A competitive meet was expected since the Westfield High School girls swim team rested its two best swimmers, Jane Kavanagh and Brooke McAndrew, in a meet with the Cranford Cougars in Cranford on January 9. As things turned out, the meet was more competitive than expected and the Cougars came up wit...

The Cranford High School wrestling team moved into the Top-20 after a strong performance at a quad match with Phillipsburg, Ridge and Old Bridge in the previous week then on January 8, the Cougars rejected the ALJ Crusaders, 60-17. The next day, the Cougars ran the table in the last five upper weigh...

Out-rebounding, out-stealing and out-defending, along with more success in setting up the offense, placed the Westfield High School girls basketball team in the driver’s seat against the Morris Hills Scarlet Knights in Westfield on January 2. The Blue Devils found immediate success in their short ga...

The Cranford High School wrestling team hosted a very tough quad match on January 5 and managed to come up with a pair of victories and one loss. The Cougars dropped a 3827 match to the 5-0 Phillipsburg Statelines then followed up with an impressive win over the 7-2 Ridge Red Devils (47-26) and the ...

The Westfield High School wrestling team hosted a quad meet and game up big by winning all three matches on January 4. The Blue Devils withered Bloomfield, 43-33, trounced Teaneck, 62-17, then squeezed past West Orange, 36-34.The Blue Devils won eight of the 14 bouts against Bloomfield and at 126-lb...

So far in the season, the Raiders reeled out five straight victories with shutouts over Roselle Park, Westfield, Union Catholic, Elizabeth and Cranford before falling in a 5-2 thriller to the then 6-0 Linden Tigers on December 22.With each team winning a game, the outcome of the match with Linden ca...

The AL Johnson High School boys basketball team managed to skip past Bernards, 53-47, in overtime at the Crusader Holiday Tournament on December 28. On January 4, the Crusaders kicked off the new year with a 6844 overrunning of Koinonia to up their record to 6-0.Ryan Malcolm was nearly unstoppable a...

The Westfield High School boys basketball team made it a clean sweep at the LeGrand Holiday Tournament in Colonia on December 30. After stunning No. 6 Colonia, the Blue Devils humbled Franklin then upped their record to 5-1 with a 54-41 victory over Scotch Plains-Fanwood.Senior Zach Epp scored 15 po...

After being stunned, 3-2, in overtime by the 6-1-1 Livingston Lancers three days earlier, the Westfield High School boys ice hockey team was still reeling and lost to the 4-3-1 Governor Livingston Highlanders, 3-2, on December 30. However, on January 4, the Blue Devils got even with the Lancers in a...

The Cranford High School girls basketball team dropped its first two games then recovered to win the third at the Chatham Cougar Holiday Tournament in late December. First, the Cougars could not out-dodge the Madison Dodger in a 58-46, loss then they fell victim to the Chatham Cougars, 66-31, in the...