The AL Johnson High School Crusaders wrestling team made a good showing at the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2 Tournament at Berkeley Heights on February 5. The Crusaders defeated 11-12 Voorhees, 45-36, in the quarterfinals then gave the second-seeded Governor Livingston Highlanders a battle in a 4...

The second-seeded Cranford High School girls basketball team made easy work of the 15th-seeded Rahway Indians, 53-21, in the first round of the Union County Tournament in Cranford on February 7. Two days later, the Cougars silenced the seventh- seeded Summit Hilltoppers, 3823, in the quarterfinal ro...

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School wrestling team defeated Hoboken, 48-21, and Elizabeth, 49--24, on February 6 then fell to the Brearley Bears, 42-33, on February10.Against Hoboken, Raider Dan McArdle (106) recorded a 13-second pin. Justin Ellazar (113) recorded a fall in 1:17, Ryan Ricci (144) ...

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School girls swim team toppled Mount Olive (MO), 96-74, in the quarterfinal round of the North 2, Group B Tournament on February 6. The 9-3 Raiders claimed five individual event first, including a sweep in the 50-freestyle, and won the 200medley relay.Billie Sherratt, ...

The final event would determine which team would advance to the semifinal round of the North 2, Group B Tournament and the 11-3 Mendham boys swim team took first and third in the 400-free relay to secure an 87-83 victory over the 6-5 Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders on February 7.Mendham’s Raaghav Redd...

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...