Time to put it all on the line came early in the season when the No. 16 Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys soccer team hosted the No. 10 ranked Montclair Bulldogs in Scotch Plains on September 9. The Raiders’ defense was put to the test from the start but persevered to pull out a 3-2 overtime vi...

The Cranford High School girls volleyball team defeated the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders, 25-19, 25-22, on September 9 then took out the Linden Tigers in three games, 19-25, 25-13, 25-21, on September 12. The Raiders rebounded to stop the Oak Knoll Royals, 25-19, 25-21, on September 12.Addison Rive...

Phillipsburg’s impressive victory over Westfield on September 6 may have taught a grim lesson but the Blue Devils learned it well when they hosted the 2-0 Elizabeth Minutemen at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on September 15. Despite being listed as the underdogs, the Blue Devils unloaded with a d...

Going for the gusto was definitely on the Somerville Pioneer’s menu when they faced Cranford in the Cougars’ football opener at Memorial Field in Cranford on September 6. Senior quarterback Brenden Pacheco was firing long bombs all evening and did strike gold twice with touchdown receptions of 45 ya...

Offensive punch may have been a bit of a concern for the Westfield High School girls soccer team last year despite outscoring opponents, 54-10, recording 11 shutouts and winning the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 title to finish 16-2. But that concern diminished greatly in their home opener agains...

What appeared to be the making of a wipeout turned out to be merely a mirage when St. Anthony piled up the offense on St. Vincent in the first inning of the St. Bart’s Oldtimers Men’s Softball League Championship Game at Brookside Park in Scotch Plains on Labor Day, September 2. From that point onwa...

The No. 15 Westfield High School boys soccer team got very active immediately and routed the Rams of Oratory Prep, 5-1, in the season opener at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on September 5. On September 7, the 2-0 Blue Devils went on the road and leveled Lawrence by the same score.The Blue Devils...

The AL Johnson High School football team went to the ground game for 338 yards and rumbled over the David Brearley Bears, 35-2, in Kenilworth on September 6. The Crusaders yielded only a safety to the Bears in the first quarter.Quarterback Ryan George carried nine times for 132 yards, including thre...

The hosting Phillipsburg Stateliners football team sidelined the Westfield Blue Devils, 44-17, on September 8. The Stateliners jumped on the Blue Devils on the first play of the game with a 79-yard touchdown run by Jah’quil Dooley and mixed a nice passing game with a formidable running attack to kee...

Stopping the passing accuracy of quarterback Brandon Macaluso seemed nearly impossible for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders’ defense in the first half when they hosted the Monroe Falcons in the season opener at Scotch Plains on August 29. But the Raiders’ defense quickly found the right formula in ...