Patience was necessary for the sixth-seeded Cranford baseball Cougars when they hosted the 11th-seeded Chatham Cougars featuring a topnotch pitcher in the first round of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 playoffs at Memorial Field in Cranford on May 27. The opportunities knocked in the third and ...

The seventh-seeded Cranford Cougars softball team defeated 10-seeded Payne Tech, 12-0, in four and onehalf innings in the first round of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 playoffs in Cranford on May 28. In the quarterfinal round in Summit on May 30, trailing 3-2, the second-seeded Hilltoppers sco...

Westfield High School senior Priscilla Dayon won the javelin event with a toss of 124-6 and Blue Devil boys Cole Varner, Kaleb Stoeckmann, Brody Toriello and Ryan Daly won the 4x800 with a time of 7:51.68 at the Group 4 Track & Field Championships in Somerset on May 30. The Blue Devil boys placed fo...

TEAM STANDINGS: TEAM W L T St. Ignatius 3 0 St. George 1 0 2 St. Wolfgang 2 1 St. Vincent 0 0 1 St. Anthony 0 0 St. Francis 1 2 St. Justin 0 2 St. Sebastian 0 2 1St. Francis 13, St. Wolfgang 12 It came down to the wire on Friday at Jerseyland Park, as St. Francis grabbed the victory in walk-off fash...

TheWestfield High School boys took the lead on Day 1 of the Union County Track & Field Relays held at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on May 20. Due to weather conditions, Day 2 would be shifted to Scotch Plains-Fanwood on Wednesday, May 28.The Blue Devil boys led with a total of 42 and the Elizabe...

Stepping back into the fire zone after a relatively easy, 19-8, win over the hosting Bernards Mountaineers on May 22, the No. 7 Westfield High School boys lacrosse team had quite an afternoon against the No. 16 Pope John XXIII Lions at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on May 24. The showdown turned ...

One year ago, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School softball team came ever so close to winning the Union County Tournament (UCT) crown but were denied thanks to a home run in the bottom of the seventh inning. It has been a long, long time coming since the second-seeded Raiders have won the title bu...

Undefeated in New Jersey, the St. Augustine boys lacrosse Hermits sauntered into Gary Kehler Stadium to face off with the No. 10 Westfield Blue Devils and were determined to remain unbeaten in the state. And the key was indeed superiority in faceoffs, which made it easier for the 132 Hermits, whose ...

Late inning fireworks at the plate overshadowed two fine pitching performances when the second-seeded Westfield baseball Blue Devils hosted the third-seeded Union Catholic Vikings in the semifinal round of the Union County Tournament at AL Johnson High School in Clark on May 17. A 3-3 deadlock was s...

Fine all-around softball ended up being needed by both teams when the 11-5 Bridgewater-Raritan Panthers crept into Westfield to face the 11-8 Blue Devils on May 12. Although the Panthers played well defensively and added an offensive surge in the late innings, it was the Blue Devils, who pulled off ...