#b#Bachner Field Dedication#/b#
High School North’s Alex Mitchell pitched a two-hit shutout. High School South’s Sean O’Brien nearly matched him, allowing only a first-inning run. And in a classic pitchers’ duel, the Northern Knights defeated the crosstown rival Pirates, 1-0, on April 25.
But the pitcher who stole the show was not even at the game, at least not in person. Prior to the game, the baseball field at High School North was officially renamed David J. Bachner Field, in honor of the 2009 North alumnus and standout pitcher who died of sudden cardiac arrest shortly after graduation.
Bachner’s parents, Rhonda and Steve, who now live in Florida, as well as friends and teammates from North’s Class of 2009, were on hand for the dedication. Former head coach Bob Boyce, who coached Bachner, filled in for the day and earned his 200th career win. Current North coach Mike Santoro was with his wife, who gave birth to twin girls.
North got all the offense it needed from Brandon Kocher, who hit a lead-off double and scored on a single by Andrew Schoenblum. O’Brien allowed a total of seven hits in his complete game effort. Jake Nieschmidt and Patrick Tso had the only hits of the day for the Pirates.
Sports Scores
Baseball
North (5-7). A 6-0 loss against Princeton on April 17. Bennett Greenberg, Daniel Johnson-Cole, and Mike Radey pitched in the loss.
A 10-7 loss against Hamilton West on April 21.
A 7-0 loss against Steinert on April 22. Steve Schilder took the loss, giving up four runs and six hits in four innings of work.
A 9-7 win against Hightstown on April 23. RBI: Danny Demouth, 2; Adam Gostomski; Brandon Kocher; Matt Phelan; Radey; Adam Schoenblum, 2. Ben Goldstein earned the win, pitching 2.1 innings and allowing three runs on three hits. Jeremy Lockwood had three strikeouts in 3.2 innings.
A 7-6 win against Princeton on April 24. RBI: Gostomski, 2; Taiway Kyon; Mack Palmer; Phelan; Schoenblum, 2. Palmer earned the win on the mound with five hits and one run allowed in three innings.
A 1-0 win against High School South on April 25.
South (8-7). A 3-2 win against Allentown on April 16. RBI: Austin Lindner; Sean O’Brien; Danny Woodhull. Dan Klein struck out three in five innings. Evan Fiderer pitched two scoreless innings for the win.
A 1-0 win against Lawrenceville on April 18. RBI: Lindner. O’Brien pitched a complete game shutout, allowing just two hits and two walks and striking out five.
A 12-4 win against Lawrence on April 23. RBI: Rob Armus; Zach Bacall, 2; Lindner, 2; Patrick Tso. Tso was the winning pitcher, recording eight strikeouts in six innings.
An 8-3 win against Pennington on April 25. RBI: John Lappetito; Lindner; Jake Nieschmidt; O’Brien, 3; Brian Tso. Klein pitched a complete game, allowing two earned runs.
An 8-3 loss against Ewing on April 28. RBI: Lindner; B. Tso, 2. Armus, Fiderer, and Nieschmidt shared pitching duties.
Softball
After losing the last 11 games of the 2014 season, the Northern Knights started 2015 with seven consecutive victories and hold a No. 19 ranking in the state. The South Pirates have hovered around .500. But when the crosstown rivals faced off on April 27, it was South that came away with the 3-1 upset. The teams were deadlocked at 1-1 until the ninth inning .
North (9-3). An 18-5 win against Princeton on April 17. RBI: Madison Bloom, 5; McKenna Carpenter, 2; Delany Cochrane; Natalie Everett; Emily Garron; Vanessa Richardson; Carly Weinberg. Gillian Adair was the winning pitcher with six hits and six strike-outs in seven innings.
A 5-3 loss against Lawrenceville on April 21. RBI: Shannon Radey.
An 8-1 win against Hamilton West on April 23.
A 13-2 win against Princeton on April 24. RBI: Bloom, 5; Cochrane; Everett; Molly Plotkin, 3; Radey; Weinberg. Adair was the winning pitcher, working four innings and allowing one earned run.
South (5-5). A 7-1 loss against Allentown on April 16. RBI: Sandy Kaul. Rachel Julius pitched six innings for the Pirates and struck out 10.
A 5-2 loss against Ewing on April 21. RBI: Gina DeMilt; Sam Schattin. Julius pitched five innings in the loss.
A 10-0 win against Lawrence on April 23.
Boys’ Lacrosse
North (6-8). A 16-4 loss against Hopewell on April 17. Goals: Dan Bellezza; Mike Bush, 2; Stephen Wemple. Saves: Greg Olsson, 9.
A 7-6 win against Robbinsville on April 21. Goals: Bellezza, 3; Kade Laforge; Kyle Siegler, 2; Ioannis Stasinos. Saves: Olsson, 17.
