Superior credentials have been well earned by the Westfield High School girls soccer team over the past four years. Many with superior credentials remain but due to a host of preseason injuries, the Blue Devils will look to their team depth to come up with another successful season.In the past four ...

Many fresh faces will be mixing in with the returning veterans this season for the Westfield High School boys soccer team that fielded a senior- heavy squad last year. One thing for sure, however, is that the Blue Devils plan to be in the hunt for conference, county and section crowns.Last year, com...

Very dangerous scoring threats and a nearly impenetrable defense has been the key to success for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys soccer team last year and with a host of returning athletes in all those positions, that formula should pay dividends this season.Last year, just about everything that the ...

Quarterback Nolan Walsh had quite an evening completing 10 of 19 passes for 196 yards and four touchdowns as the Bernards Mountaineers High School football team passed over the visiting Cranford Cougars, 27-15, in its home opener on August 29.The 0-1 Cougars did manage to limit the Mountaineers’ gro...

It was certainly not the traditional Annual Thanksgiving Day game like in the past when the Plainfield football Cardinals hosted the Westfield Blue Devils in the season opener on their brand new turf field on August 28. The usual excitement was still there, however, and it went down to the final sec...

A different figure, who emerged on the mound, seemed to make a huge difference for the hosting AJ Jersey Boys in Game 2 of the Union County Senior 60+ A Division Men’s Softball League Championship against topseeded Swan Hotels & Suites at Memorial Field 3 in Linden onAugust 25. Pitcher Larry Stewart...

St. Ignatius, after dropping is first game to eighth-seeded St. Sebastian, had to take the long route to crawl back into the St. Bart’s Oldtimers Men’s Softball League Championship game on Labor Day. After ousting St. Francis, 5-1, in the elimination bracket, the Iggies scored once in the bottom of ...

AJ JERSEY PITCHER STEWART STALLS SWAN’S POWER; HOBSON 3-3, 2 RBI; CAMPANELLO 2 RBI, 2 RUNSA different figure, who emerged on the mound, seemed to make a huge difference for the hosting AJ Jersey Boys in Game 2 of the Union County Senior 60+ A Division Men’s Softball League Championship against top-s...

Phenomenal Boyz 10, Rappa Construction 8In a game where defense initially seemed poised to determine the outcome, Rappa Construction limited Phenomenal Boyz to scoring during only one of the first five innings, maintaining a 7-4 lead. However, momentum shifted, resulting in an 88 tie entering the se...

Prepared by DAVID B. CORBINThe doors for a starting spot on the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School varsity football team are wide open. On August 21, the Raiders scrimmaged the East Brunswick Bears in Scotch Plains and were searching for the right fit prior to their non-league scrimmage game with the...