Winning the first baseball game, 52, in Scotch Plains on April 21 did not satisfy the Raiders when they went to the Blue Devils’turf to face Westfield on April 23. Game 2 turned out to be a deadlocked pitchers’ duel for six innings until the Raiders plated a pair of runs in the top of the sixth inni...

St. Bart’s Oldtimers Men’s Softball begins its 48th Season The St. Bart’s Oldtimers Softball League held its annual player draft on April 17. As he has for several years, “Commish” Jim Killeen served as MC of the event and used his wiffle ball bat to maintain order in the room. Many players, eager t...

Great pitching performances do not come often but great performances by opposing pitchers are a rarity, especiallywhen it takes nine innings for a run to skip across home plate. Cranford Cougar Gabe Arato and Union Catholic’s Mike Pellegrino were entangled in a 0-0 deadlock until the Vikings scored ...

Softball “Senior Day” at Scotch Plains on April 20, began with a relaxing dedication to Raider seniors Emily Roof and Katie Massa but after the first inning of the game between the New Providence Pioneers and the Raiders the contest would turn into an out of control “Wild-Fest” that would result in ...

Top-10 teams in girls lacrosse have been shifting positions frequently in the past few weeks and the shifting was about to continue when the No. 4 Westfield Blue Devils hosted the No. 1 Ridgewood Maroon at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on April 23. The outcome was not decided until sophomore midf...

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School girls lacrosse team hosted the New Providence Pioneers in Scotch Plains on April 13 and ended up on the short side of an 11-10, seesaw battle. Four days later, the Raider girls took a trip to Verona and experienced a 7-4 setback to the 3-5 Hillbillies.The 3-1 Pi...

Several teams were vying for top honors at the Union County boys track & field Relays at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on April 14-15 but in the end, the Elizabeth Minutemen walked away with the title with a total of 87 points. The Cranford Cougars came on very strong and placed second with a tot...

A sensible beginning gradually turned into an anything goes demonstration when the Cranford Cougars softball team visited the Blue Devils in Westfield on April 16. Only three runs were plated in the first three innings and another three in the fourth but next came a whirlwind of hits, walks, interes...

The Union Catholic Viking girls track & field team came in fully loaded and handily claimed the Union County Relays crown with a total of 116 at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on April 14 and 15. It was up to the remaining schools to determine which one would take second and the Union Farmers did ...

Junior Dylan Esposito appeared to be quite comfortable on the mound when her Westfield Blue Devils hosted the defending Union County Tournament (UCT) champion Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders in a softball showdown in Westfield on April 9. Esposito handled the Raiders’ big hitters quite well, permittin...