Nearly the entire roster got into the action when the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys basketball team thrashed the Roselle Rams, 70-30, on January 23. Jack Merkel led the 11-6 Raiders with 14 points, including two 3-pointers, five rebounds, two assists, two blocks and a steal, while Jaden Car...

CHAPMAN WINS CAREER NO. 100, WF’S ROTTER WINSRelatively even match-ups definitely went in favor of the home team when the Cranford High School wrestling team hosted the Westfield Blue Devils on “Senior Night” in Cranford on January 24. All three expected tossups went in favor of the Cougars in a 68-...

Perhaps not much was expected of the Oak Knoll basketball Royals when they walked into Westfield High School with a 1-13 record to face the young Blue Devil girls on January 23. But after trailing 8-2 only three minutes into the game, Milan Jones and the Royals turned on the energy to stun the Blue ...

The Westfield Boys swim team delivered a crushing blow to unbeaten Christian BrothersAcademy, 112-58, on January 22, while the Blue Devil girls got past Trinity Hall, 91-79.The Blue Devil boys took 1-3 in the 200-medley relay with Danny Pierce, Dylan Lagrimas, Cole Sharkey and Owen Waibel touching a...

The Union Catholic High School boys basketball team blew apart a close game with a 21-8 third-quarter run to outpace the Westfield Blue Devils, 65-49, on January 25. Two days later, the 7-9 Blue Devils defeated Hillsborough, 46-31.Zach Epp scored 19 points, including a 3-pointer, and added three reb...

Westfield High School Blue Devils Manny Gayanilo and Ryan Daly came through with first-place finishes at the South Jersey Track & Field Club meet at Toms River on January27. Gayanilo won the 55-hurdley in7.78 and Daly finished first in the1,600 at 4:18.63, followed by teammate Avery Keith at 4:18.66...

LOGAN 50-FREE, 100-BACK; SHERRATT 200IM, 500-FREEArcella won both of Summit’s individual events beginning with the 200freestyle where she touched the wall at 1:49.52, followed by Blue Devil Brooke McAndrew at 1:58.09, Brooke LaBarge (UC) at 1:58.38 and Raider Shae Trenery at 2:00.97. Arcella also to...

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...