The winter sports season is underway, with the ice hockey and swimming teams the first to compete. Both hockey teams are coming off of above-.500 seasons, and North currently sits at 1-4 while South is 4-1-1. Both squads are returning several key pieces, including South’s Jonathan Matthews, Matthew Sayde, Brian Tso, Steven Cangelosi and goalies Andrew Holubec and Patrick Tso; and North’s Greg Olsson and Garrett Weinberg.
South boys’ swimming ended the 2013 season with a seventh-place finish at the Mercer County Championship, while the girls finished fifth. The boys’ team is young after losing several veterans to graduation, but veterans like Adam Druckman lead the way for the Pirates. There are a lot of familiar faces returning for the girls, including Sydney Bornstein, Annie Menninger, Sarah Lattime, and Rabia Syed.
The Knight girls finished last season at 2-7 and earned a fifth-place finish at the Mercer County Championship. The boys ended the year at 9-2, placing third in the county and advancing to the Central Jersey Public A final, where they lost to Hunterdon Central.
The North and South winter track teams are poised for success once again after solid indoor, spring, and cross county seasons.
The South boys and girls placed second at last year’s winter county meet and followed up by capturing the Central Jersey Group III sectional titles. North’s girls won the county title and sent then-junior Patrycja Dziekonska to the Meet of Champions, where she took first place in the 55-meter hurdles, becoming the first female individual champion in school history.
Both schools’ boys’ basketball teams open their seasons on Friday, December 20. North, coming off of a disappointing year, plays a 4 p.m. game at Hopewell, while South travels to Nottingham at 5:30. The Pirates graduated several seniors last year, including 1,000-point scorer Bryan Rivers. The North girls play Hopewell at home at 4 p.m., while the South girls, led by new head coach Mika Ryan, face Nottingham at 5:30.
The North girls’ fencing squad advanced to the second round of the state playoffs last year, led by Katie Khaw and Elysia Wang, who also won the District 2 sabre title. Both are returning, so a repeat run is possible. Jeremy Kaish, Prashant Baliga, Mike Leung, Dillon Pine, and William Zhang are back for the boys, while freshman Amit Sarma is expected to make an impact.
On the South side, Stefano Luchetti is back on sabre after missing part of last season.
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Kabir Sarita, a freshman at High School South, won the Boys 14 Singles division at the USTA National Open Championships in Rocky Hill, Connecticut, over Thanksgiving weekend. He won his first four matches in straight sets and came back after dropping to the first set in the final to win 3-6, 6-2, 6-4.
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Ice Hockey
North (1-4). A 9-0 loss to Hillsborough on Saturday, November 30. Saves: Ruairid Rimmer, 30.
A 4-2 win over Hightstown on Tuesday, December 3. Goals: Alex Richman, 2. Tyler Birch, 1. Greg Olsson, 1. Assists: Nick Day, 2. Richman, Birch, Garrett Weinberg, 1. Saves: Rimmer, 21.
A 3-0 loss to Lawrence on Wednesday, December 4.
A 12-1 loss to Notre Dame on Wednesday, December 11. Goals: Olsson, 1. Saves: Ian Schwartz, 18. Rimmer, 6.
An 8-0 loss to Princeton on Thursday, December 12. Saves: Rimmer, 11. Schwartz, 7.
South (4-1-1). A 7-1 win over Lawrence on Monday, December 2. Goals: Jonathan Matthews, 4. Jeremy Wong, 1. Steven Cangelosi, 1. Matthew Sayde, 1. Assists: Brian Tso, 4. Nikolai Tershov, Ben Starace, Shikky Rathor, 1. Saves: Patrick Tso, 18.
A 7-5 win over Paul VI on Friday, December 6. Goals: B. Tso, 5. Sayde, Matthews, 1. Assists: Cangelosi, Matthews, B. Tso, Wong, 1. Saves: Andrew Holubec, 52.
An 8-0 win over Steinert on Monday, December 9. Goals: B. Tso, 3. Starace, Matthews, Cangelosi, Jeremy Greener, Nishant Modi, 1. Assists: Wong, B. Tso, Matthews, 2. Rathor, 1. Saves: Holubec, 34.
A 4-4 tie with Princeton on Wednesday, December 11. Goals: Sayde, 2. B. Tso, Greener, 1. Assists: Sayde, Yershov, 1. Saves: P. Tso, 36.
A 5-2 loss to Robbinsville on Friday, December 13. Goals: Cangelosi, B. Tso, 1. Assists: Sayde, 1. Saves: Holubec, 34.
A 10-0 win over Nottingham on Monday, December 16. Goals: B. Tso, 3. Rathor, Matthews, 1. Modi, Cangelosi, Sayde, 1. Assists: Matthews, B. Tso, Wong, Henry Wei, 2. Rathor, Cangelosi, Adam Deslatte, Patrick Menninger, 1. Saves: P. Tso, 11.
