The Cranford High School softball team took advantage of the long ball to outlast the Brearley Bears, 14-11, on April 10. Lillianna Pardo went 3for-5 with a home run, four RBI and three runs scored for the 1-4 Cougars. Emma Andre also homered, scored twice and had two RBI. Sophia Messinger went 3-fo...

With the score tied 2-2 in the bottom of the seventh inning, sophomore Cassie Conforti blasted a grand slam home run to earn the 4-0 AL Johnson High School Crusaders softball team a 6-4, victory over the 3-1 Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders in Clark on April 8. Two days later, the No. 19 Crusaders ente...

The No. 8 Westfield High School boys lacrosse team seized a 4-0, firstquarter lead and continued with the offense to defeat the Montclair Bulldogs, 13-5, on April 8. Two days later, the Blue Devils bowed to the No. 1 Seton Hall Prep Pirates, 11-5.Against Montclair, Billy Gerne notched four goals and...

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School girls lacrosse team picked up an out-of-division victory by overtaking the Roxbury Gaels of the Freedom Blue Division, 15-11, in Scotch Plains on April 9. Next, the Raiders had their first Freedom White Division showdown and emerged with a 10-7 victory over the ...

Prepared by DAVID B. CORBINThe “long ball” came into prominence, particularly late in the game when the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School baseball team clashed with the Cranford Cougars in a Union County Conference Watchung Division game at Memorial Field in Cranford on April 8. The Cougars seemed t...

Dismal weather conditions hampered opportunities to break meet records and even had several individuals scratching from certain events for self safety purposes at the Blue Devil Classic Track & Field Meet at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on April 12. However, the home team Blue Devil varsity girl...

An unbeaten record was on the line for both teams when the 5-0 Pope John Lions came down from Sparta to match sticks with the No. 19, 5-0 Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys lacrosse team at Wexler Field in Scotch Plains on April 9. The Lions grabbed a 3-1 lead in the first quarter and that margi...

After a 21-2, five-inning shellacking of a struggling Elizabeth Minuteman squad to open their season the Westfield High School softball Blue Devils hosted a much more competitive Governor Livingston Highlander squad in Westfield on April 3. The 11 Highlanders received an outstanding performance from...

The visiting Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School girls lacrosse team made it very interesting in its season opener by squeaking by Pascack Valley, 9-8, on March 31. On April 3, the Raiders traveled to face the Livingston Lancers and returned with an 11-7 triumph. Two days later the Raiders hosted the ...

Senior Grant Como needed to sparkle on the mound and hope that his batting lineup with only four returning starters, would hold up in the Westfield High School baseball team’s season opener against the Chatham Cougars at Bob Brewster, Sr. Field in Westfield on April 1. Como pitched five strong innin...