Football
North (1-7): A loss to Hamilton, 21-7, on November 1. Passing: Rob White: 5-10, 110 yards, INT. Rushing: Tarelle Thomas: 10-93; Reed: 8-36; Healey: 1-6; White: 1-13. Receiving: Reed: 3-78; Chandler: 1-16; Pitcherello: 1-16.
A loss to Notre Dame, 28-20, on October 24. Rushing: Tim Owoh: 7-34; Tarelle Thomas: 9-30; Sean Reed: 17-71, TD; Joe Behnke: 1-13. Passing: Rob White: 5-8-0, 127 yards, TD; Ryan Phelan: 5-6-0, 78 yards, TD.##M:[more]##
South (8-0): A win against Steinert, 49-0, on November 1. Rushing: Connor Farrell, 4-14. Dave Twamley: 11-119, 2 TDs. Rashad Campbell: 5-38. Zack Krakower: 2-7. John Kwag: 3-12. Henry MacQueen: 2-13. Passing: Farrell: 8-12-0, 270 yards, 4 TDs. Max Merkovitz: 1-1-0, 27 yards. Receiving: Merkovitz: 1-9; Jack Dennehy: 3-152, 2 TDs; Jeff Riemann: 2-88, TD; Twamley: 2-52, TD; Casey Tosches, 1-10. Interceptions: Riemann: 2-98, TD.
A win against Nottingham, 28-9, on October 25. Rushing: Dave Twamley: 18-201; Connor Farrell: 6-27; Henry MacQueen: 2-8; Merkovitz: 1-8. Passing: Farrell: 9-18-1-136. Receiving: Riemann: 2-57; Twamley: 2-24; Tosches: 2-24; Dennehy: 2-20; Sciortino: 1-11.
Girls Soccer
North (8-8): A win against Red Bank Regional, 2-1, on November 4 in the first round of the state tournament. Goals: Lexie Forsell and Briana Taft. Assists: Jenna Carlen and Sarah Alesio. North took 23 shots. Forsell had 1 save. Ibanez had 5 saves.
A loss to Princeton, 2-1, in the Mercer County Consolation round on October 29. Goal: Carnevale. Assist: Parrott.
A loss to South, 1-0, on October 25 in the Mercer County Tournament. Lexi Forsell had 5 saves; Ibanez had 3.
A win against Trenton, 6-0, on October 23. Goals: Briana Taft; Stefanie Parrott; Carolyn Girandola; Lexie Forsell; Courtney Carnevale; Sarah Alesio.
South (12-6-2): A win against Freehold Township, 1-0, on November 4, in the first round of the Central Jersey Group IV tournament. Goal: Kat Philbin. Assist: Heather Deamond. South took 9 shots. Liz Huttner had 10 saves.
A loss to Hightstown, 3-0, on October 30 in the MCT consolation round. Allison Pungello had 7 saves. Liz Huttner had 5 saves.
A loss to Notre Dame, 4-2, on October 27 in the Mercer County Tournament. Goals: Maura McLaughlin: 2. Assists: Schwartz: 2. Liz Huttner had 4 saves.
A win against North, 1-0, on October 25 in the Mercer County Tournament. Goal: Maura McLaughlin. Liz Huttner had 5 saves.
A loss to Princeton, 1-0, on October 23. Liz Huttner had 6 saves.
Boys Soccer
North (16-1): A loss to Princeton, 2-1, on October 29 in the Mercer County Tournament semifinals. Goal: Scott Kelly. Assist: Mike Jacques. North took 8 shots. Dan Hayduchok had 6 saves.
A win against Hamilton, 1-0, on October 27 in the quarterfinal round of the Mercer County Tournament. Goal: Mike Tartaro. Assist: Mike Jacques.
A win against Robbinsville, 8-0, on October 25 in the first round of the Mercer County Tournament. Goals: Alex Cadar: 4; Scott Kelly: 2; Tartaro; Jacques. Assists: Tartaro, Silwany, Kelly, Jacques, Cadar. Hayduchok had 5 saves.
A win against Trenton, 4-0, on October 23. Goals: Tartaro, Eric Rosenbaum, Kody Sun, and Scott Kelly. Assists: Scott Kelly: 2; Mohamed Conteh. North took 10 shots. Scala had 1 save; Hayduchok had 1 save.
South (14-4-2): A win against Hillsborough, 2-0, on November 3 in the opening round of the state tournament. Goals: Keisuke Murata and Alex Prieto.
