JANUARY 31
1960
Recreation Leagues

Here's some results from the Hamilton PAL Basketball League games 50 years ago today. 
            In Hamilton Bigger Soccer action, Joe Suosso scored three goals while Lee Cook and Bob Par had one each in Post 313’s 5-0 win over PAL. Carella’s took a 2-0 win over DAV as John Griffiths and Al Heysey had goals.
1970
High School
            St. Anthony’s basketball team rolled past Hun, 80-65, as John Kish had 27 points, Mike Maguire and Noel DeBlois added 18 apiece and Steve MacZinko added 13.
1980
College
            Hamilton Township product Jeff Plunkett is announced as the new assistant coach of Princeton University’s baseball team. Plunkett will help out manager Len Rivers. An All-County first baseman who played on two state championship teams, Plunkett graduated from McCorristin in 1974 and went on to play at Rider. He is also a former player and coach for Broad Street Park Post 313. “It’s a great opportunity for advancement,” Plunkett said. “It will give me a chance to see a different perspective on sports.”
High School
           Hun's Mo Gorman scored her 1,000^th career point but the Hamilton West girls ruined the celebration with a 58-48 win. It was only the second loss in 12 games for Hun. “We wanted to win this one badly because we haven’t beaten Hamilton in the four years I’ve been here,” Gorman said. “This was the closest we’ve come to beating them.” Cindy Astore had 17 points and ignited a key spurt in the game for 7-5 Hamilton, while Elyse Eichman had 25 points and Angela Ellis collected eight points and 24 rebounds.
            In freshman girls hoops, Patty Helmlinger had 22 points and Tracy Quinn scored 20 as the Hamilton West girls beat Hammarsjkold Junior High, 54-33. McCorristin got 25 points and a game-winning jumper from Ann DelAversano in a 47-44 win over Steinert. Patty Higgins had 10 for the Mikes while Clare Massei scored 18 for Steinert.
            In freshman boys play, Ed Juniak had 23 points as Hamilton beat Junior 4, 79-28. Lou Romanoski had 19 and Charlie Lewis 11 for the Hornets.
1990
High School
            Coming off a big win over Ewing, Steinert had no letdown in taking a 51-33 victory over Hun. Sandy McNichol and Lisa Cesaro had 14 points each, while Cesaro and Kim Derrico (9 points) had 11 rebounds each. “”We tried to get the ball inside to Kim and Sue Scheer (6 points),” coach Bob Hutchinson said. “This is one of the few times this year that we have played that we’ve been a little bigger than the other team, so we tried to get it inside a little.” McCorristin fell to Neptune, 75-52. Alyson Yonkowski had 14 points and 16 rebounds for the Mikes. “We played hard and well,” coach Joe Smiegocki said. “They are big, physical and good. They’re good and you can’t take it away from them.”
            In wrestling, Hamilton beat Hightstown 59-6 to win the CVC’s Colonial Division title for the second year. Prime Molina had a 56-second pin in the first bout to set the tone. Jell Fell lost his first match of the year to Hightstown’s unbeaten Glenn Anderson. Brian Walter got a first-period pin for Hamilton, while Lamar George, Jeff Quick, Dave Smits, Tom Dymowski and Russ Tyndale all won by fall.
             Nottingham moved to 12-3 with a 41-24 win over Notre Dame, as Mike Thames and Harry Schulz pinned. Steinert beat Lawrence, 41-28, on pins from Greg Panzer, Tom Schoenfeldt and Rob “Lumpy” Goleniecki.
2000
Recreation Leagues
            In Mercer County Community College Indoor Soccer, the Hamilton United Boys took a 5-3 win over the Northern Burlington Knights and a 4-2 victory over the West Wend Galaxy to clinch the American title. Mark Ketter and Ryan Gilligan scored two goals apiece against the Knights while Charlie Nocera had one. Against the Galaxy, Patrick Delli had two goals and Adam Parker and Nocera added one each.
            CYO boys varsity basketball saw Eric Maldonado scored 15 points to lead St. Raphael’s Gold to a 50-29 win over Our Lady of Good Counsel. In girls varsity play, Katie Cicia scored 11 in OLS’ 36-19 win over St. Paul’s. Lisa Midura scored 10 as St. Anthony’s topped St. Ann’s, 30-20. In boys’ JV play, St. Anthony’s took a 47-10 win over Our Lady of Good Counsel as Jonathan Logan had 14. Arielle Collins had 10 as St. Greg’s beat Paul VI, 34-20, in girls JV action.
