Two victories against three defeats were produced by the Scotch Plains-Fanwood (SPF) PAL football teams when the New Jersey Suburban Youth Football League opened the 2023 season on September 10. The day, which began with rain and ended with sunshine at Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School’s Tyson Field...

Freshman goalkeeper Ryan Friedberg was named the Ivy League’s Rookie of the Year (Fall 2022), after posting a 14-4-2 record with a 1.01 goalsagainst average and a .685 save percentage. Friedberg’s 14 wins are the most by a freshman on record in Cornell program history and his win total is the third-...

Jayvon Young buried a pair of goals to lead the Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School boys soccer team to a 31 victory over the Oratory Prep Rams on September 7. Aaron Casterlow added a goal and an assist and Sam Valera contributed an assist. Sean Van Hoven scored the Rams’ only goal and Matt Pasterak a...

Coming off a spectacular 2022 season the No. 6 Westfield High School girls volleyball team proved that there was plenty of talent remaining when it hosted No. 17 Union Catholic in Westfield on September 7. The Blue Devils won the first game, 25-17, but came up short on the next, 24-26, then recovere...

The Westfield High School girls tennis team opened its season with a 5-0 shutout of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders at Tamaques Park in Westfield on September 5. The very next day, the No. 5 Ridge Red Devils handed the Blue Devils a 5-0 setback also at Westfield. On September 9, No. 13 Holy Angels...

A wild high-scoring game resulted in a 7-6 victory for the Cranford High School girls soccer team over Pope John XXIII on September 9. Kristina Lowe led the Cougars with four goals and an assist, followed by Shea Matheson with two goals and four assists. Selena Rivers scored once and goalkeeper Vane...

The St. Thomas Aquinas football Trojans stormed over the visiting Scotch Plains-Fanwood Raiders, 350, in Edison on September 8. The 30 Trojans scored three touchdowns in the first quarter then added two more in the second quarter to activate the Mercy Rule clock.Raider junior quarterbackAnthony Roma...

The Union High School football team scored 31 first-half points en route to a 37-7 triumph over the Westfield Blue Devils in Union on September 8. Quarterback O’Mally King completed 10 of 16 passes for 106 yards, including a touchdown, and carried three times for 26 yards, including a pair of touchd...

The Westfield High School gymnastics team had the highest totals in all four events to defeat the Cranford Cougars, 104.9-100.05, in Westfield on September 8. Blue Devil Vendela Surgent took first on the floor exercise and placed second on the uneven bars and the balance beam.In vault, Cougar Claire...

The AL Johnson High School Crusaders football team gobbled up five rushing touchdowns to shut out the Bound Brook Crusaders, 34-0, on September 8. The ALJ Crusaders scored 28 of their points in the second quarter.Quarterback Rob Gallagher had five carries for 111 yards, including three touchdowns. E...