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FEBRUARY 12
2000
Recreation Leagues
In the Hamilton YMCA 6/7-year-old basketball league, Bryan Watts had 16 points and Patrick Harris added eight as Asta Brothers Fire & Safety topped A Better Pizza, 28-8. SCM Electric topped learning Center, 28-14 as Kyle Paul had 10 and Nat Kitaw six.
In CYO play, Shannon Bennett and Lisa Midura scored 11 apiece as St. Anthony's defeated St. Hedwig's, 29-22, in girls' varsity action. Amy Schoenhaar added five points for the winners.
High School
Burlington City took a 52-44 win over Steinert in the Prime Time Shootout. ''It wasn't the number of turnovers (15) we committed, but it seemed like every one resulted in an easy basket,'' Bigos said. ''Bryan's (Warrick) kids hustle, scrap, and dig all over. We practiced breaking the press, but it's hard to simulate their quickness.'' Mike Conover had 20 points for the Spartans.
FEBRUARY 11
1980
High School
Hamilton notched its biggest win of the year, topping Hun 43-18 to snap the Raiders 11-match win streak. Pete Novelli (108), Todd Strubble (115), Charles Page (141) and Mark Williams (170) all had pins. Novelli pinned in 348 seconds for his eighth fall of the year, improving his record to 14-3. Page notched his seventh pin in 18 seconds and improved to 15-1-1. Jay Duffy and Jim Chiarello both won their first bouts of the year.
1990
Recreation
Today’s Trentonian Neighbors section starts off with Hamilton PAL Senior girls action. Liz White scored 12 of her 14 points in the second quarter as JEM Trophies took a 43-30 win over Brock’s Embroidery. Cindy Fijalkowski added 12 for JEM (8-0), while Melony Furda had 10 and Danielle Mitala added nine for Brock’s. Busy Bee Travel took a 37-33 win over Phil Pratico ‘Sr. Jewelers, as Lori Reali and Sue Antosiewicz combined for 12 points for the winners. Angie Kaminaris had nine for Pratico. McCay Insurance got 11 points from Kim Walter in a 32-25 win over Caleb Marketing. Laurel DeSandre and Cortney Mains added key baskets for the winners. Caleb got strong play from Nancy Rickett, Dona Kondash and Jamie Clerkin.
In PAL Junior play, Trophies Unlimited took a 28-21 win over Legal Beagles as Jaime Zamparelli had 14 points and Lisa Pugh scored six. Jayne Wilson, Joanna Faust and Cheryl Bencivengo played well for the Beagles. Heritage I and I Realty took a 9-6 win over Barrett’s Girls, as Jen Besler had five points for the winners and Michelle Deschu had four in defeat.
Gothic Lodge downed Mercer Locker Room, 19-12, as Madeline Sweeney had nine points while Lisa Pimanjonok and Rachel English added six. Kristine Bucchino, Jackie Kopera and Denise Procaccini excelled for Mercer. Terry Pratico Jewelers defeated Olden Pharmacy, 16-8, as Kristie Roche had four points and Danielle Dooper and Faith Stevens played lockdown defense. Olden got slick shooting from Jodi Comfort and Rachel Haggar, while Melissa Migut, Janelle Stenkiewicz and Sarah Durastanti played strong games.
In Hamilton Little Lads Junior Division play, Hamilton beat Dentistry for Kids, despite the fact Brian Bigos scored 10 points and Alan Rue had eight for DFK. Bagel Junction took a 27-20 win over Yardville Supply as Nicky Thompson, Steven Opacki and Kevin Bainbridge each had five points. Anthony Power scored 10 in defeat.
G&E Auto Body took a 56-37 win over Evans Pharmacy as Darnell Brown scored 20. Chris Daley led Evans with 12. Roma Savings got nine points from Bill Rieck in a 21-14 win over Sneaker Seller. Bryan Rogers had seven for the losers.
In the Little Lads Division, Sports World topped Crestwood Construction, 43-40, as Anthony Brown had 14 points. Rich Pandolfini led Crestwood with 13. Nitti Subaru got 15 from Mark Golden in a 40-22 win over Post 491. Mike Blench and James McCormick had five each in defeat. Bob’s Roofing and Painting topped Gervasio’s, 60-32, as Chris Potash scored 14 for the winners and Jonas Brovak had 16 in defeat.
In Mercer County Community College Indoor Soccer, Bob McVickers scored four goals in the Hamilton Raiders 6-3 win over the Hamilton Hurricanes Red in U-12 play. Peter Jon Bak had two goals as the Hamilton Hurricanes White took a 2-0 win over the Lawrence Rockets. In U-13 play, the Hamilton Cougars topped rival Hamilton Cougars Red, 4-2, as David Adams had three goals. U-15 play saw the Hibernian Sky Green get a hat trick from Scott Sassman in a 4-3 win over the Sunshine Club. The Hibo Sky White topped the East Windsor Rams, 5-2, as Scott Snyder had two goals.
In Mercer County Men’s Soccer, Ed Gauss had two goals to lead M.J. Kicks to a 5-1 win over the Hibernians. Bob Tartaglia, Dan D’Angelo and Dave Spishak each had goals for Kicks, while Joe Hankins starred in goal and Dave Leckie, Bob Smith and Kevin Vandewater were tough on defense. Gordon McNeil, Bob Cummings, Jim Hudik and Kurt Meck scored as Gersh’s beat Jamesburg SC, 4-1.
In CYO basketball, St. Greg’s beat St. Raphael’s, 50-40, as Kevin McKinney had 16 and Mike Shanklin scored 15 for the winners. John Brovak and Nick Levis combined for 25 for St. Raphael’s. Mike Kocyerowski had 21 in OLS’s 66-21 win over St. Paul’s. Cindy Fyalowski excelled for OLS in a 31-21 win over Holy Cross.
2000
Recreation Leagues
In CYO JV basketball play, Eric Woodrow had 12 as St. Raphael’s took a 53-12 win over St. Gregory’s. St. Greg’s bounced back with a 47-11 win over St. Paul’s as Billy Monks had five points.
High School
Nottingham’s wrestling woes continued against Delran as the Northstars dropped a 34-21 decision to the Bears Delran remained perfect against the Northstars, despite pins by Denny Delgado and decisions by Mike Loginow, Joe Hope, Tim Adams and John Stevens. “It would’ve been nice to beat Delran,” Hope said.
In girls basketball, Hamilton dropped a 51-29 decision to a 16-2 Notre Dame team. “If you want to be one of the top teams like Notre Dame you’ve got to bring your ‘A’ game,” coach Linda Weise said. “Give them credit, they have too many weapons.” Jaime McCormack had 15 points for the Hornets while Melissa Baksany had 15 rebounds.
Steinert topped Hightstown, 46-36, as Cynthia Marquez had 15 points. Nottingham got 12 from Vicki Jenkins in a 55-27 loss to Trenton.
In boys hoops, Steinert’s Mike Conover was nominated to the McDonald’s All-American High School Basketball team, recognizing him as one of the nation’s top players. The 6-8 center is averaging 18 points per game, and is one of 1,800 nominees from throughout the country.
On the court, Nottingham could not win in Trenton for a second consecutive time, dropping a 62-52 decision in Tornado Alley. Brian Jenkins had 16 points for the Northstars while Jeremy Coleman had 13 points and seven rebounds.
FEBRUARY 10
1970
High School
Hamilton rolled to a 75-60 win over Cathedral as Kirk Taylor had 22 points and 13 rebounds, Bob Rossi added 15 points and Dan Tyler added 11. Jack Burness chipped in with seven rebounds. “Maybe it could have been more,” coach Charley “Boss” Ross said. “But we’re satisfied, a win is a win. If we’d have lost it wouldn’t have been so good.”