An 18-5 win against Northern Burlington on April 23. Goals: Bellezza, 4; Gleb Bourtsev; Bush, 5; Siegler, 3; Stasinos, 5. Saves: Olsson, 10; Chris Kenkelen, 2.
A 9-6 loss against Delaware Valley on April 25. Goals: Bellezza, 3; Bush; Siegler, 2. Saves: Olsson, 10.
A 12-3 loss against Allentown on April 28. Bellezza; Bush; Stasinos. Saves: Olsson, 14.
South (3-9). An 8-3 win against Kingsway on April 16. Goals: Michael Greenberger; Jonathan Matthews, 4; David Mattia; Tello Nicolas; Andrew Schoepfer. Saves: Matthew Anglim, 13.
An 11-9 loss against Allentown on April 21. Goals: Robert Brown; Greenberger; Matthews, 4; Mattia; Luke Merrill; Schoepfer. Saves: Anglim, 11.
A 15-7 loss against Notre Dame on April 24. Goals: Matthews, 4; Mattia; Merrill, 2.
Girls’ Lacrosse
North (3-8). A 15-6 loss against Notre Dame on April 16. Goals: Carli Harpel, 2; Victoria L’Insalata, 2; Catherine Make; Talise Redmond. Saves: Elena Boal, 3.
A 19-6 loss against Mendham on April 18. Goals: Haley Ghesani, 2; Harpel; L’Insalata, 2; Taylor Wasserman. Saves: Rachel Loo, 8.
An 11-10 loss against Robbinsville on April 22. Goals: Harpel, 4; Mak; Kylie Mulhall; Redmond, 2; Wasserman, 2. Saves: Loo, 9.
A 19-8 loss against Lawrenceville on April 24. Goals: Ghesani; Harpel, 4; Redmond; Wasserman, 2. Saves: Loo, 8.
An 11-8 loss against Hopewell on April 28. Goals: Ghesani, 2; Harpel, 4; Mak, 2. Saves: Loo, 6.
South (1-12). A 16-3 loss against Montgomery on April 16. Goals: Amanda Easter, 2; Dana Salerno. Saves: Lisa Maina, 10.
An 18-6 loss against Robbinsville on April 20. Goals: Easter, 2; Maddie Maley; Salerno, 3. Saves: Maina, 8.
A 16-0 loss against Notre Dame on April 23. Saves: Maina, 6.
A 17-7 loss against South Brunswick on April 25. Goals: Easter, 3; Maley; Salerno; Allie Strouse, 2. Saves: Maina, 4.
A 12-7 loss against East Brunswick on April 27. Goals: Easter, 3; Maley; Salerno, 2; Strouse. Saves: Maina, 6.
Track & Field
The South girls demolished their own Mercer County record in the distance medley relay en route to a second-place finish in the Championship of America race at the Penn Relays on April 23. Deirdre Casey led off with a 3:39.17 1,200-meter leg, followed by Kathryn Schoenauer at 1:00.64 for 400 meters, Edlyn Gulama at 2:18.59 for 800 meters, and Christina Rancan with a 4:56.1 1,600-meter anchor leg.
The Pirates’ time of 11:54.49 cut nearly 18 seconds off their previous county record time of 12:12.13, which they recorded at the Penn Relays last year.
High Schools North and South both competed at the Mercer County relays at Robbinsville High School on April 18.
WW-P Boys. 4x1600m relay: 3. South, 18:55.1. 6. North, 19:16.5. 400m hurdles: 3. John Owens (North), 58.34. 4x200m relay: 4. North, 1:34.9. 4x800m relay: 1. South, 8:06. 6. North, 8:50.6. Distance medley relay: 1. South, 10:39.6. 2. North, 10:42.2. High jump: 6. Jagmeet Ashta (South), 5’3”. Javelin: 4. Jack Dawlabani (North), 145’07”. Long jump: 1. Owens (North), 21’6”. 2. Aathreya Thuppul (North), 20’3”. Pole vault: 2. Kacper Rzempoluch (North), 11’6”. Triple jump: Thuppul (North), 40’2.5”. 4x110m shuttle hurdle relay: 3. South, 1:14.6. Sprint medley relay: 2. North, 3:33.4. 4. South, 3:53.1. 3x400m hurdle relay: 3. North, 3:02.
WW-P Girls. 400m hurdles: 1. Bernadette Cao (South), 1:05.24. 2. Edwina Gulama (South), 1:07.14. 4. Kathryn Schoenauer (South), 1:07.54. 4x1600m relay: 1. South, 22:08.2. 2. North, 22:42. 4x400m relay: 1. South, 4:07.4. 4x800m relay: 1. South, 9:49.2. Distance medley relay: 1. South, 12:46.3. 4. North, 13:16.6. Javelin: 2. Alyssen Rivers (South), 120’2”. Long jump: 1. Schoenauer (South), 18’3.75”. 2. Cao (South), 15’11”. 4x100m shuttle hurdle relay: 1. South, 1:06.3. Sprint medley relay: 1. South, 4:09.3.
