Kent Place was odds on favorites to win its sixth straight Union County Tournament championship but the Summit (S) Hilltoppers and the Westfield (W) Blue Devils still had hopes of pulling off an upset at Donald Van Blake Courts in Plainfield on October 2. Although there was one minor upset, the Kent...

The 7-1 Westfield High School girls soccer team scored two first-half goals to shutout the 4-4-1 Union Catholic Vikings, 2-0, on September 30. However, without a key player in the lineup on October 5, the No. 17 Blue Devils had to battle back from a 2-0 deficit early in the first half to squeeze by ...

Holding up against the returning Union County Tournament champions was an enormous task for the Cranford High School girls soccer Cougars when they hosted the Summit Hilltoppers at Memorial Field in Cranford on October 1. Constant shelling from the Hilltoppers, especially in the first half, yielded ...

Playing some of the toughest teams in the state seemed to pay off well for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School field hockey team in its showdown with the Westfield Blue Devils at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on September 27. The Raiders employed an immediate aggressive behavior throughout the ...

Playing some of the toughest teams in the state seemed to pay off well for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School field hockey team in its showdown with the Westfield Blue Devils at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on September 27. The Raiders employed an immediate aggressive behavior throughout the ...

Aggressive play, especially with the proper tools, has propelled the Cranford Cougars boys soccer team into a very competitive team this season. Coming off a 2-1, overtime win over the Linden Tigers on September 24, the Cougars elevated their record to 6-1-1 with a 2-1 victory over the David Brearle...

Bad news came in many ways for the Westfield High School Blue Devils when they hosted the No. 17 St. Joseph (Metuchen) Falcons at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on September 28. Despite the rain, Falcon junior quarterback Justin Scaramuzzo found the way to complete 13 of 18 passes for 273 yards, w...

Competition in Union County got even stiffer when the 9-1 Governor Livingston Highlanders stunned the Westfield Blue Devils, 25-18, 25-11, in a girls volleyball match on September 23. The Highlanders improved to 5-1 in the Union County Conference Watchung Division, while the Blue Devils slipped to 4...

Quarterback Rob Gallagher managed to surprise the Metuchen Bulldogs when he reached into his bag of tricks and pulled out a pair of touchdown passes and added three touchdown runs as the AL Johnson High School team improved to 4-0 with a 34-14 triumph on September 27.Gallagher completed two of three...

Georgia Christos scored the lone goal and goalkeeper Isabella DaSilva recorded eight saves to earn the 4-3 Oak Knoll Royals girls soccer team a 1-0 win over the 2-3-2 Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders on September 24. Two days later in Scotch Plains, the Raiders ruled the field and shut out the Watchung...