The Cranford baseball Cougars preferred to score in pairs when they hosted the St. Mary (Rutherford) Gaels at Memorial Field in Cranford onApril 27. The Cougars scored twice in the first, third, fourth and sixth innings to pull out an 8-5 victory. The next day, the 9-7 Cougars came up on the better ...

Sizzling pitching blazing out of the right hand of junior pitcher Maddie Bogart was just too much for the Westfield Blue Devils, who visited Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School for a softball showdown on April 28. Out of the 21 outs recorded, Bogart faced only 22 batters, retiring the first 10 Blue De...

A very disappointing start made it appear that the Cranford High School boys lacrosse team would suffer a humiliating defeat when it hosted the Hillsborough Raiders at Memorial Field in Cranford on April 27. Trailing 4-1, the Cougars scored four unanswered goals in the first quarter then poured it o...

The No. 10 AL Johnson High School softball Crusaders defeated the Jonathan Dayton Bulldogs, 8-5, on April 21. Winning pitcher Cassie Conforti recorded eight strikeouts, while losing pitcher Julie Santangelo recorded nine strikeouts. Two days later, the 12-1 Crusaders stopped the Westfield Blue Devil...

Prepared by DAVID B. CORBINThree Top-8 ranked boys lacrosse teams battled it out for supremacy at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on April 22 and April 25. First the No. 8 Westfield Blue Devils came within one goal of No. 1 Summit early in the fourth quarter but got outdistanced the rest of the way...

BOGART 2-RUN HR, 4 RBI, 3 RUNS; FOX HR, 3 RBI, 2 RUNSand Harper Shimko shifted mound duties for the 5-5 Raiders, while Ella Celoski and Eliana Lee shared the mound duties for New Providence.Junior Maddie Bogart went 2-for-3 with a two-run home run, walk, three runs scored and four RBI for the Raider...

The Elizabeth High School Minutemen baseball team managed to stun theAL Johnson Crusaders twice. On April 21 in Elizabeth, the Minutemen handed the Crusaders their second loss of the season with a 7-5 victory. Then in Clark, the Minutemen nipped the Crusaders, 4-3.At Elizabeth, Crusader Vince Cilent...

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys volleyball team defeated Hillsborough, 25-16, 25-21, on April 21thentookouttheSummitHilltoppers, 25-15, 25-17, on April 21.Brody Balestrino recorded 26 assists, five services, a kill, block and five digs against 12-4 Hillsborough. Dan Ennis finished with 13...

Put to the test against another highly-ranked team the No. 7 Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys lacrosse team trailing, 5-4, notched 10 goals in the second half to muzzle the No. 15 West Morris Wolfpack, 14-11, on April 21 in Scotch Plains. On April 25, the Raiders defeated Bernards, 11-8, to br...

The Westfield High School boys volleyball team won two of three matches in a quad meet at St. Joseph in Metuchen on April 22. The Blue Devils defeated Fair Lawn (25-23, 25-21) and Bloomfield (25-23, 2523), and bowed to St. Joseph (27-25, 25-21).Against Fair Lawn, Ben Bukiet-Beker recorded five kills...