lected three hits.St. Francis 11, St. Anthony 2 Shortstop Dave Merkel delivered a standout performance both at the plate and in the field, driving in four runs on two hits to lead St. Francis. Merkel’s big day included a 3-run blast in the 6th inning and an RBI single in the 5fth.St. Francis scored ...

Home plate suffered many scuff marks when the Westfield 11U White hosted the South Orange-Maplewood (SOM) Cougars in a New Providence Green League game at Gumbert Field 2 in Westfield on July 17. After a relatively reasonable first three innings, both teams went on a scoring spree but the SOM Cougar...

The Westfield Black and Union 12U baseball teams got short changed during a New Providence Green League game at Gumbert Field 2 in Westfield on July 16 when Mother Nature decided to exercise her influence with a flash of lightning followed by some thunder.As the visiting team, the Union squad batted...

Regular New Providence Green League play between the Westfield Blue 12U baseball team and the New Providence Pioneers resumed at Gumbert Field 2 in Westfield on July 15 after the Westfield Baseball League had sponsored the Cal Ripken Jr. 12U State Championship the previous two weeks. Clinging to a 2...

TEAM STANDINGS: TEAM W L T St. Ignatius 10 3 St. Wolfgang 9 4 St. Anthony 9 6 1 St. George 6 5 2 St. Sebastian 6 7 1 St. Justin 5 8 St. Vincent 4 9 1 St. Francis 4 11St. Wolfgang 9, St. Sebastian 8 In a thrilling finish, St. Wolfgang edged out St. Sebastian 9–8 with a walk-off double in the bottom o...

How two moms and a determined community planted the seed of a program that three decades later, claimed its first state championshipNearly 30 years before Westfield High School hoisted its first girls’ lacrosse state championship trophy, two mothers met over a folding table at a school event and spa...

The Cranford Blue baseball team ran the table to capture the Cal Ripken, Jr. 10U State Championship held at the Memorial Field Complex in Cranford on July 9. The tournament was hosted by the Cranford Baseball & Softball League.The Cranford Blue 10Us began their journey to the top with a 7-0 shutout ...

Cranford Blue had a chance of securing a top seed in Pool A and the Westfield Blue had an outside chance of securing a Pool A seed for the Cal Ripken, Jr. 12U State playoff round when the two rivals met at Gumbert Field 2 in Westfield on July 8. After the Cranford Blue rallied to eventually knot the...

Patience paid off for the Branchburg (B-burg) 12U baseball team in its third game of Pool B play against Berkeley Heights during the Cal Ripken, Jr. State Tournament at Gumbert Field 2 in Westfield on July 9. Trailing 3-1 when rain halted the game in the bottom of the second inning on July 8, B-burg...

Early on in the Cal Ripken, Jr. 12U State Tournament, the Branchburg Bulldogs looked to be the team to beat and entered the playoff semifinal round with the only unbeaten record to face the Westfield Blue at Gumbert Field 2 in Westfield on July 10. The Bulldogs definitely proved that they planned to...