Prepared by DAVID B. CORBINThe Montgomery High School soccer Cougars quickly found out that they were vastly outmatched when they faced the No. 4 Westfield Blue Devil girls at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on September 30, and left the field with a 6-0 defeat. The 5-5 Cougars spent nearly the ent...

Just one day after suffering its first loss of the season in three games (26.24, 24-26, 25-22) to the Governor Livingston Highlanders, the Westfield High School girls volleyball team was taken to three games but prevailed, 18-25, 25-16, 25-14 over Sparta on September 19. The Blue Devils were expecti...

The St. Thomas Aquinas Trojans (STA) gymnastics team repeated as the team champion of the 23rd Annual Cougar Invitational held at Cranford High School on September 25. The team won with a meet record score of 111.850. The record was previously set in 2009 by the Westfield Blue Devils at 111.20.The T...

As the noise from the sidelines and stands descended into silence, senior Emma Schwarzenbek stepped up to take the corner with the game on the line. With one breath, Schwarzenbek took the shot, but after a scramble at the goal, she managed to find another gap that sent the ball to the back of the ne...

The AL Johnson High School football team improved to 3-1 with a 147 muzzling of the 1-4 Metuchen Bulldogs in Clark on September 26. Running back Zaire Majerska (6 carries, 49 yards) scored both touchdowns for the Crusaders.Quarterback Vince Cilento completed no passes in three attempts and quarterba...

It took the No. 4 Westfield High School girls soccer team just seven minutes and seven seconds to find the back of the net in a game against the Montclair Bulldogs at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield. It started from the midfield with crisp passing and then a shifty move by co-captain AshleyYenawine...

The No. 19 St. Joseph (Metuchen) High School Falcons burst through an inflated green helmet and a haze of smoke, ready to attack the Westfield Blue Devils under the Friday night lights in Metuchen on September. 26. The St. Joseph’s student section, dressed in all white, roared as the sun set. Westfi...

ALLENTOWN, PA - Three local athletes have been selected to play in their respective sports at Muhlenberg College for the fall season. Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School graduate, Luca Passucci, has been named a midfielder on the NCAA Division III men’s soccer team. Westfield High School graduate, Bre...

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School girls volleyball team got back into the win column with a two-game, 25-19, 25-21, victory over the 6-6 Elizabeth Lady Minutemen in Elizabeth on September 25. Senior Maddie Byrne recorded 10 kills, six digs and three services with an ace, while junior Bella Stewa...

Caution was a must, particularly for the defense, when the Westfield High School boys soccer team hosted the Rahway Indians at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on September 16. The Indians known for their quick striking ability did so with an early goal but the Blue Devils looked to their co-captain...