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 ...

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...