Sochi Dispatch
Former Plainsboro resident and High School South alumna Felicia Zhang competed with Nathan Bartholomay in the pairs figure skating competition on February 11 and 12. The duo finished in 12th place behind a one-two finish by Russian pairs and a ninth place finish by the other American team.
Girls’ Winter Track
South placed fourth overall at the Central Group IV Sectional Championships on Saturday, February 8.
Deirdre Casey, one of the team’s top contributors all season, had the best finishes of the day at second in the 1600, sixth in the 800 and as the first runner in the 4×400 along with Edlyn Gulama, Edwina Gulama and Kathryn Schoenauer. Christina Rancan earned second place in the 3200 and third in the 1600.
Edyln Gulama and Haley Rich finished in fifth and seventh in the 800, respectively. Schoenauer had a third-place finish in the 55-meter hurdles, and Kalayha Smith was the top South field event finisher, tied for seventh in the high jump.
South placed fifth at the NJSIAA Group 4 Championship on Monday, February 17. Casey was the team’s top finisher, winning the 1600 with a time on 4:59.90. Rancan placed second in the 3200 in 11:08. She and Rancan will compete at the Meet of Champions on Saturday, March 1.
North finished in second place at the Central Jersey Group III Sectional Championship on Saturday, February 8. Pati Dziekonska won both the 55 hurdles and 55-yard dash, in which Margaux Powell also finished seventh. Simone Counts earned a third-place finish in the 800 and a fifth-place finish in the 1600. Olivia Harpel finished sixth in the 55 hurdles. Annie Voltmer notched a third-place finish in the pole vault.
Dziekonska, Counts, Harpel, and Voltmer will compete in the Group III Championship on Thursday, February 20, for a chance to qualify for the Meet of Champions.
Boys’ Winter Track
South finished third at the Central Jersey Group IV Sectional Championships on Saturday, February 8, led by Karn Setya, who notched a first-place finish in the 3200 as well as a fourth-place finish in the 1600.
Jake Arbeiter finished third in the 800 and fourth in the 400, and Nikhil Pulminood finished second in the 3200 and fifth in the 1600.
South shared fourth place with J.P. Stevens at the NJSIAA Group IV Championship on Monday, February 17. Setya again led the Pirates with a first-place 9:23 finish in the 3200. Pulminood placed third in the same race in 9:34. Setya has been one of the team’s top performers, placing first in the 3200 and third in the 1600 at last month’s county championship meet.
North finished in seventh place at the Central Jersey Group III Sectional Championship on Saturday, February 8. Aleks Rzempoluch had the team’s best finish, coming in second in the high jump. CJ Markisz finished fourth in the 400-meter dash and eighth in the 55-meter dash. Samuel Praveen came in seventh in the 1600. Rzempoluch and Markisz will compete at the Group III Championships on Thursday, February 20.
Boys’ Basketball
South defeated North 50-44 on Friday, February 7. Kareem Elhossieni led the Pirates with 19 points, while C.J. Howell had 9. Tommy Hussong scored 7. For the Knights, Juwan Harrison scored 16 points, while Kevin Murphy and Isaiah Powell each had 10.
North (6-13). A 56-54 win over Steinert on Friday, January 31. Harrison, 30. Christian Waters, 9. Murphy, 8.
A 60-50 loss to Ewing on Thursday, February 6. Powell, 16. Harrison, 11. Waters, 9.
A 65-60 loss to Notre Dame on Tuesday, February 11. Harrison, 20. Powell, 16. Waters, 10.
South (12-8). A 71-57 loss to Notre Dame on Tuesday, February 4. Jonathan Lee, 13. Hussong, 10. Danny Borup, 9.
An 81-68 loss to Trenton on Tuesday, February 11. Borup, 21. Husson, 16. Howell, 10.
A 65-57 win over Steinert on Wednesday, February 12. Borup, 17. Elhossieni, 12. Hussong, Jeff Reigster, 8.
A 63-56 loss to Trenton on Saturday, February 15. Borup, 15. Hussong, 12. Lee, Elhossieni, 11.
Girls’ Basketball
North came out on top over South, 45-33, on Friday, February 7. Jasmin Watson, Lauren Schwartzman, and Morgan Magid each reached double digits, scoring 17, 14, and 10 points, respectively. Karoline Sandvig led South with 9 points, while Annie Yuan had 7. Alyssen Rivers and Kate McCormick each scored 6.
North (14-7). A 46-38 loss to Ewing on Monday, February 3. Watson, 18. Schwartzman, 8. Tyler Cruz, 6.
A 45-37 loss To Notre Dame on Tuesday, February 11. Watson, 13. Schwartzman, 8. Chrissy DiCindio, 7.
A 40-32 win over Moorestown on Saturday, February 15. Watson, 24. Schwartzman, 9. Magid, 4.