High School
            In girls basketball, Hamilton topped Steinert, 51-44, in a game where the Spartans started five sophomores and played just one senior. “If there’s one thing this team has its heart,” said Steinert coach Jim “Jules” Giglio. “I’ve been blessed for a lot of years with a big girl but now we have to play a different style. I see light at the end of the tunnel though.” In raising its record to 9-4, Hamilton eliminated Steinert from qualifying for the state tournament for the second straight year. After Steinert knocked an eight-point deficit down to 42-39, Mary Mewherter grabbed an offensive rebound and fed Michele Yenchik for what became a three-point play. That started a 6-0 run as Jessica Kogel and Jaime McCormack also scored. When Yenchik scored, Giglio said on the bench “That shot just killed us.” McCormack had 17 points, while Yenchik added nine. “Maybe we took them lightly,” McCormack said. “I’m satisfied with the win, but not the way we’re playing. Something isn’t clicking. We’ll start playing better again, soon, I hope.” Kelly Dutko, Stephanie Burrell and Cynthia Vazquez all helped keep it close for Steinert.
            In ice hockey, Nottingham’s Dan Burnston scored the winning goal on a break-away with 35 seconds left in regulation to give the Northstars a 3-2 win over West Windsor-Plainsboro. It was Nottingham’s first win over the Pirates in their history. Mike Nexon had two second-period goals for Nottingham, which dedicated the game to Dave Latini. The popular teacher and friend of the hockey team passed away the week earlier. “We have to win our next six to get in states and that was the toughest team,” coach Bob Weiss said. “The team played with heart and soul.” Scott Bleazey had two goals in Steinert’s 5-3 loss to Lawrence.
JANUARY 30
1960
High School
            Bob Zarr had 17 points while Larry Migliaccio and Rick Danser scored 15 and 10 respectively as Steinert topped Lenape, 58-54, for its second South-Central Jersey League win of the season. Steve Vitangeli added five points in just five minutes of action. Steinert moved to 5-6 and Lenape fell to 2-11. In the JV game, Steinert beat Lenape, 71-1 as Bill Davies, John Owen and Jerry Baron had 14, 11 and 10 points respectively.
            Hamilton dropped a 73-62 decision to Ewing, despite getting 19 points from Jim Spence, 16 from Ray Staub and 14 from Paul Ristow. Hamilton fell to 4-6 and Ewing moved to 7-3.
1970
Sons of Rat Pack 
            For fans of Dean Martin, Dean Jr. was in Mercer County to play in the HPA Open Tennis Qualifying round. Young Dino didn’t last however, losing in straight sets.
Junior High
            The Reynolds basketball team got 15 points from Art Napolitano in a 64-43 win over winless Hopewell. It was the Raiders first win of the year, prompting The Trentonian to term it the “Battle of non-winners.” Pete Larkin added 13 and Rich Craynock had 12 for the Raiders. St. Anthony’s freshmen beat Antheil, 59-31 as John Kite had 12 points and Jim Pinchot and Joe Chester had 10 each. Princeton topped Nottingham, 67-53, despite 21 points from Phil Brand and 11 from Tim Spedding.
High School
           Trenton qualified for the state tournament by taking an 81-73 win over Hamilton. “They needed to win to reach the tournament,” Hornets coach Charley “Boss” Ross said. “And they played like they knew it. It seemed like we were flat out there.” Gene Webb had 21 for the Hornets, Jack Burness added 17 and Larry Upshur notched 14.
           In swimming, Dave Gronastowski won the 50 and 100 freestyle as Steinert beat Asbury Park, 60-29.
1980
High School
            Jeff Radnor won the shot put with a toss of 5-feet, 4-inches, to notch his 10^th straight dual meet victory as Steinert’s track team beat Lawrenceville, 61-34. Dave Lauer won the 440 in 53.9 and the 60-yard dash in 6.9. Lauer also ran a lap in the winning mile relay.
            In boys' basketball, Hamilton improved to 9-3 with a 75-67 win over Pennsbury in a game that included 40 foul shots. “I’d rather see a game in which you only go to the line 10 or 12 times,” Hornets coach Charley Ross said. “But I’d rather have the whistles than a pushing and shoving match.” Todd Wilson had 15 points, while Craig Williams and Troy Stevenson had 14 points apiece for the Hornets and Darryl Nash added 12. 
