Dayton. 6-Union. 7-Union Catholic. 8-Elizabeth. 9-Summit. 10-New Providence. 11-Roselle Park. 12-Johnson. 13-Oratory Prep. 14-Plainfield 15-Rahway. 16-Roselle Catholic. 17-Linden. PRELIMINARY ROUND Wednesday, April 23 Linden 11, Roselle Catholic 5 – at RC FIRST ROUND Saturday, April 26 TOP SIDE OF […]