Holding up against the returning Union County Tournament champions was an enormous task for the Cranford High School girls soccer Cougars when they hosted the Summit Hilltoppers at Memorial Field in Cranford on October 1. Constant shelling from the Hilltoppers, especially in the first half, yielded ...

Playing some of the toughest teams in the state seemed to pay off well for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School field hockey team in its showdown with the Westfield Blue Devils at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on September 27. The Raiders employed an immediate aggressive behavior throughout the ...

Coming off a resounding 42-0 thrashing of New Brunswick that featured five touchdown runs and an interception returned for a touchdown and rewarded Head Coach Shawn Johnson his first victory, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood football Raiders discovered that the road was much rockier when they hosted the Hi...

Phillipsburg’s impressive victory over Westfield on September 6 may have taught a grim lesson but the Blue Devils learned it well when they hosted the 2-0 Elizabeth Minutemen at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on September 15. Despite being listed as the underdogs, the Blue Devils unloaded with a d...

Going for the gusto was definitely on the Somerville Pioneer’s menu when they faced Cranford in the Cougars’ football opener at Memorial Field in Cranford on September 6. Senior quarterback Brenden Pacheco was firing long bombs all evening and did strike gold twice with touchdown receptions of 45 ya...

Stopping the passing accuracy of quarterback Brandon Macaluso seemed nearly impossible for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders’ defense in the first half when they hosted the Monroe Falcons in the season opener at Scotch Plains on August 29. But the Raiders’ defense quickly found the right formula in ...

VW - YEE 6-FOR-6, HR, 7 RBI; DOYLE, 5 HITS, HR, 6 RUNS; GENOVA 6-6; DEEGAN - COLLINS, SANTIAGO HRUnhappy about their 16-12 loss to Deegan Roofing in Game 1 of the best of three A Division championship series of the Union County Senior 50+ Men’s Softball League, the men of Douglas VW were biting at t...

Perfection took a side step, so it all came down to Game 3 between top-seeded Swan Hotel & Suites and second-seeded Deegan Roofing for the Union County Senior 60+ A Division championship at Memorial Field 3 in Linden on August 5. Unlike the 17-13 slugfest in Game 2 won by the Deeganators, Game 3 was...

Perfection was on the horizon but the top-seeded Swan Hotel & Suites men had to get past second- seeded Deegan Roofing in Game 1 at Memorial Field 3 in Linden on July 29 of the best of three A Division championship series of the Union County Senior 60+ Softball League. Their undefeated streak seemed...

A quest for a perfect season may have been on the minds of the top-seeded Swan Hotel & Suites men when they hosted fourth-seeded Linwood II in Game 1 of the best-of-three, A-Division semifinal round of the Union County Senior 60+ Men’s Softball League at Memorial Field 3 in Linden on July 22. The Sw...