St. Anthony took a 59-52 win over Notre Dame as Steve MacZinko had 23 points and 15 rebounds. Denny Hardiman and John Kish added 10 points. “They’ve picked themselves up and they’re playing well,” coach Doug Hice said of the Mikes five-game winning streak that moved their record to 7-9.
1980
Recreation Leagues
In Today’s Trentonian Neighbors section, the CYO Grammar School girls roundup shows that St. Anthony got 12 points from Joanne Zola in a 38-14 win over Incarnation. Our Lady of Sorrows moved to 12-1 as Amy Masonis scored 12 and Delora Chorba had 10 in a 38-18 win over St. Paul’s.
In High School action, Elaine Eichman and Sharon Zola had 10 points each as St. Raphael’s beat first-place Incarnation, 27-17.
In Mercer County-Pennsylvania Street Hockey action, much like an NBA player Jack DeStefano loafed his way through the regular season with just three goals, but turned it on in the playoffs. DeStefano scored his second goal in two playoff games, with just four minutes left in sudden-death overtime, to give Three Seasons a 1-0 win over the Rowdies. The win put Three Seasons in the playoff finals. DeStefano scored on a breakaway and goalie Keith Conover made it stand up.
In Hamilton Senior Little Lads play, Bob Tarver continued his bid for MVP honors by scoring 24 points and grabbing 10 rebounds to give Tree King a 52-46 win over the Knights of Columbus. Bryan Barballaci had 22 for the Knights. Hamilton PAL took a 66-42 win over the VFW Boosters as Rodney Walker had 16 points, Todd Wilson added 15 and Mike Dey had 12. Don Rebbeck (13) and John Fell (11) led VFW. Cook AA topped Brook Savings & Loan, 62-37, as John Troiani and Brian Scenzi scored 10 apiece. Mike Parrotta led Lawrence Brook with 17 and Bill Bound added 10 points and seven rebounds.
1980
High School
Hamilton took a 68-58 win over Snyder of Jersey City as Craig Williams had 18 points while Troy Stevenson had 11 assists. “It’s the first state-ranked team we’ve beaten,” noted coach Charley “Boss” Ross. “It’s our best win so far.”
1990
College
Steinert grads Bill Rebbeck (15) and Bob Britton (10) and Hamilton grad Brian Boone (14) powered Mercer County Community College to a 102-60 win over Union. It was Boone’s second game back after knee surgery as he was forced to wear a bulky brace. “It’s a pain,” Boone said. “Stepping to the side on defense is still pretty difficult. I can do it, but not like when I was healthy. I just try to give my man two steps to give me time to adjust.”
High School
In a pulsating Mercer County Wrestling Tournament, Nottingham won the team title with 227.5 points, edging Lawrenceville (224) and Hamilton (222.5). Harry Schulz got off his back to record a 17-10 win in the 189-pound finals that went a long way in Nottingham’s win. Jeff Saia won the 130-pound title for the Northstars, while Lamar Gore won at 119 for Hamilton and Joe Woodward was the 135-pound champ for Steinert. “
Nottingham fell to Lawrenceville, 43-30, despite 13 points from Erin Wingerter and nine by Terri Beach. Steinert’s Sue Scheer is named the Trentonian/J&V Engraving Girls Basketball Player of the Week after she had clutch points and big steals in the Spartans three-game winning streak.
2000
High School
For the first time in its 18-year history, the Nottingham boys basketball team won at Tornado Alley, taking a 51-50 upset win over higher-seeded Trenton High in the first round of the Mercer County Tournament. “We’ve had a lot of close losses,” coach Nate Webber said. “Now, we finally won one. The kids executed tonight. I can’t say enough about them.” Brian Jenkins and Aaron Downing had 15 points for the Northstars while Yves Terilus was held to two but ran the offense to perfection. Nottingham moved to 10-8 and Trenton dropped to 14-3. Charles Upshur had a steal and lay-up that gave Nottingham a 51-49 lead, and neither team scored over the final 1:46.
Hamilton’s girls opened the MCT with a 51-40 win over Pennington as Jaime McCormack scored 15 points and Michelle Yenchik added 10, all in the first half. “I really don’t shoot as much as I shot today,” Yenchik said. “My shot was falling and coach (Linda) Weise said I needed to get more confidence.” Jessica Kogel and Mary Mewherter added 11 points each for the 13-4 Hornets. “Michelle is kind of unsung hero for us,” Weise said. “Jaime gives an effort like this one she had tonight every time we play.”
FEBRUARY 9
1960
High School
Jim Spence scored 30 points to power Hamilton to a 93-57 win over Mount Holly. Spence had 14 of his points in a pivotal second-quarter run. Ray Staub had 17, Ed Butscu added 15 and Jerry McNeil had 10. In the JV game, Hamilton won 61- as Ron Matta and Tom Conte had 11 and 10 points, respectively.
Steinert dropped a 65-59 to the “Burlington Quint” as the headline called them. The Spartans fell to 7-7 despite 17 points by Rick George, 15 from Bob Zarr and 14 from Bob Mucciarelli. In the JV game, Steinert took a 56-54 win as Gary Parker and Joe Scozzaro had 13 points each for the 11-3 Spartans.
1970
Recreation Leagues
Tim Rando had 39 points to lead Ivy to an 89-46 win over Cook AA in the Hamilton Service Basketball League. Jim Donaghue had 21 as Tub City beat the Township Bombers, 90-34. Clarence Morris had 18 as Snyder’s topped Hamilton JC, 58-43.
In CYO High School Basketball, Mark Zoltanski powered St. Anthony’s past St. Hedwig’s, 45-24.
1980
Recreation Leagues
In Hamilton Junior Soccer, defending Junior Cup champion GAK Gold Juniors took a 12-0 win over the Hamnetts to move to 14-01. Ed Gauss had three goals while Tom Tuffy, Frank Oliveti and Dave Stettner added two each. The Mercer Rowdies got two goals from Robbie Colton and one each from Ben McMichael, Walt Biddulph and Bob Tartaglia in a 5-3 win over Mercer United. The GAK White Juniors topped the Liberty Thriftway Kickers, 5-0, as Vince Martorano had two goals. Dan D’Angelo’s penalty kick helped the Hamilton Fury tie the West End Cosmos, 1-1.
High School
Steinert took a 57-51 win over Peddie in boys basketball as Kevin Edwards had 18 points, Rob Riley added 15 and Tom Matlock and Daryl Reeves tabbed 10 each. “They were taller and had the boards but we were quicker, had more scoring balance and played more consistently,” coach Ken Sullivan said.
Hamilton fell to Plainfield, 76-66, in the Eastern States Basketball Classic. “I thought we played well,” coach Charley “Boss” Ross said. “I really thought we had a chance to win this one, right into the fourth quarter.” John Scenczi had a career-high 33 points along with 16 rebounds for West, while Troy Stevenson had 14 assists despite playing with a protective mask on his face.
In wrestling, Charlie Page’s first-period pin moved his record to 14-1-1, but Hamilton fell to Notre Dame, 46-12.
In freshman girls hoops, Fisher Junior High took a 44-42 win over Hamilton West despite 14 points from Tracy Quinn and 10 each from Patty Helmlinger and Jill Hutchinson.
1990
High School

Today's Trentonian warns the world that Hamilton is the team to watch out for in this weekend's Mercer County Wrestling Tournament. To see how it turns out, keep coming back to the Nostalgia page. Or, actually, you could just ask someone who was there, since it actually already happened.
Rhoda Masella had 17 points and Diane Mazukewicz added 13 as Hamilton’s girls basketball team took a 56-41 win over Hun. Kelli Sensi added eight points and Jen Caterson had six. “We got good offensive distribution and that was important,” Hamilton coach Mickey Kessler said.
