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 […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Four high schools trying to make history on a college basketball court in Union. That was and is the case this week, as the four boys basketball heavyweights in Union County seek to hoist another trophy on Sunday, Feb. 23. The 88th annual boys basketball Union County Tournament, the longest-running county […]
UNION, NJ — While the Union Farmers advanced one step further in team state tournament wrestling action this year, it was the same school that took them out. Last year, Union High School wrestled Bayonne High School in the North 2, Group 5 playoffs on the side of the bracket that was at Phillipsburg High […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Last year, the Cranford High School Cougars were a basket away from capturing their first county championship in eight years. As it turned out, the Elizabeth High School Minutemen ended up winning the whole thing and for the first time since three-peating in 1997. Elizabeth edged Cranford, 59-57, in overtime in […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Which heavyweight will prevail? Will it be fourth-seeded Elizabeth High School for the first time since 2004? How about top-seeded Plainfield High School for the first time since 2012 and only the second time since 1979? Second-seeded Roselle Catholic High School was the last team to repeat, winning its last two […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Who gets the top seed for the upcoming boys basketball Union County Tournament? That’s a good question. As the first week in February commenced a few days ago, you could have considered Plainfield, Roselle Catholic or Elizabeth high schools, based on regular season results so far. Elizabeth split Union County Conference–Watchung […]
UNION, NJ — Simply put, Union’s Ariel Azeredo is among the top wrestlers in Union County. So when the Union County Tournament returned to Union High School’s Louis J. Rettino Gymnasium last year, Azeredo had an opportunity to become one of Union’s first county champions in seven years. Azeredo’s first attempt to win a county […]
UNION COUNTY, NJ — A decade of dominance. No school has ever pinned down the wrestling Union County Tournament the way the Cranford Cougars have. Since winning the championship in 2015, no school other than Cranford High School has managed to capture the team title. At the 49th annual UCT at Union High School’s Louis […]