A combined second and third quarter, 36-15 run provided plenty of cushion for the sixth-seeded Franklin Warriors girls basketball team to grab a 58-48 victory over the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders in the first round of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 Tournament in Somerset on February 21. The ...

Trailing by five points at halftime, the 12th-seeded Westfield High School girls basketball team knotted the score after three quarters but the fifth-seeded Elizabeth Minutemen stepped up just enough to pull out a 58-55 victory in the first round of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 Tournament in...

FISHER GETS 1ST 200FR, 100FR, WINNING 200FR, 400FREasy cruising began immediately when the No. 1 Westfield High School boys swim team whipped 11-3 Passaic Tech, 117-53, in the NJSIAA Group A semifinal round at the Raritan Bay YMCA on February 20. Despite resting superstar Owen Waibel, the 14-0 Blue ...

The No. 1 Westfield High School boys swim team made it two-in-arow by defeating Cherry Hill East (CHE), 90-80, for the NJSIAA Group A Championship at Rutgers University on February 25. Anchored by junior Owen Waibel, the 15-0 Blue Devils took first in the 200-medley relay and the 400freestyle relay....

WAIBEL WINS 50FR, 100FR; FISHER 200FR VS BRH2OAn easy 112-58 victory over the fourth-seeded Columbia Cougars in the semifinal round of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group A Tournament at Wallace Pool in Westfield on February 12 set up a showdown between the No. 1 ranked Blue Devil boys swim team and ...

The Westfield Area “Y” Devilfish competed at the SAY (Summit Area “Y”) Deep Freeze at the SummitArea “Y” in Summit on February 2-4. The team achieved additional YMCA Championship qualifying times, including: three new National, 25 new State, and 61 new Silver times.Two new Devilfish relay records we...

A 78-78 deadlock going into the final event meant that the fourthseeded Cranford High School girls swim team needed to take first in the final event, the 400-freestyle relay, to pull out a victory over the fifth-seeded Hopewell Valley Bulldogs in the Central Jersey, Group 2 semifinals at Cranford on...

The AL Johnson High School girls basketball team picked up a pair of victories beginning on February 14 with a 44-39 win over the 8-15 Union Catholic Vikings. Two days later the 12-10 Crusaders defeated the Delaware Valley Terriers in overtime, 51-47.Julia Lettini recorded a doubledouble (12 points,...

The 14-11 Westfield High School boys basketball team went on a scoring frenzy to swamp the 12-11 Chatham Cougars, 81-41, in Chatham on February 16. The Blue Devil boys scored 20 or more points in three of the four quarters.Senior Shane Sheehan rolled in 21 points, including a pair of 3-pointers, and...

CR’S DALY, O’HARA, CHAPMAN, ACINAPURA WIN TITLESPrepared by DAVID B. CORBINSeveral tight bouts had to be won and most of them happened in favor of the Cranford High School wrestling team that managed to capture the District 16 Championship at Watchung Hills High School on February 17. The Cougars cl...