Late inning fireworks at the plate overshadowed two fine pitching performances when the second-seeded Westfield baseball Blue Devils hosted the third-seeded Union Catholic Vikings in the semifinal round of the Union County Tournament at AL Johnson High School in Clark on May 17. A 3-3 deadlock was s...

Fine all-around softball ended up being needed by both teams when the 11-5 Bridgewater-Raritan Panthers crept into Westfield to face the 11-8 Blue Devils on May 12. Although the Panthers played well defensively and added an offensive surge in the late innings, it was the Blue Devils, who pulled off ...

The Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys lacrosse team got back on the winning track with an 11-7 win over the Jefferson Falcons on May 13. The Raiders then entertained the Immaculata Spartans and emerged with a 12-4 victory on May 15 to up their record to 12-6. In both games, thanks to the domina...

Opportunities knocked twice for the Jonathan Dayton softball Bulldogs and they managed to capitalize on the second one, which was just enough to slip them past the hosting Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders, 42, in a regular-season game on May 7. The victory boosted the defending Union County Champion Bu...

The second-seeded Westfield High School boys lacrosse team defeated the third-seeded Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders, 8-4, in the semifinal round of the Union County Tournament (UCT) at ALJ High School in Clark on May 8. Two days later, the 12-5, No. 10 Blue Devils stunned the top-seeded, No. 4 Summit...

No mercy was allowed when the third-seeded Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys lacrosse team hosted the sixth-seeded Cranford Cougars in the quarterfinal round of the Union County Tournament at Wexler Field in Scotch Plains on May 5. The Cougars had previously defeated seventh-seeded Oratory Prep...

Darby Revock went 5-for-5 with a pair of triples, three RBI, a stolen base and two runs scored to lead the Westfield High School softball team past the Brearley Bears, 13-7, on May 7. A game against the No. 14 Columbia Cougars on May 8 turned out to be a pitchers’ duel in a 2-0 defeat.Against the Be...

The third-seeded, No. 10 Westfield High School girls lacrosse team ousted the sixth-seeded New Providence Pioneers, 18-8, in the quarterfinal round of the Union County Tournament (UCT) in Westfield on May 5. On May 7 in Clark, the Blue Devils had a battle with the second-seeded, No.3 Summit Hilltopp...

The AL Johnson High School softball team recorded its fourth-straight shutout in a row and eight straight win after dropping a 5-2, 10-inning thriller to the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders on April 25. After knocking off the Woodbridge Barrens, 5-0, and the Elizabeth Lady Minutemen, 10-0, the Crusade...

The second-seeded Westfield baseball Blue Devils swamped 15thseeded Rahway, 17-0 in the first round of the Union County Tournament on May 10. The fifth-seeded Cranford Cougars ousted 12th-seeded New Providence, 8-1, and the ninth-seeded AL Johnson Crusaders ousted eighthseeded Summit, 10-0. The seve...