In boys hoops, Hamilton played tough in a 75-54 loss to a 21-2 Hun team, as Charles Upshur, Matt Waldron and Mike Brown had 14 points apiece. Upshur had seven rebounds and Raul Figueroa added 12 points and 10 rebounds. “I tell you what, Hun, as tough as they are, we hung in there.” Coach Carmen Nitti said.
2000
High School
In wrestling, Nottingham took a 40-13 win over Princeton to remain undefeated in the CVC while giving Princeton (11-1-1) its first loss of the season. The Northstars (11-1) are attempting to become the first team in school history to go perfect in the CVC. “The team is making the history,” coach Dave Dempster said. The ‘Stars started the night with decisions from Dennys Delgado, Mike Kobylarz, Ryan Esposti and Robert Hope. “This is my first year on varsity and what a year it’s been,” Delgado said. From 135 to 152 Nottingham got decisions from Mike Loginow and Charlie Iacono and pins from Joe Hope and Tim Adams. The ‘Stars also got a technical fall from John Stevens and a decision by Mohamed El Naggar. “This team has no standouts. We’re tough from 103 to heavyweight,” Stevens said.
Steinert grappled its way to a 42-25 win over Ewing as Ken Weeden had a 4-3 win at 215 and Sean Mattis had a big pin at 140. Hamilton’s Steve Elmer’s key win at 135 helped the Hornets to a 53-24 win over Hightstown. Steve Mottola, Frank Page, Mike Paglione and Frank Prihoda all had pins for West.
Sarah Bucon had seven points in Nottingham’s 50-22 girls’ basketball loss to Hightstown.
In ice hockey, Dan Burniston had a goal and an assist in Nottingham’s 4-3 setback to Hightstown.
FEBRUARY 8
1960
Recreation
Here's some 50-year-old PAL results to check out from a couple different age groups.
High School
Hamilton West and Trenton State College standout Dave Bryan, who would go on to coach Hamilton later in the decade, signed a contract today to play with the Ottawa Roughriders in the Canadian Football League. A 6-3, 240-pound tackle had offers from both the NFL and the newly formed AFL but chose Canada. “Although from the financial angle it was about the same, I feel that there is more opportunity for me in Ottawa,” Bryan said. “The team also practices at night so I can take a teaching job during the day or go on for my Master’s Degree.” Bryan played two years of football and three of basketball for the Hornets and was a member of the 1954 football team that won the City Championship. “He was easy to coach,” said Bryan’s West coach, Barney Emil. “The opposition would try to run his side of the line only once.”
1970
Recreation Leagues
In CYO Grammar School basketball, Bob DiPastina scored 19 points to lead unbeaten Our Lady of Sorrows to a 51-27 win over St. John’s. St. Raphael’s clinched second place in the Northern Division race with a 36-32 win over St. James, as Doug Kerlin an Biff Hallowell had 10 points each.
Andy Polaschak had four goals and Wayne Mahon added three as Post 313 beat Ted Dolci’s in the Hamilton Township Junior Cup Soccer League. Kevin Welsh had two goals as Independent Radio topped VFW 3525, 6-0.
In the Hub City Soccer Tournament, Hamilton moved to 4-0-1 with a 6-2 win over GAK as Bob Smith scored two goals. In the Little League, Hamilton took over first place with a 1-0 win over GAK as Kenan McCoy had the lone goal.
1980
High School
Freshman Steve Brown had 15 points, seven rebounds, eight assists and four blocked shots in McCorristin’s 65-49 win over West Windsor. “He can handle the ball and go inside and rebound,” coach Carmen Nitti said. “He is going through the varsity steps real well.” Jim Smiegocki led the Iron Mikes with 18. . . Tom Matlock scored 22 points but Steinert lost its fifth straight, 75-50 to Trenton.
In girls play, Kelli Williams outshined teammate Kate Larkin on a rare occasion, collecting 11 points, 12 assists, 30 rebounds (yes, 30), 11 steals and seven blocked shots in a 68-39 win over West Windsor. “I think Dr. J has a cousin in a McCorristin uniform,” coach Kevin Gallagher said. “She was absolutely outstanding.” As for Gallagher, she “only” had 22 points, 21 rebounds and nine steals. Hopewell topped Hamilton 52-49, despite 15 points from Cindy Astore.
In JV girls basketball play, Cindy Palinski had 15 points in Steinert’s 54-44 win over Trenton, while Mary Pecht had 22 in McCorristin’s 58-33 win over West Windsor.
In freshman girls play, Ann DeLaversano had 25 points as McCorristin beat West Windsor, 53-17.
The NJSIAA wrestling sectional seedings were announced today and Nottingham was the sixth seed and will meet No. 3 Colonia in a first-round match.
1990
High School
In boys basketball, Hamilton dropped a 55-50 decision to Princeton as the Little Tigers snapped a 13-game losing streak. Mike Brown had 14 for the Hornets. Mark Bass hit a school-record six 3-pointers and had 25 points as McCorristin took a 92-45 win over Hopewell Valley. Ryan Lopez and Dan Clark had 16 points each and Dennis Roberts had nine rebounds as Nottingham took a 55-49 win over Lawrence. Steinert fell victim to a 25-0 run by Trenton in a 77-43 loss. Steinert was outscored 35-2 in the third quarter, prompting coach Roger Bigos to say of his team ‘That’s two points more than a dead man would score. . .They’re a better team. There’s not much you can say.”
In JV boys hoops, Justin Swain had 20 points as Hamilton nipped Princeton, 60-58.
In girls play, Steinert clinched the CVC’s Colonial Division with a 56-45 win over Trenton. Lisa Cesaro had 24 points, four assists and six steals, while Sandi McNichol had 10 points and Kim Derrico added seven points and six steals. Terri Beach had 11 points while Erin Wingerter had 10 in Nottingham’s 35-33 loss to Lawrence. The Northstars finished 0-14 in the CVC.
2000
High School
Steinert got 25 points from Mike Conover, including two clutch free throws in the final 21 seconds to take a 64-60 win over Nottingham. “I don’t know where our minds were, they weren’t here,” said Nottingham senior forward Brian Jenkins, who led Nottingham with 16 points. “Our bodies were there, but our minds were somewhere else.” Corey Nojemko had 18 for Steinert (7-9) while Yves Terilus added 11 for the Northstars (9-9).
Freshman Alyce Patterson scored on a putback as time expired to give Hamilton’s girls’ basketball team a 48-47 victory over Hopewell Valley. Jaime McCormack led the Hornets with 19 points. Steinert snapped a six-game losing streak and broke Nottingham’s three-game winning streak with a 44-29 win. Stephanie Burrell had 14 points, eight rebounds and five steals while Cynthia Marquez added nine points and 10 rebounds. Sarah Bucon led Nottingham with 12.
Nottingham rolled to a 117-53 win over Hightstown in boys swimming, as Kevin Daly won the 200 free in 2:22.38 and Anthony Bartolone won the 50 (26.76) and 100 (59.08).
FEBRUARY 7
1980
High School
Ken Robbins and Dave Lauer each had big days as Steinert topped Willingboro and John F. Kennedy in winter track to move to 9-0. Robbins had a 2:03.8 half-mile and also won the high jump in 5-0. Lauer ran a 6.8 60 to take first and was second to Robbins in the 800 with 2:04.3. Both ran on the first-place mile-relay team.
1990
College
Steinert grads Bill Rebbeck and Bob Britton had 24 and 23 points respectively as Mercer County Community College’s men’s basketball team beat Atlantic, 93-86. Hamilton grad Brian Boone added 17 in his first game back from injury.
