How two moms and a determined community planted the seed of a program that three decades later, claimed its first state championshipNearly 30 years before Westfield High School hoisted its first girls’ lacrosse state championship trophy, two mothers met over a folding table at a school event and spa...

The Cranford Blue baseball team ran the table to capture the Cal Ripken, Jr. 10U State Championship held at the Memorial Field Complex in Cranford on July 9. The tournament was hosted by the Cranford Baseball & Softball League.The Cranford Blue 10Us began their journey to the top with a 7-0 shutout ...

Cranford Blue had a chance of securing a top seed in Pool A and the Westfield Blue had an outside chance of securing a Pool A seed for the Cal Ripken, Jr. 12U State playoff round when the two rivals met at Gumbert Field 2 in Westfield on July 8. After the Cranford Blue rallied to eventually knot the...

Patience paid off for the Branchburg (B-burg) 12U baseball team in its third game of Pool B play against Berkeley Heights during the Cal Ripken, Jr. State Tournament at Gumbert Field 2 in Westfield on July 9. Trailing 3-1 when rain halted the game in the bottom of the second inning on July 8, B-burg...

Early on in the Cal Ripken, Jr. 12U State Tournament, the Branchburg Bulldogs looked to be the team to beat and entered the playoff semifinal round with the only unbeaten record to face the Westfield Blue at Gumbert Field 2 in Westfield on July 10. The Bulldogs definitely proved that they planned to...

Two teams, the Marlboro Mustangs from PoolAand the Branchburg Bulldogs from Pool B, managed to successfully battle through stiff competition to meet face-to-face for the Cal Ripken, Jr. State Championship at Gumbert Field 2 in Westfield on July 12. A pair of key defensive plays and a three-run outbu...

60+ DIVISION: TEAM W L T Linwood Boys 12 1 Swan Hotel 13 2 AJ Jersey 10 4 Deegan Roofing 60 7 5 Kenilworth VFW 8 6 Rocky’ Bar & Grill 7 7 Awnings Galore 5 7 Yogi’s Boys 4 11 Angry Joe’s Apparel 1 13 DeBellis Associates 0 11Rocky’s Bar 13, Yogi’s Boys 8 In a game that was threatened by rain Rocky’s B...

Pool play for the Cal Ripken, Jr. 12U State Tournament hosted by the Westfield Youth Baseball League began with a game between the Westfield Blue and the Marlboro Mustangs at Gumbert Field 2 on July 5. The Westfield Blue held a 2-0 lead until the Mustangs reared up and scored seven runs in the botto...

Few opportunities existed when the Cranford Blue 12U baseball team and the Marlboro Mustangs were involved in an intense pitchers’ duel during Round 2 of Pool A play of the Cal Ripken, Jr. State Tournament hosted by the Westfield Youth Baseball League at Gumbert Field 1 on July 6. Neither team could...

Competition this season in Union County softball was particularly very tough but the Cranford Cougars under first-year Head Coach Brianna Capece jumped into the action, had a number of close games, recorded a few impressive wins and finished with a 12-15 record.But adjusting to a lineup without four...