The fifth-seeded Cranford Cougars baseball team shut out the Oratory Rams, 14-0, in the quarterfinal round of the Union County Tournament in four and one-half innings on May 8. Winning pitcher Dylan Falk tossed a one-hitter in four innings and reliever Mike Zalinkanskas finished the job.The big hitt...

The St. Thomas Aquinas (STA) baseball team won a 2-0 pitchers’ duel over the 14-6 Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders on May 7. Winning pitcher Nikash Patel recorded six strikeouts for 11-6 STA. Losing pitcher Jack Byrne pitched four innings and recorded six strikeouts. Anthony Veglia pitched two innings ...

The third-seeded, 15-6 Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School baseball team jumped all over the AL Johnson Crusaders in the quarterfinal round of the Union County Tournament, 16-0, in four and one-half innings on May 8. Winning pitcher Ryan Quinones was on the mound three innings and recorded five strike...

The 13-9AL Johnson softball team recorded a 7-2 victory over 10-10 Summit on May 7. Liz Fitzharris went 2-for-3 with two runs scored Jill Duffy went 2-for-2, with an RBI and two runs scored. Annabella DeMartinis had an RBI single and scored. Madden Puerari doubled and had two RBI. Pitcher Krista LaB...

Erin Doherty crushed a grand slam home run for theWestfield High School softball Blue Devils who clocked the Elizabeth Minutemen, 10-3, on May 6. Two days later, the Ridge Red Devils scored once in the seventh inning and three times in the eighth to squeeze past the Blue Devils, 4-2.Alex Laguna went...

Prepared by DAVID B. CORBINThe Union Catholic Viking girls track team handily captured first in the Union County Conference Watchung Division at Governor Livingston High School in Berkeley Heights on May 9-10. The Viking girls totaled 200.33, followed by the Raiders at 82.33 and the Blue Devils at 7...

The third-seeded Kent Place Dragons girls lacrosse team eliminated the sixth-seeded Cranford Cougars, 18-3, in the quarterfinals of the Union County Tournament in Summit on May 6. Two days prior, the Cougars defeated the seventh-seeded New Providence Pioneers, 8-4, in the first round.Against the fea...

The fourth-seeded Westfield High School girls lacrosse team ousted the fifth-seeded Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders, 18-10, in the quarterfinal round of the Union County Tournament (UCT) in Westfield on May 6. Alice Manzo led the 8-6 Blue Devils with five goals, two assists, six draw controls and thre...

The second-seeded Summit Hilltoppers boys lacrosse team took an early lead but had to hold on until the end to nip the top-seeded Westfield Blue Devils, 6-5, for the Union County Tournament Championship held at AL Johnson High School in Clark on May 11.Colin Coyle and Cody Lam each netteda goal and ...

The second-seeded Summit Hilltoppers were just too much for the third-seeded Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raider boys lacrosse team when they recorded an 11-2 victory in the semifinal round of the Union County Tournament at AL Johnson High School in Clark on May 9. The 11-2 Hilltoppers advanced to face the...