UNION COUNTY, NJ — The final weekend. This is it – the final opportunity to make a lasting impression on the first goal most teams have, which is making the playoffs in their sections. This is not only Week Eight but it’s also called the playoff-cutoff date weekend as it’s the final weekend before the […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — We’re down to two weekends to go before the start of the high school football playoffs in New Jersey. The season goes by that quickly. Perhaps the biggest winners in Union County last weekend included Summit High School out-lasting Linden High School at home in a battle of one-loss squads, Hillside […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Summer workouts are complete. The beginning of practice in August has come and gone. Games in August and September are now history. We’re down to just three weekends remaining in the regular season. October football to decide which teams make the playoffs and which squads don’t. In Union County there are […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County schools that were 3-1 went 3-2 last week, while teams that were 2-1 went 4-1. So that now leaves us with seven one-loss teams in the county, three at 4-1 and four at 3-1. The three 4-1 squads are Group 5 Union High School, Group 4 Linden High School […]
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ — In order to succeed on the football field, you need to perform with a certain amount of confidence. It is imperative for those who don the shoulder pads and lace up their cleats to have a strong belief in their abilities once they line up for battle. Winning breeds confidence, but […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — There are no undefeated football teams remaining in Union County, but that does not mean that there are not a bunch of good teams out there. Through the first four weekends of the 2023 campaign, 10 of Union County’s 17 football playing schools have just one loss. Five are 3-1 and […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Winning for the first time in Week Two last weekend were Arthur L. Johnson and Roselle Park high schools on Friday night, Sept. 8, and Hillside High School on a steamy, sweltering Saturday afternoon, Sept. 9, at Hillside’s John Zappulla Field. Arthur L. Johnson won at home against Bound Brook High […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union High School found a way to win in overtime to, this time, beat Bridgewater-Raritan High School in a close one. Cranford High School got off to a rousing start by venturing into Hunterdon County and coming away with a 41-0 triumph against North Hunterdon Regional High School. Linden High School […]
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ – There were plenty of positive steps in head coach Pete Ramiccio’s first season as head coach. “It was definitely different from being at Montclair,” said Ramiccio, who served as an interim head coach for the football team at Montclair High School for the 2021 season, before coming to Berkeley Heights last […]
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 […]