A WATCHUNG COMMUNICATIONS, INC. PUBLICATION The Westfield Leader and The Scotch Plains – Fanwood TIMES Thursday, September 20, 2007 Page 11 GL/AL Johnson Football Sports Section On Page 15 THE WEEK IN SPORTS Pages 11-17 ISABELLA, MCMANUS NOTCH 1 GOAL, 1 ASSIST EACH Soccer Blue Devils Shut Out Irvington Blue Knights, 5-0

By DAVID B. CORBIN sent in the reserves in the second half last 15 minutes.” Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times and was pleased with what he saw but Blue Devil goalie Adam Fine needed After a thrilling 1-0, shutout vic- there has always been concern about only to make one save in the first half, tory over archrival Scotch Plains- a letdown after such a huge victory. while his Irvington counterpart, Edwin Fanwood on September 10, the “We had concerns of a letdown, Sarara, was kept busy making six saves. Westfield High School boys soccer winning the first game of the year, His first save that came off the foot of team wanted to get the opportunity to beating a rival and then a team that we Blue Devil senior Danny Strauss was give its second team some playing handled relatively easily last year. his most impressive. time and did in a 5-0, shutout triumph We talked about it yesterday. We didn’t The Blue Devils took six corner over Irvington at Kehler Stadium in have a particularly good practice yes- kicks in the first half and three of them Westfield on September 12. terday. That was a letdown but I eventually led to goals. The first, after When the first team forced a half- thought the boys came out and played Mike Irving sent his corner kick into court game, out-shot the Blue Knights wonderfully right from the start,” he the box, Matt Isabella got to it and slid 13-1 and divided all five goals among said. “It took a little while to find the the ball to Mike Lessner, who hopped five players in the first half, Blue goal but, when they did, it was crazy. it into the net with 19:28 on the clock. Devil Head Coach George Kapner I think they scored four goals in the CONTINUED ON PAGE 14

David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The Times RIGHT ON COURSE FOR A TD…Raider Anthony Taylor, No. 2, slants right toward the end zone in the game against Newark East Side. Taylor amassed 352 yards rushing and of 6 yards, 28 yards, 2 yards and 1 yard, respectively. TAYLOR RUSHES 352 YARDS; TDs OF 6, 28, 2, 1 YARDS SPF Football Raiders Go 2-0, Trample East Side Boys, 27-13

By DAVID B. CORBIN accumulated 318 yards, along with Taylor amassed 213 yards and all Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times five TDs and two , in a four of his TDs (6 yards, 28 yards, 2 Junior tailback Anthony Taylor made 47-23 Raider victory over Westfield yards and 1 yard, respectively) in the a valiant attempt to keep up with the on October 2, 1999. However, the first half when the Raiders carried a Joneses, that is former Raider star following week, October 9, in a 40-7 27-13 lead into the locker room. Nate Jones, by rushing 352 yards on thumping of Cranford, Jones galloped “He had a great day! Our line was 44 carries and delivering four touch- 303 yards for 4 TDs. But that was not dominating up front. Marcus Green downs (TD) in Scotch Plains- it! On October 16, he added his third threw great blocks all day,” said Raider Fanwood’s (SPF) 27-13 triumph over straight 300 game with a 307-yard, Head Coach Steve Ciccotelli. Newark East Side at Shabazz Stadium four rushing TDs, one TD reception “The line did a great job. My full- in Newark on September 15. effort in a 35-0 Raider shutout of back blocked for me and cleared out David B. Corbin for The Westfield Leader and The Times Taylor’s 352 yards eclipsed Jones’ Linden. the holes to make me see the cuts. VICTIM OF A PINCH MANEUVER…Blue Devil Vlad Bouchouev, No. 9, gets squished by two Blue Knights in an effort to get to the ball. But it was Irvington that got crushed in the 5-0, Westfield victory. total of 345 yards but not the six TDs All of this information was taken Marcus Green is a great player, he that he earned in a wild, 42-41 Raider from the Leader/Times 1999 archives and Kameron Williams. I give it all to victory over Parsippany Hills in the – issues October 7, October 14, Octo- my line,” said Taylor. JOHNSON RUSHES FOR 46-YARD TD;DiIORIO, 5-YD TD first round of the sectional playoffs ber 21 and November 18. It can be The Raiders totaled 427 yards on on November 13, 1999. Jones also seen on the www.goleader.com website. CONTINUED ON PAGE 14 Cougar Gridmen Deal Devils Disappointing, 17-14, Defeat

By FRED LECOMTE back Simon Smith, compiled 186 total second quarter when Mark Bagniewski Specially Written for The Westfield Leader and The Times yards. Smith, who passed for eight booted a 34-yarder through the up- The failure to put the ball across the yards, carried 20 times for 100 yards, rights on a 13-play drive. Knotted in a goal line when in the red zone and including a nine-yard TD run. Senior defensive struggle in the third quarter, missed scoring opportunities due to Chad Faulcon rushed for the first Cranford TD came on a 10- penalties, resulted in a disappointing, 97 yards on 17 carries and senior line- play, 68-yard march, capped by Smith’s 17-14, Westfield High School foot- backer Mike Tubelli was stopped for nine-yard dash around left end to make ball defeat to the Cranford Cougars at minus 21 yards but did have an eight- the score, 10-0. Gary Kehler Stadium in Westfield on yard reception and returned a Blue Just before the momentum shifted, September 15. Devil for 17 yards. the Cougars recovered a fumble on the The Blue Devils compiled 226 total “I think we missed some opportu- Blue Devil 12. Tubelli, posted at the yards, including 116 yards in the air nities in the first half and those oppor- right spot, scooped up the ball and and 110 yards on the ground. Junior tunities came back to bite us in the returned it into pay dirt to give Cranford running back Ricardo Johnson rushed end. We got it started and got it rolling a 17-0 lead with 2:32 left. 84 yards on nine carries, including a a little bit too late and it’s a credit to “Defensively, they came out on fire. 46-yard (TD) burst. Junior them. We knew that they were a good They jumped on us and capitalized on quarterback Tony DiIorio completed team. Their game against Rahway our mistakes. I mean we should have nine of 17 attempts for 116 yards and was not really who they were; we done a better job carrying out our added a five-yard TD run in the fourth knew they were better than that,” said assignment. We could have stayed in quarter. Wide receiver junior Chris Westfield Head Coach James our blocks more but they were the Sheehan had three receptions for 39 DeSarno. “We couldn’t get the ball better team,” said senior defensive yards and Jihad Billups away from them in the first half. Their end John Dugan. snagged two receptions for 65 yards. time of possession hurt us, but again, The Blue Devil offense fully Senior tailback Malcolm Allen added we got it rolling too late.” CONTINUED ON PAGE 13 nine yards on seven carries and senior From the onset, Westfield was un- fullback Ryan Brand contributed 12 able to capitalize in the first quarter yards. 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