Covering High School Football in the Big Central Conference
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ–Week two of the 2021 Union County High School Football season saw things pretty much stay the same for the top three ranked teams in Union County. However, the change came in at No. 4 with Summit making the jump after its win over Rahway on the road last Saturday (34-13). Meanwhile, Linden …
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ–Week one of the 2021 Union County High School Football season saw our top two teams, Union and Scotch Plains-Fanwood, rebound after suffering Week 0 losses in the Battle at the Beach. The top ranked Farmers remained No. 1 thanks to a second half surge that defeated St. Joseph’s (40-21) while the Raiders …
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ–The 2022 New Jersey High School and Big Central Conference football season is approaching its conclusion with the final three BCC games scheduled on Thanksgiving Eve and Thanksgiving Day. Although it lost to Old Tappan in the North Jersey Section 1 Group 3 Championship (28-14), Hillside still finished atop the Union County Top …
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ–It is going to be an interesting year in Union County with last year’s top team, the Union Farmers in rebuilding mode. With four Division I players, Hillside gets the nod as the pre-season number one in Union County for 2022. Last year’s record in parenthesis. Other teams considered: Roselle (5-6), Plainfield (5-5), …
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ–There was some more upheaval in the Big Central Gridiron Union County Top 10 this week. Although Union, Cranford, and New Providence remained locked in at No. 1, No. 2, and No. 3 respectively, Hillside rebounded back up to No. 4 after its 34-0 victory over Overbrook in the opening round of the …
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ–There was some turmoil in the latest Big Central Gridiron Union County rankings, but not at the top where Union remains after its 49-7 victory over Hunterdon Central. Cranford remains close to the top at No. 2 following its hard fought, come from behind victory at Montgomery (26-14). However, with Rahway’s come from …
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ–Week Eight’s Big Central Gridiron Union County Top 10 doesn’t show much in the way of changes at the top, but spots 7 through 10 underwent some transformation with Rahway moving up to 7th with three straight wins including a 35-28 win over South Plainfield while David Brearley moves back into the poll …
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ–Week Seven of the 2021 Union County High School Football season showed some changes at the top. Union remains atop the poll with Cranford right behind at No. 2. Both the Farmers and Cougars scored important wins on Friday night with Union shutting out North Brunswick (No. 2 in Middlesex County, and No. …
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ–Week Six of the 2021 Union County High School Football season didn’t show any changes at the top. Union remains atop of the poll with Cranford, Summit, Hillside right behind in the places where they were last week. Changes begin at the No. 5 spot with New Providence moving up to there, and …
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ–Week five of the 2021 Union County High School Football season still has Union atop of the poll with Cranford, Summit, Hillside, and Linden rounding out the Top 5. New Providence climbed back up to No. 6 after its 42-14 victory over Brearley on Friday night while Scotch Plains-Fanwood dropped to No. 7, …