Recreation Leagues
Jim Radvany tallied 17 points as Al Mostrangeli’s Good Times Tavern took a 98-74 win over Jack & Jules in the Mercer County Basketball National League.
High School
In wrestling action, Hamilton took a 55-9 win over Peddie, as Lamar Gore moved to 17-1 with a decision. Hamilton found out today it lost the services of 160-pounder Alan Constance in the Mercer County Tournament because Constance got called for unsportsmanlike conduct in a previous match with Pemberton. “Losing Alan hurts, but we’ll just have to pick up some points somewhere else,” said coach Ralph “The Natural” DeLibero, whose team is favored to win the event.
2000
High School
The Hamilton West boys basketball team finally got its first win of the season, taking a 53-50 decision over Allentown. Freshman Jason Malloy made two foul shots with 1:19 remaining to seal the victory and finish with 13 points. “I wasn’t nervous,” Malloy said. “I’ve been in that spot before.” Nick Warner had eight crucial second-half points, while Kurtis Johnson had 10 points and 11 rebounds and Craig Wrenn had 10 markers.
In ice hockey, Dan Burniston had four goals and an assist as Nottingham topped Steinert, 7-5.
FEBRUARY 6
1960
High School
Steinert’s boys basketball team won its third straight and snapped a six-game Blue Devils win streak with a 62-52 win over Ewing as Bob Zarr scored 19 points from the inside and Bob Muciarelli popped in 20 from the outside. Rick George also played a key role in the game. In the JV contest Steinert moved to 9-3 with a 57-51 win.
1970
Junior High
St. Anthony’s freshman team got 19 points from Mike Kasian in a 58-56 win over Princeton. Lawrence topped Nottingham, 51-33, despite 15 points from Phil Brand. Jerome Walker (17) and Tom Alexander (16) led Grice to a 69-27 win over Hopewell Valley. Notre Dame’s freshman beat Reynolds, 74-50, despite 15 points by Rich Craynock.
High School
Steve MacZinko exploded for 32 points as St. Anthony’s beat Mater Dei, 76-53. Denny Hardiman (13) and Noel DeBlois (15) also aided the Mikes, while Steve Gore and John Kish also contributed to the team’s sixth road win. “They got the ball into the middle and we were able to run and get to short jump shots,” coach Doug Hice said.
1980
Recreation Leagues
Ken Heinz scored 22 points as OLS beat Mt. Carmel, 68-62, in CYO High School action. Gary Maccaroni had 20 points and Tom Porcelli added 14 for the winners.
High School
Despite a jammed shooting hand, Kate Larkin scored 27 points to lead McCorristin to a 53-48 win over Ewing. “Kate can’t feel the ball that well with the splint on her hand,” coach Kevin Gallagher said.
1990
High School
Rhoda Massella scored 24 points and Jen Caterson (14) added a number of key baskets as Hamilton‘s girls basketball team beat Hopewell Valley, 49-37. Candie Crusen had 12 points and Jeanne McDougall added 10 as McCorristin beat Nottingham, 55-36. Erin Wingerter led Nottingham with 15. Steinert moved to 14-4 with a 54-28 win over West Windsor-Plainsboro, as Lisa Cesaro (15), Sandi McNichol (14) and Sue Scheer (10) led the way.
In boys hoops, Hopewell took a 49-45 win over Hamilton despite 13 points by Chris “The Basement” Raba and 12 points and 11 rebounds from Mike Brown. “We weren’t taking difficult shots,” coach Carmen Nitti said. “We just didn’t make our chippies.”
Steinert coach Roger Bigos had this to say about his defense after Steinert’s 77-51 loss to West Windsor-Plainsboro. “We played the sieve, the funnel and the matador.” Jason Cromwell had 16 and Mike Comfort added 10.
McCorristin got 16 from Blitz Wooten in a 71-33 win over Nottingham. Dan Clark had 14 for the Northstars.
Katie Panfen’s 23 points led the Steinert’s JV girls basketball team to a 52-33 win over West Windsor-Plainsboro. Chris Collins added 14 for the Spartans.
2000
High School
Hamilton dropped to 0-15 with a 64-55 loss to Hopewell Valley at the Sovereign Bank Arena. “Not in my wildest imagination did I think we would be where we are, I’ve never been so frustrated in my life,” first-year Hornets coach Norm Paul said. “They say ‘You all can’t win a game. We try to tune them out. We’re young. This is a learning experience,” said sophomore forward Marc Kauffman, who had seven points and 12 rebounds. Freshman Jason Malloy had 18 points for the Hornets.
FEBRUARY 5
1970
High School
Ewing rolled to a 72-52 win over Hamilton as the Blue Devils shot a sizzling 31-o4-9 from the floor. Bob Rossi had 14 for the Hornets and Gene Webb added 13. “WE couldn’t get any rebounds,” coach Charley “Boss” Ross said. “We really missed Dan Tyler tonight. He came down with the flu and it would have been impossible for him to play.”
1980
High School
McCorristin’s girls took a 62-52 win over Hopewell Valley as Kate Larkin scored 34 points and Kelli Williams had 10. Steinert suffered a 62-53 loss to Bridgewater West despite 25 points from Carol Whitehouse. “The girls didn’t mentally play in the first half,” coach Bob Hutchinson said. “We pressed them full court and almost caught them in the second half, but it was too late.” Hamilton claimed a 60-47 win over Delhaas as Betsy Kerlin had 14 points and Cindy Astore added 11.
Steinert’s boys dropped a 54-50 decision to Bridgewater West despite 17 by Rob Riley and nine from Rich Babuschak. But the big, huge news in Spartan Land this night as the clutch foul shooting of Stephen "Smart Remarks" DeStefano that paced the Spartans JV to a 47-44 victory.
Hamilton resident Tom Keefe scored 21 points to lead Notre Dame to a 71-52 win over Hightstown. “This is about the fifth or sixth game in a row in which Tom has really played well. He’s gotten more aggressive on offense,” coach Dave Milinowicz said.
McCorristin took a thrilling 24-15 win over Hopewell Valley as the Bulldogs tried to play a slowdown game. “We’ve seen this before,” coach Carmen Nitti said. “Hightstown tried this on us last year. I’m pleased with the ay the kids handled it. Jim Smiegocki led all scorers with 12 points.
1990
High School
In CYO JV basketball action, Brian Bigos’ nine points led Our Lady of Sorrows to a 41-32 win over St. James, while John Donnelly had 11 in St. Greg’s 28-13 win over Blessed Sacrament.
In Hamilton Little Lads, Brian Bigos had 16-points and hit the game-winning three-point basket as Dentistry for Children took a 38-35 win over Yardville Supply in Junior Division play. Joshua Khoury’s 12 led Bagel Junction to a 28-21 win over Sneaker Seller. Mike Fishbane had 14 in GE& Auto’s 45-25 win over Roma Savings, while Chris Daly had 24 for Evans Pharmacy in a 57-16 win over Hamilton GOP.
In an unnamed Little Lads division, Mike Shanklin’s 16 led Gervasio’s to a 42-30 win over Mercerville Shell, while Nitti Subaru took a 47-24 win over Hamilton PAL as Mark Coldron had 12. Ryan Ponvonnini had 11 in Crestwood Construction’s 61-19 win over Post 491. Chris Dintash had 12 as Bob’s Roofing beat Sports World, 64-40.
Matt Renelli had 28 to help Sneaker Seller squeak past G&E Auto, 59-58. Javier Garcia had 28 in defeat. Matt Haluska showed who had the true scoring touch in the family as he exploded for 34 points in Tree King’s 62-36 win over Hamilton Civitans. But despite outscoring brother Jeff, Matt would never go on to enjoy the thrill of the St. Paddy's Day Bus, which has made Jeff legendary to this day.