South (13-8). A 51-38 loss To Notre Dame on Tuesday, February 4. Melinda Altamore, 8. Andrea Ndubizu, 7. Alyssen Rivers, 6.
A 40-36 win over Trenton on Tuesday, February 11. Sandvig, 19. Altamore, 9. K. McCormick, 5.
A 52-42 win over Steinert on Wednesday, February 12. Altamore, 14. Sam McCormick, 8. Alyssa Rivers, Sandvig, 7.
A 45-44 win over Trenton on Saturday, February 15. Alyssen Rivers, 12. K. McCormick, 8. Sandvig, 7.
Boys’ Fencing
North (11-0). A 17-10 win over Montgomery on Tuesday, February 4. Epee: Prashant Baliga, 2-1. Amit Sarma, 2-0. William Zhang, 2-1. Jeremy Kaish, 1-0. Foil: Dylan Pyne, 1-1. Saber: Kyle Jacobson, 3-0. Michael Leung, 3-0. Marco Palombit, 3-0. Team Fencing Championships Sweet 16, first round.
A 23-4 win over Princeton on Thursday, February 6. Epee: Sarma, 2-0. Baliga, 1-0. Kaish, 1-0. Alec Wang, 1-0. Eric Yu, 1-0. W. Zhang, 1-0. Foil: Taiway Kyon, 2-0. Andrew Sun, 2-0. Wilfred Kwok, 1-0. Pyne, 1-0. Max Ren, 1-1. Vincent Wu, 1-0. Saber: Leung, 2-0. Jacobson, 1-0. Shyam Paidipati, 1-0. Palombit, 1-0. Walter Wu, 1-0. Chris Xue, 1-0. Raymond Zhang.
South (7-3). A 15-12 loss to Moorestown Friends on Thursday, February 6. Epee: Abhinav Girish, 1-2. Foil: Keve Sandor, 2-1. Jonathan Snyder, 1-2. Jason Xie, 1-2. Saber: Franklin Huang, 3-0. Derek Ge, 2-1. William Liu, 2-1. A 15-12 loss to Montgomery on Friday, February 7. Epee: Wesley Yuan, 3-0. Joey Dashevsky, 2-1. Tom Grzywacz, 1-0. Saber: Kevin Gao, 3-0. Ge, 2-1. Huang, 1-2.
Girls’ Fencing
North (7-2). An 18-9 win over Princeton on Thursday, January 6. Epee: Lillian Chen, 2-0. Nikita Nangia, 2-0. Srilaya Bhavaraju, 1-1. Kally Mihova, 1-0. Rashi Shukia, 1-0. Foil: Tiamma Kwok, 2-0. Lucy Ye, 1-1. Saber: Celine Demorre, 2-0. Katie Khaw, 2-0. Elysia Wang, 2-0. Stephanie Cao, 1-0. Olivia Maggio, 1-0.
South (5-4). A 15-12 win over Moorestown Friends on Thursday, February 6. Epee: Anna Akkara, 2-0.Victoria Liang, 2-1. Foil: Jade Rowland, 3-0. Valerie Hou, 2-1. Saber: Jennifer Ling, Victoria Xu, 3-0.
A 19-8 loss to Montgomery on Friday, February 7. Epee: Akkara, 1-1. Foil: Rowland, 2-1. Hou, 1-2. Saber: Ling, Xu, 2-1.
Wrestling
North (1-19). A 62-10 loss to Burlington City on Friday, February 7. 113 lbs.: Christopher St. Amour. 120 lbs.: Joe Bryde.
A 60-13 loss to Notre Dame on Saturday, February 8. 106 lbs.: St. Amour. 113 lbs.: Bryde. 182 lbs.: Vinny Porreca.
A 54-18 loss to Princeton on Monday, February 10. 106 lbs.: St. Amour. 113 lbs.: Bryde. 138 lbs.: Nate Santa Maria. 145 lbs.: Josh Schupak.
A 43-16 loss to Palmyra on Saturday, February 15. 113 lbs.: St. Amour. 152 lbs.: Schupak.
A 69-12 loss to Seneca on Saturday, February 15. 106 lbs.: St. Amour. 113 lbs.: Bryde.
South (5-14). A 37-27 loss to Lawrence on Tuesday, February 4. 106 lbs.: Griffin Valentine. 120 lbs.: Sean Thompson. 126 lbs.: Nicholas Maher. 132 lbs.: Ryan Moshman. 145 lbs.: Rob Armus. 182 lbs.: Ben Schulman.
A 42-32 loss to Steinert on Saturday, Feburary 8. 120 lbs.: Thompson. 126 lbs.: Maher.132 lbs.: Moshman. 145 lbs.: Armus. 160 lbs.: Schulman. 182 lbs.: Noah Kreutter.
