{"id":35822,"date":"2025-12-02T09:30:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/?p=35822"},"modified":"2025-12-02T09:30:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T09:30:36","slug":"local-sports-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/?p=35822","title":{"rendered":"Local Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35824\" src=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-667667.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-667667.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-667667-300x219.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Undefeated Westfield girls soccer secured its second straight Union County Tournament title with a 2\u20130 win over Cranford, scoring twice in the first half and controlling the game on both ends of the field. The Blue Devils relied on disciplined defense, steady goalkeeping and an aggressive, team-oriented attack that emphasized playing for each other\u2014especially injured teammates who couldn\u2019t take the field. Head coach Alex Schmidt credited the win to preparation and execution, noting the team had studied Cranford and stuck to its game plan.<\/p>\n<p>Photography Provided by Varsity Vantage<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35825\" src=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-16251625.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-16251625.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-16251625-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35826\" src=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-937937.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-937937.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-937937-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35827\" src=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-16791679.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-16791679.jpg 596w, https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-16791679-255x300.jpg 255w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-721721.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-721721.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-721721-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-777777.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-777777.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-777777-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35830\" src=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-10831083.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-10831083.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-10831083-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-35831\" src=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-710710.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-710710.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/20251101-WHS-Girls-Soccer-v-Cranford-in-UCT-DWP-710710-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undefeated Westfield girls soccer secured its second straight Union County Tournament title with a 2\u20130 win over Cranford, scoring twice in the first half and controlling the game on both ends of the field. The Blue Devils relied on disciplined defense, steady goalkeeping and an aggressive, team-oriented attack that emphasized playing for each other\u2014especially injured [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":35823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[167,151],"tags":[],"post_flags":[],"class_list":["post-35822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-sports","category-westfield-local"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35822"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35834,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35822\/revisions\/35834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35822"},{"taxonomy":"post_flag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.localmedianj.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fpost_flags&post=35822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}