High School
Lisa Cesaro’s buzzer beater gave Steinert a 51-49 win over Willingboro. Cesaro finished with 14 while Sue Scheer had 11 and Kim Derrico 10.
In boys’ play, Christ The King beat McCorristin, 76-71, in the consolation round of the Metro Classic. Bryan Caver had 15 points and three assists. Todd Jacobs had 22 points and Mike Comfort added 13 in Steinert’s 61-53 loss to Pennington.
In wrestling, it was announced today that Hamilton qualified for the Central Jersey Group III Tournament and will meet Voorhees in the first round for the third straight year.
2000
High School
In the Mercer County Wrestling Tournament, Hamilton’s Mike Paglione (130 pounds) and Frank Page (119) won championships as did Steinert’s Corey Butchko. Page won his second consecutive title.
Hamilton freshman Christina Dooling became the first Hornet girl to take a top-three finish in the Mercer County meet, finishing second in the butterfly in 1:05.80. “It wasn’t what I was really shooting for – the record would have been nice,” Dooling said. “My coach is really proud of me and I’m really proud to represent Hamilton.”
In girls basketball, Steinert fell to Bensalem 55-40, despite 12 points each from Kelly Dutko and Cynthia Marquez.
FEBRUARY 4
1970
Recreation Leagues
Phil Ashboch scored 11 points to lead Our Lady of Sorrows to a 40-28 win over Holy Angels in CYO High School basketball action. St. Raphael’s took a 43-24 win over St. Joseph’s as Jim French tallied 13.
In Unlimited Basketball, Hamilton West head coach Charley Ross scored 32 points as Maguire-Burke took a 92-90 win over Platt’s Men’s Shop.
1990
Recreation Leagues
The Trentonian Neighbors wrapped up Hamilton PAL play, as Mike “The Ice Man” Reale hit a crucial fourth-quarter bucket as the Bulls beat the Rockets, 23-22. Reale led the team in scoring while the Rockets Tim Price had two-halfcourt 3-pointers and 11 points. The Lakers nipped the Hawks, 22-21, as Ishmeal Robinson’s foul shot won it. James Chianese led the Hawks with 11.
Bob Septak sparked the Clippers to a 27-25 win over the Suns. Joe Apicelli’s key bucket sealed the win. Jimare Ware had 16 for the Suns. Chris Coleman had 15 points and seven rebounds as the Sonics toped the Warriors, 24-20. Darin Burzymowski excelled for the Warriors. Mel Hall and Domingo Vazquez had 13 and eight, respectively, as the Sixers took a 34-30 win over the Knicks. Justin Swain and Joe Thompson combined for 25 for the Knicks.
The Nuggets topped the Bullets, 28-21, as Mike Snyder had 10 points and nine rebounds and Mike Belfiore added 13 points. Mike Mims had 11 for the Bullets. Corey Stokes had 17 points as the Bucks took a 52-40 win over the Royals. Jeff Haluska led the Royals with 11, although most of them were at garbage time when the Bucks had their scrubs in.
2000
High School
Lawrence took a 58-56 win over Nottingham in boys basketball despite 15 points by Yves Terilus and 12 from Brian Jenkins. “”We got maximum effort and execution,” coach Nate Webber said. “I’m proud of my guys. We’re getting more disciplined and are running our sets. We kept pounding, we didn’t give up.”
Steinert dropped a 69-50 decision to Trenton High, as Mike Conover had 19 points and Cory Nojemko added 13 for the Spartans.
In girls basketball Nottingham topped Lawrence, 46-39, as Vicky Jenkins had 19 points, 14 rebounds and three blocks. The win knocked the Cardinals from qualifying for the state tournament. “Every game we show progress,” coach Mike Kelliher said. “Now we’re starting to win games by hitting free throws, which we did not do earlier in the year.” Jill Gootee, Kristin Schleher and Sarah Bucon also helped in the win.
FEBRUARY 3
1970
Junior High
Billed as “a battle of arch-rivals” in The Trentonian, Grice got a jumper from Jerome Walker and two free throws from Chris Carey in a 44-40 win over Nottingham. Walker finished with 11, while Ray Preis had 10 for Nottingham. St. Anthony’s freshman team got 30 points from John Kite in a 66-48 win over Reynolds. Rich Craynock – referred to as Jim in this article – had 19 for the Raiders while Greg Reed had 10 and Art Napolitano added nine.
High School
In a game that featured 14 ties, Trenton’s Tom Caldwell made the winning basket with three minutes left to give Trenton a 56-55 victory over upset-minded Steinert. The Spartans fell to 7-8 and THS moved to 10-5. After Caldwell’s basket, Steinert’s Nate Palmer had a 22-point night spoiled when he missed three of four foul shots in the final 1:28, including the front end of a one-and-one with seven seconds left.
Steve MacZinko had 24 points and 15 rebounds as St. Anthony’s beat Holy Cross, 73-66. Noel DeBlois added 13 for the Iron Mikes.
1980
Recreation Leagues
In today’s Trentonian Neighbors section, the CYO round-up had plenty of township news. St. Raphael’s moved to 13-0 with a 44-10 win over Villa Victoria and a 40-19 triumph over Holy Cross in Grammar League play. Lori McGarrigle had 14 and Colleen Mulryne and Tricia Monte added 11 apiece against VV. IN the win over Holy Cross, Mulryne had 16 and McGarrigle added 15. Our Lady of Sorrows won its 11th in 12 games with a 43-10 win over Holy Angels. Dolora Chorba and Amy Masonis had 10 each and Theresa Abbott added eight. St. Anthony topped St. Mary’s, 38-19, as Renee Keister and Maria DeFelice had six points each. Joanne Zola had 10 in St. Anthony’s 21-16 win over St. Paul’s.
In the Hamilton Little Lads, The White Horse Lions maintained their Cadet League, ABA Division lead with a 25-15 win over Fred & Pete’s. Scott Okun had 16 points. Kyle Smith had four points, Tom Farrell added three and Frank Lucia tallied two. Vernon Williams hit the boards. Jason Gonzales had eight for FP’s. Yardville Supply took a 31-3 win over Rafferty’s as Steve Halko (10), Warren Smith (7) and Bobby Barrett (5) led the way.
Conti Realty stayed in second place when John Hohl’s foul shot produced a 26-25 win over Roma Savings. Hohl finished with 15 and had hit both ends of a one-and-one with 23 seconds left. Brian Maglione added five of his seven points in the third period when Conti’s began its comeback. Jason Duval (10) and Paul Martelloni (7) led Roma.
Joe Barnaba and Bob Lipsett had nine points each as Cook AA topped Maguire’s 38-23. Bill Berish led Maguire with 12. Dave Chmielewski powered Budget Rental Car past Hamilton PAL, while Pete Lestician had 19 rebounds. Craig Haley and Mike Adams led PAL.
In the Senior play, Hamilton PAL got 18 from Mike Dey and 17 from Shell Tyler in a 63-39 win over Sports World. Eric Moench added 14 points and eight rebounds, while Dom Mangine had 15 for Sports World. Cook AA got 11 each from Jay Sub and Gary Foy in a 48-27 win over the Knights. Harry Davis had 12 and Bryan Barballaci added 11 for the Knights.
