Dunellen ekes out 8-6 road win at South River, gets new head coach Kyle Bach his first victory, and snaps NJ’s longest active losing streak at 24
It may not have been pretty, and it certainly was low scoring, but the Dunellen football team will take it. The Destroyers (1-4) got a lone first half touchdown and made it stand, in an 8-6 road victory at South River (0-5) in a Big Central Conference crossover game between two winless schools, one of…
Friday Night Big Central Roundup: Elizabeth, three others stay undefeated, Ridge stuns No. 1 at the horn, Old Bridge heroics save the day, and much, much more
It doesn’t get much better than the home stretch of the regular season in high school football, where the games are bigger and seemingly anything can happen. And on Friday night in the Big Central Conference alone, just about anything did. Start with a stunner in Basking Ridge, where No. 10 Ridge got a touchdown…
Noblecilla scores twice, South Plainfield wins second straight, doubling up Scotch Plains-Fanwood, 28-14
South Plainfield picked up its second straight win, and improved to 4-2 on the season, with a 28-14 home win at Jost Field Friday night over visiting Scotch Plains-Fanwood. Senior tight end Aiden Noblecilla caught two touchdown passes in the win. He got the scoring going after the Tigers blocked a punt on the Raiders’…
Frank-Pickell connection help No. 10 Ridge stun top-ranked Phillipsburg, 14-13, on game’s final play
Sometimes you’d rather be lucky than good, but Friday night at Lee Field, No. 10 Ridge was both. As a result, the Red Devils knocked off No. 1 Phillipsburg – handing the Stateliners their first New Jersey loss of the season – 14-13, as two seniors came up the heroes, with quarterback Tristan Frank hitting…
Rizzo saves the day for No. 3 Old Bridge with late pick to down No. 8 Sayreville, 14-12
Even the rain that burst from the clouds at halftime at Lombardi Field in Old Bridge couldn’t spoil the Knights’ evening. The PA speakers blared Neil Diamond and Miley Cyrus singalongs, and everyone enjoyed themselves, even as No. 8 Sayreville got as close as within two with under four minutes to go in the third,…
After just one year in second run, Mark Taylor is out as St. Joseph-Metuchen head coach
When former St. Joseph-Metuchen standout Mark Taylor – Class of 1983 – was hired for a second go ’round with the Falcons back in April of 2025, the news was a big splash in the world of high school basketball in New Jersey. A standout in the ’80s, he later coached the school in the…
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