JANUARY 10
1960
Bowling
        Believe it or not, the only thing to look back on in five decades today, are these bowling scores from Hamilton Lanes. In the right column are the continuation of White Horse Lanes scores, which started down below.

JANUARY 9
1960
Recreation
           In the semifinals of the Lew Robinson Memorial Cup Soccer Tournament for little league teams, the White Horse Lions, winners of the Hamilton Little League, took a 4-0 win over Broad Street Bank. Jack Bell scored all four goals, Bill Wade was helpful up front and Dick Giallella and Mike Gallagher stood out in the backfield.
           The Lawtons, the Hamilton Youth League champion, took a 1-0 win over Hamilton as Bobby Cowell scored on a breakaway goal and Roland LaBrecque aided the cause. Goalie Sam Bryant and fullbacks Bob Smith and Bob Zanini stood out for Hamilton.
            The Disabled American Veterans, Chapter 41 (DAV) on Arena Drive passed a resolution to sponsor a new youth organization known as the DAV Chapter 41 Rangers. Alex Bodolosky, a local youth enthusiast and little league soccer and baseball manger in Hamilton, has been selected to head the youth movement. He will be aided by Ted Wietecha and Alex Kaczorski.
            High School
            Moorestown high won its 50^th straight basketball game by taking a 69-55 over Steinert. Steinert dropped to 0-3 in league play and 2-4 overall despite hanging tough with the defending Group III champion throughout. Bob Mucciarelli helped spark a Spartan comeback, scoring 10 of his 19 points in the fourth quarter but it wasn’t enough. Rick Danser and Bob Zarr added 10 points each for the Spartans. The JV also fell to the Quakers despite 11 points by Norton Parker.
            Hamilton West dropped a 59-55 decision to Princeton despite 19 points from Jim Spence and 16 apiece from Ed Bucsko and Earl Ownes. Hamilton held an 11-point lead midway through the third quarter but couldn’t hold on. Ray Staub’s free throw gave the Hornets their final lead in the fourth quarter before Princeton heated up.
1970
Harvey Yavener
            This has nothing to do with Hamilton Township sports, but it should be noted that in today’s Trenton Times, good friend Harvey Yavener correctly picked the Chiefs to beat the heavily favored Vikings in today’s Super Bowl IV, and he laid out all the reasons why. Hank Stram’s team then went out and did it as 13-point underdogs, matriculating the ball down the field for a 16-7 win. So, just wanted to give ol’ Harv some kudos.
Junior High 
            Phil Brand scored 20 points and Jim Spedding added 10 as Nottingham defeated Hopewell Valley’s freshman team, 64-35. Fisher rolled past Reynolds, 61-31, despite 15 points by Rich Craynock. The Raiders also got four points from scrappy eighth-grader Pete Larkin, who came off the bench gunning at garbage time. Jim Pinchot had 12 points and Joe Chester added 10 in St. Anthony’s 61-29 win over BMI.
High School
            Princeton’s basketball team took a 36-32 win over Steinert, prompting the Trentonian account to note: “Only Nate Palmer (12 points) came close to a creditable performance for the Spartans (5-4) who are turning what looked like a banner season into a possible disaster.” Yikes!
            Ewing remains unbeaten with a 60-47 win over Hamilton, as Gene Webb was the lone double figure scorer with 14 points for the Hornets. Bob Rossi (eight points) tried to spark a comeback but had to sit due to foul trouble. “We came alive too late,” coach Charlie “Boss” Ross said. “But I couldn’t ask for any more from my players.”
            Trenton topped St. Anthony’s, 89-48, despite 20 points and 13 rebounds by Steve MacZinko. “But,” wrote The Trentonian, “One against five is just too much to ask for.” Yikes, again!
            In JV play, Wayne Hutchins scored 14 as Steinert took a 60-37 win over Princeton.
1980
High School
            Joe Kovel had a pin and Paul Guyermelli won by decision in Steinert’s 42-11 loss to Burlington Township.
            The Steinert boys basketball team gave powerful Trenton a run but finally fell 71-46 to the 6-1 Tornadoes. “They always give us a tough game, Trenton coach Len Carmichael said in a kind of backhand compliment. “We never take them seriously and that’s why we’ve always had problems with them. Over the years they’ve played us tougher than anybody in this county.” Tom Matlock had 16 points and 10 rebounds for Steinert.
