Overwhelming defense set the stage for a very successful outcome for the sixth-seeded Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raider basketball boys when they hosted the 14th-seeded New Providence Pioneers in the second round of the Union County Tournament (UCT) in Scotch Plains on February 12. The 12-12 Raiders’ def...

Rejection was very hard to handle, especially for the 15th-seeded Union Farmer basketball girls when they visited Westfield High School on February 11 to face the second-seeded Blue Devils in the first round of the Union County Tournament. The 16-6 Blue Devils stuffed the 11-7 Farmers with 10 blocks...

Superior talent in its depth gave the top-seeded Westfield High School girls swim team a distinct advantage in it North 2, Group A semifinal meet with the fourth-seeded Columbia Cougars at Wallace Pool in Westfield on February 10. Although touching first in only three individual events and one relay...

Seeded second for the North 2, Group A Tournament, the Westfield High School swim boys easily overwhelmed the third-seeded Watchung Hills Warriors, 119.5-50.5, in the semifinal round at Wallace Pool in Westfield on February 9. However, a showdown with the top-seeded, No. 1 Bridgewater-Raritan (BrH2O...

The Cranford High School wrestling team swept a quad meet to improve to 17-4 on February 7. The Cougars took out 11-6 Wayne Valley, 48-28, leveled the 6-10 Watchung Hills Warriors, 57-20, then rocked 812 Roxbury, 48-22.Against Wayne Valley, DJ Torsone (113) edged Shelby Tuhari, 2-0. Mike Daly (120) ...

The Westfield High School wrestling team split in a tri-meet on February 7. First, the Blue Devils fell short to the 10-14 Livingston Lancers, 3427, then came back to defeat Whippany Park, 47-32.The Blue Devils won six of the first seven bouts against the Lancers. Danny Berardi (106) pinned Alex Sil...

“Senior Night” in Cranford was not only the final regular-season home match but it would turn out to be the most thrilling and important one for Union County (UC) bragging rights when the Cougars faced the Rahway Indians on January 30. After a bleak first five bouts, the Cougars won six of the next ...

“Senior Night” in Westfield on January 28 began with a huge individual victory for the Blue Devils but the pathway gradually slanted in favor of the David Brearley Bear matmen for the next eight bouts. Trailing, 32-14, after the ninth bout, the Blue Devils rallied to win the remaining five bouts to ...

The No. 6 ranked Westfield High School boys ice hockey team, ranked No. 1 in Public Schools, captured its third-straight Union County Tournament (UCT) championship on January 23. The 12-1 Blue Devils, whose only loss was to Bridgewater-Raritan on December 23, defeated the 4-9-1 Summit Hilltoppers, 4...

Offense was cruising in high gear, while the defense was jamming the brakes on their opponent from the start when the No. 16 Westfield High School basketball Blue Devil girls met up with the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders in Scotch Plains on January 29. The Blue Devils’defense held the Raiders to jus...