The No. 10 AL Johnson High School softball Crusaders defeated the Jonathan Dayton Bulldogs, 8-5, on April 21. Winning pitcher Cassie Conforti recorded eight strikeouts, while losing pitcher Julie Santangelo recorded nine strikeouts. Two days later, the 12-1 Crusaders stopped the Westfield Blue Devil...

Prepared by DAVID B. CORBINThree Top-8 ranked boys lacrosse teams battled it out for supremacy at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on April 22 and April 25. First the No. 8 Westfield Blue Devils came within one goal of No. 1 Summit early in the fourth quarter but got outdistanced the rest of the way...

BOGART 2-RUN HR, 4 RBI, 3 RUNS; FOX HR, 3 RBI, 2 RUNSand Harper Shimko shifted mound duties for the 5-5 Raiders, while Ella Celoski and Eliana Lee shared the mound duties for New Providence.Junior Maddie Bogart went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run, walk, three runs scored and four RBI for the Raider...

The Elizabeth High School Minutemen baseball team managed to stun theAL Johnson Crusaders twice. On April 21 in Elizabeth, the Minutemen handed the Crusaders their second loss of the season with a 7-5 victory. Then in Clark, the Minutemen nipped the Crusaders, 4-3.At Elizabeth, Crusader Vince Cilent...

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys volleyball team defeated Hillsborough, 25-16, 25-21, on April 21thentookouttheSummitHilltoppers, 25-15, 25-17, on April 21.Brody Balestrino recorded 26 assists, five services, a kill, block and five digs against 12-4 Hillsborough. Dan Ennis finished with 13...

Put to the test against another highly-ranked team the No. 7 Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys lacrosse team trailing, 5-4, notched 10 goals in the second half to muzzle the No. 15 West Morris Wolfpack, 14-11, on April 21 in Scotch Plains. On April 25, the Raiders defeated Bernards, 11-8, to br...

The Westfield High School boys volleyball team won two of three matches in a quad meet at St. Joseph in Metuchen on April 22. The Blue Devils defeated Fair Lawn (25-23, 25-21) and Bloomfield (25-23, 2523), and bowed to St. Joseph (27-25, 25-21).Against Fair Lawn, Ben Bukiet-Beker recorded five kills...

Winning the first baseball game, 52, in Scotch Plains on April 21 did not satisfy the Raiders when they went to the Blue Devils’turf to face Westfield on April 23. Game 2 turned out to be a deadlocked pitchers’ duel for six innings until the Raiders plated a pair of runs in the top of the sixth inni...

St. Bart’s Oldtimers Men’s Softball begins its 48th Season The St. Bart’s Oldtimers Softball League held its annual player draft on April 17. As he has for several years, “Commish” Jim Killeen served as MC of the event and used his wiffle ball bat to maintain order in the room. Many players, eager t...

Great pitching performances do not come often but great performances by opposing pitchers are a rarity, especiallywhen it takes nine innings for a run to skip across home plate. Cranford Cougar Gabe Arato and Union Catholic’s Mike Pellegrino were entangled in a 0-0 deadlock until the Vikings scored ...