Prepared by DAVID B. CORBINThe doors for a starting spot on the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School varsity football team are wide open. On August 21, the Raiders scrimmaged the East Brunswick Bears in Scotch Plains and were searching for the right fit prior to their non-league scrimmage game with the...

Swan Hotel 19, AJ Jersey 18 In this opening game of the 60s A best-of-three championship series at Linden Memorial Park, the contest could not get any closer. Swan Hotel held on in the 7th inning to nip AJ Jersey at the wire, 19-18. Doug Fischer played his usual tough defense up the middle and pitch...

Special thanks to Coach Marcus Mattielli who got all the quotes from the participants.Once in a lifetime opportunities rarely occur but the Westfield 14U baseball team got its opportunity and took advantage of it. After advancing from the Mid-Atlantic Regional, the Westfield 14U boys took the trip t...

Coming off a stunning upset of the second-seeded Linwood Boys in the semifinal round of the Union County Senior 60+ A Division Playoffs, the third-seeded AJ Jersey boys had their sites on doing the same in Game 1 of the championship series against topseeded Swan Hotels & Suites at Memorial Field 3 i...

Defensive acrobatics and very effective pitching performances kept both teams on edge when St. Francis hosted St. Justin in the third round of the St. Bart’s Oldtimers Men’s Softball League Playoffs at the sun-shadowed Jerseyland Field in Scotch Plains onAugust 22. The St. Justinians were clinging t...

The Cranford High School football team entertained the Westfield Blue Devils in a preseason live scrimmage game at Memorial Field in Cranford on August 22. With their season-opening games just a week away, the Cougars and the Blue Devils were hoping to see positive results from their offensive, defe...

FINAL STANDINGS: 50+ A DIVISION: A TEAMS W L T Douglas VW *(Clinch) 17 4 Deegan Roofing 16 5 Rocky’s Bar & Grill 10 11 Phenomenal Boyz 9 12 Rappa Construction 8 1250+ B DIVISION: TEAM W L Terawulf * 13 8 Thirsty Turtle 12 9 Dowling’s Tavern 8 13 Echo Tap & Grille 6 15 Sonia’s BCE 3 18Rappa Construct...

On August 14, members of the Arthur L. Johnson High School Crusader Football Team participated in a visit to the First Children’s School, located in Plainfield.The First Children’s School is a stepping off point for children who need highly specialized educational services for some period of time in...

FINAL STANDINGS: TEAM W L T St. Ignatius 17 4 St. Anthony 13 8 St. George 10 9 2 St. Wolfgang 10 10 1 St. Vincent 8 11 2 St. Francis 8 13 St. Justin 8 13 St. Sebastian 7 13 1ROUND 1 PLAYOFF R ESULTS: UPSETS AND WALK-OFFS: #8 St. Sebastian 14, #1 St. Ignatius 3 ( see featured article) #7 St. Justin 1...

Swan Hotel 31, Rocky’s Bar & Grill 20 (Swan Hotel wins series 2-0) Swan Hotel closed out this best of three 60s A Semifinal series by defeating a determined Rocky’s Bar &UC 70+ Softball:TEAM W L T Redd Foxxes 18 1 Mellow Yellow 10 12 Green Machine 8 11 Moody Blues 5 17 Green Machine 9, Mellow Yellow...