Boys’ Basketball
The South boys eked out a 48-47 victory over North Brunswick in the first round of the Central Jersey Group 4 tournament on March 4. Danny Borup and Jonathan Lee led the Pirates with 15 points each. South was set to face top-seeded Montgomery in the quarterfinals on March 6.
North (6-17). A 70-25 loss to Trenton Catholic on Tuesday, February 18. Juwan Harrison, Isaiah Powell, 7. Christian Waters, 5. Malik Thompson, 4. Kevin Murphy, 3. Mercer County Tournament, first round.
A 90-49 loss to Trenton on Wednesday, February 19. Harrison, 18. Powell, 10. Waters, 8.
A 66-58 loss to Hightstown on Friday, February 21. Powell, 21. Harrison, 17. Nigel Jordan, 12.
A 51-46 loss to Moorestown on Monday, February 24. Waters, 16. Murphy, Harrison, 10.
South (15-9). A 63-44 win over Allentown on Tuesday, February 18. Tommy Hussong, 16. C.J. Howell, 10. Jeff Register, 9. Mercer County Tournament, first round.
A 56-53 win over Bordentown on Wednesday, February 19. Danny Borup, 14. Hussong, 12. Howell, Idris Erinjogunola, 7.
A 63-61 loss to Pennington on Friday, February 21. Borup, 16. Hussong, 13. Jonathan Kline, 12. Kareem Elhossieni, 11. Mercer County Tournament quarterfinal.
A 72-69 win over Nottingham on Tuesday, February 25. Hussong, 19. Borup, 16. Jeff Register, 13.
Girls’ Basketball
North (17-9). A 55-35 win over Robbinsville on Tuesday, February 18. Jasmin Watson, 18. Lauren Schwartzman, 12. Morgan Magid, 8. Mercer County Tournament, first round.
A 47-32 win over Trenton on Wednesday, February 19. Watson, 10. Chrissy DiCindio, 9. Schwartzman, Tyler Cruz, 8.
A 45-43 loss to Ewing on Friday, February 21. Watson, 17. Cruz, Natalie Everett, 6. Schwartzman, 5. Mercer County Tournament quarterfinal.
A 36-30 win over North Brunswick on Monday, February 24. Magid, 9. Watson, 8. Schwartzman, 7.
A 41-34 loss to Montgomery on Friday, February 28. Watson, 8. Cruz, 7. Julia Tampellini, 6.
South (14-9). A 38-28 win over Hightstown on Tuesday, February 18. Karoline Sandvig, 12. Rachel Goldfinger, 7. Alyssen Rivers, 6. Mercer County Tournament quarterfinal.
A 57-28 loss to Notre Dame on Friday, February 21. Goldfinger, 8. Andrea Ndubizu, 7. Kate McCormick, 4.
A 48-31 loss to South Brunswick on Saturday, March 1.
Boys’ Fencing
North (11-0) defeated South 15-12 on Thursday, February 20. North epee: Amit Sarma, 3-0. William Zhang, 2-0. Prashant Baliga, 1-2. Jeremy Kaish, 1-0. North foil: Wilfred Kwok, 3-0. Dylan Pyne, 2-1. North saber: Kyle Jacobson, Michael Leung, Marco Palombit, 1-2. South epee: Rex Chen, Wesley Yuan, 1-2. South foil: Keve Sandor, 2-0. Lachlin Robertson, Jason Xie, 1-2. South saber: Kevin Gao, Stefano Luchetti, 3-0.
South (7-4). A 15-12 loss to Montgomery on Friday, February 7. Epee: Yuan, 3-0. Joey Dashevsky, 2-1. Tom Grzywacz, 1-0. Saber: Gao, 3-0. Derek Ge, 2-1. Franklin Huang, 1-2.
Girls’ Fencing
North (8-2) defeated South (5-5) 15-12 on Thursday, February 20. North epee: Tanvee Varma, 2-1. Lillian Chen, Nikita Nagia, 1-1. North foil: Tianna Kwok, 2-1. Katrina Beske, Lucy Ye, 1-2. North saber: Elysia Wang, 3-0. Celine Demorre, Katie Khaw, 2-1. South epee: Anna Akkara, 3-0. Victoria Liang, Angela You, 1-2. North foil: Jade Rowland, 3-0. Valerie Hou, Audrey Chan, 1-2. North saber: Jennifer Ling, 2-1.
Ice Hockey
South (11-12-1). A 3-1 loss to Tenafly on Sunday, February 16. Goals: Jonathan Matthews. Assists: Steven Cangelosi, Brian Tso, 1. Saves: Patrick Tso, 38.
A 2-1 loss to Robbinsville on Monday, February 17. Goals: Matthew Sayde. Assists: Rob Brown. Saves: Andrew Holubec, 53. Mercer County Tournament quarterfinal.
A 3-0 win over Hightstown on Wednesday, February 19. Goals: Matthews, Adam Deslatte, Nikolai Yershov. Assists: Brown, 2. B. Tso, Yershov, 1. Saves: Holubec, 28.
A 6-2 loss to Hopewell on Sunday, February 23. Goals: Sayde, Shikky Rathor. Assists: B. Tso, 1. Saves: Holubec, 25.
An 11-2 loss to Howell on Monday, February 24. Goals: Matthews, 2. Assists: Cangelosi, B. Tso, 1. Saves: Holubec, 30.
Boys’ Swimming
South’s Aly Sayed swam at the Meet of Champions on Sunday, March 2. He placed second in the 100-yard butterfly.
Indoor Track
Top track and field athletes from High Schools North and South competed at the state Meet of Champions on March 1.
North’s Pati Dziekonska led the way with a first place finish in the 55-meter hurdles in a time of 7.99. North’s other competitor, Simone Counts, finished 26th in the 800 meters with a time of 2:24.
For South, Edlyn Gulama placed 19th (2:20) in the girls’ 800, while Jack Arbeiter placed sixth in 1:59 in the boys’ 800. Deirdre Casey competed in the 1,600, finishing 27th in 5:22. In the 3,200, Nikhil Pulimood (9:26) and Karn Setya (9:45) finished 5th and 23rd. Christina Rancan placed 12th with a time of 11:06 in the girls’ race.
Wrestling
North’s Joe Bryde (113 lbs.) defeated Tyler Shwartz of East Brunswick in the NJSIAA District 20 third place qualifier meet on February 22. Vinny Porreca (182 lbs.) lost in the meet’s final round.
Porreca advanced to the Region 5 meet on February 26, where he lost in the first round. Bryde made it to the semifinals but was eliminated.
South’s Nicholas Maher (126 lbs.) defeated Tyler Gallegos of East Brunswick in the NJSIAA District 20 third place qualifier meet on February 22. Ryan Moshman (132 lbs.) and Ben Schulman (170 lbs.) lost in the meet’s final round, while Rob Armus (138 lbs.) defeated Nick Sodano of Old Bridge.
Moshman wrestled in the first round of the Region 5 meet on February 26, where he was eliminated in the first round. Maher and Armus advanced to the quarterfinals, where they both lost.