         Powerful Roman Catholic of Philly made McCorristin its 17^th victim in 18 games with an 82-34 victory at the Spectrum. “That’s the best club we’ll see,” coach Carmen Nitti said. “The only thing we got out of this was the thrill of playing in the Spectrum. To me it’s just another place to play but to the kids it’s something different.” Jim Smiegocki had 11 points for McCorristin. 
1990
College
            An article in today’s Trentonian discussed Hamilton West girls soccer and softball coach Charlie “Boss” Ross’s problems coaching the Mercer County Community College women’s basketball team. The Vikings lost two payers to academics over semester break, leaving them with just a four-woman roster. “A very frustrating experience,” Ross said. “For some reason this particular year we had some girls who were capable players and could have had a decent season but they decided to work. They got jobs in the summer and once they started to make those paychecks they lost interest.” Ross added he would use the rest of the winter to recruit, saying “Three girls (at Hamilton) have already told me they’re going to Mercer next year.” Those girls include Angela Berga, Kathy Lenzi and Kelli Sensi.
High School
            Nottingham’s boys basketball team topped Hightstown, 45-40 as Chris Barnes scored the decisive hoop en route to 13 points and 10 rebounds. Ryan Lopez added 15 points for the Northstars who, at 4-5, have amassed more wins than the past two seasons combined. Dan Clark added 11 points.
            Jason Cromwell scored 10 of his 16 points in the third quarter as Steinert nipped Princeton, 41-39. Hamilton lost to Trenton, 68-42, in an empty gym at Tornado Alley. Spectators were banned from the game due to lunchtime fights at Trenton for two straight days. Mike Brown had 13 for the Hornets, Raul Figueroa added 11 and Charles Upshur had 10.
            The Hamilton girls fell to Trenton, 59-46, losing for just the second time in eight games. Diane Mazukewicz, one of Hamilton’s top scorers, shot just 1-for-11 from the foul line but coach Mickey Kessler said “I attribute that to the fact she’s been sick since Saturday, had 101 temperature and couldn’t practice.” Mazukewicz finished with nine points, while Rhoda Masella and Angie Berga had 10 points each and Jen Caterson grabbed 16 rebounds. Kelli Sensi added eight.
            Hightstown topped Nottingham, 51-29, as Terri Beach and Dana Thompson had seven each for the Hornets.  
            In JV basketball, Steinert’s girls moved to 6-0 with a 40-27 win over Princeton, as Nevada Carabelli had 10 points, Lisa Serenelli scored eight and Liz Phillips had seven points and 12 rebounds.
2000
Recreation
            In Hamilton YMCA basketball, the Learning Center topped Hoagie Hamlet, 22-14, as John Caltagirone had 16 points.
            In Hamilton Little Lads play, Julian Diaz had 16 points and Andrew Roberto scored 10 as Commerce Bank took a 29-17 win over Cortina Chiropractics in Hamilton Little Lads play. In Cadet play, Maurice’s Mobil took a 23-21 win over Economy Bikes as Bradley Raynor and Curtis Rizziello combined for 15 points and Patrick Ferrara and Nick Mayham excelled on both ends of the court.         
            In Hamilton PAL girls junior play, Web’s Girls got 10 points from Becky Elliott, seven from Kate Elliott and four from Jackie Boyder in a 33-11 win over Bonaparte’s Insurance.
            In Hamilton Little Lads Rec Soccer, the Hamilton Enforcers topped the Princeton United, 7-0, as C.J. Prettyman, Rich Balgowan, Quincy Hendryx, Eric LaRoche and Kevin Ream all scored while Rich Widmann notched the shutout in goal. 
High School
            Frank Doroba had a goal and six assists today as Steinert took a 10-2 win over Ewing in ice hockey.

JANUARY 8
1980
Professional
            Steinert High graduate Dave Gallagher is made the first pick of the regular-phase baseball draft by the Oakland A’s, who drafted Gallagher out of Mercer County Community College. When informed by The Trentonian (in above article), a surprised Gallagher gave a blunt response: “You’ve got to be ‘bleeping’ me,” Gallagher said. “I didn’t expect that. I thought the later rounds, if anything. A guy called me from the Angels and Ralph DiLullo (of the Central Scouting Bureau) said he had given me a couple of good recommendations. I knew some scouts were there to watch me, but every time they did, I’d have a bad day.” Gallagher was the third overall pick and the earliest MCCC player to ever be drafted.
