Prepared by DAVID B. CORBINThe Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys lacrosse team and the New Providence Pioneers were engaged in a close match-up for three quarters but the Raiders caught fire with a 5-2 run in the fourth quarter to grab a 12-8 victory in Scotch Plains on April 15. Two days later...

The Westfield High School softball team scored five runs in the top of the seventh inning and held tight to stun the Elizabeth Minutemen, 8-3, in Elizabeth. Annie Reilly was big with a double, single and four RBI for 4-3 Westfield.Alex Laguna was 2-for-4 with two runs scored and an RBI. Erin Doherty...

The Cranford High School softball team witnessed a 10-4 setback to the 6-0 Jonathan Dayton Bulldogs on April 10. Winning pitcher Lila Carroll recorded 10 strikeouts, while helping her cause with two hits, two runs scored and an RBI.Sophia DeMarco hammered a pair of home runs for the Cougars and walk...

The Jonathan Dayton High School Bulldogs softball team improved to 5-0 with a 5-2 victory over the AL Johnson Crusaders on April 9. Winning pitcher Lila Carroll tossed a twohitter, while striking out nine Crusaders and walking three.Crusader Addison Meyer went 1for-2 with a walk and run scored. Madd...

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School softball team scored four runs in the bottom of the third inning and cruised to a 6-1 victory over the Summit Hilltoppers on April 10. Winning pitcher Olivia DiSalvo recorded 17 strikeouts and added some damage offensively, going 3-for-3 with three RBI.Sam Frisc...

The Oak Knoll Royals girls lacrosse team got the best of the Westfield Blue Devils on April 8 to improve its record to 3-1. Two days later, the Blue Devils regrouped and defeated Mountain Lakes, 14-8.Blue Devil Alice Manzo netted three goals and an assist against the Royals and Kate Watson finished ...

BYRNE SCATTERS 6 HITS, FANS 6; BOLTON 2-3, 2 RBIA pair of tough outings did not break the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School baseball team’s spirits. The Raiders picked themselves up to muzzle the Brearley Bears, 6-4, hand the Summit Hilltoppers their first defeat with a 3-1, victory then on April 10...

WP DOWLING, DAVIS 2 RBI, CESTER0 2B; LABIN, IVES RBIFacing a strong pitching performance from Kyle Morsell for five innings and trailing 2-0, the Westfield High School baseball team was in jeopardy of being handed its first defeat when it hosted the High Point Wildcats in Westfield on April 13. But ...

With the score knotted, 5-5, the visiting Westfield High School baseball team scored twice in the top of the seventh inning then held to jar the Oratory Prep Rams, 7-5, in Summit on April 9. One day later in Westfield, starting pitcher Tomas Cestero was on the mound for six innings and held the New ...

What appeared to be a possible runaway victory turned into a battle for survival when the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raider girls lacrosse team traveled to Memorial Field in Cranford to face the Cougars onApril 11. Within the first 10 minutes of the game, the Raiders seized a 6-1 lead before the Cougars ...