The Sparta girls lacrosse team came to Memorial Field in Cranford on April 30 and delivered a 14-5 defeat upon the Cranford Cougars. In the first round of the Union County Tournament on May 2, the seventh-seeded Cougars delivered a 15-3 setback to the 10th-seeded AL Johnson Crusaders in Cranford.The...

Entering the Union County Tournament with a 9-1 record - no losses in the county - the Westfield High School boys tennis team definitely held the upper hand with four of the five top seeds and a second seed. The Blue Devils made good on all four top seeds and placed third in the other to claim the U...

The Westfield baseball Blue Devils blasted St. Benedict’s, 17-0, in five innings on May 1 then passed Summit, 6-3, on May 2. Winning pitcher Jack Doherty tossed four innings against St. Benedict’s and allowed one hit, while striking out three. Brendan Kelly pitched the final inning and struck out th...

The St. Bart’s Old-timers Softball League held its annual player draft on April 14. In a tradition dating back to the formation of the league, captains selected players from a hat. This format makes it easy to meetplayers from other teams, in what sometimes seems more like a fraternity than a softba...

Recovering well from their 10-inning loss to Scotch Plains-Fanwood on April 25, the AL Johnson High School softball Crusaders edged Colts Neck, 2-1, in the Black & Gold Invitational on April 27 and the Bayonne Bees, 6-1, on April 28. The next day, the Crusaders shut out the Westfield Blue Devils, 7-...

60+ DIVISION: TEAM W L T Deegan Roofing 60 4 0 Linwood Boys 4 0 Swan Hotel 3 1 Rocky’ Bar & Grill 2 2 AJ Jersey 2 2 Kenilworth VFW 2 2 Angry Joe’s Apparel 1 3 Yogi’s Boys 1 3 Awnings Galore 1 3 DeBellis Associates 0 4Deegan 15, Rocky’s Bar & Grill 11 The Roofers went ahead for good in the 4th inning...

50+ A DIVISION: A TEAMS W L T Douglas VW 3 1 Deegan Roofing 3 1 Rappa Construction 3 1 Rocky’s Bar & Grill 2 1 Phenomenal Boyz 0 3 150+ B DIVISION: TEAM W L Thirsty Turtle 3 1 Echo Tap & Grille 3 1 Terawulf 2 2 Sonia’s BCE 0 4 Dowling’s Tavern 0 4Rappa Const. 20. Douglas VW 8 Starting in the 3rd, Ra...

Classic pitchers’ duels in softball with dramatic endings rarely occur but one for the ages certainly did when the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders entertained the No. 20 ranked AL Johnson Crusaders in Scotch Plains on April 25. Raider sophomore pitcher Maddie Bogart and Crusader sophomore ace Cassie C...

A lights out performance by the offense catapulted the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School girls lacrosse team over the Saddle River Day girls, 20-10, at Scotch Plains on April 22. Two days later the Raiders traveled to Old Bridge and were on the short side of a 10-9 decision.Senior attacker Juliana D...

Sometimes you’re hot! Sometimes you’re not! Both situations happened when the undefeated Governor Livingston Highlanders brought their baseball hitting machine into Scotch Plains to face the Raiders on April 24 and battered the home team with a 190, five-inning drudging. However on April 25, the Rai...