A win against Hightstown, 3-2, on October 30. Goals: Alex Prieto, Drew Siversten, Keisuke Murata. Assists: Brand: 2; Prieto. South took 15 shots. Valero had 4 saves. Sitek had 1 save.
A loss to Princeton, 3-0, on October 27 in the Mercer County Tournament. Burke had 2 saves.
A win against Lawrence, 4-0, on October 25. in th first round of the Mercer County Tournament. Goals: Alex Prieto: 3; Drew Siversten. Asists: Mike Skapyak, Keisuke Murata; Siversten. South took 20 shots. Anthony Sitek had 2 saves.
A loss to Princeton, 2-1, on October 23. Goal: Drew Siversten: 2. Assist: Alex Prieto. South took 8 shots. Eric Valero and Anthony Sitek each had 2 saves.
Field Hockey
North (5-6-1): A loss to Allentown, 4-0, on October 24 in the first round of the Mercer County Tournament. Jackie Silva had 14 saves. North took 5 shots.
A win over Lawrence, 4-2, on October 23 for the Colonial Valley Conference’s Valley Division title, which it has won now for the fourth straight year. Goals: Jen Lennon: 2; Heather Bilardo; Caroline Bourassa. Assists: Shiffa Rizki: 2; Emily Schuit. North took 18 shots. Jackie Silva had 9 saves.
South (5-7-2): A loss to Hopewell Valley, 6-1, on October 27. Goal: Carolina Echeverri. South took 4 shots. Cerrito had 14 saves.
A win over Princeton, 1-0, on October 23 in overtime. Goal: Tory Sharpless. Laura Cerrito had 4 saves.
Tennis
North: A win against Nottingham, 5-0, on October 30. Singles: 1.) Caroline Change, 6-2, 1-6, 7-4. 2.) Natasha Sastri, 6-1, 6-2. 3.) Melissa Traub, 4-6, 6-0, 7-4. Doubles: 1.) Aparna Shankar and Aneesha Raghanathan, 6-1, 6-0. 2.) Deesha Sarma and Alex Dworsky, 6-1, 6-0.
A win over Hamilton, 5-0, on October 23. Singles: 1.) Caroline Chang, 6-2, 6-1; 2.) Natasha Sastri, 6-2, 6-0; 3.) Melissa Traub, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles: 1.) Aparna Shankar and Aneesha Raghanathan, 6-0, 6-0. 2.) Alex Dworsky and Avanti Dabholkar, 6-0, 6-0.
South: A win against Notre Dame, 4-1, on October 30. Singles: 1.) Ammu Mandalap, 6-0, 6-0. 2.) Lesley Norris, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles: 1.) Annie Scharfstein and Larissa Lee Lum, 6-1, 6-2. 2.) Catherine Yeh and Jenna Katz, 6-4, 6-1.
A win against Hightstown, 5-0, on October 23. Singles: 1.) Ammu Mandalap, 6-0, 6-0. 2.) Lesley Norris, 6-0, 6-0. 3.) Caroline Yeh, 6-0, 6-0. Doubles: 1.) Amanda Stanton and Mallory Wang, 6-1, 6-0. 2.) Larissa Lee Lum and Jenna Katz, 6-0, 6-0.
Girls Cross Country
North: A fourth place finish at the Mercer County Championships on October 31, with a team score of 84. 6.) Trish Reilly, 19:06; 7.) Emily Scott, 19:16.
South: Katie Kellner claimed the individual title at the Mercer County Championships on October 31, her second in three years, after she finished with a time of 17:50. South claimed the team championship, 46-47. 3.) Caroline Kellner, 18:32. 10.) Ting-Ting Zhou, 19:44; 11.) Kelly Callahan, 19:48; 14.) Shelby Miller, 20:16.
Boys Cross Country
North: Joe Rosa claimed the individual titale at the Mercer County Championships on October 31, with a time of 15:12. The team took first place, with a score of 21. 3.) Jim Rosa, 15:42; 4.) Ryan Sleeper, 15:52; Tyler Corkedale, 16:05; 8.) Jonathan Squeri, 16:12; 10.) Anthony Lee, 16:23; 15.) Stephen Ellwood, 16:41.
South: A second place finish at the Mercer County Championships on October 31, with a team score of 67. 7.) Kevin Foy, 16:11; 9.) Sam Macaluso, 16:13; 11.) Brian Schoepfer, 16:32.
