No chances were taken when the second-seeded Westfield High School girls basketball team hosted 15thseeded PerthAmboy in the first round of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 Tournament on February 27. The 21-6 Blue Devils immediately out finessed the 6-17 Panthers with smooth assists to seize a 2...

The 13th-seeded Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School girls basketball team put it all together to eliminate the fourth-seeded Columbia Cougars, 55-47, in the first round of the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 Tournament in South Orange on February 27. The 10-16 Raiders pulled 48 rebounds and were led ...

The 11th-seeded Point Pleasant Boro boys basketball team made it very unpleasant for the sixth-seeded AL Johnson Crusaders and handed them a 67-52 defeat in the first round of the Central Jersey, Group 2 Tournament in Clark on February 27. Hunter Hynes was the main man for the 14-12 Panthers with 23...

The Westfield High School boys basketball team broke a 40-40 tie after three quarters to defeat Middle Township, 58-53, on February 24. Ty’shaun Pearson led the 16-10 Blue Devils with a double-double (18 points - 2 free throws, 10 rebounds), six assists, six steals and a block, while Jamir McNeil le...

For Montclair KimberleyAcademy (MKA’s) Division Champion ice hockey team, Westfield residents Owen DuHaime and Tyler Parliman have helped lead the team this winter as the Essex County private school hockey squad captured the regular season Kelly Division championship in the New Jersey Interscholasti...

Staten Island, NY – The Cranford High School track team made history on Valentine’s Day (February 14) at the Garden State Invitational at Ocean Breeze, setting multiple indoor school records in an electrifying performance.The Cougar girls’ 4x800-meter relay team, comprised of seniors Ellie Semple an...

After a 92-78 triumph over their perennial rival Bridgewater-Raritan (BrH2O) Panthers for the North Jersey, Section 2, Group A crown, the No. 1 Westfield High School Blue Devils found it easy to glide over the North Jersey, Section 1, Group A champions, Ridgewood Maroon, 11555, in the Group A semifi...

After beating their biggest competitor, Bridgewater-Raritan, for the section crown, and Ridgewood in the Group A semifinal, the No. 1 ranked Westfield High School boys swim team cruised over the No. 6 Hillsborough Raiders, 103-67, to claim its 29th state crown at Rutgers University on February 23.Th...

Three’s a charm! And it certainly was for the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School girls basketball team when the AL Johnson Crusaders marched into Scotch Plains on February 21. The 8-16 Raiders just could not miss from long range and battered the basket with nine of their 10 3pointers in the first hal...

The top-seeded, No. 16 New Providence High School girls basketball team jumped to a 33-19 lead heading into the forth quarter but had to withstand a valiant surge by the secondseeded Westfield Blue Devils to earn its third Union County Tournament Championship in four years with a 41-37 victory at Ke...