Get even may have been on the Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys basketball Raiders’ minds when for the second time, they faced the Westfield Blue Devils in a traditional rivalry game on January 20. In the opening game of the season in Scotch Plains on December 18, the Raiders trailed at halftime but inched...

Protecting its streak of Unioî County Tournament (UCT) Championships would come down to the performances of three teams in Union on January 17. The Crnford Cougar matmen got some fierce competition from the Rahway Indians and an emerging Union Farmer squad but managed to clai` their 11th consecutive...

Two Top-20 ranked girls basketball teams and fierce rivals squared off at center court in Westfield on January 13 but only one would be able to emerge victorious. The No. 15 New Providence Pioneers with the senior leadership of Annie Conover, Megan Henn, Haley Kessler and Ava Kelly, got many second ...

Learning well from a disappointing loss, the Cranford High School girls basketball team was well prepared in its game against the Scotch Plains-Fanwood (SPF) Raiders at Cranford on January 15. A trio of seniors - Lily Costello, Brooke Bentrewicz and Courtney Toy - saw to it that the Cougars would no...

Protecting its streak of Union County Tournament (UCT) Championships would come down to the performances of three teams in Union on January 17. The Cranford Cougar matmen got some fierce competition from the Rahway Indians and an emerging Union Farmer squad but managed to claim their 11th consecutiv...

Very successful acts of thievery and a wicked press in the second quarter tilted momentum in favor of the Plainfield High School girls basketball team in its game with the Cranford Cougars in Cranford on January 6. After a modest 10-7 firstquarter lead, the Cardinals went on a stealing frenzy in the...

Desiring to keep the momentum in their corner, the Cranford High School basketball Cougar boys and the AL Johnson Crusaders engaged in a very spirited showdown in Clark on January 10. The Cougar boys grabbed a six-point at halftime, watched it dissolve into a two-point deficit in the third quarter b...

Keeping opponents’ scoring under 40 points is usually a good sign for high school basketball teams and it certainly was for the Westfield Blue Devils when they hosted the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders on January 6. The No. 8 Blue Devils initiated influential offense in the first quarter, wobbled a b...

Holiday tournaments are out of the way and the Cranford High School wrestling team traveled to Scotch Plains to face the Raiders in a Union County match-up on January 7. The Cougar matmen came ready to battle, were victorious in 11 of the 14 slated bouts and returned home with a 64-17 triumph.In the...

What initially appeared to be a runaway victory turned out to be anything but when the Cranford High School boys basketball team entertained the East Brunswick Bears in Cranford on January 3. The Bears, who entered the game with a 7-1 record were burning the net early on and seized a 21-7 lead withi...