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Hillsborough Turns Tables; Jar Blue Devil Gridders, 42-21
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BLASI 80-YD TD GRAB, SPAIDE 71 TD RUN, WALSH 10-YD TD
Hillsborough Turns Tables; Jar Blue Devil Gridders, 42-21
By DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Tables turned drastically on the Westfield High School football Blue Devils when they hosted the Hillsborough Raiders on “Senior Day” at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on October 4. After the Blue Devils struck quickly for two touchdowns by the midpoint of the first quarter, the Raiders turned the...
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Blue Devils Shell Montgomery Cougars; Tame Princeton Tigers, 4-0, in Soccer
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Blue Devils Shell Montgomery Cougars; Tame Princeton Tigers, 4-0, in Soccer
Thursday, October 9, 2025
Prepared by DAVID B. CORBINThe Montgomery High School soccer Cougars quickly found out that they were vastly outmatched when they faced the No. 4 Westfield Blue Devil girls at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on September 30, and left the field with a 6-0 defeat. The 5-5 Cougars spent nearly the ent...
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Blue Devils Get Past Sparta, Kent Place Dragons in V-Ball
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Blue Devils Get Past Sparta, Kent Place Dragons in V-Ball
Prepared by DAVID B. CORBIN 
Thursday, October 2, 2025
Just one day after suffering its first loss of the season in three games (26.24, 24-26, 25-22) to the Governor Livingston Highlanders, the Westfield High School girls volleyball team was taken to three games but prevailed, 18-25, 25-16, 25-14 over Sparta on September 19. The Blue Devils were expecti...
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Sports
St. Thomas Aquinas Captures Cougar Invt’l Gymnastic Title
Thursday, October 2, 2025
The St. Thomas Aquinas Trojans (STA) gymnastics team repeated as the team champion of the 23rd Annual Cougar Invitational held at Cranford High School on September 25. The team won with a meet record score of 111.850. The record was previously set in 2009 by the Westfield Blue Devils at 111.20.The T...
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Blue Devils Seize Rivalry Win In OT Showdown With Summit
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SCHWARZENBEK HITS WINNER, MANGOLD STRIKES GOLD
Blue Devils Seize Rivalry Win In OT Showdown With Summit
By HI?S EYE SPORT & WHS LILY PATEL & DYLAN SINGER 
Thursday, October 2, 2025
As the noise from the sidelines and stands descended into silence, senior Emma Schwarzenbek stepped up to take the corner with the game on the line. With one breath, Schwarzenbek took the shot, but after a scramble at the goal, she managed to find another gap that sent the ball to the back of the ne...
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Sports
Crusader Gridders Muzzle Metuchen Bulldogs, 14-7
Thursday, October 2, 2025
The AL Johnson High School football team improved to 3-1 with a 147 muzzling of the 1-4 Metuchen Bulldogs in Clark on September 26. Running back Zaire Majerska (6 carries, 49 yards) scored both touchdowns for the Crusaders.Quarterback Vince Cilento completed no passes in three attempts and quarterba...
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NJ Semi Rematch Ends in Win For Blue Devils Vs. Montclair
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NJ Semi Rematch Ends in Win For Blue Devils Vs. Montclair
By HI?S EYE SPORTS & WHS SAM JUDKA & COOPER RICHMAN 
Thursday, October 2, 2025
It took the No. 4 Westfield High School girls soccer team just seven minutes and seven seconds to find the back of the net in a game against the Montclair Bulldogs at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield. It started from the midfield with crisp passing and then a shifty move by co-captain AshleyYenawine...
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No. 19 St. Joseph Overpowers Blue Devils in Football, 24-0
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No. 19 St. Joseph Overpowers Blue Devils in Football, 24-0
By HI?S EYE SPORTS & WHS GRACE MATUS & HOPE WALSH 
Thursday, October 2, 2025
The No. 19 St. Joseph (Metuchen) High School Falcons burst through an inflated green helmet and a haze of smoke, ready to attack the Westfield Blue Devils under the Friday night lights in Metuchen on September. 26. The St. Joseph’s student section, dressed in all white, roared as the sun set. Westfi...
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Locals Passucci, Hatch, Keogh Make Muhlenberg College Varsity Sports
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Locals Passucci, Hatch, Keogh Make Muhlenberg College Varsity Sports
Thursday, October 2, 2025
ALLENTOWN, PA - Three local athletes have been selected to play in their respective sports at Muhlenberg College for the fall season. Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School graduate, Luca Passucci, has been named a midfielder on the NCAA Division III men’s soccer team. Westfield High School graduate, Bre...
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Raiders Top Elizabeth in V-Ball, 25-19, 25-21
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Raiders Top Elizabeth in V-Ball, 25-19, 25-21
Thursday, October 2, 2025
The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School girls volleyball team got back into the win column with a two-game, 25-19, 25-21, victory over the 6-6 Elizabeth Lady Minutemen in Elizabeth on September 25. Senior Maddie Byrne recorded 10 kills, six digs and three services with an ace, while junior Bella Stewa...
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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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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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