UNION COUNTY, NJ — There were three 20-win teams, two sectional champions for the first time in a long time and one new, first-time-ever county champion among the highlights of a highly memorable and unique 2024 Union County softball campaign. Schools such as Jonathan Dayton, Arthur L. Johnson and David Brearley don’t often win championships. […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — As many as six different schools produced county championships this spring in Union County, with many repeat champs and one new one. Schools that won county championships included Governor Livingston, Jonathan Dayton, Summit, Westfield, Scotch Plains–Fanwood and Union Catholic high schools. Here’s a closer look: Baseball: Governor Livingston defeated Linden High […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County baseball asserted itself big-time in 2024. There were the top two seeds making it to the Union County Tournament championship game and a wild seventh inning that ensued before the trophy was handed out. Scotch Plains–Fanwood High School captured the Union County Conference’s Watchung Division championship for the first […]
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — The cliché, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” appropriately applies to this year’s Jonathan Dayton High School baseball team. When Group 1 Jonathan Dayton lost at Bergen County Group 4 power Ridgewood High School, 4-0, on Saturday, April 20, Ridgewood went on to post another solid 23-5 season, and the Bulldogs […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Last year, players from Union County made a big impact in the Paul Robeson Football All-Star Classic. For the first time, players from Union County high schools were part of the East roster. You had Hillside High School’s Caleb Salters starting at quarterback and earning East Offensive MVP honors as he […]
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — The goal for the Jonathan Dayton High School softball team this week is simple: Three more home wins in three days and another trophy will be hoisted. Fresh off its first-ever Union County Tournament championship, won on Monday, May 20, the Bulldogs began North 2, Group 2 state tournament play two days […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The best Group 1 baseball in the state may reside in Union County. Since 2009, Group 1 schools David Brearley, Roselle Park, Jonathan Dayton and New Providence high schools have captured sectional state championships and have proven to be in the mix every year. Now, these four teams advanced once again […]
SPRINGFIELD, NJ — Perhaps the only improbable conclusion to an unprecedented championship-game matchup would be that both teams would produce home runs in their final at-bats. Second-seeded Jonathan Dayton High School, which had never won the championship, was in control and in the lead the entire game. Going into the top of the seventh, the […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Whichever team is able to go 3-0 this week, weather permitting in this crazy non-spring-like weather we’ve been enduring, will be able to hoist the trophy on Friday night, May 17. The 48th annual softball Union County Tournament was scheduled to continue Monday, May 13, with the top eight seeds facing […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Surprises, surprises, surprises. It was no lock that if you were home on Saturday, May 4, in baseball’s Union County Tournament first-round action that you were going to come out on top. As a matter of fact, of the eight games contested throughout Union County, the home team won only four […]