Prepared by DAVID B. CORBINQuite a show of depth and talent by the Union Catholic varsity girls literally left the rest of the field in the dust at the Union County Tournament Cross-Country Championships at Warinanco Park in Roselle on October 24. The Viking girls seized the top five places to easil...

The second-seeded No. 16-ranked Governor Livingston Highlanders girls volleyball team went two hard games with the third-seeded Westfield Blue Devils and prevailed, 26-24, 25-20, in the semifinal round of the Union County Tournament at AL Johnson High School in Clark on October 22. The 17-4 Highland...

An early goal by the opposition put the No. 8 Westfield High School girls soccer team into a catch-up mode during a regular-season game against the Summit Hilltoppers at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on October 22. Although the Blue Devils stepped up their pace immediately after the firsthalf goa...

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School girls volleyball team defeated the AL Johnson High School girls, 27-25, 25-21, on October 23. The Raiders improved to 15-7, while the Crusaders slipped to 7-12.Raider DJ Ngumah recorded six services with an ace, six kills, three blocks and seven digs. Sam Frisci...

The No. 12-ranked Ridge High School Red Devils football team scored a pair of fourth-quarter touchdowns to insure a 28-10 victory over the Westfield Blue Devils at Basking Ridge on October 25. The Red Devils improved to 7-1 while the Blue Devils evened to 4-4.Blue Devil quarterback Jordan Walsh comp...

The visiting AL Johnson High School football team improved to 71 with a 56-24 triumph over Perth Amboy on October 25. The Crusaders stuck almost exclusively to the ground game and gobbled up a total of 519 rushing yards and quarterback Rob Gallagher completed one pass to Josh Maltez-Torres good for ...

Union County dominance definitely has appeared to be looking in favor of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School gymnastic team. The Raiders captured their sixth-straight Union County Tournament Championship in Scotch Plains on October 17.Although it was quite a competitive meet among four schools, th...

An early goal by the 11th-seeded Union Catholic Vikings girls soccer team forced the sixth-seeded Cranford Cougars to step up their offensive in the second round of the Union County Tournament at Memorial Field in Cranford on October 15. The 8-4 Cougars scored one goal just before halftime and added...

Plenty of opportunities yielded nothing in the first half for the fourthseeded Scotch Plains-Fanwood girls soccer team against the fifth-seeded Governor Livingston Highlanders during the quarterfinal round of the Union County Tournament at Scotch Plains on October 17. But the 6-4-3 Raiders’ persiste...

The Westfield High School boys varsity placed second behind the Union Catholic Vikings in the Union County Conference Watchung Division cross-country meet at Oak Ridge in Clark on October 16. The Vikings had a total of 28 and the Blue Devils totaled 47. The Cranford Cougar girls won the varsity Moun...