Goals by John Antinoro and Mike Watson led the Hamilton Fury to a 2-1 win over the Mercer Rowdies in the Hamilton Junior Soccer League. GAK topped Mercer United as Ed Gauss had four goals while Terry Bellinger added two each. Frank Oliveti and Dave Alito also scored. The GAK White beat the Hamnetts II, 9-2, as Paul DeGregory had four goals, Vince Martorano added two and Ed Broda, Mike Britton and John Wiener added one each. The Hamilton Rec 64s topped the Hamnett 65s, 3-1, as Jim Wyrough, Pat Such and Mike Mihavetz scored. Trenton Panorama beat Lawrence SC, 13-0, as Alex Tordai had four goals, Chris Fallon and Mike Lee added two each, and John Astore, Toby Hankins, Jerry Sydor, Alex Herceg and Chris Fallon had one apiece. Post 313 got a goal from Dave Patton and shutout goaltending from Joe Eldridge in a 1-0 win over Merry Go Round.
1990
High School
Hamilton fell to Pemberton, 31-21, in wrestling despite pins by Lamar Gore, Jeff Quick and Steve Novatowski. Steinert got a pin from Jason Hart in a 37-21 loss to Princeton, while Nottingham won a school record 13th match, 39-13 over Hightstown, on pins by Mike Thames, Brian Hughes, Jeff Saia, Steve Barnacz, Tom Agugliaro and Mike Neely.
In a battle of boys basketball titans, St. Anthony beat McCorristin, 55-50. The Iron Mikes entered the game ranked No. 1 in the state by The Trentonian. “Our goal in coming here was to see if we could take our program one step further,” Coach John Castaldo said. “It was the kind of game where you need to turn it up a notch. Unfortunately, some of our guys didn’t even play their normal game.”
2000
High School
Nottingham’s ice hockey team won its third straight, 4-2, over Lawrence. Dan Burniston, who had a Northstar goal, talked about emerging from his scoring slump. “I must have led the league in hit posts,” he said. “At the beginning of the season I was the lowest I’ve ever been, confidence-wise.” Chris Goodwin, Mark Zangara and Joe Friel also tallied. Steinert got two goals each from Frank Doroba and John Pappano in a 6-2 win over Pennington. Mike Ruppert had three assists.
In boys basketball, Nottingham notched its first state tournament berth in three years with a 60-42 win over Hun in the first round of the Mercer County Tournament. Brian Jenkins had 17, while Jeremy Coleman and Yves Terilus (seven assists) had 12 each. “We were 2-18 when I was a sophomore and 6-16 last year,” Coleman said. “It’s been three years in the making. We finally got there.” “I couldn’t be happier,” added Nottingham coach Nate Webber. “Our goal this year was the states. Hey, we made it.”
Stephen Burrell had seven points in Steinert’s 68-32 loss to Trenton, while Princeton beat Hamilton 72-56 despite 21 from Jason Ramos and 12 each from Jason Malloy and Marc Kauffman.
FEBRUARY 2
1960
High School
It was a clean sweep for the Steinert basketball teams as the varsity, JV and freshman teams all beat Palmyra. The varsity took a 51-49 win as Bob Zarr’s bucket with 10 seconds left was the game-winner. Bob Mucciarelli had 12 of his 19 points in the second quarter, Rick Danser added 12 points and Don Huggins finished with nine. The JV got 22 points from Wayne Huston in a 54-34 victory, while the freshmen won their sixth of the year, 42-39, as Jerry Migliacci had 24 points and Joe Beato had nine.
Hamilton wasn’t quite as successful, as the varsity and JV both lost to Burlington. In a 68-53 setback, the varsity got 28 points from Jim Spence while Walt Antosiewicz added 10 points and hit the boards hard. The JV fell 48-46 despite 18 points by Ron Kasa and 15 from Ron Matta.
1970
Recreation Leagues
Rich Freeman scored 12 points as St. Gregory’s took a 41-40 win over Blessed Sacrament in the CYO High School Basketball League. Larry Auletta had 19 as St. Anthony beat St. Stephen’s, 63-48.
1980
High School
Princeton’s wrestling team topped Steinert, 31-24, despite pins by the Spartans Mark Dobron and John Schnoering, the latter coming in 49 seconds.
Indoor track action saw Steinert’s Jerry Ewaskiewicz and Hamilton’s Jeff Mayo each win twice to lead their teams past Hopewell Valley. Ewaskiewicz won the mile (4:39.3) and two-mile (9:57.8) as Steinert won 60-35, while Mayo won the mile (4:37.1) and two-mile (9:55.2) as Hamilton moved to 4-0 with a 53-42 victory. Ewaskiewicz broke his own school record in the two-mile for the third time. Ken Robbins won the 880 and long jump for Steinert and anchored the mile relay.
In girls basketball, Cindy Astore had 14 points and Betsy Kerlin added 11 but Trenton beat Hamilton, 47-46. Elyse Eichman and Angela Ellis both fouled out in the third quarter for Hamilton.
In boys action, Joe Scenzi had a career-high 22 points and Darryl Nash added 13 but Trenton beat Hamilton, 77-69. “They’re the best team in the state,” Hamilton coach Charley “Boss” Ross said of Trenton.
1990
High School
After two straight blowout losses, Steinert’s boys basketball team dropped a 61-46 decision to Notre Dame, prompting coach Roger “Hi-C” Bigos to note “We played better than we did the last two games. We are not real good at putting the ball in the basket. It’s as simple as that. We don’t play enough basketball.” Jason Cromwell had 14 points and seven rebounds for Steinert, while Todd Jacobs added 14 points and Chris Almanzar added 12 points.
In girls’ hoops, Notre Dame won its 11th straight while snapping Steinert’s 11-game winning streak in a 53-33 victory. Steinert fell behind 16-1 and never recovered. “If we could ever make shots early we could beat a team like this,” coach Bob Hutchinson said. “We dug a big hole for ourselves and against them, you can’t do that and expect a win.”
Hamilton beat Lawrence, 48-38, as sophomore Rhoda Masella and Diane Mazukewicz combined for 25 points while Angie Berga added 10. Nottingham fell to Hopewell Valley, 61-45, despite 13 points each from Erin Wingerter and Terri Beach.
Justin Swain’s three-point play with five seconds left gave the Hamilton freshman team a 53-52 win over Lawrence. Jeff Billik had 16 for the Hornets.
In girls play, Steinert’s JV team dropped its first decision in 14 games, 62-43, to Notre Dame. Katie Panfer had 13 for the Spartans.
2000
High School
In wrestling, Steinert got key decisions from Chuddy Whalen and Dan Hoffman and a pin from Ken Weeden in a 34-33 thriller over West Windsor-Plainsboro. Nottingham’s Mike Loginow had a key win in Nottingham’s 68-6 victory over Hightstown, while Mike Paglione remained unbeaten for Hamilton in a 42-29 victory over Ewing.
Vickie Jenkins had 25 points and 19 rebounds as the Nottingham girls’ basketball team won its second straight, 56-47, over Morrisville.
Ron Morton, who was from either Hamilton, Steinert or Nottingham (forgot to write it down!) won the 55 meters in 6.77 seconds in the Mercer County Track & Field Championships.
Hamilton’s ice hockey team fell 11-1 to Hopewell but goalie Nick Fratticolli made 46 saves.
FEBRUARY 1
1970
Recreation Leagues
In Hub City Indoor Soccer, Hamilton topped Howell, 6-0, as Dave Savage and Dave Billings scored two goals apiece.
In CYO Grammar School boys basketball play, Our Lady of Sorrows moved to 13-0 and clinched the Northern Division title with a 46-30 win over Cathedral. Tom Voyda led the way with 22 points. In the Southern Division, Doug Kerlin's 12 points sparked St. Raphael's to a 36-26 upset over Immacluate.
High Schools
In a random notes column today, it is noted that former St. Anthony point guard Joe Sabol is playing well at St. Bonavnture's freshman team, averaging 14 points for the 9-1 Bonnies. Another former Mike, Joe Latini, is averaging 5.0 points for Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.
