Competing in the Essex/Union White Division, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood field hockey Raiders had their work cut out for them. The Raiders, who finished 0-4-1 in the division, had six games decided by one goal (losing four of them) and finishedtheir season with a 6-8-4 overall record.Two of the Raider...

Four outstanding teams remained to vie for the Group 4 Championship to be held at Franklin High School in Somerset on November 23 and the No. 4 Westfield girls soccer Blue Devils wanted to be one of the final two when they hosted the No. 17 Livingston Lancers in the Group 4 semifinal at Gary Kehler ...

August 28, 2025 marked the first game in decades that the Westfield High School Blue Devils and the Plainfield Cardinals did not play each other for their Annual Thanksgiving Day Football Classic that dated back as far as 1900. The game was played on the brand new turf at Hub Stine Field in Plainfie...

Success early on made it appear that the second-seeded Westfield High School boys soccer team would breeze past the seventh-seeded Ridge Red Devils in the semifinal round of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 playoffs at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on November 11. The 119-1 Blue Devils, who s...

Shorthanded from the beginning of the season got even more shorthanded for the top-seeded Westfield High School soccer Blue Devil girls in the semifinal round of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 Tournament against the fourth-seeded Bayonne Bees at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on November 12....

Twice this season, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys soccer team had defeated the Westfield Blue Devils but the third match-up was for the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 championship at Wexler Field in Scotch Plains on November 14. The top-seeded Raiders scored once less than 12 minutes i...

Adversity from the beginning of the season and unwanted flu come tournament time may have placed the top-seeded Westfield High School soccer Blue Devils at a disadvantage when they hosted the third-seeded Bridgewater-Raritan Panthers for the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 Championship at Gary Kehl...

An early goal turned out to be very important for the second-seeded Cranford High School girls soccer Cougars when they hosted the Middletown South Eagles in the semifinal round of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 Tournament at Memorial Field in Cranford on November 12. The Eagles soared with a ...

COPPOLA 1ST-HALF GOAL, COGDILL 2ND-HALF GOALDefensive prowess really came to light when the second-seeded Cranford High School soccer Cougar boys entertained the seventh-seeded Millburn Millers in the semifinal round of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 Tournament at Memorial Field in Cranford on...

The last game of the Super Bowl and the last game of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood PAL 2025 football season created a lasting memory for all those who witnessed a memorable day.The day was Saturday, November 15, when the Scotch Plains-Fanwood PAL 8th Grade Raiders crushed a spell and produced a heroic a...