Classic pitchers’ duels in softball with dramatic endings rarely occur but one for the ages certainly did when the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders entertained the No. 20 ranked AL Johnson Crusaders in Scotch Plains on April 25. Raider sophomore pitcher Maddie Bogart and Crusader sophomore ace Cassie C...

A lights out performance by the offense catapulted the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School girls lacrosse team over the Saddle River Day girls, 20-10, at Scotch Plains on April 22. Two days later the Raiders traveled to Old Bridge and were on the short side of a 10-9 decision.Senior attacker Juliana D...

Sometimes you’re hot! Sometimes you’re not! Both situations happened when the undefeated Governor Livingston Highlanders brought their baseball hitting machine into Scotch Plains to face the Raiders on April 24 and battered the home team with a 190, five-inning drudging. However on April 25, the Rai...

After dropping two straight to Elizabeth and Hillsborough, respectively, the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys volleyball team won four straight to up its record to 12-2. After humbling Roselle, the Raiders defeated the Summit HIlltoppers, 2516, 25-14, onApril 21. Next was a 2512, 25-16, win ov...

Quinlan Doherty went 5-for-5 with a home run, double, four RBI and three runs scored to lead the 8-5 Westfield Blue Devils softball team past the 5-9 Cranford Cougars, 11-9, in eight innings at Adams Field in Cranford on April 25. Ava Heuck went the distance and allowed 15 hits and no walks, while s...

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The No. 8 Westfield High School boys lacrosse team pulled out a 9-8, overtime victory over the hosting No. 11 Ridgewood Maroon on April 22 then on April 24, the Blue Devils fell under the Green Wave at Delbarton, 16-7. Two days later, the 8-3 Blue Devils overwhelmed the 6-3 New Providence Pioneers, ...

Coming off a key, 2-1, victory over the defending Union County Tournament champion Dayton Bulldogs four days earlier and a big win over Hanover Park on April 19, the Cranford Cougars softball team found itself in a jam early on against the hosting Westfield Blue Devils onApril 21. Then the Cougars r...

Making it four wins in a row turned out to be more difficult than expected when the Cranford Cougar baseball team hosted the Marlboro Mustangs at Memorial Field in Cranford on April 23. The home team carried an 8-4 lead into the top of the seventh inning but the Mustangs reared up with three runs an...

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys lacrosse team chipped Glen Rock, 8-7, on April 22 then defeated Sparta, 5-2, on April 25 to improve to 8-4. In both games, Ryan Mauer proved to be the boss in the face-off pit.Against the Glen Rock Panthers, Mauer won 17 of 19 face-offs and scooped 11 groun...