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Thursday, April 25,1996 13 THE WEEK IN SPORTS Devils Edged by East Side, 4-3; Raiders Lose Pitching Dual, 1-0, To Irvington High's Blue Knights ByDEANOLSEN Jack Todaro accounted for both tack, finishing with three hits while driv- Sporui* the Garden Sme Specially Written for The Westfield Vernier and TV Tlnvf Raider's runs, knocking in one with a ing in five runs. The Westfield High School Varsity single in the first and the final tally in the dropped a pitchers battle as Mike Pudlack Baseball Team took the early lead and seventh with a sacrifice fly. and Dan Hall combined to limit Irvington outhit the Red Raiders of East Side High Scotch Plains-Fanwood had their hit- High School on April 20 to four singles School, nine to seven, but when the final ting hats on during a 17-3 rout of Shabazz but the visitors erased a 1 -0 Raider's lead out was recorded. East Side walked off High School of Newark, earlier in the in the top of the third by pushing three the field with a 4-3 victory in a Watchung "fk. Hall blasted a two-run homer and runs across the plate. Scotch Plains- Conference contest Monday afternoon in •"an Roll smacked a three-run round- Fanwood, which had three singles, saw a Westfield. tripped in the first to propel the Raiders to seventh inning rally fall one run shy in a Westfield pushed solo runs across the a quick 10-0 lead. 3-2 loss between Watchung Conference plate in the bottom of the first, second and Roll was top gun on the Raider's at- rivals. third innings while surrendering a solo tally to East side in the top of the third. That was how the score remained until Lady Devils Rip Ridge, the topof the fifth. The Red Raiders from Essex County sliced the deficit to 3-2, scoring once but the Blue Devils held the lead until the top of the seventh. 11-1, for Tourney Title . Julio Corrales and Jose Peralta came through with back-to-back singles before Arbeh Knight walked to fill the bases. Scotch Plains-Fanwood Trounces Irvington, 16-2 Jason Frankiewicz knotted the game at 3- By MICHELLE D* ANDREA allowing only earned run. Wagnerdrilled ' WWtamA.Bwfcatar TlwLMdvandThuVmmm ^ with a run-producing single and, after Sporu in the Garden Stale ROUNDING THE BAC.WestfleM's Brian Clemniecki heads for a second base after doubling In the first inning of Specially Written for The W,,,firU Leader and The Times; a run-battered-in run-producing double Monday's 4-3 loss to East Side High School of Newark. The loss dropped the Blue Devils to 6-4 on the season whileISast an out, Frank Galarza drove in the game- for the only Lady Devil extra base blow Side improved to 9-1. winning tally with a single. The Westfield High School Varsity of the game. Jorge Amorim, Marc Cerefice and Bill Softball Team easily garnered the Ridge Trailing 2-0, Westfield tied an earlier Hedden connected for two hits apiece Invitational Girls softball title on Satur- game with Union High School at 2-2 while Brian Ciemniecki legged out a two- day, trouncing Immaculata High School when Heather Post scored on a single by Westfield Boys Relay Squad Sets bagger, the only extra base blow of the, 11-1 in the opening round and blasting Phillips. But the Lady Farmers won in game. Ridge High School, 10-3, in the title extra innings, pushing a solo tally across Dan Garry suffered the setback, his game as Shannon Wagner and Lauren the plate in the eighth for the 3-2 win. second in three decisions despite twirling Carafo tossed back-to-back two-hitters a seven-hitter, all singles, and allowing for the Lady Devils. On Monday afternoon, Cafaro'went New Meet Records at Devil Classic the distan t .only three safeties over the first six in-, Colleen Ryan legged out a three-bag- * cc scattering five hits, fanning l4and nings. ger with the bases loaded as Westfield walking only one as she hurled Scotch Plains-Fanwood Squad Captures Three Field Events jumped out to a quick 4-0 lead in the first Westfield to a 12-1 victory over East Side Earlier, Westfield dropped a 2-1 deci- High School of Newark. She aided her By DENNIS WILSON collection next weekend in Philadelphia. easily broke the old record of 9:58.2 set inning of the opener, Wagner, a sopho- sion to another highly-regarded state-wide own cause at the plate, knocking in four Sports in the Garden State Ryan Stefiuk ran the opening leg in by the Lady