The Union Catholic High School boys basketball team blew apart a close game with a 21-8 third-quarter run to outpace the Westfield Blue Devils, 65-49, on January 25. Two days later, the 7-9 Blue Devils defeated Hillsborough, 46-31.Zach Epp scored 19 points, including a 3-pointer, and added three reb...

Westfield High School Blue Devils Manny Gayanilo and Ryan Daly came through with first-place finishes at the South Jersey Track & Field Club meet at Toms River on January27. Gayanilo won the 55-hurdley in7.78 and Daly finished first in the1,600 at 4:18.63, followed by teammate Avery Keith at 4:18.66...

LOGAN 50-FREE, 100-BACK; SHERRATT 200IM, 500-FREEArcella won both of Summit’s individual events beginning with the 200freestyle where she touched the wall at 1:49.52, followed by Blue Devil Brooke McAndrew at 1:58.09, Brooke LaBarge (UC) at 1:58.38 and Raider Shae Trenery at 2:00.97. Arcella also to...

Only one loss in the season made the Governor Livingston Highlanders ice hockey boys the heavily favored when they faced off with the Westfield Blue Devils for the Union County Tournament championship at Warinanco Park Rink in Roselle on January 20. Although that loss was a 3-2 setback to Westfield ...

Due to space unavailability, the results of the Union County swim championships on January 21 will be listed in the February 1 edition of The Leader and The UC HAWK.The Westfield boys took top honors with a total of 462 and broke four meet records, while the Blue Devil girls (375 total) placed secon...

WAIBEL WINS 200IM, 100F; SWENSON LEADS 50F SWEEPEvery point would be needed now that the unbeaten Westfield High School boys swim team dove into the brass tacks part of its season with a showdown at Wallace Pool in Westfield on January 19 against the Bergen Catholic (BC) Crusaders, whose only loss w...

CHAPMAN, DALY, SCHOLZ, O’HARA, ROTTER, BOYLECompetition for the top spot was even tighter this year for dominance at the Union County Tournament (UCT) wrestling championship held at Union High School on January 20. The Governor Livingston (GL) Highlanders held a slight lead heading into the champion...

Two get even wins and a 72-64 victory over the Millburn Millers on January 20 catapulted the Cranford High School boys basketball team’s record to 10-4. First, the Cougars staggered the Oratory Prep Rams, who had beaten them, 70-58, on December 16, 66-51, on January 17. One day later, the Cougars, w...

LOGAN WINS 50F, 100-BACK; CONSTABLE 100F, 100-BREASTPlenty was on the line when the undefeated Immaculate Heart Academy (IHA) girls swim team fromWashington Township arrived at Wallace Pool in Westfield on January 18 seeking to avenge last year’s, 92-78, loss to the Blue Devils. Stiff competition wa...

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High school wrestling team dropped a tight 42-34 decision to the AL Johnson Crusaders on January 12 then five days later, the Raiders were trampled by a strong Governor Livingston Highlander tea.Against the 3-7 Crusaders, the Raiders were victorious in six of the 14 bouts.A...