SUMMIT, NJ – Last year was the first season the Hilltoppers did not make the playoffs since 2008. However, Summit High School made the most of its first participation in the new Regional Invitational Tournaments designed for teams that did not qualify for the playoffs in their sections. After closing their regular season with a […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The first week of the 2023 high school football season is in the books, with four schools, Linden, New Providence, Rahway and Scotch Plains-Fanwood, all 1-0 and three other schools, Union, Elizabeth and Governor Livingston, starting off 0-1. Returning senior quarterback Tequan Thomas scored three touchdowns, including the game-winner in the […]
SUMMIT, NJ — Last year, the Summit High School girls lacrosse team finished 23-2, after capturing what would be the final Tournament of Champions championship by beating in-town arch rival Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child. Almost the same exact script as last year was produced this spring season by the Hilltoppers. Summit lost […]
UNION, NJ — Saturday was July 1. Before you know it, and it gets earlier and earlier now in the Garden State, high school football will be upon us. With the season starting in late August once again, opening day is Saturday, Aug. 25, and official practice is just five weeks away. Although, nod nod […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — In a rematch of last year’s Union County Tournament championship game at Kean University, Cranford High School hosted Jonathan Dayton High School in one of the 10 Union County baseball opening day clashes on Monday, April 3. All 19 Union County Conference schools opened on Monday, April 3, with defending UCT […]
SUMMIT, NJ — There was no stopping Jake Lowry on Saturday, Nov. 12. Summit High School football fans who were there at Upper Tatlock Field saw his explosiveness at its best: four touchdowns and a game-high 187 yards rushing. When Lowry, No. 17, sprinted for a 52-yard touchdown run in the third quarter for his […]
SUMMIT, NJ — It’s the time of the year when the Summit High School lacrosse teams begin to perfect its craft. Arguably the top boys and girls public school lacrosse programs in the state, both varsity squads are, once again, coming off highly successful seasons on which they seek to still build. Practice commenced last […]
WATCHUNG, NJ — The Mount Saint Mary Academy swim team captured the 2023 Skyland Conference championship on Saturday, Jan. 14. “The girls were thrilled to win the Skyland Conference championship again this year. They’ve been working hard and deserved every bit of this repeat title,” said coach Megan Decker, who was named 2021-2022 state coach […]
SUMMIT, NJ — When Summit resident Samiyah Abdur-Rahim decided this past May that her college destination would be Texas Christian University, she joined in a family tradition of playing college sports. The Montclair Kimberley Academy senior outside hitter is one of the state’s leaders in kills. She has learned a great deal from her dad, […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Four teams in Union County won eight or more games this season. The first two were David Brearley High School (10-1) and Hillside High School (9-2), which reached state championship games in their sections. The other two were Abraham Clark High School and Westfield High School, which just completed their 2022 […]