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Boys Basketball: Under-the-radar upperclassmen light up the court
NJ Advance Media took a look at the seniors that have already received college offers, but they are far from the only upperclassmen making names for themselves on the courts. Plenty of players throughout the Garden State have been flying under the radar when it comes...
Wrestling: Elizabeth’s Olowoopejo follows role model, earns Union County title
Elizabeth heavyweight Moses Olowoopejo has an unlikely wrestling role model. It is Elizabeth’s Najee Cuevas, who placed third in the girls state tournament for the Minutemen last year at 109 pounds. Click here for full story.
NJ wrestling: Westfield’s Hoerle wins fourth Union County title as Blue Devils take second; Rahway has four champs
Westfield’s Luke Hoerle won his fourth Union County Tournament wrestling title, while Rahway had the most individual champions Saturday at Union High School. Cranford captures its sixth-straight title in the 14-team tournament with 244 points. Westfield placed second...
Boys Basketball: Hill Explodes For 29 Points, Fuels Union Catholic to Win Over No. 10 Hudson Catholic
Isaiah Hill erupted for a career-high 29 points and Union Catholic used a big late run to finish off a huge statement victory when the Vikings pulled off a 53-44 upset victory over Hudson Catholic, the No. 10 ranked team in the state, at the Scholarship Fund for Inner...
Winter Track: Union Catholic sweeps Union County Relays for second straight season
The Union Catholic boys and girls indoor track teams swept the Union County Relays at the Jersey City Armory. The boys tallied 64 points to win for the second year in a row and eighth time in the past 10 years, placing first in five of the eight events along the way....
Union football 8-0 for first time since 1992
Imagine a scenario where Ridge, coached by Union graduate Bill Tracy, comes to Union’s Cooke Memorial Field the fourth weekend in November to try to prevent the host Farmers from winning their first state championship in 26 years? It could happen. It’s that time of...
Boys Soccer: No. 2 Elizabeth and Summit play to UCT co-championship
The Union County Tournament was going just as the script was written. Undefeated and top-seeded Elizabeth, the No. 2 ranked team in the NJ.com Top 20, was leading unranked Summit, the tournament’s second seed, 2-0 with 13 minutes left in the second half. Then in 36...
Westfield stuns, Union sizzles & more from Week 7
Westfield came close to knocking off a Top 20 team just over a month ago, but lost to Union (now ranked No. 6) on a late field goal, 10-7. The Blue Devils got another opportunity Friday night, and did not squander this one, shocking No. 9 and undefeated Phillipsburg,...
Girls Soccer: Union County final preview – No. 11 Westfield vs. No. 10 Cranford
These two teams have played twice already this season. Cranford won both games by a one-goal margin. But no one scored in the first half of either game. Those showdowns came down to second-half strength and endurance. Cranford found a way to win on both occasions, but...
Cranford rebounds to give Rosenmeier win No. 100
Between the effective field leadership of senior QB Connor Katz and a defense that made its stubborn intentions known promptly, Cranford left no suspense whatsoever to the pursuit of career victory No. 100 for head coach Erik Rosenmeier. Click here for full story.