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Cougars Overcome Mistakes, Defeat Raider Gridders, 35-6
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WORRELL 2TD; TRIPODI, SMITH, MURRAY, FYNES TD
Cougars Overcome Mistakes, Defeat Raider Gridders, 35-6
By DAVID B. CORBIN Sc Pl-Fanwood 0 0 6 0 6 Cranford 7 14 7 7 35 
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Mental lapses made throughout the game were overcome by outstanding offensive and defensive plays when the Cranford football Cougars hosted the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders at Memorial Field on October 10. The Cougars shot themselves in the foot several times with fumbles but their offense combined...
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Blue Devils Top Elizabeth, Raiders, UC Vikings in Girls V-Ball Clashes
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Blue Devils Top Elizabeth, Raiders, UC Vikings in Girls V-Ball Clashes
Thursday, October 16, 2025
The Westfield High School girls volleyball team had a very busy week in clashes with Union County foes and came out on top in all three matches. First, the Blue Devils endured a three-game match with the Elizabeth Minuteman on October 6 but prevailed, 25-13, 23-25, 25-18. On October 8, the Blue Devi...
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Cougars Rap Dayton Bulldogs In Competitive V-Ball Match
Thursday, October 16, 2025
The Cranford High School girls volleyball team upped its record to 12-1 but it took three games to overcome the Jonathan Dayton Bulldogs, 25-17, 24-26, 25-17, in Springfield on October 8. The Cougars’ only loss was a three-game, 26-28, 25-13, 2514, setback to the Westfield Blue Devils on September 1...
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Sports
Football Blue Devils Rout No. Brunswick Raiders, 35-6
Thursday, October 16, 2025
Spotting an early touchdown, the Westfield High School football team rumbled for five touchdowns to rout the hosting North Brunswick Raiders, 35-6, on October 10.After Raider Jayvon Dozier shocked the 3-4 Blue Devils with a 14-yard touchdown reception, it was all Westfield from there onward.Blue Dev...
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Blue Devil Girls Advance To Tennis Section Finals
Thursday, October 16, 2025
The second-seeded Westfield High School girls tennis team defeated the Elizabeth Lady Minutemen, 5-0, in the quarterfinal round of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 Tournament on October then advanced to the championships after defeating the Columbia Cougars, 4-1, in the semifinal on October 9. I...
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Sports
ALJ Crusader Gridders Nip Del. Valley Terriers, 21-19
Thursday, October 16, 2025
The AL Johnson High School football Crusaders improved to 5-1 by squeaking past the 4-3 Delaware Valley Terriers in Frenchtown on October 10. After yielding a touchdown in the fourth quarter, the Crusaders stopped a two-point conversion of claim a 21-19 victory.The Crusaders stuck almost entirely to...
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No. 2 West Essex Knights Shutout Blue Devils; Old Bridge Falls to Westfield in Field Hockey
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No. 2 West Essex Knights Shutout Blue Devils; Old Bridge Falls to Westfield in Field Hockey
Prepared by DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Aware of the very stiff competition they would be facing when the No. 2 West Essex Knights strutted into Gary Kehler Stadium on September 29, the field hockey Blue Devils wanted to, at least, hold their own. And they did for a while until the big Knight machine just wore them down en route to an 80 ...
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Raiders Nip New Providence, 2-1, 2 OT; Thump Rahway, No. Plainfield in Soccer
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Raiders Nip New Providence, 2-1, 2 OT; Thump Rahway, No. Plainfield in Soccer
Prepared by DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, October 9, 2025
The No. 9 Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys soccer team really turned up the volume to blast the 7-3 Rahway Indians, 4-0, on their own field on September 30. The very next day at the same venue, in a continuation of a game that was postponed, the Raiders went to the limit with the New Providenc...
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Mustangs Rear Up, Trample SPF Raiders in Football, 33-14
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FYNES TD RUN, 75-YARD CATCH-&-RUN TOUCHDOWN
Mustangs Rear Up, Trample SPF Raiders in Football, 33-14
By DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, October 9, 2025
An interception on their very first series hinted that the winds of misfortune were against them when the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School football Raiders hosted the JFK-Iselin Mustangs at Perry Tyson Field on October 3.And those winds remained in that direction while the Mustangs galloped to a 33...
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Cougars’ Moxie, FG Staggers Rahway in Grid Clash, 43-41
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SMITH, WORRELL 4TH Q TDS; PEREIRA WINNING FG
Cougars’ Moxie, FG Staggers Rahway in Grid Clash, 43-41
By DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Backs against the wall, playoff hopes on the line and trailing by one point with just 0:35.9 remaining in the game, the Cranford High School football Cougars had to figure out how to pull a rabbit out of their hats when they kicked off to the Rahway Indians at Memorial Field in Cranford on October 3...
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Scotch Plains Council OKs Ordinances, NJIT Flood Study
By FRED T. ROSSI 
Thursday, December 25, 2025
SCOTCH PLAINS – The Township Council last week approved four ordinances, including one updating its Building and Housing Ordinance and three others th...
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Commissioner Board Wishes Granados, Kowalski Well
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Commissioner Board Wishes Granados, Kowalski Well
By KATIE MOEN 
Tuesday, December 23, 2025
COUNTY — The Union County Board of County Commissioners bid a fond farewell to two of its longestserving members last week during the organization’s f...
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Blue Devils Tip Linden, 56-24 In Wrestling Season Opener
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BERARDI, SLUBERSKI, SEMLER, WOOD, SPERONZA PIN
Blue Devils Tip Linden, 56-24 In Wrestling Season Opener
By DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, December 25, 2025
Vacancies in two weight classes initially placed the Westfield High School wrestling team at a disadvantage when it hosted the Linden Tigers the regul...
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Westfield Freshman Earns Spot In World Hockey Championships
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Westfield Freshman Earns Spot In World Hockey Championships
By SYDNEY HERSKOWITZ 
Thursday, December 25, 2025
WESTFIELD — Westfield High School freshman Chelsea Tsvirko will represent Australia in the 2026 IIHF U18 Women’s Hockey World Championships, becoming ...
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Obituaries
Alexander F. Smeaton, Jr.
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Alexander F. Smeaton, Jr., age 93, formerly of Westfield, passed away on Sunday, January 4, 2026. Born on January 10, 1932, in Spring Lake, New Jersey...
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