Any hopes of making the playoff round for either team rested on which team would be the victor when the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders matched skills with the Westfield Blue Devils in the qualifying round of the Cal Ripken, Jr. 12U District 12 Tournament at Gumbert Field 1 in Westfield on June 19. Th...

Expectations were very good for the Westfield High School baseball team this season with the return of an entirely capable pitching staff plus an experienced batting order. The Blue Devils lived up to expectations and nearly took it to the limit by winning 12 of their first 13 games, competing in wi...

Perhaps a 13-11 record was not the most glorious season like in the past several years but the Cranford High School baseball team remained very competitive and were involved in a number of games that were decided by one or two runs, which included an 8-7, nine-inning thriller in the Union County Tou...

The Westfield High School softball team found itself on both sides of blowout games and very tense down to the final inning games this season. In a season that featured any one of six teams that were capable of winning the Union County Tournament (UCT) title, the Blue Devils gave it a good shot and ...

Fire power was immense in the early round of the Cal Ripken, Jr. District 12 Tournament when the Westfield 12U team hosted the Cranford 12U squad that was the reigning 10U and 11U champs. The very hard-hitting Cougars banged out 22 hits, including a towering threerun home run off the bat of Ryan Fee...

Team turnover through graduation had created an opportunity for many hungry underclassmen to fill the vacant slots for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood boys lacrosse team this season, so the primary concern of the coaches was to see how the team would evolve facing a schedule that featured some of the stat...

The road ahead was definitely bumpy and the Cranford High School boys lacrosse team just could not seem to get out of all the numerous ruts this season. Despite constantly searching for the right formula for success, the Cougars finished the season with a 3-14 record.The Cougars opened their season ...

Last year, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School baseball team ran into a road block, lost its final six games and finished with a 9-16 record. But with the return of their top five pitchers and all but two of the starting lineup, the Raiders became a formidable bunch and finished their season with ...

Scheduling conflicts has thrown a wrench into the track & field Meet of Champions (MOC) this season. Several prestigious National Meets have drawn many of New Jersey’s top athletes away from the MOC.Westfield Blue DevilsAvery Keith, Alex Valencia and Ryan Daly have opted out of the MOC as well as mo...

Losing their leading scorer from last year - Sofia Della Rocco (55 goals) - due to injury at the beginning of the season put undue pressure on the Westfield High School Blue Devil lacrosse girls. But despite the very tough schedule ahead, the team stepped up to the challenge and finished with a 10-1...