ROMANO 105 RUSH YDS, TD; FYNES TD, RICCA 2 SACKSOpportunities were there but some were missed which could have decided the outcome between the hosting Scotch Plains-Fanwood football Raiders and the Colonia Patriots in Scotch Plains on August 31. A turnover early in the game that halted a Raider driv...

MUGELE HR, TROPEANO HR; COLLINS, DEITCH 3 RBIGame 2 in the best of three series meant a lot to the top-seeded Deegan Roofing men who experienced an 186 thumping from second-seeded Douglas VW in Game 1 of the Union County Senior 50+ A Division championships. It was either win or go home but the Deega...

DA COSTA GRAND SLAM HR, 3 RUNS; KENNEDY 3 RBIAstronomers may say, “It was in the stars.” Gamblers may say, “It wasn’t in the cards.” Prophets may say, “The Gods were against them.” And pass-the-buck “experts” may say it was because of the dense cloud cover. However there was no doubt about it that w...

Probitas Verus Honos********* Welcome to The 26th Annual “You Don’t Have to Be a Hero” All-Corbin Team: *********The All-Corbin Team is dedicated to the Adult Softball Leagues, Girls Softball and Youth Baseball Travel Leagues. The selections are based entirely on neat-looking plays, fan participatio...

Eight members of the Westfield Area YMCA Devilfish Swim Team qualified for the National Team and competed at the YMCA Long Course National Championships July 25-29 at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, NC.The Devilfish 2023 YMCA Long Course National Championships was comprised of Dylan Alt...

Deegan Roofing 18, Linwood Tap House/EIS 14 In game one of the 50’s A semifinals, Linwood jumped out to an early lead, only to see Deegan come back by scoring in every inning to hold on for an 18-14 victory. Damon Roth led the attack with two long home runs and 7 RBI. Nelson Santiago was 4for-4, whi...

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School football team got off on the right foot in its season opener against the Monroe Falcons in Monroe Township onAugust 25. The Raider offense engineered a convincing ground game, while their defense totally silenced the Falcons in a 25-0 thrashing.The 1-0 Raiders, ...

#5 St. Wolfgang 7, #1 St. George 0 Wednesday was a long day for topseeded St. George, as they were stymied by the stellar pitching of St. Wolfgang’s Lou Blau who scattered 10 hits over seven innings. Thanks to key hits from “The Ignitor” Paul Bifani and Ron “Squirt” Skwirut, Wolfgang held a 2-0 lead...

The Westfield Blue Devils and the Cranford Cougar gridders tested their progress in a scrimmage game at Memorial Field in Cranford on August 24. Last year the Blue Devils finished their season with an 8-3 record and the Cougars finished 7-3.The Cougars will open their season at North Hunterdon on Fr...

FISCHER 3 RBI, DiFABIO 2-2, 2 RUNS; WILSON, GENOVA 3-3Top-seeded Swan Hotel & Suites pitcher Doug Fischer proved his worth both offensively and defensively as well as being quite effective on the mound during the Union County Senior 60+ A Division semifinal Game 1 against fourth-seeded Linwood II at...