Dayton boys’ basketball off to 5-1 start after 5th straight win a dominant effort at home over Belvidere; Junior guard Alicea – scoring both inside and outside – paces all with superb 24-point performance

Bulldogs put game out of reach with 29-3 second quarter

SPRINGFIELD – When Belvidere senior Dennis Dornich connected on the first field goal of the game – a 3 – to give the visiting County Seaters a 3-point advantage, host Dayton had yet to find its shot. The Bulldogs kept on missing. Dayton misfired on its first seven field goal attempts before senior starter Jaykwaan […]

Union County Conference boys’ and girls’ basketball standings here as of Jan. 2

UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE BOYS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS AS OF WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2 WATCHUNG DIVISION (4 schools): 1-Linden (0-0) Patrick School (0-0) Roselle Catholic (0-0) St. Mary’s, Elizabeth (0-0) MOUNTAIN DIVISION (4 schools): 1-Union (1-0) 2-Elizabeth (0-0) Union Catholic (0-0) 4-Plainfield (0-1) VALLEY DIVISION (4 schools): 1-Rahway (2-0) 2-Summit (0-0) 3-Scotch Plains (0-1) Westfield (0-1) SKY DIVISION […]

Union County Conference boys’ and girls’ standings here as of Monday, Dec. 24

UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE BOYS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS AS OF MONDAY, DEC. 24 WATCHUNG DIVISION (4 schools): 1-Linden (0-0) Patrick School (0-0) Roselle Catholic (0-0) St. Mary’s, Elizabeth (0-0) MOUNTAIN DIVISION (4 schools): 1-Union (1-0) 2-Elizabeth (0-0) Union Catholic (0-0) 4-Plainfield (0-1) VALLEY DIVISION (4 schools): 1-Rahway (2-0) 2-Summit (0-0) 3-Scotch Plains (0-1) Westfield (0-1) SKY DIVISION […]

Union County Conference boys’ and girls’ basketball standings here as of Monday, Dec. 17

UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE BOYS’ BASKETBALL STANDINGS AS OF MONDAY, DEC. 17 WATCHUNG DIVISION (4 schools): 1-Linden (0-0) Patrick School (0-0) Roselle Catholic (0-0) St. Mary’s, Elizabeth (0-0) MOUNTAIN DIVISION (4 schools): 1-Union (1-0) 2-Elizabeth (0-0) Union Catholic (0-0) 4-Plainfield (0-1) VALLEY DIVISION (4 schools): 1-Rahway (1-0) 2-Summit (0-0) Scotch Plains (0-0) 4-Westfield (0-1) SKY DIVISION […]

One of finest football seasons Union County has seen in some time

This was simply, from top to bottom, one of the finest Union County football seasons in some time. As the season progressed schools in all five group sizes were making their case for what they hoped would be strong playoff runs. Nine of Union County’s 16 teams qualified for the playoffs, with the Brearley Bears […]

List of Union County football state champions from the playoff era here

UNION COUNTY STATE CHAMPIONS IN THE PLAYOFF ERA: 2018: Summit – North 2, Group 3 – JR covered at Summit Hillside – Central Jersey, Group 2 – JR covered at Hillside 2017: Westfield – North 2, Group 5 Hillside – Central Jersey, Group 2 – JR covered at Rutgers 2016: Westfield – North 2, Group […]

Union County vs. Middlesex County crossover FB results for 2018 here; UC came out on top

Here are the scores of this year’s Union County vs. Middlesex County crossover football games. Union County came out on top. UNION COUNTY VS. MIDDLESEX COUNTY CROSSOVER FOOTBALL FOR 2018 REGULAR SEASON: Aug. 30: New Providence 27, Middlesex 19 – at Middlesex Aug. 31: Bishop Ahr 22, Roselle 20 – at Bishop Ahr Sept. 7: […]

5 Union County football teams seek to reach state championship games: Union, Cranford, Rahway, Summit and Hillside

These are the final steps that need to be taken on the road to playing for a state championship. Five Union County football teams are 48 minutes away from playing for one. Three are home in sectional semifinal playoff action this weekend: Rahway, Summit and Hillside; and two are on the road: Cranford at the […]

Do or die football is here; NJSIAA playoffs commence Nov. 2, continue Nov. 3

9 Union County teams seek to advance to next round

Welcome to the Tournament of Champions in New Jersey high school football. I say that because for the first time half of the public school state championship teams will lose games afterwards. Some could lose twice. Those fortunate enough will still game-plan for another contest – a first-time Bowl Game. Some will game-plan for two […]

Hillside (7-0) to christen new field turf field today (Friday, Oct. 26) vs. Cranford (5-2); Both playoff-bound teams want to keep on winning – and stay healthy

Let’s get right to it. Cranford (5-2) is at Hillside (7-0) today (Friday, Oct. 26) at 3 p.m. – an historic first game on the brand new field turf at John Zappulla Field. Cranford is coming off decisive wins at home against 5-0 Summit 25-12 and at 4-2 Immaculata 35-7. Summit is 6-1 and has […]

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