Here is the Union County football schedule for this weekend, last week’s results, my picks and my Top 10. The playoffs commence in two weeks. UNION COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL THIS WEEK’S SCHEDULE: Friday, Oct. 31 (6 games) Ridge at Union, 7 p.m. Johnson at Belvidere, 7 p.m. Hillside at Delaware Valley, 7 […]
Cuniglio wins first game as a head coach
SPRINGFIELD – After suffering a tough setback in their season-opener, the Dayton Bulldogs knew their next effort needed to be ratcheted up if they were to come out on top. That meant moving the chains on offense and getting more pressure on the quarterback on defense. Dayton did both quickly and – in the end […]
Here is the corrected new alignment of football’s Mid-State 38 Conference for the 2014 and 2015 seasons. I erroneously printed the wrong alignment over the summer and earlier in September. Mid-State 38 Conference for 2014 and 2015 seasons: Delaware Division (8): Bridgewater-Raritan, Elizabeth, Franklin, Hillsborough, Hunterdon Central, Phillipsburg, Union, Watchung Hills. Watchung Division […]
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 […]