            “They always said I was too small, even though I knew was doing well in high school,” Gallagher said. “Every time the scouts were around I’d have a bad day, but then I changed my attitude after people told me they didn’t base their reports on just one game.” Gallagher is coming off a freshman year at Mercer in which he hit over .340 with 32 RB and 18 stolen bases in 19 attempts. (Ironically, Gallagher would go on to play for seven Major League teams – Oakland being none of them). 
High School
            The McCorristin boys basketball team took a 59-54 win over Princeton. Jim Smiegocki’s basket and two Jerome Gilbert foul shots gave the Mikes a 50-48 lead they wouldn’t relinquish. Smiegocki hit three more foul shots and Ralph Chiarello made a game-sealing layup. Smiegocki had 21 points and Chiarello added 15, while Trentonian writer Chris D’Amico observed “Ricky Girman and Joe Bodnar each did a commendable job coming off the bench for the Mikes in the third quarter.” Of the win, Mikes coach Carmen Nitti said “There are going to be a lot of close games. They could go either way and hopefully they’ll go our way.”
            Hamilton got 26 points from Troy Stevenson in a 77-67 win over Ewing, which snapped the Blue Devils five-game winning streak. Stevenson, the team’s lone returning starter from a year ago, said afterward “This team could be better than last year’s. We have the potential and the desire. Everybody wants to play and this year there’s intensity. We don’t look for one or two people to carry the whole team.” Added Hamilton coach Charlie Ross “We’re starting to jell. It’s taken a while but we’re playing good team ball.”  Craig Williams added 18 for Hamilton and Randy Peterson had 16 for the Hornets. “Nobody’s taken us seriously yet,” Ross said. “That’s fine with me.”
            In girls play, Kate Larkin’s grandmother celebrated her birthday at the McCorristin game, and Kate gave grams a gift to remember with 39 points in an 83-36 win over Princeton. The total put Larkin over 2,000 for her career. “My grandmother doesn’t get to see me play that often,” Larkin said. “My whole family was here. They came out of their way to come. It was really special. It means a lot to me that they’re behind me.” The Mikes starting lineup of Kelli Williams, Patty Sikinger, Larkin, Lisa Vacarro and Pam Mason outscored Princeton 24-0 in the first quarter. Larkin became the fifth girl in New Jersey to hit 2,000 points and her total was 2,011 after the game.
            Terry Jennings had 19 points and Daphne Kent added 1 but Steinert fell to Hightstown, 56-48. Beth Davala had nine points and Elyse Eichman added seven in Hamilton’s 49-42 setback to Ewing.
            In winter track, Joe Ewaskiewicz set a school record in the two-mile (10:05.3) to lead Steinert to a 54-23 win over Ewing at Lavino Fieldhouse. Ewaskiewicz broke the 1976 record of 10:06 set by Wes Ruppell.
1990
Recreation
           In Hamilton West Basketball League play, Ed Johnson scored 21 points to lead the Weasels to a 66-45 win over the Speedboys. Tony Anderson had 18 and Dominic Mangine 16 for the Weasels. 
High School
            Mike Brown scored 31 points to lead Hamilton’s boys basketball team to a 95-66 win over MKDS. Raul Figueroa and Matt Waldron had 15 and 13, respectively for Hamilton, while Chris Raba and Charles Upshur had 10 apiece. “Mike Brown did a good job. He is still making a few mistakes and still has a few things to learn, but he had the height advantage and was taking it to the basket a lot,” Coach Carmen Nitti said.
            Jason Hart’s pin was the lone highlight for Steinert in a 60-12 loss to Manchester.
JANUARY 7
1960
Recreation Leagues
            In the Hamilton 20-year-old basketball league, Sonny Wilt had 14 points as Bossert Builders took a 49-45 win over Trotters. Fred Giddens had 16 in defeat. Pica’s Pizza topped Nottingham Caterer, 66-57, as Nort Parker had 28 points. Nottingham got 23 from Ed Thomas. Al Offredo scored 28 as Little Mike’s took a 59-44 win over Wilbur AC. 
1990
Recreation Leagues
            In Hamilton Junior Soccer League play the defending champion GAK Juniors took a 4-0 win over East Windsor as Ray Miloske and Matt Kmosko had a goal apiece and Bill Gesuale scored twice. In Division II play, Chris Klotoy and Matt Verini combined for all five goals in the Hibernians 5-0 win over Hamilton. Mike Swieconek, Anthony Sparano and Chris Matthews had goals in the Magic Soccer Club’s 3-0 win over Vito’s Pizza.
