8-0 Hillside out for 7th straight sectional playoff triumph vs. Cinnaminson
Eight teams preparing to take what they hope will be the first of three steps. The ladder to a state championship begins this weekend and you better bundle up. Teams begin the pre-season suffocating in brutal August heat. Now in order to reach their ultimate goal teams will see their breath right in front of […]
Last two meetings have gone right down to the wire
Last year New Providence found a way in overtime after visiting Brearley kept coming back. On Friday night the two Union County Group 1 powers will clash again and for the second straight season the Mid-State 38 Conference’s Union Division championship will be on the line. Perhaps Union County’s biggest game this weekend pits New […]
The soccer Union County Tournament championship games are set to be contested this week. The boys’ final is Thursday night, Oct. 24 at 7:30 at Kean University’s Alumni Stadium in Union. It will be second-seeded Summit vs. top-seeded Elizabeth. This is the fifth time Summit is in the championship game. The last time was in […]
UNION COUNTY TOURNAMENTS BOYS’ SOCCER FINAL THURSDAY, OCT. 24 AT KEAN UNIVERSITY’S ALUMNI STADIUM IN UNION 2-Summit vs. 1-Elizabeth, 7:30 p.m. * * * GIRLS’ SOCCER FINAL FRIDAY, OCT. 25 AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL’S NOLAN FIELD IN CLARK 3-Westfield or 2-Scotch Plains vs. 1-Cranford, 7:30 p.m. * * * GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL SEMIFINALS WEDNESDAY, OCT. 23 […]
UNION COUNTY TOURNAMENTS BOYS’ SOCCER SEMIFINALS SATURDAY, OCT. 19 AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL’S NOLAN FIELD IN CLARK 3-Westfield vs.2-Summit, 5:30 p.m. 4-Scotch Plains vs. 1-Elizabeth, 8 p.m. * * * GIRLS’ SOCCER SEMIFINALS AT JOHNSON HIGH SCHOOL’S NOLAN FIELD IN CLARK SATURDAY, OCT. 19 5-Oak Knoll vs. 1-Cranford, 3 p.m. SUNDAY, OCT. 20 3-Westfield vs. […]
Hilltoppers snap 17-game Pioneer regular season winning streak
Summit was coming off a home loss to undefeated Rahway and was then faced with the prospect of hosting defending Mid-State Conference Mountain Division champion Somerville, another team without a setback. The visiting Pioneers arrived at Summit’s Tatlock Field Saturday with a 4-0 record that included 187 points for, only 26 against, and two shutouts. […]
Arribas, Bradford, Burnett excel on offense; Bailey, Darisme and Lumpkin on defense; Sola on special teams
Rahway lost seniors Jakir Robinson, the quarterback, and senior running backs Zion Pendleton and Dashon Moore to graduation after the Indians went 10-2 for the first time in 10 years and reached the North 2, Group 3 state championship game, also for the first time in exactly a decade. Time to feel sorry for the […]
Brearley, New Providence, Scotch Plains also triumph on Friday, Sept. 13
While Rahway and Cranford opened their 2019 seasons with double-digit Mid-State Conference triumphs Friday night, both head coaches declared that there is still plenty of room for improvement. “We had some holding penalties that resulted in touchdowns being called back, so that is just one of the things we have to clean up,” Rahway head […]
Union opens Week Zero vs. Curtis, Staten Island at Rutgers on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 3:30 p.m. Westfield, Cranford and Summit open Week One. Cranford will host Montgomery, Friday, Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. Westfield will host Linden and Summit will play at Roselle – both on Saturday, Sept. 14 at 2 p.m. – JR […]
SUMMIT – The Hilltoppers have produced 10 consecutive winning seasons beginning in 2009 and this decade have won the most games of any Union County school with 83. Last year Summit won its third state championship in the decade – all three coming in North 2, Group 3. Some years there are an abundant of […]
