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Westfield baseball repeats as North 2, Group 4 champs for first time; Blue...
PHOTOS BY JR PARACHINI – From left, Leadoff batter Matt McIntyre (No. 3), pitcher Michael Catanzaro (No. 5), third baseman Victor Coustan (No. 8) and left fielder Sean Flynn (No. 23) all played a big...
View ArticleUnion County Conference baseball division winners here from 2019-2010;...
UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE BASEBALL CHAMPIONS 2019-2010 2019 UCC CHAMPIONS Watchung: Cranford Mountain: Johnson Valley: Oratory Prep Sky: Plainfield 2018 UCC CHAMPIONS Watchung: Gov. Livingston Mountain:...
View ArticleFinal Union County Conference baseball, softball standings here for 2019 season
UNION COUNTY CONFERENCE FINAL BASEBALL STANDINGS FOR THE 2019 SEASON WATCHUNG DIVISION (6 schools): 1-Cranford (8-1) – outright champions 2-Gov. Livingston (6-3) 3-Union (5-4) 4-Scotch Plains (4-5)...
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Guarino was the glue that held Farmers football together; He will be missed
PHOTO COURTESY OF 1991 UNION FOOTBALL PROGRAM – Carmen Guarino who passed away June 13 at the age of 64, was a prominent assistant football coach at Union before becoming a head coach for the first...
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Former Union girls’ soccer coach Eric Shaw fondly remembers Julia Caseres
Former Union High School girls’ soccer coach Eric Shaw remembered Julia Caseres as not only a pretty good soccer player, but also as a person her teammates could look up to with pride. “She led by her...
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North holds on to edge South 24-23 as field goal on last play is no good;...
PHOTO BY JR PARACHINI – Dayton’s Bob Martin, middle holding plaque, was honored by the New Jersey Football Coaches Association at halftime, earning induction into their Hall of Fame. From left is South...
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Ahr is first kicker to be named MVP; Leads Middlesex County past Union County...
UNION – Aaron Ahr was sent out five times to do his job. The task at hand on those important occasions was to kick the ball through the uprights. Ahr didn’t disappoint. At all. Ahr, wearing No. 11,...
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He will always be my favorite; Elliott Maddox of Union was a teammate and the...
Thurman Munson passed away on Aug. 2, 1979 at the age of 32. EDITOR’S NOTE: He – Thurman Munson – will always be my favorite. The story that follows ran on this website 10 years ago – in July of 2009....
View ArticleThe McCarthy Report ranks Union County’s top senior football players as...
Catching the football is one thing. Beating your defender, catching it and then running for first down yardage or the end zone is another. Some of the best to do that – these athletes are among the...
View ArticleUnion County football scrimmage schedule here
The following are scrimmages for the 17 Union County football playing high schools: UNION FARMERS Aug. 21 Quad at Phillipsburg, 4 p.m. P-Burb, Union, Wayne Hills, Rancocas Valley Aug. 24 Quad at Union,...
View ArticleUnion County 2019 football schedules here
The following are the 2019 Union County high school football schedules: UNION FARMERS Sept. 7 Curtis, SI at Rutgers, 3:30 p.m. Sept. 13 at Elizabeth, 7 p.m. Sept. 21 at Westfield, 1 p.m. Sept. 27...
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UNION MALE ATHLETE OF THE MONTH
Justin Novoa, boys soccer, senior “Justin Novoa is a three-year varsity player that has shown exceptional leadership ability with his teammates both on and off the field. He leads by his work rate and...
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UNION FEMALE ATHLETE OF THE MONTH
Riley Haggerty, girls soccer, senior “Riley Haggerty is one of our captains and is expected to lead our team this season. Riley has played varsity since her freshman year and has been a starter for the...
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Photos from Westfield at Cranford and Summit at Union Aug. 30 FB scrimmages
Union opens Week Zero vs. Curtis, Staten Island at Rutgers on Saturday, Sept. 7 at 3:30 p.m. Westfield, Cranford and Summit open Week One. Cranford will host Montgomery, Friday, Sept. 13 at 7 p.m....
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Union football preview – Farmers armed with QB and WR, are seeking to create...
PHOTOS BY JR PARACHINI – Union (in white) vs. Summit in Aug. 30 game-scrimmage at Cooke Memorial Field. Union head coach Lou Grasso, Jr. talks to his players following their final scrimmage. The head...
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Union football opens with 20-12 win over Curtis, Staten Island at Rutgers;...
PHOTOS BY JR PARACHINI – Union defeated Curtis, Staten Island 20-12 in the Rumble at the Raritan. Union senior linebacker Darius Presley was all over the field making tackles in the first half. Union...
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Cranford girls’ soccer tops Union behind 5 different goal scorers: Reaching...
PHOTOS BY JR PARACHINI – Scoring for Cranford in its 5-1 win at Union were, from left, Sophia Montague (No. 16), Nellie Clark (No. 25), Maggie Murray (No. 7), Brooke Swandrak (No. 11) and Riley...
View ArticleRahway, Cranford football open with double-digit division home victories;...
While Rahway and Cranford opened their 2019 seasons with double-digit Mid-State Conference triumphs Friday night, both head coaches declared that there is still plenty of room for improvement. “We had...
View ArticleBattle of unbeatens has Union (2-0, 1-0) at Westfield (1-0, 1-0) Saturday;...
Last year Union snapped a four-game losing streak against Westfield, including consecutive North 2, Group 5 semifinal defeats in 2015 and 2016. On Saturday the Farmers will attempt to beat the Blue...
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Union football comes back in second half to win at Westfield for first time...
PHOTO BY JR PARACHINI – Union senior placekicker Ricardo Casas kicked a 27-yard field goal in the fourth quarter to help lift Union past Westfield 10-7. WESTFIELD – Andrew Sanborn knew that if Union...
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