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 ...

Exceptionally strong pitching set up yet another extra-inning game when the Central Jersey (CJ), Group 2 championAL Johnson softball Crusaders hosted the South Jersey, Group 2 champion Barnegat Bengals in the Group 2 semifinal in Clark on June 8. Crusader junior Cassie Conforti and Bengal ace Gianna...

A mixture of big wins and unanticipated losses highlighted the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School baseball team’s season. The Raiders, who seesawed with wins and losses, did however have a promising early win streak over several Union County opponents to set up a third seed for the UCT, only to be st...

Pool play for the Cal Ripken, Jr. District 12 12U baseball tournament opened at Gumbert Fields in Westfield on June 13 with nine teams competing for the championship. The Cranford 12U squad faced the Scotch Plains-Fanwood 12U on Gumbert Field 1 and capitalized on a six-run outburst in the top of the...