1980
Recreation Leagues
Mike Kerlin had 14 points and Tim Kohlmayer added 13 as Lombardo's took a 51-35 win over Etseer's in the Hamilton Men's Basketball League.
High Schools
Princeton took a 6-159 win over McCorristin's boys basketball team, giving the Iron Mikes only the fourth Colonial Valley Conference loss in their history, and first in three years. "We had our chances to win it," said coach Carmen Nitti, whose team had last-second attempts by Jim Smiegocki and Willie Ellison misfire.
1990
High Schools
In a battle of winless swim teams, Nottingham got wins from Tom Mains in the 200 and 400 freestyle in a win over Trenton.
2000
Recreation Leagues
In Hamilton PAL girls basketball, Strike Zone Luncheonette topped Rayco Auto Service, 10-8, as Kasey Reid had six points and Carolyn Walters added four. Kelsey Carvale, Ashley Craig and Taylor Fink all scored in the loss. Jane Belger-ReMax beat RWJ at Hamilton, 11-2, as Tahisita Dorher's four points and three by Christine Petrilla led the way. Amanda Linnell tallied in defeat. Yardville National Bank beat Hamilton Pools, 14-10, as Shari Sharite and Brittney Johnson all netted four points while Samantha Tyarsky had eight for Pools.
Jamie Boccanfuso had eight points as Roma beat Billiot Express/ReMax TriCounty 15-10. Caitlin Brett had four points while Tracey Jones and Cynthia Reyes had two each. Casey Crowely tallied six points while Nicole Peraino and Kapa Kurnirik added two each in Classic Vending's 24-4 win over Golden Crest.
High School
Ewing nipped Steinert, 53-47, scoring the game’s final four points after Chris Neylan brought the Spartans within 49-47 with a 28-footer with 23 seconds left. Mike Conover had 15 for the Spartans, while Neylan added 12. Steinert made it a game after trailing 31-10 at halftime. “I have no explanation for the way we came out in the first half,” said Spartans coach Roger “Hi-C” Bigos. “We were just not ready to play. How you can not be ready to play a high school basketball game is beyond me.”
Dan Joseph’s 26 points led McCorristin past Lawrence, 56-51. Jason Malloy’s 22 points and 14 from Craig Wrenn couldn’t save Hamilton from a 73-53 loss to Hightstown.
In girls basketball, Jaime McCormack had 18 points as Hamilton took a 55-38 win over Hightstown. Melissa Baksany added 12 for the Hornets and Jessica Kogel had 11. Kelly Pugh had 12 points, Kelly Dutko added 11 and Cynthia Marquez had 10 in Steinert’s 61-44 loss to Ewing. Vicki Jenkins had 13 points and 10 rebounds, Sarah Bucon had 10 points and Erin Kopec added nine as Nottingham topped Princeton, 39-34.
In swimming, Hamilton's boys beat Steinert, 87-83, while the girls also beat the Spartans by the exact same score. "From the first day of practice you are told to beat Steinert and Nottingham," freshman Christina Dooling said after she swam the last leg of the meet-deciding 400 free relay. Ironies abounded in the meet, as current Hamilton coach Dan Seeth won the 100 backstroke for Steinert and current Steinert coach Kyle Schulke swam the final leg of the winning 400 relay for Hamilton. Dooling also became the first Hornet to qualify for individual states by winning the fly in 1:01.69. Hamilton's Andrew Capers won the breaststroke. "It's always great to win against Steinert," Hamilton girls coach Chuck Zalescik said. "This year we have bragging rights. So after five years that they came on top, I can walk away a winner."
In Rich Timlen's random college notes column in today's Trentonian, it's reported that Steinert grad Brian Bigos had 13 points and five rebounds in Bryant College's win over LeMoyne, while Hamilton grad Kim Rogers scored 17 for Goucher in a loss to Galludet. Former Spartan Erin Maguire had 11 for Widener in a win over Washington College while another former Steinert player, Leigh Vogtman, had 17 for Kean in an 81-62 loss to William Paterson.
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FISH TALES
(Also known as
Rich Fisher's blog)
May 7, 2012
Thanks go out to
Mollie, Ms. Quinn,
Alu, Nancy Mac
and other great
F4S contributors
May 7: Just want to start out by thanking Steinert senior Mollie Coyne and GALARE teacher Tracy Quinn for having me in as a guest speaker on Friday. It was a tremendous experience with a great group of kids.
Mollie extended the invitation, Ms. Quinn made it happen and it turned out to be a great morning.
Being a guest speaker is always a crap shoot. You go in and talk for a little bit and hope you spark an interest that will lead to some questions. If there are little or no questions, it can get pretty embarrassing because I don’t have a heck of a lot to say after five minutes. . . on anything!
But the GALARE gang took care of that by asking some thought-provoking, intelligent and inspiring questions. They made me think of things I haven’t thought of in years and also made me think of things I take for granted all the time and never give much thought to. It also gave me a chance to experience a nice give-and-take relationship with the students other than a quick interview after the game.
It’s kind of cool to see what kind of things young adults think about in this day and age, and I have to commend this group for being attentive and, not to sound like a britsh woman at Sunday morning tea, quite delightful!
And I have to give props to Cat Castaldo, whose dad John put her up to a prank question that she didn’t even understand, but asked it anyway and had me laughing like crazy. Good job Cat! But don’t let your dad drag you down to our level too many more times!
And Sydney, thanks for overlooking my Yankee dislike. Glad we could come to terms!
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Congratulations also go out to Quinn and Robyn Korchick Lucchesi, both standout hoop players from the township, for their upcoming induction into the Mercer County CYO Hall of Fame. Both are quite deserving and are products of Joe O’Gorman’s knowledge of the game.
Also, happy birthday to Tracy one day late, and happy anniversary to Robyn, who’s celebrating her 18th year with husband Frank today. All good stuff!
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More thanks go out to Phil Alu and Nancy McManimon.
When this site started over two years ago, I billed it as a “community sports” website, with the accent on the community. I have a few guys helping out but for the most part I’m still on my own and need help from the members of the community and the coaches of each team.
I have certainly been getting that, as the influx of youth sports results has been better than ever this spring, as has the reporting of results from the high school coaches.
But on Friday Phil took it to a new level. I couldn’t make it to the Hamilton-PDS game due to some other issues I needed to deal with. I really wanted to get there because so many township kids played on PDS.
So Phil agreed to text me updates each inning, which he did a fabulous job of. And Nancy provided several pictures of the game, although that’s not news because she has done that often in the past.
Now, skeptics will say this was only done because both their kids had big games. But they offered to do so before the game even started, no matter what the end result.
It worked out great and I just want to thank them both. . .and thank everyone else for all the contributions you have been making this spring and, of course, in the winter, fall and summer.
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It’s hard to believe Marshall Harden isn’t in the Steinert lineup. Few programs can lose a guy like that and do what the Spartans are doing.
Speaking of Steinert baseball. . . .how tasty is that 7 p.m. match-up against Robbinsville. Rarely do you get last year’s finalists meeting so early in the tournament. Steinert owes the Ravens some payback from last year, but Robbinsville is on fire.
Should be awesome. * * *
Here’s a little unfortunate news to report.
Just call it “Bad Ending II”
Steinert grad Angela “Pit Crew” Marinos’ had her outstanding collegiate softball career come to a gruesome end on Sunday.
With Mercer County Community College playing Morris in the Region XIX Tournament Sunday, Marinos swung at a high and inside pitch on a hit-and-run play. She fouled the ball directly into her mouth, and blood exploded everywhere.
Marinos was rushed to the hospital. There was no fracture but twor front teeth were pushed back, and it took over 25 stitches to seal all the wounds.
