EAST RUTHERFORD – Reuben Pillai touched the ball just three times in the first half. Granted one of those times was good for a 60-yard run that set up Ridgewood’s second score. At intermission the senior running back was sitting at three carries for 70 yards. His team was trailing by 12. His best was […]
Rams top Roselle Park 50-36 in first holiday game played at Arminio's new turf field
One team in Union County that can’t wait for the 2020 football season is the Roselle Rams. Roselle went 5-6 the very best way you can do it – by winning its final five games. Roselle hosted Roselle Park on Thanksgiving for the first time since 2015 and on Thursday morning the Rams came away […]
Leads all rushers with 210 yards on 14 carries and scores 2 TDs
UNION – Just four plays into the game Union junior running back Diante Wilson set the tone for what was about to come. He burst through the middle of the line and then raced, untouched, into the end zone for the game’s first points. With the Farmers ahead by six in the third quarter he […]
COMMENTARY There’s no way to sugarcoat it. The last three times Union football played in a state championship game it turned out to be a disaster for the Farmers, on and off the field. Tonight Union is seeking to capture its first state championship since 1993. Hard to believe, in many ways, that it’s been […]
State championships on the line Nov. 22 at Union's Cooke Memorial Field and at West Deptford's still grass-playing surface
Two programs clashing for the first time. Two programs with a rich history of winning it all on more than one occasion. Two programs that were eliminated in the semifinal round of their sectional playoffs a year ago, each finishing 8-3. Two programs that have not won in a long time, the road team in […]
UNION – There was a time when dinosaurs roamed up and down Morris Avenue, devouring everything in their path. There was also a time before the internet and when we didn’t have to get frisked when attending a sporting event that the Union Farmers used to still win state championships. That time was the early […]
Farmers, for the fourth time since 1996, are four quarters away from capturing their first state title since 1993
UNION – With the game, the season and a legitimate shot at reaching a state championship on the line it was Union’s offensive line that really came through in the game’s final seven minutes. Visiting West Orange just produced its first two scores, on drives that took less than two minutes, and now trailed the […]
Undefeated Farmers (10-0) are home, while unbeaten Comets (9-0) and Blue Devils (6-3) are on the road
Former Irvington player, assistant coach and head coach Darnell Grant left Irvington to take over as head coach at Shabazz in 2010. With Shabazz dropped down to Group 2 at the time and now in a different conference he thought his days of preparing for the Union Farmers were done. He then became the head […]
Sanborn connects with Igbinosun for three touchdown passes and, along with Murrell, also runs in for a score
UNION – For the second straight week the Union Farmers will begin to prepare for an opponent they have never faced in the playoffs. After top-seeded Union easily handled eighth-seeded Paterson Kennedy 35-0 Friday night at Cooke Memorial Field its attention turned to the Mountaineers of Essex County. “West Orange has great athletes and is […]
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 […]