Handling a hard-hitting squad that opened its season with a whopping 14-0, five-inning wipe out of the Westfield Blue Devils, then followed with a pair of 17-run games against the Brearley Bears would be quite a chore for the 2-1 Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders baseball team that hosted the 3-0 AL Joh...

Rocking the boat was on the agenda when the No. 11 Westfield High School boys lacrosse team matched “sticks” with a couple of “seafaring” teams on March 31 and April 2 both at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield. First, the Blue Devils pulled off a miraculous comeback to capsize the No. 1 Seton Hall Pr...

Opening the season with a win was a nice start but following up with another was even better. The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School girls lacrosse team went on the offensive immediately in its home opener against the Montville Mustangs and it paid off with a 13-8 victory on March 31. Two days later ...

Photos at goleader.com Ballhoo Sports The New Providence High School girls lacrosse team came into Memorial Field in Cranford and handed the Cranford Cougars a 13-6 jarring in the season opener on March 31. The 1-0 Pioneers took an 8-4 lead at the half then after shutting them out, 4-0, in the third...

Photos at goleader.com Ballhoo Sports Control of the face-offs definitely put theAL Johnson High School boys lacrosse team in the driver’s seat during a game against the Cranford Cougars at Memorial Field in Cranford on April Fools Day. However, it was no joking matter despite having the lion’s shar...

History in the making was on tap when the 15th-ranked Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys lacrosse team marched into Gary Kehler Stadium to match “sticks” with the 11thranked Blue Devils in Westfield on March 28. Initially the outcome seemed as if it were going to be the same as in the past but t...

The guns were loaded and ready to fire in the season opener between the Westfield High School baseball team and the AL Johnson Crusaders in Westfield on March 28. But all the ammunition on this day belonged to the Crusaders, who bombarded the Blue Devils with 14 hits en route to a 14-0, five-inning ...

Intense desire and the return of the proper offensive and defensive tools, along with two very solid mound aces could guide the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School softball team to success once again this season. Two years ago, the Raiders came oh so close to winning the Union County Tournament (UCT) ...

A “nothing is going to stop me now” attitude paid off for the Westfield High School girls lacrosse team last season. Despite the graduation of two super athletes, Abi Mokrzycki and defender Erin Hazard, the attitude remains and the Blue Devils are looking to have another great season.Last season, th...

Achieving all of their goals was a little more difficult for the Cranford High School wrestling Cougars this season. With a vacancy at 106-lbs and a temporary vacancy at 215-lbs, the Cougars had to make up ground in their other slots and still managed to claim their 11th-consecutive Union County Tou...