UNION COUNTY, NJ — Next week is May. That means, hopefully, temperatures will rise and rain will stay away. Although avoiding what feels the same as freezing temps and precipitation may be more difficult than facing a 90 mile-per-hour fastball, tournament play is slated to kick in next month, as the 2025 campaign progresses after […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Last year, Jonathan Dayton High School won it for the first time. The team the Bulldogs beat in the championship game, Scotch Plains–Fanwood High School, came a run shy of winning it for just the second time and for the first time since 1977. Could this be Arthur L. Johnson High […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Two weeks into the 2025 Union County softball campaign and three teams remained undefeated as of Monday, April 14. Arthur L. Johnson High School, the leader in the Union County Conference’s Watchung Division, stood at 5-0 overall and also sported a 5-0 record in division play. Roselle Park High School was […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The Jonathan Dayton High School Bulldogs captured their first-ever Union County Tournament championship last year in a Union County softball season full of surprises. Sparked by the outstanding play of returning varsity starters junior Angela Gatto at shortstop and sophomore Lila Carroll at pitcher, the Bulldogs were to open their 2025 […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Two Union County players excelled on defense last year to help the North squad produce an historic gridiron triumph. Nine players from Union County high schools are listed on the first North roster for this June’s annual showcase. Which of them might help the North to another victory in less than […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — For the first time, a Union County baseball team won a state championship in Hamilton a year ago, as the Governor Livingston High School Highlanders captured the Group 2 crown for the fourth time in program history. With players such as junior University Virginia commit Zach Geertsma back at shortstop and […]
WEST ORANGE, NJ — The last Union County High School wrestler to win a state championship was Westfield High School senior Christian Barber at 152 pounds in 2011. The last Cranford High School grappler to have his arm raised in an New Jersey State Interecholastic Athletic Association Tournament final was senior Pat Hogan in 2006. […]
UNION, NJ — In his first high school head coaching stint in New Jersey, after a lengthy resume filled with high school and college stops scattered from the Midwest and South to the East, Barris Grant made going to Hillside High School games a must-see for local high school football fans. Grant turned Hillside into […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — At its own gym for the last time this year, Cranford High School showed wrestlers from Bergen and Hudson counties how it’s done and was right there with a standout team from Essex County. Speaking of Essex County, Governor Livingston High School grapplers excelled at Nutley High School. Wrestlers from the […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The top four seeds don’t always make it to the semifinal round of the girls basketball Union County Tournament, but that’s exactly what happened this year. Lower seeds Cranford and Arthur L. Johnson high schools did their best to prevent two of the top four seeds from advancing, both losing close […]