One very competitive showdown after another certainly kept the Westfield High School girls lacrosse team on its toes this season. The Blue Devils kept jockeying for positions with numerous top-10 teams, winning some crucial ones and losing some crucial ones; but in the end, they won the Stars & Stri...

Lessons learned well paid off for the third-seeded Cranford 12U baseball Cougars in their rematch against the second-seeded Millburn Millers in the Cal Ripken Jr. District 12 semifinal game at Gumbert Field 2 in Westfield on June 24. Unlike their previous 8-6 loss to Millburn on June 20 when they yi...

Shades of glory and shades of disappointment highlighted the Westfield High School baseball team’s season. The Blue Devils had a promising five-game winning streak early on but were dampened with a five-game losing streak then traded wins with losses to finish 5-7 in the Union County Conference Watc...

Packing the power in a very competitive county was needed this season by the Cranford High School softball team. The Cougars kept hovering around the .500 mark most of the season then stepped up the pace to win six of their final eight games to finish with 7-5 record in the Union County Conference W...

With the exception of one inning, strong pitching took center stage in the Cal Ripken, Jr. 12U District 12 Tournament game between the Watchung Hills Warriors and the Westfield Blue Devils at Gumbert Field 2 in Westfield on June 17. With the game knotted 1-1, the Warriors as the home team, scored th...

Stepping up the ladder with the “big boys” was achieved by the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys lacrosse team this season. The Raider boys won the Waterman Division with a 7-0 record, played in the Union County Tournament (UCT) championship game and finished with an overall 18-4 (3 to one team...

Passed balls, dropped balls on strikeouts, double plays and a gameending rundown between third base and home plate decided the outcome of the Cal Ripken, Jr. 12U District 12 game between the 2-0 Millburn Millers and the 2-0 Cranford Cougars at Gumbert Field 2 on June 20. The Millers’ offense took ad...

Very strong pitchers’duels, numerous shutouts and numerous games decided by one-run defined the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School softball team this season. The Raiders faced six teams that won titles - three of them from Union County, were involved in 14 shutout games (lost three), lost four of six...

Battling to get above the .500 mark in won/loss percentage took a while but the Cranford High School girls lacrosse team buckled down and won four of its final five games to finish 42 in the Independence White Division and with a 9-7 overall record this season. The Cougars were comprised mainly of j...

The Cranford Recreation Track & Field program captured its first league championship on May 31, winning the Division 2 Lakeland League Championship in just the program’s third year of competition.Cranford amassed 298 points to secure the title, finishing ahead of the second-place team, which scored ...