Here is this weekend’s opening Union County football schedule, picks and last year’s final Top 10. Enjoy! UNION COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE: Friday, Sept. 9 (11 games) Watchung Hills at Union, 7 p.m. Hillsborough at Elizabeth, 7 Westfield at Linden, 7 Somerville at Cranford, 7 Summit at North Hunterdon, 7 Gov. Livingston […]
Here is this weekend’s opening Union County football schedule, with 11 games Friday night, Sept. 9 and three on Saturday, Sept. 10. Saturday is a testing day, so games are scheduled at later and different times. Saturday’s Hillside at Rahway game is now a 1:30 p.m. start according to Rahway head coach Brian Russo – […]
BERKELEY HEIGHTS – Because of injuries, head coach Dan Guyton needed three quarterbacks to get through a 2015 campaign that saw his Highlanders finish 4-6, but end on a very positive note with a 10-0 blanking of visiting New Providence on Thanksgiving. Guyton will be happy to use two of those signal-callers this season. At […]
Dave Curtin, who made his mark in Union and Essex counties as a football and track and field coach and also as an athletic director, passed away Aug. 10 after a battle with cancer and heart failure. Curtin, who had just turned 58, grew up in Kenilworth and graduated from Kenilworth’s Brearley Regional High School […]
Below are Union County football scrimmages and complete Union County football schedules for the upcoming 2016 season (for scrimmages, contact athletic directors to be sure): SCRIMMAGES UNION FARMERS Aug. 17 Multiple teams, 10 a.m. Union, Madison, Irvington, Randolph Aug. 23 at Phillipsburg, 4 p.m. Phillipsburg, Union, Warren Hills ROSELLE PARK PANTHERS Aug. 17 Delaware Valley, […]
The winningest Union County program the last five seasons and the only one to reach three state championship games and win two of them in that span is in the early stages of familiarizing itself with a different section. The NJSIAA moved Cranford out of North 2, Group 3 and into Central Jersey, Group 3 […]
Game taking place at Woodbridge for the first time
When discussing Cranford football the past two seasons many people were aware of the accomplishments of lineman Will Fries and quarterback Jack Schetelich. The 2016 graduates have moved on to the next level, playing in the next state west of us now, with Fries at Penn State and Schetelich at Villanova. However, a lot more […]
The Union Post 35 Senior American Legion baseball team needs to win today – Sunday, July 17 – to stay alive in District 2 play at Union’s refurbished Teener League Field. Union Post 35 lost to Bordentown Post 26 by the score of 17-2 July 16 in the tournament’s very first game. Hamilton Post 31 then […]
Saturday's second doubleheader rained out; Sunday's schedule and the schedule for the rest of the tournament will have to be adjusted
UNION – For the host team, which had the honor of playing the first game at the refurbished facility, just about everything that could have gone wrong for it did. Following a first-place regular season finish, Union Post 35 ran into quite a formidable foe. Bordentown Post 26 from the Mercer County town Hamilton, which […]
Successful squad finishes regular season with 17-2 record for 34 points
The Union Post 35 Senior American Legion baseball team just concluded one of its most successful regular seasons ever. Sparked by the pitching of Matt Pavick and the hitting of Jaime Olivo, Union won at American Division champion Bloomfield 11-4 at Bloomfield Middle School Wednesday night, July 13, to finish 17-2 for 34 points and […]