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WESTFIELD, NJ — Michaela Hobson can take the pressure that comes with being on the pitcher’s mound, but with this softball season’s cancellation due to COVID-19, the intensity of game play has taken a backseat to practice and preparation.

The 16-year-old Westfield High School sophomore has been keeping herself in the game, having gotten together with fellow ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — The man who brought Westfield the Night of Lights 5K is set to bring the town a markedly different event.

Downtown Westfield Corporation has hired Sam Tooley, owner and head coach of the specialty fitness center Alpha Performance, to head up a virtual Pizza Run this summer.

Last week, Tooley outlined for the DWC board how he intends to engage the community through ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — Amanda Paden’s typical track event is the 800 meter and the 1600 meter, and while she’s running alone on the streets during the pandemic, she’s still covering her usual distances.

Paden, an 18-year-old senior at Westfield High School, is this week’s Ron Bansky and Associates Allstate Westfield Athlete of the Week. Head girls track coach Joe Berardi ...

WESTFIELD NJ — A 14-year-old Westfield equestrian recently won in her division at the Regional Championship in the 2019-20 Interscholastic Equestrian Association (IEA) competition.  

The IEA was designed to promote equestrian sports to middle and high school students, according to the association’s Facebook page. Claire Flagg has participated in IEA competitions ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — Crowds of sweaty runners are out of the question during the pandemic but with virtual participation an annual 5K is well on its way to success.

The annual run held in memory of Westfield High School freshman Greta Schoenemann, who died tragically in 2002, is virtual this year and partnering with Imagine, a Center for Coping With Loss, which provides free, year-round grief ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — Alivia Macaluso is keeping her head in the game of softball — but it’s not always in the usual ways.

With the spring season called off due to COVID-19, the sophomore and third basewoman said, she has been practicing softball daily both on and off the field. Macaluso is this week’s Ron Bansky and Associates Allstate Westfield Athlete of the Week. Part of ...

Tennis courts and batting cages will be open, but basketball courts will remain closed.

WESTFIELD, NJ — Seventh-grader Savannah Cohen has been struggling to find places to practice her tennis swing during the pandemic.

Cohen, 13, found herself pounding a tennis ball against a wall of the closed L'Oreal facility in Clark recently, but it's a lousy substitute ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — A great leader both on and off the baseball diamond, third-baseman Victor Coustan was penciled in to bat fifth this season, his coach said.

Before COVID-19 came to New Jersey, the 17-year-old Westfield High School senior was set to come back this spring after recovering from a surgery, head varsity baseball coach Bob Brewster said. Coustan is this week’s Ron ...

WESTFIELD, NJ — The town's Recreation Department is preparing to open Westfield Memorial Pool on June 6, unless state orders forbid it from doing so.

“Although we don't know exactly what's going on for this summer, we are hopeful, and we are pushing forward,” said Heather Re, the town’s aquatic supervisor. 

Pool maintenance has continued like ...

NEW JERSEY — Gov. Phil Murphy announced Monday that schools would remain closed for the remainder of the academic year in an ongoing effort to contain COVID-19. Remote learning will remain in place.

“We have a single goal in mind: the safety and well-being of our children, and of our educators, administrators and staff,” Murphy said. 

The governor's ...