            In the Mercer Men’s Soccer League, first-place M.J. Kicks stayed unbeaten with a 5-0 win over Gersh’s place as Art Napolitano scored two goals and Ed Gauss, Toby Hankins and Tom Fink had one each.
            In Central Jersey League action, Scott Fanning’s four goals helped the Hamilton Hotspurs to an 8-2 win over Northampton. Mike Fischer added two goals and Rich Pfeister and Robert Bousovic had one each.
Outdoors
            In a sad note, legendary Trentonian fishing columnist Herb Blackwell passed away today at the age of 84.
2000
High School
            Amy Herbert tied her career best with 17 points to lead Hamilton’s girls basketball team to a 67-47 win over Hopewell Valley. Herbert had six rebounds that led to five buckets during a 16-0 Hornet run. “Coach (Linda) Weise keeps telling me I have to be more aggressive and I think tonight I was,” Herbert said. “I played my heart out because I knew we wanted this game very bad.” Melissa Baksany and Jess Kogel each had 14 points for Hamilton, which won its third straight and moved to 5-1.
            Steinert nipped Nottingham, 32-30 as Stephanie Burrell had 14 points. Vickie Jenkins had 10 for the Northstars.
            In boys basketball, Nottingham topped Steinert, 56-46 as Jeremy Coleman tallied 12 points and Brian Jenkins and Yves Terilus had 10 apiece. Mike Conover led the Spartans with 20. Mark Kauffman’s nine points led Hamilton in a 53-38 setback to Hopewell Valley.
            In freshman play, Tim Adorno had 15 as McCorristin beat Steinert, 45-32. John Keele had 12 for the Spartans.
JANUARY 6
1960
High School
            In a charity event with mini-exhibition games at Trenton High, Hamilton lost to Trenton Catholic and Steinert lost to Notre Dame in the March of Dimes Classic that raised $1,191.
1970
High School
            Trenton High beat Steinert in boys basketball, 64-50, as Nate Palmer and Al Hutchins had nine points each and Mike Rasimowicz scored eight.
            Hamilton used a third-period press to get back in the game and take a 63-62 win over Atlantic City. Gene Webber had 17 points and hit a free throw with six seconds left to give the Hornets a three-point lead.
1980
High School
            Today’s Trentonian had a feature on Steinert girls basketball player Carol Whitehouse, who coach Bob Hutchinson said “probably works harder than anyone on the team. She’s our biggest hustler and definitely a leader.” At the time of the writing, Whitehouse was averaging 10 points and over five rebounds per game. “”She excels defensively,” Hutchinson said. “Either way, she’s our primary ball handler.” Whitehouse spoke of swinging from guard to forward and said “I like playing under the basket as well as being the point. I like playing both positions in the same game.” 
1990
High School
            Dominic Pisapia had 13 points, Jason Cromwell scored 10 and Todd Jacobs had eight in Steinert’s 59-34 win over Northern Burlington.
            Nottingham beat Hopewell Valley 52-21 and Northern Burlington, 43-24, as Mike Thames and Kevin Greenberg had pins.  Hamilton topped Ewing, 49-21 as Lamar Gore, Ed Cook, Bob Sciarotta, Jeff Fell and Tom Novatkoski all pinned. Gore and Fell stayed unbeaten.
2000
High School
            Steinert’s wrestling team took a 37-30 win over Trenton, with two of the more impressive outings turned in by Chuddy Whalen and Matt Gregorowicz. The two lost decisions but saved Steinert valuable bonus points by not being pinned by superior opponents. “They both did a very good job,” Steinert coach Chris “Barr” Holcombe said. “They both kept their intensity up, they were the difference in the match.” Greg Badessa and Nick Guaraggi had key decisions for the Spartans and John Vaneekhoven notched a pin late in his match. 
           Hamilton dropped a 40-18 division to Princeton, with the Hornets getting a pin from Frank Page and decisions from Mark Sheridan and Joe Schiaretti.
            In girls basketball, Vickie Jenkins had 14 points on Nottingham’s 44-30 win over MKSD.