Boys’ Swimming
South defeated North 111-59 on Tuesday, December 3. 200 Medley Relay: Adam Druckman, David Yin, Aly Sayed, Richard Deng (South). 200 Freestyle: Michael Zhong (South). 200 IM: Sayed (South). 50 Freestyle: Abdallah Gendia (North). 100 Butterfly: Sayed (South). 100 Freestyle: Yin (South). 500 Freestyle: Zhong (South). 200 Freestyle Relay: Deng, Saagar Chitale, Brian Li, Allan Wang (South). 100 Backstroke: Deng (South). 100 Breaststroke: Yin (South). 400 Freestyle Relay: Sayed, Druckman, Yin, Kurt Von Autenreid (South).
North (1-2). A 98-69 win over Ewing on Thursday, December 5. 200 Freestyle: Austin Briffa. 200 IM: Alex Liu. 100 Freestyle: Gendia. 100 Backstroke: Brian Chan. 100 Breaststroke: Eric Lei.
A 110-60 loss to Notre Dame on Monday, December 16. 200 IM: Ernest Chiu. 100 Butterfly: David Chang. 100 Breaststroke: Chan. 400 Freestyle Relay: Gendia, Chiu, Lei, Chan.
South (3-2). A 144-36 win over Trenton on Thursday, December 5. 200 Freestyle: Li. 200 IM: Justin Chao. 50 Freestyle: Deng.
A 117-53 loss to Bridgewater-Raritan on Friday, December 6. 100 Butterfly: Von Autenreid.
A 90-80 loss to Notre Dame on Monday, December 9. 200 Medley Relay: Druckman, Yin, Sayed, Deng. 200 IM: Sayed. 100 Butterfly: Sayed. 500 Freestyle: Zhong. 100 Breaststroke: Yin. 400 Freestyle Relay: Sayed, Druckman, Deng, Yin.
A 101-69 win over Steinert on Thursday, December 12. 200 Medley Relay: Deng, Druckman, Sayed, Yin. 200 IM: Druckman. 100 Butterfly: Sayed. 200 Freestyle Relay: Deng, Druckman, Sayed, Yin. 100 Backstroke: Rishi Singh. 100 Breaststroke: Yin.
Girls’ Swimming
South defeated North 98-72 on Tuesday, December 3. 200 Medley Relay: Sarah Lattime, Annie Menninger, Sydney Bornstein, Jen Birkland (South). 200 Freestyle: Bornstein (South). 200 IM: Rabia Sayed (South). 50 Freestyle: Lattime (South). 100 Butterfly: Bornstein (South). 100 Freestyle: Menninger (South). 500 Freestyle: Syed (South). 200 Freestyle Relay: Faith Rogers, Francesca Dong, Elaine Wang, Marissa Kirkendall (North). 100 Backstroke: Emily Hung (North). 100 Breaststroke: Melina Cohnbley (North). 400 Freestyle Relay: Bornstein, Lattime, Syed, Menninger (South).
North (2-1). A 104-64 win over Ewing on Thursday, December 5. 200 Freestyle: Dong. 200 IM: Hung. 500 Freestyle: Wang. 200 Freestyle Relay: Rogers, Wang, Kirkendall, Alex Lager. 100 Backstroke: Hung. 100 Breaststroke: Rogers. 400 Freestyle RElay: Lager, Dong, Wang, Becca Adlai-Gail.
A 96-74 win over Notre Dame on Monday, December 16. Hung, Cohnbley, Rogers, Kirkendall. 200 IM: Cohnbley. 50 Freestyle: Kirkendall. 100 Butterfly: Rogers. 100 Freestyle: Kirkendall. 500 Freestyle: Adlai-Gail. 200 Freestyle Relay: Rogers, Dong, Wang, Kirkendall. 100 Backstroke: Rogers. 100 Breaststroke: Cohnbley.
South (4-1). A 130-36 win over Trenton on Thursday, December 5.
A 105.5 win over Notre Dame on Monday, December 9. 200 Medley Relay: Lattime, Menninger, Bornstein, Birkland. 200 Freestyle: Bornstein. 200 IM: Syed. 50 Freestyle: Lattime. 100 Butterfly: Bornstein. 100 Freestyle: Menninger. 500 Freestyle: Syed. 100 Breaststroke: Menninger. 400 Freestyle Relay: Bornstein, Lattime, Syed, Menninger.
An 88-82 win over Steinert on Thursday, December 12. 200 Medley Relay: Birkland, Lattime, Menninger, Claire Kartoz. 200 IM: Brianne Gimabagno. 100 Butterfly: Kartoz. 100 Breaststroke: Menninger.
