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...

Swan Hotel 19, AJ Jersey 18 In this opening game of the 60s A best-of-three championship series at Linden Memorial Park, the contest could not get any closer. Swan Hotel held on in the 7th inning to nip AJ Jersey at the wire, 19-18. Doug Fischer played his usual tough defense up the middle and pitch...

Special thanks to Coach Marcus Mattielli who got all the quotes from the participants.Once in a lifetime opportunities rarely occur but the Westfield 14U baseball team got its opportunity and took advantage of it. After advancing from the Mid-Atlantic Regional, the Westfield 14U boys took the trip t...

Coming off a stunning upset of the second-seeded Linwood Boys in the semifinal round of the Union County Senior 60+ A Division Playoffs, the third-seeded AJ Jersey boys had their sites on doing the same in Game 1 of the championship series against topseeded Swan Hotels & Suites at Memorial Field 3 i...