            Swimming action saw Dan Seeth, Andrew Miller, Adam Schulz and Walter Warwick set the Steinert 200 free relay school record in 1:40.62 in a 123-47 loss to Rancocas Valley. Seeth was also second in the 200 IM and Schultz was second in the 500 free. The Spartan girls fell to Holy Cross, 128-42, although Jacqui Nami was second in the 200 IM and third in the breaststroke. Christina Dooling won the 50 free and took second in the 500 free but Hamilton fell to West Windsor-Plainsboro, 106-54.
            Nottingham’s ice hockey team snapped a seven-game losing streak with a 5-2 win over Ewing as Mike Mongillo recorded a “memorable” hat trick. “I honestly don’t remember any of the goals I scored,” the sophomore said. “It feels great, but I just can’t remember any of them.” Said Northstar coach Bob Weiss “It was a great game for him. He’s been hustling, hitting, going to the net, getting in position. He just played an all-around game.” Dan Burnston also scored and goalie Chris Goodwin made 21 saves for Nottingham.
JANUARY 5
1960
High School
          The Steinert basketball game dropped its second straight, losing to Palmyra 48-46 after holding an 18-5 lead after one quarter. Larry Migliaccio had 14 points for the Spartans and Rick Danser added 13.
          In freshman play, Steinert beat Pennington, 70-31, as Jerry Migliaccio exploded for 30 points.
1990
High School
            The McCorristin JV basketball team topped Hamilton, 38-57 as Reggie Coleman had 21 points and Joe Potter added 16. Mike Verini scored 17 for Hamilton.
            In varsity girls play, McCorristin topped Hamilton, 53-43, giving the Hornets their first loss of the season. “We were outplayed tonight,” Hornets coach Mickey Kessler said. “I was very surprised. I didn’t think we’d be as nervous as we were.” The Mikes Allison Yonkowski played strong defense on the Hornets Jen Caterson, while Jeanine McDougall, Candi Crusen and Margaret Doyle had 10 points each and Vicky Renelli added five. Diane Mazukewicz and Rhoda Maselli had 12 each for Hamilton. “I think the girls have a winning attitude now,” said Mikes coach Joe Smiegocki, whose team moved to 7-2.
            Steinert defeated Hightstown, 44-34, as Lisa Cesaro scored 10 of her 21 points from the foul line. Kim Derrico and Sue Scheer combined for 13 points.
            In boys hoops, Nottingham took a 58-50 win over Princeton for its first Colonial Valley Conference victory since Feb. 25, 1987. Ryan Lopez had 17 points in the win and Dan Clark had 13 while Steve Miranda added 10. Hightstown topped Steinert, 41-36, despite 14 points from Jason Cromwell and 11 from Todd Jacobs.
          McCorristin beat Hamilton, 83-36, as Bryan Caver had 21 points and six assists, Mark Bass had 18 points and five assists, Tommy Caldwell had 10 points and 10 rebounds and Terrance Rattley grabbed 13 boards. “When it’s game time, it’s game time,” Mikes coach John Castaldo said of his team’s mental preparation. “Somebody’s out there all the time thinking they’re better than you are.” Mike Brown had 20 points for Hamilton.
2000
High School
            Tina Johnson won the 50 and 400 meter races along with the high jump in Hamilton’s 45-32 indoor track loss to Ewing.
            In ice hockey, Hamilton fell to Lawrence 12-2, but the game marked the return of Shaun Hibbs from a torn MCL. “I honestly thought I was done for good with hockey,” said Hibbs, who had a goal and an assist. “I thought I would never play again. So, I’m pretty happy to be back.”
            In girls basketball, Steinert took a 56-40 win over Burlington City. The win came on the heels of a 55-point loss to Notre Dame one night earlier. “I told the girls we could do one of two things, cry and be upset or just laugh it off,” Steinert coach Jim “Jules” Giglio said. “We all decided to laugh.” Kelly Pugh led Steinert with 14 points, while Kim Schmidt had 13 and Kelly Dutko added 10.  
JANUARY 4
1960
Recreation Leagues
            In the Hamilton 20-year-old Basketball League, Bill Halsey scored 20 points to lead Pica’s Pizza to a 51-47 win over Bossert Builders. Sonny Wilt had 18 points in defeat. Wilbert AC topped Nottingham Cleaners, 51-26, as Don Bargholz and Bob Lewis had 16 points each.
Here's how the Hamilton 17-year-old Basketball League games went  on this day in 1960. 
1970
Recreation Leagues
            In the Unlimited Soccer play, Jack Bell’s goals gave the Quickies a 1-0 win over Ewing, while Dave Savage scored twice in Hamilton’s 2-0 win over West End.
