Summit, Linden football already ready to play
UNION, NJ — Saturday was July 1. Before you know it, and it gets earlier and earlier now in the Garden State, high school football will be upon us. With the season starting in late August once again,...
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Union football schedule reveals exciting matchup for 2023 season
The Union coaching staff includes head coach Lou Grasso Jr., third from left kneeling. Grasso, whose tenure began in 2013, is now in his 11th season as head coach. UNION, NJ — Union High School learned...
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A look at the 2023 week zero football preview for Union County
The Union Farmers, at the first Big Central Conference Media Day are, from left, defensive backs coach Waldin Dufrene, junior Omalley King, senior Zach Menon, junior Renick Dorilas, senior Kordal...
View ArticleWeek One football is ready to kick off in Union County
UNION COUNTY, NJ — The first week of the 2023 high school football season is in the books, with four schools, Linden, New Providence, Rahway and Scotch Plains-Fanwood, all 1-0 and three other schools,...
View ArticleUnion soccer looks to season with 11 returning starters
Click to view slideshow. UNION, NJ — When the circumstances arise where you have an entire field of players back as starters, you want to make sure that you hold nothing back. Take nothing for granted....
View ArticleUnion Farmers’ Market promotes shopping locally and a sense of community
Click to view slideshow. UNION, NJ — Fresh fruits and vegetables, a variety of food trucks, handmade soaps, crystals and a great community — it’s all offered weekly at the Union Farmers’ Market,...
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Union Farmers football team feels chemistry is just right
The Union Farmers, at the first Big Central Conference Media Day are, from left, defensive backs coach Waldin Dufrene, junior Omalley King, senior Zach Menon, junior Renick Dorilas, senior Kordal...
View ArticleUnion County football gears up for action in a Week Two preview
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union High School found a way to win in overtime to, this time, beat Bridgewater-Raritan High School in a close one. Cranford High School got off to a rousing start by venturing into...
View ArticleAll pistons are firing as Union County football blasts into Week Three
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Winning for the first time in Week Two last weekend were Arthur L. Johnson and Roselle Park high schools on Friday night, Sept. 8, and Hillside High School on a steamy, sweltering...
View ArticleWeek Four football preview sees 10 county schools have just one loss
UNION COUNTY, NJ — There are no undefeated football teams remaining in Union County, but that does not mean that there are not a bunch of good teams out there. Through the first four weekends of the...
View ArticleUnion football is off to a 3-1 three-game streak
UNION, NJ — Heading in the direction that it wants to go, to be a player again out of North, Group 5, the Union Farmers are back to playing winning football so far this season. At 3-1 and on a...
View ArticleWeek Five finds seven football teams with only one loss
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Union County schools that were 3-1 went 3-2 last week, while teams that were 2-1 went 4-1. So that now leaves us with seven one-loss teams in the county, three at 4-1 and four at...
View ArticleUnion High School football is off to a 4-1 start
UNION, NJ — Union High School’s Farmers lead the Big Central Conference’s American Gold Division standings at 3-0. Hillsborough High School’s Raiders are tied for the lead atop the American Silver...
View ArticleTeams improve positions as just three games remain in regular season
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Summer workouts are complete. The beginning of practice in August has come and gone. Games in August and September are now history. We’re down to just three weekends remaining in the...
View ArticleFootball teams position themselves in Week Seven as season nears its end
UNION COUNTY, NJ — We’re down to two weekends to go before the start of the high school football playoffs in New Jersey. The season goes by that quickly. Perhaps the biggest winners in Union County...
View ArticleUnion boys soccer to play in the UCT final
UNION, NJ — The goals that a veteran Union High School boys soccer team set for itself are now out there for the Farmers to attain. Reaching the Union County Tournament championship game for the first...
View ArticleUnion County football teams seeded for playoffs
UNION COUNTY, NJ — Although some Union County football teams did not have great performances last weekend, which was the final regular season weekend, they now have a chance to make up for that in the...
View ArticleFootball gets ready for playoff week No. 2 in Union County
UNION COUNTY — The high school football state playoffs in New Jersey can be a harsh reality to deal with, especially when the scoreboard doesn’t work in a team’s favor. Of the 11 Union County football...
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Six different schools produce county champions this fall
The Union Farmers soccer team, led by the Union High School boys soccer head coach Lester Lembryk, pictured center, went 11-3-2 and reached the Union County Tournament championship game for the first...
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McCarthy Report lists top-ranked football players
Linden High School senior outside linebacker Myles Hamilton, No. 7, far right, gets ready for action in a playoff game at Morris Knolls High School. UNION COUNTY, NJ — It was a quick 2023 high school...
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