Lessons well learned from the home opener with the Somerville Pioneers paid off for the Cranford High School football Cougars when they hosted the Carteret Ramblers at Memorial Field on September 13. The Cougars’ offense did not get fooled by any defensive maneuvers and opened up necessary holes, wh...

Improving their scoring possibilities, while maintaining a strong defensive posture has been a focus of the Westfield High School Blue Devil soccer girls, especially when they hosted their arch rival Scotch Plains-Fanwood at Kehler Stadium on September 10. Both phases of that strategy worked out wel...

The Westfield High School girls field hockey team defeated the Caldwell Chiefs, 4-0, in Caldwell on September 10 then two days later wiped out Newark Academy, 7-0, at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield to improve to 3-1. After defeating Cranford, 5-1, in their opener, the Blue Devils’ loss was to Mont...

The Westfield High School girls volleyball team came up on the good side of a marathon two-game battle with the Kent Place Dragons on September 9. The Blue Devils won the first game, 25-23, but endured to win the second game, 33-31. Next, the Blue Devils defeated Heightstown, 25-10, 25-11, on Septem...

Time to put it all on the line came early in the season when the No. 16 Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys soccer team hosted the No. 10 ranked Montclair Bulldogs in Scotch Plains on September 9. The Raiders’ defense was put to the test from the start but persevered to pull out a 3-2 overtime vi...

The Cranford High School girls volleyball team defeated the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders, 25-19, 25-22, on September 9 then took out the Linden Tigers in three games, 19-25, 25-13, 25-21, on September 12. The Raiders rebounded to stop the Oak Knoll Royals, 25-19, 25-21, on September 12.Addison Rive...

Phillipsburg’s impressive victory over Westfield on September 6 may have taught a grim lesson but the Blue Devils learned it well when they hosted the 2-0 Elizabeth Minutemen at Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on September 15. Despite being listed as the underdogs, the Blue Devils unloaded with a d...

Going for the gusto was definitely on the Somerville Pioneer’s menu when they faced Cranford in the Cougars’ football opener at Memorial Field in Cranford on September 6. Senior quarterback Brenden Pacheco was firing long bombs all evening and did strike gold twice with touchdown receptions of 45 ya...

Offensive punch may have been a bit of a concern for the Westfield High School girls soccer team last year despite outscoring opponents, 54-10, recording 11 shutouts and winning the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 title to finish 16-2. But that concern diminished greatly in their home opener agains...

What appeared to be the making of a wipeout turned out to be merely a mirage when St. Anthony piled up the offense on St. Vincent in the first inning of the St. Bart’s Oldtimers Men’s Softball League Championship Game at Brookside Park in Scotch Plains on Labor Day, September 2. From that point onwa...