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...

A very busy weekend resulted in three victories and one defeat by the Westfield High School wrestling team. First, the Blue Devils defeated the hosting Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders, 49-27, on January 23. Then at Watchung Hills on January 24, the Blue Devils defeated Hillsborough, 53-21, and the Wat...

Getting into the winning column has been very difficult for the Westfield High School boys basketball Blue Devils this season because seven of the Union County teams they have faced are ranked in the Top-20 and three of them are ranked in the Top-10. On January 27 in Westfield, the Blue Devils faced...

A veteran squad of AL Johnson High School girls basketball Crusaders strolled into Scotch Plains on January 23 with full intentions of remaining an undefeated team. The Crusader girls took a five-point lead in the first quarter, extended it to eight points by halftime, held off a slight comeback by ...

(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 Cranford High School, as the program held its annual “Salute the Troops Night”, honoring the men and women of the United States military.With the gym f...