Junior Dylan Esposito appeared to be quite comfortable on the mound when her Westfield Blue Devils hosted the defending Union County Tournament (UCT) champion Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders in a softball showdown in Westfield on April 9. Esposito handled the Raiders’ big hitters quite well, permittin...

Very crafty pitching and a number of outstanding plays allowed only one run to score in the first six innings of the softball game in Westfield on April 6 between the No. 13 AL Johnson High School Crusaders and the Blue Devils. Having scored only once in the top of the fifth inning to snap a shutout...

The No. 1 Governor Livingston Highlanders baseball team defeated the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders, 12-3, on April 7 to record its 39th straight win. Winning pitcher Keith Mann tossed four innings and allowed five hits and three walks, while striking out six. Jaiden Fernandez and Mateo Liloia reliev...

Four Union County girls lacrosse teams ranked in the top-10 in New Jersey and two of them, the No. 9 Westfield Blue Devils and the No. 4 Kent Place Dragons, faced off at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on April 8. A virtual back-and-forth tradeoff of goals pushed the game into overtime and the visi...

Upset number 2 came close to being a reality when the Westfield High School boys lacrosse team fresh off a pair of home victories, which included the then No. 1 ranked Seton Hall Prep Pirates, hosted the No. 1 Delbarton Green Wave at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on April 7. The Blue Devils acted...

High School teams from all parts of New Jersey gathered to test skills at the Blue Devil Track & Field Classic at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on April 11. The Blue Devil boys took top honors in the 4x100 and the girls won the 4x400, while the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raider girls won the 4x100.The...

Handling a hard-hitting squad that opened its season with a whopping 14-0, five-inning wipe out of the Westfield Blue Devils, then followed with a pair of 17-run games against the Brearley Bears would be quite a chore for the 2-1 Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders baseball team that hosted the 3-0 AL Joh...

Rocking the boat was on the agenda when the No. 11 Westfield High School boys lacrosse team matched “sticks” with a couple of “seafaring” teams on March 31 and April 2 both at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield. First, the Blue Devils pulled off a miraculous comeback to capsize the No. 1 Seton Hall Pr...

Opening the season with a win was a nice start but following up with another was even better. The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School girls lacrosse team went on the offensive immediately in its home opener against the Montville Mustangs and it paid off with a 13-8 victory on March 31. Two days later ...

Photos at goleader.com Ballhoo Sports The New Providence High School girls lacrosse team came into Memorial Field in Cranford and handed the Cranford Cougars a 13-6 jarring in the season opener on March 31. The 1-0 Pioneers took an 8-4 lead at the half then after shutting them out, 4-0, in the third...