            In Mercer County CYO Grammar School basketball, Our Lady of Sorrows topped St. Stanislaus, 53-21 as Mark Hoyer scored 15 points. Jeff Plunkett scored 13 as St. Anthony’s topped Incarnation, 31-22, and Bill McCormack had 22 in St. Joseph’s 41-27 win over St. Joachim’s.
College
            Brown University’s 1969 soccer captain Fred Armenti, a Steinert High graduate, is named as one of a Select National Group of Outstanding College Athletes of America and will be featured in the 1970 edition of the group’s award publication. Armenti was selected for the distinct honor on the basis of sports accomplishments, campus activities and curriculum.
1980
High School
            Beth Davala scored 20 points to lead Hamilton’s varsity girls basketball team to a 67-52 win over Princeton.
            In JV girls basketball play, Hamilton beat Princeton, 63-27 as Natalie Panczyszyn and Diane Hibbs tabbed 13 points each.
            Freshman boys hoops saw Ed Juniak scored 15 points to lead Hamilton to a 53-47 win over McCorristin.
            In swimming action, Hamilton won a thriller over Ocean City, 86-85, as the 400 free relay team of Keith DeSousa, Mike Muha, Scott Matheson and Tom Luisi took first place to clinch the win. Don Davidson helped out by winning the 100 fly and was also on the winning 200 IM relay.
1990
High School
            Bill Veltrie had the Steinert hockey team’s lone goal in a 4-1 loss to unbeaten Princeton (4-0-1). Goalie Larry Penardi made 31 saves. “We hung in there with one of the CVC’s best teams,” Steinert coach Jim Fazzone said. Said Princeton coach Howard Rubenstein “They stood us up at the blue line and took the body and forgot about the puck. That frustrated our better skaters. That was the best-coached team we’ve faced this season.”
            In swimming, Hightstown topped Nottingham’s boys 121-40. Northstars Tom Mains finished second in the 200 free and Jim Johnson was second in the backstroke. In girls swimming, Nottingham’s Mary Laudenberger, Cindy Potts, Michelle Cody and Jen Thompson were double winners in individual events and swam legs on successful relay teams in a 108-64 win over Hightstown.
2000
High School
            Melissa Baksany collected 18 points and 15 rebounds to lead Hamilton’s girls basketball team to a 65-46 win over Lawrence. Baksany showed a new dimension in her game hitting three perimeter jumpers. “I’ve been working on my outside game,” Baksany said. “In college I want to be a three so I have been trying to develop an outside shot.” Said Hornets coach Linda Weise “This was probably her best game all season. She is continuing to improve on her game everyday at practice. She started to develop a 15-footer which should help her game.” Jaime McCormack had nine of her 13 points in the first quarter and Jessica Kogel added 14 points as Hamilton moved to 5-1.
            Notre Dame topped Steinert, 81-26 as Kelly Pugh had eight points for the Spartans. Nottingham fell to Ewing, 62-32, as Erin Kopeck and Alison Werkman split 12 points for the Northstars.
             In boys basketball, Steinert fell to Notre Dame, 47-45 when Sean Cooke hit a bucket with one second remaining. Mike Conover had 11 points for the Spartans. “It wasn’t pretty, that’s for sure,” Steinert coach Roger Bigos said. “That’s why you have to play the whole game. In the last five seconds we’re cheering and we’re yelling for them to get back but they are kids and they make mistakes. It’s like a root canal, it’s painful."
            In wrestling, Steinert popped Hopewell, 57-18, for its first win of the year as undefeated Joe Woodard (135 pounds), John Krauszer (140), Joe Picone (152), Eric Schwarz (171) and Anthony Valentino all recorded pins. Nottingham used six forfeits and pins by Dan DeLorenzo (152) and Harry Schulz (189) for a 5515 win over Trenton. Hamilton topped Ewing, 56-15, as unbeaten Lamar Gore (112), Ed Cook (119) and Bob Sciarotta (125) all had first-period pins, while Jeff Quick (152) and Brian Walter (171) had pins and unbeaten Jeff Fell (145) won by technical fall.
JANUARY 3
1960
            Today's Trenton Times had the week's highlight bowling performances at Hamilton Lanes. Check it out, see if there are any names you recognize.

