CURANOVIC POURS IN 16 PTS; LOWE, DeLONG 4 ASSTSSolid defense and effective inside passing put the Cranford High School girls basketball team on the direct path to an overwhelming victory over the Linden Tigers in Cranford on January 3. The 4-4 Cougars’ defense allowed the 3-6 Tigers very little oppo...

The 7-1 Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School girls basketball team rebounded from its only loss of the season to the Roselle Catholic Lions by overrunning Montville, 55-37, on January 6. Amanda Baylock led the charge with 20 points, including a pair of 3-pointers, while Marin Pecarsky contributed 14 po...

The Elizabeth High School girls basketball team erased a 28-24, halftime deficit with a 17-8 third-quarter run then managed to hold off a Blue Devil comeback in the fourth quarter to salvage a 50-48 victory in Westfield on January 4. Two days later, the New Providence Pioneers outpaced the Blue Devi...

Westfield High School seniors Gabriella Demeter and Sean O’Brien, along with senior Darcy Scheiner shined at the Len Pietrewicz Polar Bear Invitational track meet at theArmory in New York. Demeter took top honors in the high jump event with a clearance of 5-2 and junior Jordan Hadel placed 10th at 4...

both free throws then just before the buzzer, Boyd hit for two.The Cougars’ defense was boxing out well, preventing the Tigers any second chances and forcing bad passing. In the meantime, the Cougars scored the first six points of the second quarter to seize a 20-4 lead convincing the Tigers to take...

Success from the starting event and its continuance by the Summit High School girls swim team forced the strategy of the Blue Devils in the final event, leading to an unfortunate end at Wallace Pool in Westfield on January 5. Entering the 400-freestyle relay, the Blue Devils trailing, 81-75, switche...

The Summit Hilltopper girls swim team remained undefeated with a 10466 victory over the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders, while the Hilltopper boys had a much tighter meet with the Raider boys but prevailed 90-80 at the Fanwood-Scotch Plains Pool on January 3. The 4-2 Raider girls took first in the 200...

The 4-0 Westfield High School girls swim team got a chance to work out various combinations to defeat the Oak Knoll Royals, 135-35, at Wallace Pool in Westfield on January 4. Meanwhile, the Blue Devil boys had stiffer competition with Oratory Prep but emerged with a 97-73 victory over the 2-1 Rams.T...

The Westfield Area YMCA Devilfish sent 90 qualifying swimmers to the MR CIY FLY Holiday Invitational held at the Nassau County Aquatic Center in East Meadow, NY on December 8-10. This competitive mid-season meet brought together 13 teams from the tri-state area. The 11+ swimmers competed in prelimin...

The Westfield High School girls basketball team got off on the right foot in the Falcon Holliday Tournament at Monroe High School with a 46-37 victory over the 2-3 Franklin Warriors on December 27. On December 29, however, the 5-1 Monroe Falcons were just a little too much in the fourth quarter, man...