Berkeley Heights, NJ Tuesday April 29, 2008. The Mountain Valley Conference was held at Governor Livingston High School.

CLICK HERE to view images from the girls events

CLICK HERE to view images from the boys events

Photos by Alan Maglaque

Share on Facebook

Cranford defeated Governor Livingston 13-0 in boys varsity lacrosse on April 12, 2008

Click Here to View all the photos from the game or just read the article from the Star-Ledger.

Photo by Alan Maglaque

Share on Facebook

Basking Ridge, NJ - Congratulations to The Kent Place School Dragons, who won its first Mountain Valley Conference title in swimming on January 20, 2008 in a meet held at the Somerset Hills YMCA. The Dragons earned 305 points compared to 254 and 167.5 for New Providence and Governor Livingston who came in second and third place, respectively.

Photo by Alex Cena

Read the rest of this entry »

Share on Facebook

CLICK HERE to view a complete gallery of images from the game

Summit, NJ (Written by Louis W. Rossi for NJSI/Photos by Alex Cena) - As the Shade began to finally take over Pat Conley Field in Summit, the Ladies of Cranford and G. Livingston field hockey took the field for the second Union County Tournament quarterfinals game to be played there this past Saturday, October 06.

“We were very concerned coming into this game,” stated Cranford Coach Jodie Perrotti, “[G. Livingston] is a team we have a lot of respect for. They’re a very quick team. They could score at any time.”

Despite Perrotti’s concerns the first half began on a solemn note, both teams pushing deep into each other’s respective territory and being almost immediately turned around by the opposition. However it didn’t take long for the ladies of Cranford to start establishing a monopoly on the ball; keeping G. Livingston on their toes and forcing their defense to make countless plays to keep the threat level low.

Amongst the key defenders for G. Livingston was #26 Jess Bostwick, making countless stops, steals, and eventual clearing shots well past the midfield giving Cranford an unmistakably frustrating experience when driving the ball towards the goal.

Despite the effort of Bostwick and her teammates, # 9 Ashli Kravarik of Cranford, assisted by #28 Jenn Handy, scored with just 1:58 remaining in the first half.

The advantage of being one goal up starting the second half stuck throughout the remainder of the game. Just six minutes after the half #21 Elizabeth Snyder, assisted by #9 Ashli Kravarik, broke through the defense to score one of what would be three second half goals.

Cranford continued to work hard keeping the ball in G. Livingston’s territory for all but a few moments the second half. Cranford’s own goaltender, Becky Quinn, in fact only saw one shot come her way the entirety of the game, a misdirected shot coming through traffic which ricochet off her pads and out of bounds ten minutes into the second half.

Just shy of 11 minutes left to play, a penalty was called on Livingston goaltender A. Sylvester for trapping the ball. Cranford’s #30, Jennie Drecksel, was awarded a penalty stroke; which she assertively scored giving Cranford a 3-0 lead.

But that wouldn’t be all; Drecksel would be back again eight minutes later to score on an assist from #17 Kristen Hardman, putting Cranford up 4-0 and all but sealing the game against G. Livingston.

After the game Perrotti offered her thoughts on the victory saying, “I was especially concerned the first three minutes we were out there. We weren’t making our cuts and seemed a bit sluggish and un-reactive to the ball. This is [G. Livingston]’s advantage being on the same surface type they play on at their home field. We played hard, and were thankfully rewarded.”

CLICK HERE to view a complete gallery of pictures from the game

Share on Facebook