Battling to get above the .500 mark in won/loss percentage took a while but the Cranford High School girls lacrosse team buckled down and won four of its final five games to finish 42 in the Independence White Division and with a 9-7 overall record this season. The Cougars were comprised mainly of j...

The Cranford Recreation Track & Field program captured its first league championship on May 31, winning the Division 2 Lakeland League Championship in just the program’s third year of competition.Cranford amassed 298 points to secure the title, finishing ahead of the second-place team, which scored ...

Exceptionally strong pitching set up yet another extra-inning game when the Central Jersey (CJ), Group 2 championAL Johnson softball Crusaders hosted the South Jersey, Group 2 champion Barnegat Bengals in the Group 2 semifinal in Clark on June 8. Crusader junior Cassie Conforti and Bengal ace Gianna...

A mixture of big wins and unanticipated losses highlighted the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School baseball team’s season. The Raiders, who seesawed with wins and losses, did however have a promising early win streak over several Union County opponents to set up a third seed for the UCT, only to be st...

Pool play for the Cal Ripken, Jr. District 12 12U baseball tournament opened at Gumbert Fields in Westfield on June 13 with nine teams competing for the championship. The Cranford 12U squad faced the Scotch Plains-Fanwood 12U on Gumbert Field 1 and capitalized on a six-run outburst in the top of the...

Strength of schedule, especially against Union County opponents, made it a very difficult season for the Westfield High School softball team. Throughout the season, the Blue Devils faced six teams that won titles (3 of the teams twice), two that lost in championship finals (faced one a second time) ...

Being merciful was not in the cards for the third-seeded Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School lacrosse Raider boys when they hosted the sixthseeded Northern Highlands Highlanders in the quarterfinal round of the North Jersey, Group 3 Tournament in Scotch Plains on June 1. The 18-3, No. 8 Raiders were n...

Same story, different year! Expectations of a highly physical showdown between the third-seeded, No. 14 Bridgewater-Raritan Panthers boys lacrosse team and the second-seeded, No. 11 Westfield Blue Devils in the semifinal round of the North Jersey, Group 4 Tournament became a reality at Gary Kehler S...

A bit of an early surprise was quickly extinguished by the second-seeded, No. 6 Westfield High School girls lacrosse team in its North Jersey, Group 5 quarterfinal game with the seventh-seeded Montclair Bulldogs at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on June 1. After ceding the first goal then trailing...

Offensive support came just at the right time when the second-seeded AL Johnson High School softball Crusaders hosted the 11th-seeded Bordentown Scotties in the Central Jersey, Group 2 semifinal round in Clark on June 2. But it certainly took a while when both teams were locked in a vicious pitchers...