1980
High School
          Hopewell Valley’s wrestling team defeated Steinert, 45-11, and also defeated its old coach in “Classy” Brian Cassidy. The classy one coached the Bulldogs in 1977-78 and laid the groundwork for a successful program, and his boys came back to haunt him in this one. “He made my job a lot easier,” HoVal coach Paul Bracy said of Cassidy.
           “We’re a young team, we had seven sophomores in the lineup tonight, our kids are sick and hurt,” Cassidy said. “But even if we were healthy, I don’t know if it would have made a difference. They’re just too tough.” Pat Decker (101 pounds), Yong Kong (115) and Jim Magee (122) were the Spartan winners.
          Hamilton became Allentown’s 22nds straight victim, losing 45-19 to the Redbirds. Pete Novelli (101) stayed unbeaten with a decision and Charlie Page (101) remained perfect with a first-period pin.
         In boys basketball, Troy Stevenson scored 12 of his 25 points in an explosive first quarter as Hamilton topped McCorristin, 73-65. “We had to blow them out early,” Stevenson said. “In a way, I’m kinda mad. We made that ninth-grader (Steve Brown) as good as any 12^th-grader.” Said Mikes coach Carmen Nitti “Bad start, very bad. We had chances to come back but we pushed the panic button. We played terrible and only got beat by eight. That’s amazing. The way we played we should have gotten beat by 30.”  Jim Smiegocki led the Mikes with a career-high 23 points and 18 rebounds and Ralph Chiarello added 15 points.
1990
High School
           In girls hoops, Steinert defeated Trenton, 54-38, as Lisa Cesaro scored 22 points and Kim Derrico added 15. “Trenton’s still a good team, that’s why this is a nice win,” coach Bob Hutchinson said. “I’m happy that we’re doing a much better job boxing out on the boards. Our press is working well too, and when we’re playing man-to-man we rebound better.”
             Allison Yonkowski had 13 points, Jeanine McDougal had 11, including the game-winning bucket and Candi Crusen had 10 as McCorristin beat Hopewell Valley, 48-46. Lawrence topped Nottingham, 46-30, as Erin Wingerter had half the Northstars points with 15.
              Boys basketball saw Hamilton snap a four-game losing streak with a 52-45 win over Princeton. Mike Brown led Hamilton with 13 points while Matt Waldron added nine. “”We expect Mike to be worked into the offense more and more,” coach Carmen Nitti said. “Most teams double Mike, so that leaves the other side open. Tonight, we were working to Mike’s side. This was an important win. They’ll all be important for us this year.”
               McCorristin rolled past Hopewell Valley, 79-43, as Blitz Wooten had 15 points. Trenton topped Steinert, 65-52 despite 27 points, six rebounds and eight blocked shots by Jason Cromwell. Mike Comfort added nine. Lawrence topped Nottingham, 65-53, with the Northstars getting 20 points from Dennis Roberts, 15 from Brian Lopez and 11 from Mark Czismadia.
             In freshman hoops, Justin Swain had 23 points and Mike Snyder added 16 as Hamilton beat Princeton, 59-51. The Hornets moved to 4-0.
            Hamilton’s ice hockey team fell to Hopewell, 5-3, despite goals by Ed Truelove and Fred Tomko.
JANUARY 2
1970
High School
        St. Anthony's boys basketball team lost its sixth straight, 63-51, to Holy Cross, prompting coach Doug Hice to say of the season opener "It was the only one where we put four periods together and the only game we've won." Steve MacZinko had 21 and Noel DeBlois added 11 for the Mikes.
       Ewing topped Steinert, 66-45, despite 13 points by Nate Palmer.  
College 
      Bouncing back from a one-point outing against Boston College, Steinert grad Don Hess scored 24 as the University of Cincinnati topped Stanford, 80-76.
1980
High School 
     Hamilton's Pete Novelli came up with Mercer County's quickest pin of the season when he won in seven seconds to raise his record to 7-1 at 101 pounts. But Novelli couldn't prevent Hamilton from dropping a 52-18 decision to Willingboro. Charlie Page (141) and Mark Williams (170) also pinned for the Hornets, with Page improving to 7-0 and Williams to 4-1.
1990
Recreation Leagues
      In the Mercer County Community College U-10 Indoor Soccer League, Charlie Nocera scored all threee goals in the Hamilton United's 3-1 win over the Ewing Express. In a 5-4 win over the Grizzlies, Nocera had two, while Ryan Gilligan, Adam Parker and Aldo Tonti added one each.

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