A year ago, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood PALfootball teams won three NJSYFL Super Bowl playoff championships in the National Division. In 2023, the 8th grade, 7th grade, and 5th grade Raider teams won National Division Super Bowls titles in Bloomfield.On Sunday, November 17, the Raiders will attempt to...

Opportunities were abundant for the top-seeded Westfield High School girls soccer team in the first half of its North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 quarterfinal game against the ninthseeded Ridge Red Devils at Gary Kehler in Westfield on November 7 but none came to fruition. However in the second half,...

Advancement in the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 playoffs was on the line but the third-seeded Cranford High School Cougar soccer boys had another milestone in mind when they hosted the 14th-seeded Carteret Ramblers at Memorial Field in Cranford on November 5. The 12-5-2 Cougars achieved both whe...

There would be little time for an upset in the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 first round game between the third-seeded Westfield High School boys soccer team and the 14th-seeded JP Stevens Hawks at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on November 5. After being somewhat shocked by a penalty kick (PK)...

The top-seeded, Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys soccer team proved just how tough its defense is with a 7-0 thumping of the 16th-seeded Linden Tigers in the first round of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 playoffs at Scotch Plains on November 5. Three days later on November 8, the 16-1-2 ...

KUTZTOWN, Pa. — Kutztown University has announced that 28 student- athletes will represent its wrestling team for the 2024-2025 season, among them Richard Derick of Westfield and Joseph Ortega of Clark.According to the university, the 11th-ranked Kutztown University wrestling team headed into the se...

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...