1990
Recreation Leagues
          In Hamilton Women’s Unlimited Basketball, Alexa Millas had 17 points to lead A Joi’s Delight to a 46-34 win over Schlott. Loretta McShane had 11 in defeat. Dwyer’s beat the Music Caterer, 52-28, as Sue Johnson had 12 points. Susie King had 10 for the Caterer. Cindy Astore’s three 3-pointers and 13 points helped Kleen Sweep defeat Mason Brothers, 37-32. Astore leads the league with seven threes in two games
High School
            The Steinert girls basketball team avenged an earlier 17-point loss by taking a 45-30 win over Ewing. Lisa Cesaro got 10 of her 14 points from the foul line, Sue Scheer added 12 points and 12 rebounds and Sandy McNichol and Amy McGrath added key free throws in the decisive run. Ewing was without star player Yolanda Benning. “It would have been different with Benning, but Ewing’s still a god team without her,” Steinert coach Bob Hutchinson said. “”We’re improving though, passing well and starting to handle pressure better.” McCorristin got 11 points from freshman Margaret Doyle and eight from Mary Beckett in a 44-34 win over Lawrence.
           In JV girls play, undefeated Steinert (13-0) beat Ewing, 68-50, as Lisa Serenelli had 18 points while Liz Phillips and Kris Collins added 17 each.
           In boys’ varsity action, Bryan Caver had 24 points and Tom Caldwell 17 as McCorrstin beat Lawrence, 83-45. Hamilton topped Nottingham, 59-39, as Charles Upshur had 15 points and 10 rebounds and Mike Brown added 13 points. Dan Clark tabbed 20 for the Northstars. Jason Cromwell’s eight led Steinert in an 81-25 loss to Ewing.        
2000
Recreation
            In Hamilton Little Lads Cadet play, Commerce Bank took a 25-20 over Mr. Domestic as Julian Diaz had 16 points and Andrew Roberto (10), Charlie Nocera (5) and Peter Anderson (4) also contributed.
            In Hamilton PAL play, David Roach scored 14 points and Evan Manukas and Jordan Burkhalter added six each as the Lakers beat the Jazz, 37-19. 
JANUARY 29
1960
Recreation
            The Hamilton Little Lads Baseball Association Awards Dinner was held tonight at the DAV on Arena Drive, as pins were awarded to players, league champs all star team members, women’s auxiliary managers and officers.
            Also recognized were the graduates from each team, which included:
            Griffith Electric: Larry Haines, Jerry LaGeorgia, Tony Pizza, Kevin Hackett, Tony Jannatty.
            Hudler Motors: Wayne Van Camp, Sam Trunzo, Donal Appelby, Mike Roman, Jim Kilcinski.
            Kiwanis: Jim Bradbury, Jim Rutter, Frank Cook, Dave Delehanty, Dennis Figur.
            Drager Sunoco: Billy Guhl, Donal Masciatone, Tony Layewski, Joe Cesaro, Don Hawke.
            VFW 3525: Glen Ward, Wayne Morris, Dave Bryant, Bernard Lenihan, Bob Nicholson.
            PAL: Wayne Gierman, Fran Blatchford, Greg Argenti, Frank Schaaf, Jim Hartman.
            Duffy Car Wash: Tony Masucci, Bob Hawk, Leo Zamparelli, Donald Schook, Bob Levering, Dan Johnson.
            Lions: Billy Jenkins, Dan Billak, Ray Ricigliano, Roy Wagner, Bob Radcliff.
            Yardville Concrete: Tom Dempster, Tom O’Connor, Bob Mohnal, Bob Kilby, Bob Kotch.
            Gadsby Esso: Jim Shulz, Tim McGuire, Mike Lawson, Ken Franz, Dennis Sabo.
            Yelen Drugs: Ron Traynor, Jack Bell, Ken Shea, Steve Pfeiffer, Tom Warwick.
            Tilton Bakery: Greg Schaller, Ron Higgins, Bob Zeissler, Jim Acolia, Dave Young.
1980
High School
            In girls’ basketball, Kate Larkin scored 16 points in McCorristin’s 82-31 win over Steinert. That puts Larkin 333 points from becoming New Jersey’s all-time leading scorer. “It has now become a distinct possibility,” coach Kevin Larkin said. “You can even say it’s a probability. As long as she doesn’t get hurt. It’s just a matter of her putting her time in.”
            In freshman girls’ hoops, Claire Massei had 25 points, Lisa Gmitter added 14 and Darlene Murphy 12 as Steinert beat Northern Burlington, 66-34.
            The Hamilton JV team took a 33-22 win over Allentown as Diane Hibbs had 11 points.
1990
High School
            Nottingham’s girls’ basketball team rolled to a 50-35 win over Pennington, as Erin Wingerter had 23 points and seven steals, Terri Beach had 11 points, six steals and 14 rebounds and Beth Peterson had six rebounds. “Terri has some quickness and she’s also a threat to make the long pass,” coach Leroy Peterson said. “She and Erin connected a few times – we got a few big baskets that way.”
