The eighth-seededAllentown boys lacrosse team defeated the ninthseeded Cranford Cougars, 16-8, in the first round of the South Jersey, Group 2 Tournament on May 22. Ryan Gregersen finished with three goals and two assists for the 3-14 Cougars. Tommy McCarthy had two goals and a ground ball. Joe Brod...

The seventh-seeded Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys lacrosse team watched a relatively comfortable lead dissolve when 10th-seeded Red Bank Regional netted five goals in the third quarter but the Raiders held on to claim a 7-6, overtime victory in the first round of the North Jersey, Group 3 To...

DeMARCO 2-4, ORR RBI 1B, ALVAREZ-GOMEZ SCORESOne more win would give the thirdseeded Cranford High School softball Cougars an opportunity to vie for their fourth straight Union County Tournament (UCT) crown but first they had to get past the second-seeded Jonathan Dayton Bulldogs in the semifinal ro...

DOWLING 3 HITS; IVES, EDWARDS 2 HITS; ALFANO 2 RBISix innings of effective pitching turned into a spiraling ball of confusion in the seventh inning when the top-seeded Westfield High School baseball team met the second-seeded Governor Livingston Highlanders for the third time this season but this ti...

SULLIVAN 3 HITS, TRAJKOVSKI HR, RBI; ALFANO 2 2BWinding down toward the end of the regular season, the Westfield High School baseball team received strong pitching performances from starter Jack Chavez and reliever Kevin Dowling when they clashed with the Cranford Cougars at Memorial Field in Cranfo...

DiSALV0 TOSSES 1-HITTER, 12 K’S; LLANO 2-FOR-3, 3 RBIHighly improved skills across the board plus a special motivation placed the eighth-seeded Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School softball team in a good position mentally to perform well against the fourth-seeded AL Johnson (ALJ) Crusaders in the semi...

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys lacrosse team evened its record to 8-8 with a 9-6 triumph over the 7-7 Madison Dodgers on May 13 but on May 18 a trip to Glen Rock resulted in an 8-7, overtime setback.Colin McAuliffe netted three goals and two assists against Madison. Nick Homer nailed a h...

The 13-4 AL Johnson High School boys lacrosse team jumped out to an 11-1, first-quarter lead en route to an 18-5 victory over Hackettstown on May 14. On May 18, the Crusaders improved their record to 15-4 with a 20-5 take down of the 10-7 Dayton Bulldogs.Rob Tyra fired in six goals and dished out fo...

The Cranford High School boys tennis team won both doubles matches and third singles to nip the 8-4 Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders, 3-2, on May 14. Three days later, with the lineups being shuffled, the 9-5 Raiders came back to defeat the 8-7 Cougars, 5-0.In the first meeting, Raiders Anand Sahasrabu...

The Cranford High School girls lacrosse team came up on the short side of a 12-7 decision to West Morris on May 13. But on Senior Night, May 17, the 10-8 Cougars jolted the Union Catholic Vikings in Cranford, 15-3.Kristina Lowe scored three goals and scooped four ground balls for the Cougars against...