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Vikings Top Cougars In Girls Hoops, 57-48
Thursday, January 29, 2026
The Union Catholic Vikings girls basketball team caught the hosting Cranford Cougars off-guard with a 20-6, first-quarter run and continued to post a 57-48 victory on January 20. Elle Majewski led the 7-6 Vikings with 16 points, including five 3-pointers, eight rebounds, three assists and two blocks...
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Crusaders Take Out Hillside, New Providence Cager Boys
Thursday, January 29, 2026
The AL Johnson High School boys basketball team after falling to the Cranford Cougars on January 10, made it five wins in a row when the Crusaders took down the 8-7 Hillside Comets, 57-41, on January 20 then unsettled the New Providence Pioneers, 55-30 on January 22.Devin Patterson went big for the ...
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ALJ Crusaders Cruise Over Blue Devils in Wrestling, 57-21
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SLUBERSKI EDGES CILENTO, ORTEGA WINS AT 120-LB
ALJ Crusaders Cruise Over Blue Devils in Wrestling, 57-21
By DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, January 29, 2026
The AL Johnson High School Crusaders wrestling team marched into Westfield on January 21 to square off center mat with a Blue Devil squad that had been licking its wounds with numerous injuries. The 8-4 Crusaders, who recently placed fourth in the Union County Tournament, took advantage of the situa...
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Raiders Slip Past Blue Devils In Basketball Rivalry, 44-43
Sports
McDOWELL DOUBLE-DOUBLE, MacEACHERON 17 PTS
Raiders Slip Past Blue Devils In Basketball Rivalry, 44-43
By DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, January 29, 2026
Get even may have been on the Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys basketball Raiders’ minds when for the second time, they faced the Westfield Blue Devils in a traditional rivalry game on January 20. In the opening game of the season in Scotch Plains on December 18, the Raiders trailed at halftime but inched...
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Cougars Seize 11th Straight UCT Wrestling Championship
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COUGARS DALY, SCHULZ BE OME 4-TIME UCT CHAMPS
Cougars Seize 11th Straight UCT Wrestling Championship
By DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Protecting its streak of Unioî County Tournament (UCT) Championships would come down to the performances of three teams in Union on January 17. The Crnford Cougar matmen got some fierce competition from the Rahway Indians and an emerging Union Farmer squad but managed to clai` their 11th consecutive...
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N. Prov. ‘O’ Rebounds, 3’s Jar Blue Devil Girl Cagers, 48-34
Sports
LOGAN 5 BLOCKS, 10 POINTS; LANE SINKS 11 POINTS
N. Prov. ‘O’ Rebounds, 3’s Jar Blue Devil Girl Cagers, 48-34
By DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Two Top-20 ranked girls basketball teams and fierce rivals squared off at center court in Westfield on January 13 but only one would be able to emerge victorious. The No. 15 New Providence Pioneers with the senior leadership of Annie Conover, Megan Henn, Haley Kessler and Ava Kelly, got many second ...
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Cougar Girls’ Defense Stalls Raiders in Basketball, 47-29
Sports
TOY (7A) 14 PT - BENTREWICZ 14 PT; COSTELLO DBL-DBL
Cougar Girls’ Defense Stalls Raiders in Basketball, 47-29
By DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Learning well from a disappointing loss, the Cranford High School girls basketball team was well prepared in its game against the Scotch Plains-Fanwood (SPF) Raiders at Cranford on January 15. A trio of seniors - Lily Costello, Brooke Bentrewicz and Courtney Toy - saw to it that the Cougars would no...
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Cougars Seize 11th Straight UCT Wrestling Championship
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COUGARS DALY (120), SCHULZ (157) BECOME 4-TIME UNION COUNTY TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS
Cougars Seize 11th Straight UCT Wrestling Championship
By DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, January 22, 2026
Protecting its streak of Union County Tournament (UCT) Championships would come down to the performances of three teams in Union on January 17. The Cranford Cougar matmen got some fierce competition from the Rahway Indians and an emerging Union Farmer squad but managed to claim their 11th consecutiv...
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Cardinal Girls ‘Steal’ Victory From Cougars in Hoops, 46-36
Sports
COSTELLO SINKS 22 PTS., 9 RBS.; BENTREWICZ 9 RBS.
Cardinal Girls ‘Steal’ Victory From Cougars in Hoops, 46-36
Prepared by DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, January 15, 2026
Very successful acts of thievery and a wicked press in the second quarter tilted momentum in favor of the Plainfield High School girls basketball team in its game with the Cranford Cougars in Cranford on January 6. After a modest 10-7 firstquarter lead, the Cardinals went on a stealing frenzy in the...
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Cougars’ Rally in Fourth Stops ALJ Crusaders in Hoops, 64-57
Sports
CR - MADRINI 16 PTS, DIZDAR 13 PT; ALJ - DiGRACI 12 PT
Cougars’ Rally in Fourth Stops ALJ Crusaders in Hoops, 64-57
Prepared by DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, January 15, 2026
Desiring to keep the momentum in their corner, the Cranford High School basketball Cougar boys and the AL Johnson Crusaders engaged in a very spirited showdown in Clark on January 10. The Cougar boys grabbed a six-point at halftime, watched it dissolve into a two-point deficit in the third quarter b...
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CLARK -- Arthur L. Johnson High School was under an active lockdown for most of the school day while police worked to investigate what school official...
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Frances Crigler Faltermayer Beloved Mother, Grandmother Frances Crigler Faltermayer, a longtime Westfield resident, passed on January 14, 2026, due to...
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Laurence Dean Johnson, Jr.
Thursday, February 5, 2026
Laurence Dean Johnson, Jr. Laurence Dean Johnson, Jr. (a.k.a., “Dean”) of Westfield, New Jersey, passed away peacefully with his daughter by his side ...
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Cranford Dominates Linden On ‘Salute the Troops Night’
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Cranford Dominates Linden On ‘Salute the Troops Night’
Thursday, January 29, 2026
(Special thanks to Cougar fan) The Cranford Cougar wrestling team delivered a commanding, 63-18 victory over the Linden Tigers on a special night at C...
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