Being well prepared in their season opener in Cranford on December 16 - the 81st anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge of World War II - against the Governor Livingston Highlanders, a team that nearly upset them last year, was of utmost importance to the Cranford High School Cougar matmen. Unlike i...

Four outstanding teams remained to vie for the Group 4 Championship to be held at Franklin High School in Somerset on November 23 and the No. 4 Westfield girls soccer Blue Devils wanted to be one of the final two when they hosted the No. 17 Livingston Lancers in the Group 4 semifinal at Gary Kehler ...

As the final seconds ticked away at AL Johnson High School in Clark on November 1, the topseeded undefeated Westfield girls soccer Blue Devils knew they had done it. After scoring two strong goals in the first half, their focus remained constant. When the final buzzer sounded and echoed across the f...

AJ JERSEY PITCHER STEWART STALLS SWAN’S POWER; HOBSON 3-3, 2 RBI; CAMPANELLO 2 RBI, 2 RUNSA different figure, who emerged on the mound, seemed to make a huge difference for the hosting AJ Jersey Boys in Game 2 of the Union County Senior 60+ A Division Men’s Softball League Championship against top-s...

Coming off a stunning upset of the second-seeded Linwood Boys in the semifinal round of the Union County Senior 60+ A Division Playoffs, the third-seeded AJ Jersey boys had their sites on doing the same in Game 1 of the championship series against topseeded Swan Hotels & Suites at Memorial Field 3 i...

GANG TOSSES 6 SHUTOUT INNINGS; CARRERO GOES 3-FOR-4, 3 RBI, TURNS 2 DPS; VECCHIONE 4-FOR-4David faced Goliath again and the result turned out the same as the first encounter in Biblical times. Eight-seeded St. Sebastian arrived with a full sling of “stones” and pelted top-seeded St. Ignatius, 14-3, ...

St. Bart’s Oldtimers Men’s Softball League playoffs are just a few weeks away and St. Ignatius had no intentions of relinquishing its top spot in a game against St. Sebastian at Forest Road Park in Fanwood on July 30. The St. Ignatius’ bats were packed with dynamite and bombarded St. Sebastian with ...

What appeared to be a potential rout turned out to be anything but when the third-seeded Scotch Plains-Fanwood Softball Raiders hosted the sixth-seeded Westfield Blue Devils in the quarterfinal round of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 Playoffs on May 30. Trailing 6-0 after two innings, the Blue...

if it’s not the top of the order, the bottom of the order definitely is,” DiSalvo said.The 14-11 Blue Devils totaled eight hits and leadoff hitter Darby Revock had three of them with a pair of doubles and a single that also caused an error. Alex Laguna went 2-for-4 and scored once. Leah Abrams had a...

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 ...