Only one loss in the season made the Governor Livingston Highlanders ice hockey boys the heavily favored when they faced off with the Westfield Blue Devils for the Union County Tournament championship at Warinanco Park Rink in Roselle on January 20. Although that loss was a 3-2 setback to Westfield ...

Due to space unavailability, the results of the Union County swim championships on January 21 will be listed in the February 1 edition of The Leader and The UC HAWK.The Westfield boys took top honors with a total of 462 and broke four meet records, while the Blue Devil girls (375 total) placed secon...

WAIBEL WINS 200IM, 100F; SWENSON LEADS 50F SWEEPEvery point would be needed now that the unbeaten Westfield High School boys swim team dove into the brass tacks part of its season with a showdown at Wallace Pool in Westfield on January 19 against the Bergen Catholic (BC) Crusaders, whose only loss w...

CHAPMAN, DALY, SCHOLZ, O’HARA, ROTTER, BOYLECompetition for the top spot was even tighter this year for dominance at the Union County Tournament (UCT) wrestling championship held at Union High School on January 20. The Governor Livingston (GL) Highlanders held a slight lead heading into the champion...

Two get even wins and a 72-64 victory over the Millburn Millers on January 20 catapulted the Cranford High School boys basketball team’s record to 10-4. First, the Cougars staggered the Oratory Prep Rams, who had beaten them, 70-58, on December 16, 66-51, on January 17. One day later, the Cougars, w...

LOGAN WINS 50F, 100-BACK; CONSTABLE 100F, 100-BREASTPlenty was on the line when the undefeated Immaculate Heart Academy (IHA) girls swim team fromWashington Township arrived at Wallace Pool in Westfield on January 18 seeking to avenge last year’s, 92-78, loss to the Blue Devils. Stiff competition wa...

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High school wrestling team dropped a tight 42-34 decision to the AL Johnson Crusaders on January 12 then five days later, the Raiders were trampled by a strong Governor Livingston Highlander tea.Against the 3-7 Crusaders, the Raiders were victorious in six of the 14 bouts.A...

The 10-1 Cranford High School wrestling team knocked the Rahway Indians from the ranks of the undefeated with a 51-15 rout in Rahway on January 17. The 12-1 Indians won only four of the 14 bouts.Cougar Mike Daly grabbed a 16-1, technical fall over Jaeczar Evans at 106-lbs then Joe Tona received a fo...

The Cranford High School girls swim team cruised past the Oak Knoll Royals, 126-43, on January 17. The 3-5 Cougars touched first in all 11 events and also grabbed a second in two of the three relays.Kianna Riera, Addison Freeman, Kyla Yzabella-Virata andAva Dreyer finished first in the opening 200-m...

The Westfield High School boys basketball team lost to the 10-3 Linden Tigers, 69-56, on January 18 and dropped a 46-33 decision to the 9-7 Summit Hilltoppers on January 20. Two days later, the 6-8 Blue Devils got the drop on the Union Farmers, 58-48, in Union.Blue Devil Shane Sheehan bucketed 20 po...