A 35-33 win over Princeton on Tuesday, February 11. 106 lbs.: Valentine. 145 lbs.: Armus. 160 lbs.: Schulman. 182 lbs.: Kreutter.
A 58-12 loss to Somerville on Tuesday, February 11. 126 lbs.: Maher. 132 lbs.: Moshman.
A 58-20 loss to Burlington City on Saturday, February 15. 113 lbs.: Thompson. 126 lbs.: Maher. 138 lbs.: Armus. 160 lbs.: Ben Pincus.
Boys’ Swimming
North (6-5). A 106-64 loss to Toms River North on Thursday, February 6. NJSIAA Central Group A Tournament, first round.
South (12-4). An 89-81 win over Marlboro on Thursday, February 6. 200 Freestyle: Michael Zhong. 200 IM: Richard Deng. 100 Butterfly: Aly Sayed. 100 Freestyle: David Yin. 500 Freestyle: Zhong. 200 Freestyle Relay: Deng, Sayed, Yin, Adam Druckman. NJSIAA Central Group A Tournament, first round.
An 86-84 loss to Toms River North on Monday, February 10. 200 IM: Deng. 100 Butterfly: Sayed. 500 Frestyle: Zhong. 200 Freestyle Relay: Deng, Druckman, Sayed, Yin. NJSIAA Central Group A Tournament quarterfinals.
Ice Hockey
South defeated North 7-3 on Friday, February 7. Brian Tso, Jeremy Wong, Matthew Sayde, Patrick Menninger, and Jonathan Matthews all scored for the Pirates. Andrew Holubec made 24 saves. For the Knights, Adam Lohr-Pearson, Greg Olsson, and Alex Richman netted one each. Ian Schwartz made 25 stops.
The teams faced off again on Friday, February 14. South came out on top again, this time 8-0. Steven Cangelosi scored twice for South. Jeremy Greener, Shikky Rathor, Matthews, Sayde, Tso, and Wong scored one apiece. Holubec made 42 saves, while North goalie Ruairidh Rimmer made 12.
North (2-17). A 10-0 loss to Notre Dame on Tuesday, February 4. Saves: Schwartz, 25.
A 9-2 loss to Hopewell on Thursday, February 6. Goals: Richman, 2. Assists: Lohr-Pearson, Tyler Birch, Nick Day, Ben Parris, 1. Saves: Rimmer, 34.
An 11-1 loss to Princeton on Monday ,February 10. Goals: Olsson. Assists: Day, 1. Saves: Rimmer, 23.
A 5-3 loss to Paul VI on Wednesday, February 12. Goals: Day, Olsson, Sam Engel, 1. Assists: Engel, 2. Olsson, Birch, 1. Saves: Schwartz, 17.
South (10-10-1). A 10-0 win over Nottingham on Tuesday, February 4. Goals: Cangelosi, 4. Matthews, 2. Rathor, Sayde, Rob Brown, Nikolai Yershov, 1. Assists: Sayde, 3. Cangelosi, Rathor, 2. Greener, Matthews, Menninger, 1. Saves: Patrick Tso, 15.
An 8-5 loss to Steinert on Monday, February 10. Goals: B. Tso, Cangelosi, 2. Sayde, 1. Assists: Cangelosi, Matthews, Ben Starace, 1. Saves: Holubec, 32.
A 3-2 loss to Lawrence on Wednesday, February 12. Goals: Rathor, Sayde, 1. AssistsL B. Tso, Wong, Henry Wei, 1. Saves: Holubec, 18.
A 3-1 loss to Tenafly on Sunday, February 16. Goals: Matthews. Assists: Cangelosi, B. Tso, 1. Saves: P.Tso, 38.
A 2-1 loss to Robbinsville on Monday, February 17. Goals: Sayde. Assists: Brown, 1. Saves: Holubec, 53.
Girls’ Swimming
South defeated North (6-4-1) on Thursday, February 6.
200 Freestyle: Rabia Syed, South. 200 IM: Melina Cahnbley, North. 50 Freestyle: Emily Hung, North. 100 Butterfly: Sydney Bornstein, South. 100 Freestyle: Marissa Kirkendall, North. 500 Freestyle: Syed, South. 200 Freestyle Relay: Cahnbley, Kirkendall, Faith Rogers, Elaine Wang, North. 100 Backstroke: Rogers, North. 100 Breaststroke: Cahnbley, North. 400 Freestyle Relay: Bornstein, Syed, Sarah Lattime, Annie Menninger, South. 200 Medley Relay: Bornstein, Lattime, Menninger, Syed. The win put South through to the next round of the NJSIAA Central Group A tournament quarterfinals.
South (13-3). A 100.5-69.5 loss to Cherry Hill West on Tuesday, February 11. NJSIAA Central Group A tournament quarterfinals.
