Grinding, time-consuming ground games ruled the postseason football consolation game between the Governor Livingston Highlanders and the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders at Scotch Plains on Halloween Eve, October 31. Trailing 14-10 at the half, the Highlanders were able to keep it together offensively,...

An opportunity to rest some starters and allow more playing time for reserves arrived when the Westfield High School boys soccer team hosted the Piscataway Chiefs at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on October 30. The Blue Devils handled the Chiefs with a goal in the first half but poured it on thic...

All the rabbit tricks were pulled out of the hats early by both teams when the fourth-seeded Cranford High School football Cougars hosted the fifth-seeded Summit Hilltoppers in the quarterfinal round of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 playoffs at Memorial Field in Cranford on November 1. The Co...

Coming off a tough, 3-2 setback to the 14-1-1 Summit Hilltoppers, the Cranford High School boys soccer team got back on the winning track with a 2-0 victory over the JP Stevens Hawks at Memorial Field in Cranford on October 30. Both goals came in a flash in the second half off the foot of senior for...

Getting the offense in gear was quite difficult for the fifth-seeded Westfield High School football team in the quarterfinal round of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 playoff and the result was a 21-0 shutout by the hosting, fourth-seeded Northern Highlands Highlanders on November 1.The 4-5 Blue...

The Westfield High School boys placed three in the top-10 en route to capturing the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 Cross-Country crown at Greystone Park in Morris Plains on November 2. The Blue Devil girls placed second in their race and the Cranford girls placed second in their sectional Group 3 ...

The fifth-seeded Willingboro High School football team was more than ready to match skills with the fourthseeded AL Johnson Crusaders when the Chinmeras marched into Clark on November 1 and soared away with a 62-7 victory in the South Jersey, Group 2 quarterfinals.The 7-3 Chinmeras seized a 41-0 lea...

The Westfield High School girls volleyball team made relatively easy work of 10-9 Dickinson in two games, 26-17, 25-12, on October 28. Two days later the 17-9 Blue Devils squeezed past the Hillsborough Raiders, 26-24, 25-20.Emilia Dengler recorded 20 assists, a kill, two digs and nine services with ...

Small ball, foot control and field awareness went in favor of the topseeded Westfield High School girls soccer team in its showdown with the defending champion Summit Hilltoppers for the Union County Tournament crown at AL Johnson High School in Clark on October 26. The No. 8, 14-1 Blue Devils took ...

Two teams that refused to budge defensively met face to face on “Senior Night” at Memorial Field in Cranford on October 25. The hosting Cougars had to settle for three field goals off the foot of senior Cristiano Ambrosio and no touchdowns were scored by any team until sophomore running back Gabe Wo...