Learning well from a disappointing loss, the Cranford High School girls basketball team was well prepared in its game against the Scotch Plains-Fanwood (SPF) Raiders at Cranford on January 15. A trio of seniors - Lily Costello, Brooke Bentrewicz and Courtney Toy - saw to it that the Cougars would no...

Protecting its streak of Union County Tournament (UCT) Championships would come down to the performances of three teams in Union on January 17. The Cranford Cougar matmen got some fierce competition from the Rahway Indians and an emerging Union Farmer squad but managed to claim their 11th consecutiv...

Very successful acts of thievery and a wicked press in the second quarter tilted momentum in favor of the Plainfield High School girls basketball team in its game with the Cranford Cougars in Cranford on January 6. After a modest 10-7 firstquarter lead, the Cardinals went on a stealing frenzy in the...

Desiring to keep the momentum in their corner, the Cranford High School basketball Cougar boys and the AL Johnson Crusaders engaged in a very spirited showdown in Clark on January 10. The Cougar boys grabbed a six-point at halftime, watched it dissolve into a two-point deficit in the third quarter b...

Keeping opponents’ scoring under 40 points is usually a good sign for high school basketball teams and it certainly was for the Westfield Blue Devils when they hosted the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders on January 6. The No. 8 Blue Devils initiated influential offense in the first quarter, wobbled a b...

Holiday tournaments are out of the way and the Cranford High School wrestling team traveled to Scotch Plains to face the Raiders in a Union County match-up on January 7. The Cougar matmen came ready to battle, were victorious in 11 of the 14 slated bouts and returned home with a 64-17 triumph.In the...

What initially appeared to be a runaway victory turned out to be anything but when the Cranford High School boys basketball team entertained the East Brunswick Bears in Cranford on January 3. The Bears, who entered the game with a 7-1 record were burning the net early on and seized a 21-7 lead withi...

Holiday Tournaments have given way to regular-season matches in the New Year and the Westfield High School wresting team kicked things off by winning both sides of a tri-meet with the Bloomfield Bengals and the Teaneck Highwaymen on January 3. After a number of JV bouts, the Blue Devils knocked off ...

TheCranfordHighSchoolgirlsswim team came up on the short side of a 9575 decision to the Kent Place Dragons on December 16. One day later, the 03 Cougars fell to the 2-0 Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders 96-74.The 1-2 Kent Place Dragons took first in all three relay events and six of the eight individual...

Trailing by two at halftime, the Cranford High School girls basketball team caught fire with a 13-4 third-quarter run to slip past the Oak Knoll Royals, 36-26, in Summit on December 15. Three days later, the 20 Cougars went to the edge with the Union Catholic Vikings in Scotch Plains but prevailed, ...