The AL Johnson High School football team upped its undefeated record to 5-0 with a convincing 41-13 rout of the 2-4 Governor Livingston Highlanders at Berkeley Heights on October 5. The Crusaders amassed 318 yards rushing on 36 carries, including four touchdowns, while the Highlanders totaled 136 ya...

The No. 5-ranked Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys soccer team elevated its record to 9-0 with a 2-0 shutout of the 2-7 Oratory Prep Rams on September 30. On October 5, the 10-0 Raiders finally found the mark when they went two overtime periods to burn Freehold Township, 1-0.Senior forward Coli...

Leading 14-0 at halftime, the Cranford High School football team’s offense went silent while the hosting Rahway Indians’ offense attempted a second-half comeback at Rahway River Park in Rahway on October 4. However with the score at 14-13, the Cougar defense managed to block the extra-point attempt ...

The Westfield High School boys took first in the Varsity A race at the Shore Coaches Invitational crosscounty meet at Holmdel on October 5. The varsity boys totaled 49 points, while Cherokee was second at 65, followed by Cherry Hill East (CHE) at 68.Lukas Disko (Bridgewater-Raritan) finished first w...

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...