The Record Sports Department HAS HEIGHTS 5, BECTON 0: Junior catcher Gabriella Cruz went 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI to help Hasbrouck Heights turn back Becton, 5-0, in an NJIC Meadowlands Division softball game Monday at McKenzie Field in East Rutherford....

  DANIELLE PARHIZKARAN/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER :  Rutherford’s Rachel Wronko, right, capturing the Patriot girls 400-meter hurdles over Hawthorne’s Nicole Bertolo....

By CHUCK O’DONNELL STAFF WRITER | The Record Pierce Bolton blasted an ace past Dickinson’s Krishna Bommu to put an exclamation point on his 6-2, 6-4 victory in the Hudson County first-singles final Wednesday. And in the blink of an eye, the Secaucus senior’s four-year...

* Emerson had a big week, thanks in large part to senior CF Jon Juri. He helped the Cavos to four straight wins by batting .727 (8-for-11). He hit a home run, had eight RBI, including the 100th of his career, scored seven runs and stole two bases. * The three-hit,...

* Senior CF Zoe Bender led Glen Rock to a 3-1 week. Bender hit .800, with two doubles, two home runs, six RBI, six walks and an .875 on-base percentage. She also was successful on all nine of her stolen-base attempts. * Waldwick improved to 13-3 after winning all five...

FROM STAFF REPORTS | The Record Erin Keating drove in two runs and scattered eight hits in a complete-game effort to lead eighth-seeded Pompton Lakes past ninth-seeded Passaic Valley, 5-4, in a Passaic County Softball tournament first-round game Saturday. Pompton...

  BY PAUL SCHWARTZ STAFF WRITER | THE RECORD PHILADELPHIA — For most people, a third-place finish in their first Penn Relays championship might be the highlight of their track and field year. And Kaitlin Salisbury was moderately happy with a third-place finish in...