Two St. Bart’s Hall of Fame (HOF) quality pitchers - Frank Chupko and Harold Hopler - delivered a 1-2 punch on the mound that the St. Wolfgang team could not handle in a showdown against St. Francis in St. Bart’s Oldtimers Men’s Softball League action at Forest Road Park in Fanwood on June 25. The F...

Controlled pitching called the shots in the Cal Ripken, Jr. District 12 12U semifinal game between third-seeded, 3-1 Scotch Plains-Fanwood and second seeded, 4-0 Millburn-Short Hills at Gumbert Field 2 in Westfield on June 26. Pitcher Will Sacchetti won his duel against Miller pitcher Vir Bhatia, 3-...

Two Union County teams punched their tickets to the State Tournament to be held at Sayre-Wood South but only one would win the Cal Ripken, Jr. District 12 12U Championship at Gumbert Field 2 in Westfield on June 29. The third-seeded Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders seized an early 3-0 lead but the top-...

Control of the game seemed to come apart in the top of the sixth inning for St. Vincent when St. Sebastian pushed across four runs to knot the score during a St. Bart’s Oldtimers Men’s Softball League game at Brookside Park in Scotch Plains on June 27. But steady nerves returned and St. Vincent beca...

LEAGUE STANDINGS: TEAM W L T St. Anthony 9 2 St. Vincent 6 5 St. Ignatius 6 5 St. Francis 6 5 St. Justin 6 6 St. George 5 6 St. Sebastian 5 7 St. Wolfgang 2 9St. Vincent 10, St. Sebastian 7 The game at Brookside Park was tied at seven going into the bottom of the sixth when St. Vincent’s Jarrod Penc...

50+ A DIVISION: TEAM W L T Douglas VW 15 2 Deegan Roofing 15 2 Phenomenal Boyz 9 7 1 Angry Joe’s/Tad Pools 5 1250+ B DIVISION: TEAM W L Rocky’s Bar & Grill 11 6 Thirsty Turtle 10 7 Terawulf 9 8 AJ Jersey 6 1150+ C DIVISION:TEAM W L T Suspenders 9 7 1 Echo Tap Bar & Grill 9 8 Car Revolution 2 15 K Sq...

60+ A DIVISION: TEAM W L T Swan Hotel * (clinch) 18 0 Deegan Roofing 60 12 6 Linwood Boys 11 7 Linwood II 7 1160+ B DIVISION: TEAM W L T Awnings Galore 10 8 AJ Jersey 10 8 Angry Joe’s Apparel 9 10 Kenilworth VFW 7 11 NJ Govt Services 7 11 Yogi’s Boys 6 11 DeBellis Associates 2 16AJ Jersey 19, Kenilw...

WESTFIELD — Two rising Westfield High School freshmen will travel to Sweden next week to represent the United States in this year’s Gothia Cup, the world’s largest international youth soccer competition.Fourteen-year-old Phoebe Klag, a goalie, and 13-year-old Courtney Smith, a versatile mid-field pl...

The Cranford High School girls lacrosse team had some ups and downs this season, had a few key wins and five close setbacks but managed to finish the season on the up side with an 11-9 record.The Cougars did find themselves on the up side of a 9-8 win over Saddle River Day in the season opener then ...

A rocky beginning transformed into a season of vast improvement for the AL Johnson High School softball team. After a disappointing 1-4 start, the Crusaders played in the semifinal round of the Union County Tournament (UCT), captured the Central Jersey, Group 2 crown, competed in the Group 2 semifin...