This marks the second dark ending to a career for the popular Marinos. (To quote HGSA legend Tara Lavin “Who doesn’t like Ange?”). Her career at Steinert ended due to a broken ankle.
Get well soon Ange. There are engines to overhaul!
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Fish4Scores “Phase 2” is on the horizon.
After making sure this was a site that was going to last and gain interest, I now want to take it to the next level and begin selling banner advertising to local businesses. The process will probably take a month or so to get started, but if you are a business owner out there looking to promote your venture and support local athletes all at once, please give it consideration.
If you are a sponsor and want to upgrade to a banner ad, you will obviously have a lower rate since you’ve already paid into it.
More details will be forthcoming, but just putting it out there.
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There is another exciting promotion for Fish4Scores in the works, but things haven’t been finalized yet so let’s wait until they are before we talk about it. But in getting it started, it will involve fun help from the community.
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My dislike of the Yankees is no secret to anyone who reads this blog, but here’s hoping Mariano Rivera can make a successful return next year.
There is no way anyone in the world can not like this guy. He is humble, modest, keeps a lower than low profile and just happens to be the greatest player at his position that ever lived playing for a franchise that is nearly impossible to stay low profile with.
A guy like Mariano deserves to go out on his terms. He deserves to have a farewell tour around the league and let everyone cheer him. He probably doesn’t want that, but he deserves it.
In my mind, he is the absolute key to this Yankee dynasty in the era of the closer.
Get well and get back Mariano. You deserve it! * * *
My Flyers are down 3-1. My Sixers are up 3-1.
I predicted Flyers-Devils would go seven games with four of them going overtime. I didn’t predict the winner, just the length. Well, change that from my prediction to my prayer.
As for the Sixers, I thought they would hang with the Bulls after Derrick Rose went out, but didn’t think they would win. But Chicago is getting killed with other injuries too, so what the hell, might as well take advantage of it!
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Mike “The Meatball Master” Papero continues to show his versatility, as he ran the clock flawlessly during Hamilton West’s girls county lacrosse game with Robbinsville Saturday. The Master also announces at hoop games, coaches football and coaches golf.
Where there is time for meatballs, I will never know.
April 28, 2012
Township athletes
should be making
us proud during
period of adversity
Apr. 28: As much as everyone in the area likes Jimmy Hines, I’m afraid I overstayed his welcome at the top of this blog. No less than three people this week said “Hey, isn’t about time for a new blog, I’m a little sick of Jimmy Hines.”
Well, OK, a month might be a little too much, so here we go on to the land of the Hines-less.
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We all know what’s going on in Hamilton Township these days and it is not casting us in a very good light around the area.
But we can’t help what our leaders do, we can only do what we do.
That’s why this township should be proud of some of the young athletes at Hamilton West High School this week.
In case you missed the stories posted on Fish4Scores earlier this week (and still on the home page), a group of Hornet football players helped out at the Miracle League by playing baseball with individuals with disabilities, and Hamilton West softball catcher Brianna Castellano has gotten her teammates and Nottingham’s softball team to “Play for Pink” Monday night during their game at HGSA.
Granted, these aren’t the only high school kids from the township that do nice things. It happens at all three schools.
But during a week of total upheaval in our township, the timing of these athletes could not be better to make us feel good about ourselves. Isn’t it nice to know that there are some young kids among us who aren’t just thinking about themselves, but are looking out for others?
Show them how much you appreciate it.
Prove to them you’re proud of what they have done during this bleak week.
Come to the HGSA complex Monday night and donate to breast cancer. And watch a good softball game while you are there.
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Megan Cibree is about as much of a lacrosse expert as you can get when it comes to the sport in Hamilton Township.
The Steinert senior has played in the Spartans program since she was a freshman and Steinert was a club team. Her boyfriend plays on the Steinert boys’ team.
If she’s not playing lacrosse with the girls, she’s watching it with the boys.
So who better to ask if the sport is catching on in Hamilton.
“Oh yeah, definitely,” she said during a recent boys game that was very well attended. “You really see it at the boys’ games. I’m not sure if it’s catching on with the girls as much, because there really is more action in the boys’ games.
“But we’re still getting better crowds. People are really starting to get into it more.”
It helps that the Steinert boys and Hamilton girls have been winning a few games this year, which always helps pump up interest.
Granted, they are playing weaker schedules than the best teams in Mercer. But New Egypt coach Jay Corby, a township resident who has done an outstanding job out there in Plumstead, says that’s the way to go.
“If you’re trying to build a program, you have to have some success first,” Corby said. “You have to go out and win a few games, and get the kids some confidence. Then other kids in school see that the team is winning and maybe they want to come out.
“Once all that starts happening, then you can try and get a tougher schedule. But for now, let them enjoy some wins.”
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Whoever knew this township was such a rugby factory?
Believe it or not, no less than four former high school athletes are playing club rugby at their respective colleges. Steinert’s Garrett Braddock is at Syracuse, Nottingham’s Mike Elberson is playing at Ursinus, Steinert’s Jonathan Pulley plays at Albright, and Hamilton West’s Amanda Rossi just went to the collegiate club championship game with Pittsburgh before the Panthers fell in the finals in chilly Ohio.
When somebody finds out where this feeder system is, please let me know.
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You may have noticed that I am trying to run game by game results of various sports.
You may also have noticed that they are like, really crooked. They kind of swerve their way downward.
You may not care. Or, you may wonder why.
My answer is, I do not know why. They are straight when I type them in and proof them and all that. Then when the site publishes, they are crooked.
One of life’s little mysteries I suppose.
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I’m not a huge hockey fan. I used to be, back in the day of the Broad Street Bullies winning Stanley Cups, but there’s just too many teams to try and keep track of the regular season.
BUT. . . I don’t know if any sport’s playoffs are more exciting than the Stanley Cup playoffs.
The NFL playoffs and NCAA tournament are gut-grinding because they are one-and-done. But as far as best-of-seven series, the emotions of these hockey playoff games are incredible. It seems like so many of them are one goal games, down to the wire with a goalie out.
I think one of the big differences in hockey and the NBA is that with hockey, barring a penalty, the game plays out in a rhythm with few stoppages down the stretch. In basketball, foul shots and timeouts in the final few minutes pretty much stall things. In hockey, you never get the chance to catch your breath, which is what makes it so cool.
I don’t even care about some of the teams in these playoffs and I’m all edge-of-my-seaty at crunch time. It’s good stuff. And it’s gonna be pretty wild around here in the next few weeks with Flyers-Devils.
Let’s go Flyers!
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Speaking of playoffs, I am a Sixers fan, but it kills me to see Derrick Rose out for the rest of the playoffs.
Part of what makes any post-season game great is watching the stars go head to head and see who rises to the top. For the Bulls to lose their best player, that just cheats everybody. Will the Heat feel good about beating a Rose-less Bulls?
Actually, with that crew, who knows?
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I guess there’s something wrong with me, but I just can’t get into the NFL draft. I don’t know why. Maybe I’ve just seen too many hyped guys fall flat, so watching all this stuff and all these interviews and everything just doesn’t do much for me because you really never know what’s going to happen.
I can understand people doing it. It’s a great haven for hard core football fans. I’m a big fan, but I’m more a fan of just watching the games. I’m not a fantasy guy, I don’t play pools, I just love to watch it.
What does make me laugh, are the people who sit there and watch the 86,000th pick with the same intensity as the top 10. “Ohhh, how can they take that guy when that receiver at Saskatchewan College is still available. That kid’s a sleeper!”
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Congratulations to College of New Jersey coach Sharon Pfluger for becoming the first Division III women's lacrosse coach to win 400 games. Sharon is not from Hamilton, but she's a friend, a great person and a great coach and I'm happy for her.
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