The third-seeded Kent Place Dragons girls lacrosse team eliminated the sixth-seeded Cranford Cougars, 18-3, in the quarterfinals of the Union County Tournament in Summit on May 6. Two days prior, the Cougars defeated the seventh-seeded New Providence Pioneers, 8-4, in the first round.Against the fea...

The fourth-seeded Westfield High School girls lacrosse team ousted the fifth-seeded Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders, 18-10, in the quarterfinal round of the Union County Tournament (UCT) in Westfield on May 6. Alice Manzo led the 8-6 Blue Devils with five goals, two assists, six draw controls and thre...

The second-seeded Summit Hilltoppers boys lacrosse team took an early lead but had to hold on until the end to nip the top-seeded Westfield Blue Devils, 6-5, for the Union County Tournament Championship held at AL Johnson High School in Clark on May 11.Colin Coyle and Cody Lam each netteda goal and ...

The second-seeded Summit Hilltoppers were just too much for the third-seeded Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raider boys lacrosse team when they recorded an 11-2 victory in the semifinal round of the Union County Tournament at AL Johnson High School in Clark on May 9. The 11-2 Hilltoppers advanced to face the...

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School softball team went on the road and recorded a pair of huge victories, both in extra innings. First, the Raiders scored twice in the top of the eighth inning then held the Brearley Bears in the bottom of the inning to earn a 4-2 victory on May 6. The next day the...

A pitchers’ duel collapsed into a wild finish at the Union Country Tournament Championship Game between Westfield and Governor Livingston at Kean University on May 13.See story next week in The Leader

Prepared by DAVID B. CORBINThe Union Catholic Vikings boys track team captured first in the Union County Conference Watchung Division at Governor Livingston High School in Berkeley Heights on May 9-10. The Viking boys finished with a total of 143, followed by the Westfield Blue Devils at 110, while ...

CESTERO SOLO HR, EDWARDS BRINGS HOME WINNERSFind a way to get ahead! Both teams found ways to get ahead when the top-seeded Westfield High School baseball team matched skills with the fourth-seeded Cranford Cougars for nine grueling innings in the semifinal round of the Union County Tournament (UCT)...

LYNCH LAUNCHES 3-RUN HR; IVES, LABIN 2 RBI EACHOne breakout inning early in the game was all that it took to convince the Millburn Millers that it was going to be a long afternoon at Bob Brewster, Sr. Field in Westfield on April 29. The 12-1 Blue Devils plated a merry-goround of nine runs in the bot...

HEFLIN 4 HITS, PUGLISI 2 RBI 2B; BOGART 2-RUN HRBlue Devil Bella Scipioni and Raider Olivia DiSalvo were engaged in a memorable pitching duel in Scotch Plains on April 30 but only one would savor victory while the other would just have to shake her head. With the score tied, 3-3, in the 10th inning,...