The No. 2 ranked Southern High School boys volleyball team endured three very tight games but managed to nip the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders, 25-22, 23-25, 25-23, for the Group 3 crown at South Brunswick High School on June 12. The Southern Rams, whose only loss was to the Old Bridge Knights on Ap...

TEAM STANDINGS: TEAM W L T St. Ignatius 5 0 St. Anthony 4 0 St. George 2 1 2 St. Wolfgang 3 2 St. Sebastian 1 1 1 St. Justin 1 3 St. Francis 1 4 St. Vincent 0 4 1St. Sebastian 9, St. Francis 5 A high-hitting affair that featured 33 combined hits. St. Seb’s Francis Vecchione drove in the game’s first...

One year ago the Westfield Blue Devils scored a goal in overtime to defeat the Bridgewater-Raritan Panthers, 11-10, in the semifinal round of the North Group 4 playoffs en route to beating Ridgewood, 10-9, in overtime for the North title and Eastern, 17-10, for the overall Group 4 crown. This time, ...

A relatively rough first half of the season eventually smoothed in the second half for the Cranford High School girls lacrosse team this season. The Cougars had a 4-8 record entering Union County Tournament (UCT) time but went 7-3 the rest of the way to finish with an even 11-11 record. Head Coach J...

High-scoring games, seven games decided by one goal and several blowouts highlighted the season for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School girls lacrosse team. There were only two games where the winning team scored less than 10 goals, one a win and one a loss for the Raiders who were on the short si...

Prepared by DAVID B. CORBINThe third-seeded Westfield Blue Devils baseball team defeated the second-seeded Woodbridge Barrens, 8-4, in the semifinal round of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 playoffs in Woodbridge on June 3. The victory set up a championship game in Basking Ridge on June 5 with ...

Prepared by DAVID B. CORBINControl in the face-off position and a quick offensive jump put the third-seeded, No. 19 Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys lacrosse team on the road to success in the North Jersey, Group 3 quarterfinal game against Northern Highlands on June 2 in Scotch Plains. The 16-6 Raiders q...

The top-seeded AL Johnson High School softball team scored four runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to defeat the second-seeded Delran Bears, 5-4, to win its second Central Jersey, Group 2 Championship in a row in Clark on June 6. Last year, the Crusaders scored two runs in the seventh inning to ...