December 18, 2018: Smooth sailing in the first half turned into a nightmare from the start of the third quarter until midway through the fourth quarter of the Cranford High School boys basketball team’s game with the Millburn Millers in Cranford on December 18. The home team witnessed a 16-point lea...

The Cranford High School boys basketball team found that the going was rough at the Chatham Holiday Tournament. On December 27, the Cougars fell victim to the New Providence Pioneers, 68-58, then on December 28, they were felled by the Chatham Cougars, 79-53.Jack McGuire scored 17 points and added s...

The AL Johnson High School girls basketball team bowed to the Oak Knoll Royals, 58-48, in their season opener in Summit on December 19. Two days later in Clark, the Crusaders turned on the juice to topple the Summit Hilltoppers, 60-30.The Crusaders slammed the door hard right from the start against ...

Big changes have taken place for the Cranford High School boys basketball team this season. Due to the graduation of a trio of influential big men, the Cougars had to rely on a smaller and guard-heavy squad to get the job done when they opened their season by hosting the Oratory Prep Rams on Decembe...

Jane Kavanagh and Brook McAndrew each won two individual events and swam on two winning relays as the 3-0 Westfield High School girls swim team swamped the1-2 Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders,110-60, at the Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA on December 18. The Blue Devils won all three relays and five of the ...

Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School 10-year wrestling Head Coach Marc Fabiano and his staff are going to be quite busy this season with the return of a large and more experienced boys team in addition to an ever-increasing girls squad that won the Union County Tournament last year.Fabiano (141-77), wh...

Favorable match-ups for the visitors in the lower weight classes set up an interesting beginning in the home opener between the Cranford High School wrestling team and the Immaculata Spartans in Cranford on December 17. But once the match got into the upper seven weight classes, the walls came tumbl...

Experience gained from last year will definitely be in the Westfield High School wrestling team’s corner this season. That experience plus the addition of a few hard-hitting members of the football team and the acquisition of a transfer from New Providence should round out the Blue Devils’ lineup qu...

Seniors Danny Pierce and Owen Waibel each took top honors in two individual events and swam on two winning relays as the 3-0 Westfield High School boys swim team overwhelmed the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders, 121-49, at the Fanwood-Scotch Plains YMCA on December 18. The Blue Devil boys finished firs...

Controlling the boards helped the Westfield High School girls basketball team overcome the Neptune Scarlet Fliers, 49-43, on December 19. The Blue Devils out-rebounded Neptune, 39-27 and senior Catie Carayannopoulos grabbed 10 boards and added five points, including a 3pointer, three assists and a s...