North’s field hockey star Katie McEwen was named the CVC Defensive Player of the Year. Her teammates, Devin Brakel and Kristen Carpio, were named to the All-CVC First Team. North coach Shannon Maruca was named the CVC Coach of the Year.
North cross-country runners Joe and Jim Rosa and Jon Squeri were named to the All-CVC First Team. From South, Sam Macaluso and Brian Schoepfer were also named to the All-CVC First Team. All five of them were also named All-Area. Casey Dalrymple, of North, was named to the All-CVC Second Team.
South’s doubles team — Larissa Lee Lum and Sahana Jayaraman — was named to the All-State First Team in tennis. Teammate Ammu Mandalap made the All-State Third Team.
Matt Davidson, a 1999 WW-P graduate, finished fourth in a second-stage PGA Qualifying School tournament last month, scoring a second-round 8-under-par 64 as part of his 14-under performance on November 24. Davidson has been competing in Stage 3 of the PGA Tour’s Q School — a 132-player field at the Bear Lakes Country Club in West Palm Beach — since December 2, trying to gain a 25th-place finish or better to earn a second chance on the PGA Tour.
Marissa Kirkendoll, 11, of West Windsor, won sixth place in the A Division 50 breast at the Oktoberfest 2009 event hosted by the Greater Philadelphia Aquatics Club at the Gloucester County Institute of Technology in Sewell. Kirkendoll, who finished the event with a time of 37.51, swims for Eastern Express Swim Club, based in Princeton. Kirkendoll also took seventh place in the BB Division for the 50 back (34.60) and 50 free (30.16).
West Windsor resident Jack McIntyre, 11, also of the Eastern Express Swim Club, won fifth place in the A Division for 50 free (28.57) and seventh in the 100 free (1:00.87). McIntyre also won first in the BB Division for 100 IM (1:12.09), sixth in the 50 breast (39.88), sixth in the 50 fly (33.06) and seventh in the 50 back (34.84).
North boys’ soccer star Nassir Silwany earned the Bobby Smith Defender of the Year award. South boys’ soccer star Alex Prieto earned the Dom Dom Stillitano Forward of the Year award. He finished with 21 goals and 23 assists.
Plainsboro resident Daniel Thompson finished seventh overall, with a time of 17:13, at the Rutgers Big Chill 5k Run on December 12. William Munoz, also of Plainsboro, finished 26th overall, with a time of 18:18.
Plainsboro resident John Fletcher was named the Volunteer of the Year at the area level by Special Olympics New Jersey.
South graduate David Twamley played in nine games as a freshman this year on special teams and as a defensive back for the University of Pennsylvania football team. He finished with 11 tackles and 8 assisted tackles.
West Windsor resident Ryan Sleeper, who is a member of the Unniversity of Vermont’s track and field team, had his first collegiate victory in the mile with a time of 4:28.35 in the opening meet of the indoor season on December 5. The men’s team defeated Hartford, 78-70. He also ran a leg for the UVM 4×400 that placed third.
Kia Ponader, a sophomore at High School North and a member of Paramount Gymnastics, mounted the top spot in the podium at the 2009 Christmas on the Chesapeake gymnastics invitational in Baltimore. She placed first in the All Around category, with a score of 34.425. She also placed first on floor, second on vault, second on uneven bars, and third on balance beam. The annual meet features sixty-three teams from Bermuda, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Virginia.
The West Windsor-Plainsboro Babe Ruth League has been chosen to host the NJ State Tournament for the 13-year-old division in 2010.
The tournament takes place in July. Games will be played on Ciufanni Field — where the infield was resurfaced, the outfield was aerated and reseeded, the dugouts were renovated, and a new scoreboard and lighting system are scheduled to be installed in the spring — at Community Park. Because WW-P was chosen as the host site, it automatically qualifies to play in the tournament.
In the meantime, registration for the Babe Ruth League will begin shortly. To register, log onto https://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=wwpbaberuth.
In 2009, the league fielded over 6 teams in the Babe Ruth Spring League with three going on to state district play.
