Less than a week after knocking off the No. 8 Union Catholic Vikings, 57-49, the Westfield High School boys basketball team went back to work and this time, handled the No. 11 Elizabeth Minutemen, 56-46, in Westfield on January 28. The 10-6 Blue Devils had little time to rest, however, and traveled ...

Being out of position in a few bouts transformed what could have been a relatively smooth victory into a near shocker when the Cranford High School wrestling team hosted the Governor Livingston Highlanders on January 31. The Highlanders dropped a few wrestlers to a lower weight classes, got themselv...

Six meet records were set at the Union County Tournament boys swimming championships and half of them were set by the No. 1-ranked Westfield Blue Devils, who also captured their 68th title (since the UCT began in 1938) at the Jersey Aquatic Center in New Providence on January 26. The seventh-ranked ...

Stiffer competition was desired and stiffer competition was what they got when the 11-6 Westfield Blue Devil wrestlers invited the 10-2 Manasquan Warriors to Westfield on January 29 in what could be considered a tossup match. The lead would change seven times but on the final one, the visiting Warri...

Showdown time arrived when the 20th-ranked, 11-2 Delaware Valley Terriers pranced into Cranford to square off at center mat against the 19th-ranked Cranford Cougars on January 24 and both teams were aware that key bouts needed to be won and bonus points could make the difference in the outcome. Ther...

Coming into Westfield with an impressive 10-3 record turned out not to be impressive enough for the Livingston High School boys basketball Lancers when they matched skills on the court on January 25. The Blue Devils sent a message right away with a 25-12, first-quarter run and included a barrage of ...

No chances were given to the Union Farmers when the Westfield High School girls basketball team swarmed all over them with solid defense and took a 34-6, halftime lead en route to a 54-20 victory in Union on January 21. Next the Blue Devils faced a more difficult challenge in Westfield on January 23...

The Oratory Prep Rams boys basketball team improved to 9-3 with a 61-51 victory over the Cranford Cougars on January 21 then in Cranford on January 23, the Cougars pulled out a 56-54 thriller over the 5-7 Summit Hilltoppers.Senior Josh Ketschke led the Cougars with 20 points and five rebounds agains...

Just prior to the section meets, the Westfield High School girls swim team picked up an easy 129-37 win over the Oak Knoll Royals on January 21. The 7-3 Blue Devils had a first place in every event.Beginning with the 200-medley relay, Jane Kavanagh, Hailey Walker, Brooke McAndrew and Charlotte Lehma...

The No. 1 Westfield High School boys swim team warmed up for the upcoming sectional tournament by sinking the 6-3 Oratory Prep Rams, 121-48, on January 21. The 9-0 Blue Devils won all three relays and had an individual touch first in all but one event.The opening event, the 200-medley relay had the ...