Devils last year. more right-hander, fanned three and Specially Written far The Westfield Leader and Vie Timei power, Union, after leading 1 -0. The Blue runs with a homer and triple as the Lady 2:01.98 as Westfield trailed East Side of walked three in notching her second "w" Scotch Plains-Fanwood won the gold Devils edged in front when Matt DeMasi Devils improved to 8-2. It was a very impressive prep outing Newark by 20 meters at the handoff. medals in the team shot put when the of the season. Amy Williams and Sue singled Ciemniecki across the plate. Scotch Plains-Fanwood routed for the main event as the Westfield High Krug grabbed the lead for the Blue Devils basketball duo of Lori Watkins and Ann Phillips drilled doubles for the Lady Dev- Ciemniecki, who went the route for Irvington High School 16-2 in a game School distance runners combined to set with a second leg of 2:03.13 while Ho Keegan teamed up to toss the iron ball a ils who collected a total of six hits. Westfield while fanning 120, gave up a curtailed after five innings due to the 10- new meet records in the distance medley opened up a 100-meter lead with a time of combined distance of 68 feet, 6 3/4 inches. In the nightcap, Phillips had a pair of and four-leg, 800-meter relay events at two-run double to Don Huff in the top of run rule on Monday afternoon. Maureen 1:59.75 before turning the stick over to The long jump team of LaShanda Dance singles and knocked in four runs to key the own Blue Devil Classic contested in the sixth for the only runs the Farmers Zupkus upped mound record to 6-1, toss- Elmuccio who blazed a 1:58.42 anchor and Shauna Morgan leaped a joint dis- the attack. Cafaro, a senior right-hander, Westfield on April 20. needed. ing a two-hitter while whiffing seven. leg to race through the tape in a time of tance of 29 feet, 6 1/2 inches. Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School went the distance, striking out one and This weekend, the main events for the 8:03.2 which eclipsed the old meet stan- Westfield boys relay team will be held at dard by 5.3 seconds. Jen Stewart had a tri pie and two singles, knocking in three runs while Carolyn Franklin Field on the campus of the Uni- Scotch Plains-Fanwood captured three versity of Pennsylvania where the Blue Phillips doubled and singled to drive in Held events with the Raiders Kyle Epps Devil Netters Crowned Champions two runs as the Lady Raiders exploded to Devils will defend the Championship of and Karl Jennings combined to clear a America Distance Medley crown in the a 9-0 lead in the top of the first and were winning height of 12 feet, 2 inches in the never headed. prestigious Penn Relays. high jump. The Raiders placed first and On Saturday, sophomore third sacker Mike Krug ran the openi ng leg, turning second in the pole vault with the "A" At Delbarton Invitational Tourney Michelle Evans homered and tripled, dri v- in a clocking of 3:15 for the 1,200-meter team of Pat Dempsey and Chris LaCosta ing in five runs as Scotch Plains-Fanwood segment of the distance medley. He setting a new record with a combined By JULIA LEHMAN 6-4,6-0at No. 2 singles and Cohen quelled Jeff Diamond teamed with Adam Sporu in the Garden Stale defeated Dayton Regional High School handed the baton to Steve Dennis who jump of 25 feet, 6 inches while the "B" Tim Liao at third singles 6-4,6-2. Kendler to record a 6-1, 6-3 win at first Specially Written for The Weafield Leader and The Tfenn ofSpringfield, 12-7. Zupkus fired a seven- sprinted once around the track in S3 sec- team cleared 24 feet. In the doubles action, Aquila and doublet with the duo of Jeremy Chilnick onds for the metric quarter-mile before The Westfield High School Varsity DiGiovanni fell to the Lancers top tan- and Tom O'Connel claiming a 6-0, 6-2 hitter and contributed a double to the 14 Bruce Sinclair and Jim Gleason added Tennis Team was crowned champions of dem of Tom Liao and Angus Shee 7-5, victory in the No. 2 doubles slot. hits collected by the Lady Raiders. turning the stick over to Lawrence Ho the team discus title to the Raiders gold who raced the 800-meter leg in 1:57. the 1996 Delbarton Invitational Tennis 706 (10-8) in an exciting match while medal collection with a total distance of Tournament as the Blue Devils upped Mat Elmuccio toured the anchor 1,600- Camuto and Diamond beat Michael 250 feet, 5 inches.