Boys’ Golf
For the second time this season, the North and South boys’ golf teams teed off together, and for the second time the undefeated Knights came out on top, 196-207, on April 28. At 6-2, South’s only losses this season have come at the hands of North. The Pirates’ Byron Chin had the best round of the day, shooting 36, while Bennett Perrine led North with a score of 37.
Other contributors for North were Harsh Sharma (38), Jeffrey Lee (39), Kevin Murphy and Prasanth Yedlapalli (41), and Patrick Zeoli (45). South’s golfers were Tommy Hussong (38), Mrigank Saksena (41), Paul Lee (45), Austin Meo (47), and Ishaan Attri (50).
North (10-0). A 202-231 win against Hopewell on April 16. Kevin Murphy, 38; Bennett Perrine, 38; Harsh Sharma, 41; Jeffrey Lee, 45; Patrick Zeoli, 46; Prasanth Yedlapalli, 48.
A 214-277 win against Hamilton West on April 21. Sharma, 41; Zeoli, 42; Chen, 43; Yedlapalli, 44; Rohan Pakianathan, 44.
A 210-224 win against Steinert on April 22. Murphy, 39; Pakianathan, 41; Perrine, 42; Lee, 42; Niket Hans, 46; Michael Harfenist, 56.
A 215-235 win against Princeton on April 23. Murphy, 37; Perrine, 42; Zeoli, 43; Lee, 44; Sharma, 47; Pakianathan, 49.
South (6-2). A 228-266 win against Nottingham on April 16. Mrigank Saksena, 38; Yash Dave, 45; Ishaan Attri, Jake Rona, 48; Max Rona, 49; Jey Muthuraj, 53.
A 211-224 win against Notre Dame on April 23. Tommy Hussong, Paul Lee, 39; Byron Chin, 41; Austin Meo, 45; Saksena, 47.
Girls’ Golf
With its undefeated record on the line the North girls edged out rival South by the narrowest of margins, 182-183, on April 28. The loss, South’s second of the season, was also its second one-stroke loss. South’s Olivia Ling led the field by five strokes with a score of 38, but her top score was not enough to counter North’s consistency, with five golfers shooting under 50.
For North: Jacquelyn Cai (43), Kaley Bohling (44), Saachi Bedi (46), Ritu Vyas (49), Ashley Desai (49), and Shreya Jahagirdar (50). For South: Jessica Jeon (46), Sarah Chen (47), Kara Benerofe (52), Rhea Khera (54), Anne Farrell (55).
North (7-0). A 180-218 win against Robbinsville on April 21. Kaley Bohling, 38; Saachi Bedi, 44; Ashley Desai, 49; Shreya Jahagirdar, 49; Sowmya Kottapalli, 54; Aruja Patel, 54.
A 165-180 win against Moorestown on April 24. Bohling, 37; Jacquelyn Cai, 40; Bedi, 43; Desai, 45; Jahagirdar, 45; Ritu Vyas, 46.
South (5-2). A 177-208 win against East Brunswick on April 16. Olivia Ling, 38; Jessica Jeon, 45; Kara Benerofe, 47; Rhea Khera, 47.
A 190-191 loss against Moorestown on April 20. Ling, 43; Benerofe, 47; Farrell, 50; Jeon, 51; Khera, 51;
A 180-232 win against Hightstown on April 21. Ling, 42; Jeon, 43; Benerofe, 45; Khera, 50.
Boys’ Volleyball
North (4-11). A 2-0 loss against East Brunswick on April 16. Aces: William Yin.
A 2-0 win against Cinnaminson on April 17. Aces: Yumin Choi, Rohin Kumar, Ethan Vaca, 2.
A 2-1 loss against St. Peter’s Prep on April 21. Aces: Guillermo Fonseca, 2; Vaca, 3.
A 2-1 win against Memorial on April 21. Aces: Fonseca, 6; Philip Sang, 3; Vaca, 2.
A 2-0 loss against St. Joseph (Metuchen) on April 21. Aces: Fonseca.
A 2-1 win against Piscataway on April 23. Aces: Fonseca; Kumar; Yin.
A 2-1 loss against Hopewell on April 24.
A 2-1 loss against Moorestown on April 25.
A 2-1 win against High School South on April 28.
South (3-10). A 2-0 loss against South Brunswick on April 16. Aces: Jonathan Liu, 2.
A 2-0 loss against Old Bridge on April 21. Aces: Malik Patel; Eric Wang.
A 2-1 loss against Cinnaminson on April 22. Aces: Daniel Selyutin; Wang, 2.
A 2-0 loss against Watchung Hills on April 23.
A 2-0 loss against Hunterdon Central on April 23.
A 2-0 loss against St. Joseph (Metuchen) on April 23.
A 2-1 win against Hopewell on April 27.
