The 10th-ranked Westfield High School boys ice hockey team cruised past Montclair Kimberley, 6-0, in the quarterfinal round of the McInnis Cup playoffs on February 7 then rocked the 11-10-1 Cranford Cougars, 4-1, in the semifinals on February 12 (16th President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday).Alex Ebel ...

The 19-3 Cranford High School wrestling team made a great run but came up short to No. 16 Delsea, 4525, for the Group 3 crown at Rutgers University on February 11. Delsea (19-4) won nine of the 14 slated bouts.Delsea won the first two bouts with Sal Marchese (215) pinning Jake Unlicki in :40 andAlex...

Seeded third in the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 5 Tournament, the Westfield High School wrestling team defeated the sixth-seeded Elizabeth Minutemen, 48-27, in the quarterfinal round on February 5 before falling to second-seeded Bridgewater-Raritan in the semifinal at Bridgewater.In the quarterfi...

The Cranford High School wrestling team won four of five close match-ups and dimmed Hopewell Valley’s hopes in a 41-21 thrashing in the Group 3 semifinal round on February 9. Next would be a showdown with Delsea, the South Group 3 champs, who crushed Wayne Valley, 56-8, in the other semifinal.Beginn...

O’HARA, JONES, NOCK, CHAPMAN WIN FINAL 4 BOUTSReceiving the third seed for the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 Tournament meant that the Cranford High School wrestling Cougars had to spend the entirety of their time on the road. But that did not stop the 18-2 Cougars when they edged Morris Hills, 3...

The second-seeded North Hunterdon Lions defeated the 14-8 Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders, 6118, in the quarterfinal round of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 Tournament in Annandale on February 5. The Raiders claimed victories in three of the 14 bouts. John Boyle pinned Dave Christie at 190-lbs. ...

Seeded 15th, the AL Johnson High School boys basketball team stunned the 10th-seeded Summit Hilltoppers in overtime, 37-34, in the preliminary round of the Union County Tournament (UCT) in Summit on February 6. Two days later, the seventh-seeded 13-10 Blue Devils knocked off the 11-7 Crusaders, 59-3...

FERRERO 13 POINTS; SHEEHAN 9 POINTS, 3 BLOCKSThree impressive wins by the Westfield High School boys basketball team were followed by another in the Union County Tournament (UCT) that began with a 64-26 thumping of the 18th-seeded Roselle Rams in the preliminary round in Westfield on February 6. The...

Numerous rebounds and blocked shots kept the direction of the Union County Tournament first round game against ninth-seeded AL Johnson slightly in Westfield’s favor as the ninth-seeded Blue Devil girls basketball team managed to outpace the Crusaders, 43-38, in Westfield on February 7. The key turne...

AMITIE DOUBLE-DOUBLE (32 PTS, 14 RBS) VS CARDINALSStylish assists and some effective outside shooting put the 11th-seeded Cranford High School boys basketball team on the right path to a 69-55 victory over the New Providence Pioneers in the preliminary round of the Union County Tournament (UCT) in C...