Bad news came in many ways for the Westfield High School Blue Devils when they hosted the No. 17 St. Joseph (Metuchen) Falcons at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on September 28. Despite the rain, Falcon junior quarterback Justin Scaramuzzo found the way to complete 13 of 18 passes for 273 yards, w...

Competition in Union County got even stiffer when the 9-1 Governor Livingston Highlanders stunned the Westfield Blue Devils, 25-18, 25-11, in a girls volleyball match on September 23. The Highlanders improved to 5-1 in the Union County Conference Watchung Division, while the Blue Devils slipped to 4...

Quarterback Rob Gallagher managed to surprise the Metuchen Bulldogs when he reached into his bag of tricks and pulled out a pair of touchdown passes and added three touchdown runs as the AL Johnson High School team improved to 4-0 with a 34-14 triumph on September 27.Gallagher completed two of three...

Georgia Christos scored the lone goal and goalkeeper Isabella DaSilva recorded eight saves to earn the 4-3 Oak Knoll Royals girls soccer team a 1-0 win over the 2-3-2 Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders on September 24. Two days later in Scotch Plains, the Raiders ruled the field and shut out the Watchung...

The Summit Hilltoppers football team remained undefeated with a pair long bombs and a one-yard plunge to jolt the Cranford Cougars, 21-7, at Tatlock Field in Summit on September 28. Summit quarterback Cole Sabol completed only three of 11 passes for 105 yards but two of those were good for respectiv...

The Cranford High School girls volleyball team rolled over the Oak Knoll Royals, 25-16, 25-20, on September 23 but were tripped up in three games, 28-26, 22-25, 26-24, to the New Providence Pioneers on September 25. The Cougars’ record shifted to 6-1 in the Union County Conference Mountain Division ...

Coming off a record-breaking 2023-24 season, the Westfield Area “Y” Devilfish swim team kicked off its season a few weeks ago. The lanes in the pool were filled with returning swimmers, excited for another great season to begin. The team was also happy to welcome many new swimmers across all the age...

Coming off a resounding 42-0 thrashing of New Brunswick that featured five touchdown runs and an interception returned for a touchdown and rewarded Head Coach Shawn Johnson his first victory, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood football Raiders discovered that the road was much rockier when they hosted the Hi...

The AL Johnson High School football team introduced a devastating running game, while its defense held solid in a 35-8 triumph over the Roselle Rams on September 20. The 3-0 Crusaders amassed 326 yards on the ground and five touchdowns on 36 carries, while going to the air only twice, connecting on ...

The Westfield High School girls tennis team lost to the Ridge Red Devils, 3-2, in the first round of the Livingston September Smash on September 14 then rebounded to nip the JP Stevens Hawks, 3-2, in the consolation round. On September 17, the 44 Blue Devil girls suffered a 4-1 setback at the racket...