Pool play for the Cal Ripken, Jr. 12U State Tournament hosted by the Westfield Youth Baseball League began with a game between the Westfield Blue and the Marlboro Mustangs at Gumbert Field 2 on July 5. The Westfield Blue held a 2-0 lead until the Mustangs reared up and scored seven runs in the botto...

Few opportunities existed when the Cranford Blue 12U baseball team and the Marlboro Mustangs were involved in an intense pitchers’ duel during Round 2 of Pool A play of the Cal Ripken, Jr. State Tournament hosted by the Westfield Youth Baseball League at Gumbert Field 1 on July 6. Neither team could...

Competition this season in Union County softball was particularly very tough but the Cranford Cougars under first-year Head Coach Brianna Capece jumped into the action, had a number of close games, recorded a few impressive wins and finished with a 12-15 record.But adjusting to a lineup without four...

Competition may have been stiffer but the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys volleyball team still managed to assert its dominance in Union County as well as in its section. The Raiders won their seventhstraight Union County Tournament (UCT) title, handed the No. 1 team in the state its only def...

TEAM STANDINGS: TEAM W L T St. Ignatius 6 2 St. Wolfgang 6 2 St. George 5 3 2 St. Anthony 5 4 St. Justin 4 4 St. Sebastian 4 5 1 St. Vincent 2 6 1 St. Francis 2 8St. Ignatius 10, St. Anthony 2 Anthony’s Brian ‘Action’ Jackson tripled in both runs in the first inning. The dynamic pitching duo of Ed F...

History repeated itself for the AL Johnson High School softball team. The Crusaders repeated as Central Jersey. Group 2 champions by defeating the same team and dropped a wild one to the same team in the Group 2 semifinal to finish their season with a 26-4 record.Last year at ALJ High School in Clar...

60+ DIVISION: TEAM W L T Linwood Boys 11 1 Swan Hotel 11 2 AJ Jersey 10 3 Deegan Roofing 60 7 4 Kenilworth VFW 7 6 Rocky’ Bar & Grill 6 7 Awnings Galore 5 7 Yogi’s Boys 4 9 Angry Joe’s Apparel 1 12 DeBellis Associates 0 11Yogi’s Boys 20, Deegan Roofing 16 For Deegan, Pat Nigro was 4-for-4, while Lou...

50+ A DIVISION: A TEAMS W L T Douglas VW 10 1 Deegan Roofing 9 2 Rappa Construction 5 6 Phenomenal Boyz 4 6 Rocky’s Bar & Grill 4 650+ B DIVISION: TEAM W L Thirsty Turtle 7 4 Terawulf 6 6 Echo Tap & Grille 5 6 Sonia’s BCE 2 9 Dowling’s Tavern 2 10Douglas VW 22, Phenom Boyz 7 Douglas fell behind earl...

A “nothing is going to stop me now” attitude paid off for the Westfield High School girls lacrosse team this season. The Blue Devils knocked off several top-20 teams, dropped a few very close ones to top-20 teams but pushed onward to win the North Jersey, Group 4 title and the overall Group 4 crown ...

Opportunities were abundant and this season the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys lacrosse team took advantage of it to outscore its opponents 238-133. The Raiders recorded numerous overwhelming victories, made it to the Union County Tournament (UCT) semifinals and the North Jersey, Group 3 sem...