SPRINGFIELD – Qualities that you want in your quarterback include: smarts, athleticism, the ability to throw the ball down field and guidance. In the eyes of first-year head coach Dominic Cuniglio, returning senior John Apicella possesses all of those traits and more. “John is very intelligent, mobile and is getting a good understanding of our […]
Two years ago Dominic Cuniglio was a very last minute replacement to succeed Brian Sheridan as Union High School’s head football coach afterSheridan took a leave of absence one week into practice. Upon his return to Union County to continue his coaching career, Cuniglio was given a bit more time to mold the team he is now fully in charge of. […]
The 8th Annual Jonathan Dayton High School Alumni Ice Hockey Game was held at the USA Ice Rink in Union on May 30. As always, the game raises money for the Healing Heart Foundation, a charity formed in memory of David Nehmer, a Springfield resident and student, who lost his battle with leukemia at age […]
MAHWAH – The winningest baseball team in UnionCounty this season and the last one alive in state tournament play came to within seven outs of playing in OceanCounty for the first time. Unfortunately for the Dayton Bulldogs, they fell a little short. North 1, Group 1 champion Ridgefield came back from a four-run deficit and won the […]
On Friday, May 27, 2011, the defending North 2, Group 3 champion Cranford baseball team lost at home to Mendham 7-3 in a N2, G3 quarterfinal. Somewhat remarkably, the Cougars have not lost a state tournament game since. Cranford takes a 16-game state tournament winning streak into Tuesday’s scheduled Group 3 semifinal vs. MountOlive at Belleville […]
Bulldogs move on to Group 1 semifinals, one win away from playing in Toms River for the program's first state championship
SPRINGFIELD – Dayton. DePalma. Dramatic. Here’s the pitch: DePalma smacks a fastball to right field that seems deep enough to get the runner in from third. Here comes Jeff Lau as he crosses home plate standing up. Ball game over. North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 championship baseball game over. The top-seeded Dayton Bulldogs repeat […]
Perhaps it’s only fitting that the last three Union County baseball teams still alive in state tournament play are defending sectional champions. Cranford – in North 2, Group 3 – Dayton – in North 2, Group 1 – and Westfield – in North 2, Group 4 – all got back to the finals in their […]
STATE TOURNAMENTS INVOLVING UNION COUNTY TEAMS BASEBALL (9 still alive) Westfield, Summit, Cranford, New Providence, Dayton, Roselle Park, Union Catholic, Oratory Prep, Roselle Catholic. NORTH 2, GROUP 4: Semifinals Tuesday, May 27 4-Bridgewater-Raritan at 1-Westfield 3-Millburn at 2-Ridge Final Friday, May 30 At higher seed NORTH 2, GROUP 3: Semifinals Tuesday, May 27 13-Summit at 1-Cranford 7-Nutley at 3-West Essex Final Friday, May […]
Falk, Frohman lead Highlanders to their fourth title game in program history
UNION – When the Governor Livingston team bus arrived at KeanUniversity’s Jim Hynes ’63 Baseball Stadium approximately an hour before Saturday’s county tournament game was to begin, one player was not on it. That was junior Mike Falk, who arrived just 20 minutes before the game started after taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) for […]
Highlanders come back in fifth, Cougars victorious in extra innings again over Vikings
UNION – The last time Dayton and Governor Livingston met in the Union County Tournament was in 2012. Both schools remember the game vividly. Dayton broke through late and, as the seventh seed, upset the second-seeded Highlanders 7-3 in BerkeleyHeights to reach the semifinals for the first time in seven years. Both teams entered the […]