LINDEN, NJ – Seeking to finish with more wins than losses for the first time since 2018, the Tigers have sufficient experience back to make a run at qualifying for the state playoffs out of North, Group 4. “We didn’t lose too many players, only four seniors,” said head coach Al Chiola, at the helm […]
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 […]
UNION, NJ — There’s the Battle at the Beach this weekend in Ocean City. There’s the Rumble at the Raritan in Rutgers later in September. So why not some good old fashioned football right here in Union County at Kean University to kick off the 2023 season? How about something like the “Kickoff at Kean”? […]
UNION, NJ — Saturday was July 1. Before you know it, and it gets earlier and earlier now in the Garden State, high school football will be upon us. With the season starting in late August once again, opening day is Saturday, Aug. 25, and official practice is just five weeks away. Although, nod nod […]
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 […]
LINDEN, NJ — The Linden High School boys basketball team had finishing second down pat. Last year, the Tigers finished second in the North 2, Group 4 playoffs, falling to visiting Elizabeth High School in the championship game. This year, Linden placed second in the Union County Conference’s Watchung Division at 8-2, also finishing second […]
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 […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — It’s now down to a final four. The four Union County football teams still alive in state playoff competition are preparing hard for this weekend’s sectional semifinal matchups. On Friday night, Nov. 4, Cranford High School and David Brearley High School will be playing at home, while Westfield High School will […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Nine weekends have passed, with some teams getting in nine games and most eight, as we begin the high school football playoffs in New Jersey in the month of October for the first time. After this weekend, next weekend and the one following it that will crown sectional state champions, there […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — This is the weekend that puts the closure on who is in and who is out — who is in the state playoffs, and who will come up short of qualifying. The sectional playoffs commence next week and then, after those three weekends, for the first time, public school group semifinals […]