After a grueling three game battle, the Westfield High School girls volleyball team wound up on the short side of a 25-20, 22-25, 25-15 setback to the Old Bridge Knights on October 9. On the next day, the 11-8 Blue Devils had quite a battle with the 134 Governor Livingston Highlanders but prevailed,...

The second-seeded Westfield High School girls tennis team took care of business immediately with a complete 5-0 shutout of the seventhseeded Kearny Kardinals in the quarterfinal round of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 Tournament at Tamaques Park in Westfield on October 8. Two days later, the 9...

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School girls volleyball team defeated St. Thomas Aquinas (STA) on October 8. On October 9, the 12-5 Raiders went to three games with the Linden Tigers but prevailed, 22-25, 25-17, 25-23.Maddie Byrne finished with six kills, a block, four digs and seven services with fi...

Getting on the scoreboard turned out to be quite a challenge when the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School girls soccer team hosted the New Providence Pioneers in Scotch Plains on October 7. The 5-3-3 Raiders scored once at the 10-minute mark but could not strike gold again, while the 6-6-1 Pioneers sc...

The eighth-seeded Cranford High School girls tennis team edged the ninth-seeded Voorhees Vikings, 3-2, in the opening round of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2 Tournament in Cranford on October 1. One week later, on October 8, the 8-3 Cougars fell victim to the top-seeded, 15-0, Parsippany Hills...

The Delaware Valley football Terriers got an early jump on the AL Johnson High School Crusaders and held on for a 42-34 victory in Clark on October 11. The 5-1 Terriers scored 21 points in the first quarter and another 14 in the second quarter to seize a 35-13 lead before the 5-1 Crusaders fought ba...

Changes in offensive strategy plus a very aggressive defensive attitude worked out very well for the Westfield High School football Blue Devils when they hosted the North Brunswick Raiders at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on October 10. Sophomore quarterback Jordan Walsh, along with senior runnin...

Getting a good mix of their running game with their passing game, along with a solid defensive effort to stop a potentially dangerous running game was the focus of the Cranford High School football Cougars when they faced the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders in Scotch Plains on October. 10. All engines...

High spirited action from the first whistle had the No. 5 Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys soccer team and the No. 18 Westfield Blue Devils hustling up and down the field virtually without any let up at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on October 8. But it took nearly 88 minutes for the outcom...

Holding up against the returning Union County Tournament champions was an enormous task for the Cranford High School girls soccer Cougars when they hosted the Summit Hilltoppers at Memorial Field in Cranford on October 1. Constant shelling from the Hilltoppers, especially in the first half, yielded ...