UNION, NJ — Union High School did not finish among the top eight teams in the Union County Tournament. The Farmers did not have a grappler reach the finals. That did not mean that the Union wrestling team had a bad county tournament showing, however. In the first year that the competition took place at […]
ELIZABETH, NJ — Partway through a span of eight straight road games, the Union High School girls basketball team learned a valuable lesson when it went up against one of the best teams in Union County. Giving teams second and third chances to produce offensively adds up to a whole lot of trouble. Yielding numerous […]
UNION, NJ — Louis J. Rettino Gymnasium is back in business, perhaps better than ever. Union High School’s gym, named after the coach who won the school’s most football games ever, played host to a varsity boys basketball game for the first time in two seasons on Friday, Dec. 30. In a game filled with […]
UNION, NJ — One practice at a time. One match at a time. That is how Union High School wrestlers, “most all brand new,” according to head coach Dino DeBellonia, will attempt to grab hold of success and hang on to it in the 2022-2023 season. Union began its season with a confidence builder, topping […]
UNION, NJ — Karesha Joseph proved to be among the best rebounders in the Union County Conference’s Valley Division last year, grabbing a total of 129 in 21 games to lead the Union High School Farmers girls basketball team in that category. With last year’s top three scorers — Paris Jones with 137 points, Siani […]
UNION, NJ — At times, the Union High School boys basketball team might resemble the winter track squad, with its end-to-end frenzied pace. A lack of size could be overcome by a desire to outrun the competition. That is how the Farmers will attack their foes this season. “We will play more of an up-tempo […]
UNION, NJ — The fifth class of the Union High School athletic hall of fame included two doctors, a pediatric-care nurse and a judge among the former Farmer standout athletes who were honored. The fifth induction ceremony of the UHS athletic hall of fame was on Monday, Nov. 21, at the Galloping Hill Inn at […]
UNION, NJ — Alanna Clayton remembers how, as an eighth-grader at Montclair Kimberley Academy, she was simply looking for something new to do during the winter months. Then she discovered fencing. The dedication she developed for the highly disciplined sport has led to new vistas, both in athletics and academics, as her success in fencing […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Nine weekends have passed, with some teams getting in nine games and most eight, as we begin the high school football playoffs in New Jersey in the month of October for the first time. After this weekend, next weekend and the one following it that will crown sectional state champions, there […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — This is the weekend that puts the closure on who is in and who is out — who is in the state playoffs, and who will come up short of qualifying. The sectional playoffs commence next week and then, after those three weekends, for the first time, public school group semifinals […]