Girls Volleyball
South (14-4): A win against Northern Burlington, 25-16, 25-23, on November 4 in the second round of the NJSIAA Group III Tournament.
A loss to Southern Regional, 25-6, 25-14, on October 30.
Sports Briefs
Christopher Clark, a 2004 North graduate, finished the 2008 Marine Marathon in Washington, D.C., on October 26 with a time of 3:22. He placed 789 in a field of 18,”261. During his senior year at North, Clark was the captain of the North cross country team. He will graduate from the University of Maryland in December.
The West Windsor-Plainsboro Tornadoes U9 boys defeated the Plainfield Jaguars United, 2-1, on October 26. The Tornadoes led in the first half with a goal driven by Daniel Joseph. In the second half, the Jaguars United tied the score, but the Tornadoes rallied to take the lead with a goal by Alex Arias, off an assist by Daniel Kelly. Julian Zhang, Keith Register, Daniel Kelly, and Conor Kelly were on offense, and Rocco Giancarli, Kieran Ireland, Alex Arias, and Ajun Wit also played well. Arias and David Corell split goalkeeping duties.
The team fell to the Piscataway Tornadoes, 3-1, in a prior game on October 12. Conor Kelly scored the goal. Goalie Rocco Giancarlo had 13 saves.
The West Windsor-Plainsboro Wildcats Pop Warner Pee Wee team was runner-up in the Central Jersey confrerence championship played at Monroe on November 2, after falling to Raritan Bay, 12-0. WW-P will advance to represent Central Jersey in the Pop Warner Garden State games, and will play on Sunday, November 16 in Burlington County against the Jersey Shore/Burlington winner. WWP’s record this season, including playoffs, is 9-2.
Drew Lachenmayer, a 2006 graduate of South, has been the starting center on the University of Richmond football team, where he has a full scholarship. At South, he was coached by Lou Solomon and Todd Smith, who helped him get recruited. His father also coached him for 10 years in Pop Warner.
High School South graduate Jessica Carnevale has two assists so far this year for Villanova’s women’s soccer team.
High School South graduate Anthony Aloi, now a freshman at Furman University, shot 70-73-69—212 at the Mizuno Savanna Collegiate earlier this month, which allowed him to get into a playoff for the tournament championship. He was later defeated on the second playoff hole at Savannah Quarters Country Club in Georgia. He took second place with 13 birdies over 54 holes.
High School North graduate Christine Franz scored a goal in Ithaca College’s field hockey team’s 2-1 win over Oswego on October 24.
High School North graduate Lauren Lentine, a junior midfielder on Frostburg’s women’s soccer team, was leading the team with four assists and is second with 12 points.
High School South graduate Michelle Barbarasch, a junior on The College of New Jersey’s women’s cross country team, finished 15th at the Mainline Invitational on October 24 with a time of 19:43.
Forty-seven students from the West Windsor Tae Kwon Do & Kickboxing Academy competed in the 34th Annual U.S. Open Martial Arts Championships last month. The event was held at the Rutgers. The competitors included:
Little Dragons: Nayan Dusoruth, Michael Fridkin, Alejandro Garcia, Robert Hulbert, Jocum Schabacker, Shray Vats and George Xeinis;
Senior White Belts: Kiran Chandra, Dylan Morris, Josca Schabacker, Akanksha Tripathy and Ayushi Vijay;
Senior Yellow Belts: Althea Cedeno, Benjamin Perez and Eric Simon; Green Belts: Anurag Bakshi, Akash Bhardwaj, William Chamberlain, Allen Gong, Shravya Nandyala, Ronak Ramachandran, and Yufei Tian;
Senior Green Belts: Suyash Handa, Reilly Linskey, Ian Lutero, Devish Malik, Easha Nandyala, Shivam Raval, Aradhika Sarda, Hariharran Sundarraman, and Nikolas Vujosevic;
Blue Belts: Juliet Bost, Jay Bhargav and Rohan Patel;
Senior Blue Belt: Dylan Lim;
Brown Belts: Rahul Kacham, Shrey Kapadia, and Yash Shroff;
Senior Brown Belts: Andrew Bryant, Tim Dix, Mark Grossmann, and Brian Mottley;
Red Belts: Ankit Malik, Akshay Mehta, and Aatish Varma;
Black Belts: George Slinn and Jose Sulsona.
