Hilltoppers have now won 29 straight regular season home games
SUMMIT – For much of the first half it was a battle of the defenses at Tatlock Field Friday night, with visiting Governor Livingston first stopping host Summit and then the Hilltoppers halting the Highlanders. That went on for four possessions by each team before a bad snap out of the end zone finally resulted […]
Panthers lone team off this weekend; Will return Sept. 25 at Bound Brook
Three Union County teams opened with shutout victories last weekend, two on Friday night and one on Saturday afternoon. On Friday night in Mid-State 38 Conference-Valley Division play, Roselle Park opened at home with a 38-0 win over Pingry, while New Providence won at South Hunterdon 34-0. For the Panthers it was their fourth straight win […]
SUMMIT – One of the most successful programs in the state since 2009 – as evidenced by a 65-4 (.942) mark since then – is prepared to continue its winning ways in 2015. When you get Summit you know that the quarterback is ready to go right away, leading a no-huddle offense designed to prevent […]
Two of the top senior football players in Union County for 2015 are both playing for Cranford. You have lineman Will Fries, who two months ago gave Penn State a verbal commitment. You also have returning quarterback Jack Schetelich, who opposing defenses found it rather difficult to contain him in 2014 as he guided the […]
“Write on Sports” completed a second straight successful season at Roselle Catholic High School earlier this month. Eight grammar school campers, residents of Roselle, Linden, Elizabeth, Hillside and North Plainfield, completed the two-week camp session, directed by Roselle Catholic graduates Joe Skrec (’84) and Erin Sisk “’06), from July 6-10 and July 13-17. Write on […]
UNION FARMERS Sept. 11 Phillipsburg, 7 p.m. Sept. 18 Franklin, 7 p.m. Sept. 25 at Bridgewater-Raritan, 7 p.m. Oct. 2 at Elizabeth, 7 p.m. Oct. 9 Hunterdon Central, 7 p.m. Oct. 16 Hillsborough, 7 p.m. Oct. 23 at Watchung Hills, 7 p.m. Oct. 30 at Ridge, 7 p.m. Nov. 25 at Linden, 7 p.m. […]
UNION COUNTY FOOTBALL SCRIMMAGES: UNION: Game scrimmage Sept. 3 North Bergen, 6 p.m. ROSELLE PARK: Aug. 25 Quad, 10 a.m. Aug. 28 Keyport, 11 a.m. BREARLEY: Aug. 21 North Plainfield, 10 a.m. Aug. 28 South River, 10 a.m. SUMMIT: Aug. 25 Bloomfield, Caldwell, Shore Regional, 10:30 a.m. Aug. 28 Columbia, 10:30 […]
UNION – There’s always a price to pay when attempting to win one of these all-star games. To say that the Middlesex County squad had the right fee Thursday night would be a most appropriate statement. That fee was paid in the form of diminituve running back Chase Fee of Spotswood. One of the shortest […]
The last time Kyle Phipps played in a football game he helped lead Linden to its first state championship in 29 years. The next time, which will be Thursday night, he hopes to help lead the team he is playing for to its first triumph over the opposing side in three years. Victories have been […]
Standout sophomore Ali Baiocco netted 6 goals for Oak Knoll and star junior Sara Szynal 6 for Hilltoppers, who finished 20-5
UNION – With the game, the tournament and the season – post state championship contests – on the line, Oak Knoll standout sophomore Ali Baiocco was not finished. Not by a long shot. After in-town rival Summit tied Saturday’s girls’ lacrosse Tournament of Champions final with less than seven minutes to go in the second half, […]