            The Northstar boys dropped a 60-49 decision to Pennington, as Ryan Lopez had 17 points and seven rebounds, Dan Clark added 14 points and Steve Miranda had nine.
            In wrestling, Hamilton squashed Nottingham 57-12 to clinch at least a share of the Valley Division title. Prime Molina, Jeff Quick and Alan Constance had pins.
            In ice hockey, goals by Jeff Honold, Chris Wright and Rob Marino helped Nottingham tie Lawrence, 3-3.
2000
Recreation Leagues
            In CYO girls varsity basketball, Katie Cicia scored 11 points as OLS beat St. Paul’s, 36-19. St. Anthony’s got 10 points from Lisa Micluca in a 30-20 win over St. Ann’s.
High School
            Hamilton won seven of the first eight bouts to take a 35-3 lead en route to a 38-31 win over Steinert. “We were able to build a nice comfortable lead,” said coach Ralph “The Natural” DeLibero. “But if we can’t keep the walls to the fort standing, then it all comes tumbling down.” The Hornets did not clinch the match until 215 pounds when Brian Lyons won a decision. Frank Page and Mike Paglione each remained unbeaten with a decision and pin, respectively. An interesting bout came when Steinert’s Sean Mattis was disqualified for biting Frank Prihoda, prompting Spartan coach Chris “Barr” Holcombe to note “Mattis is like a surfer dude. He didn’t mean to bite him, but what are you gonna do when a guy shoves his arm in your mouth.” John Schiaretti won a major for Hamilton, Scott Brettell and Noah Vickers had pins and Steve Elmer also won by decision. Corey Butchko and Nick Guarraggi had decisions for Steinert while Russ Francis, Chuddy Whalen and Dan Hoffman pinned.
            Nottingham remained unbeaten in the CVC with a 34-28 win over West Windsor-Plainsboro. John Steven and Joe Herrity had pins to clinch it.
            In boys basketball, Steinert arrived at North Brunswick for a 3 p.m. game but was told it did not start until 4. After watching a girls JV and varsity game, the Spartans warmed up and dropped a 43-41 decision to the Raiders.  That left Steinert needing to win two straight to get into the state tournament. Chris Talar came of the bench to score 10 of his 14 points in the second quarter. “It was a winnable game but we’re our own worst enemy,” coach Roger “High C” Bigos said. “The thing that bothers me is we keep making the same mistakes over and over.” Mike Conover had 12 points and Chris Neylan added eight.
            Nottingham dropped a 54-50 decision to Hightstown, despite 14 points and eight rebounds from Aaron Downing,  11 points and six assists from Yves Terilus and 10 each from Jeremy Coleman and Larry Upshur. “We just can’t seem to finish,” said coach Nate Weber, whose team lost for the fifth time by 10 points or less. “We’re running plays, playing hard defense, but we aren’t getting those second shots to fall.”
            In swimming, Christina Dooling broke the Hamilton West school record with a time of 2:18.81 in the 200 freestyle. The old mark was 2:24.06. Dooling was also on the winning 400 free relay as Hamilton took a 128-41 co-ed win over Ewing. Kyle Schulke won the 500 free relay and was on the winning 200 medley and free relays.
JANUARY 28
1960
Recreation
            The Hamilton Township Police topped the Trenton Police, 70-32 in a charity basketball game as Charles Donahue had 16 points and Jim Donahue added 12. Charlie Pagels and Walt Stencil added 12 points each.
            In yesterday’s Nostalgia page, we talked about the silly brief that talked about Mississippi’s tallest players. Well, another one appeared today, 50 years ago. The headline says “In Thirteenth Year”. . .the story says Andy Mogish is in his 13^th season as coach of the Syracuse freshman basketball team. He’s from Binghamton N.Y. Once again, riveting reading for Mercer County residents.
1980
High School
            Hamilton struggled to a 64-55 win over Lawrenceville, prompting coach Charley “Boss” Ross to note “It don’t feel like a win. We had that lackadaisical attitude. We are back in the doldrums. It starts with one guy, then goes to two, then four, then eight, and before you know it, no one is into it. It was like we just came back from a fishing tri, put the fish on the dock and wobbled in to play.”  Craig Williams led Hamilton with 17 points, while John Szenczi (16), Troy Stevenson (12) and Vince Wilson (11) all contributed.
            In girls hoops, Kate Larkin had 25 points in McCorristin’s 49-35 win over Hopewell Valley. Kelli Williams added 15.
1990
Recreation
            In today’s Trentonian Neighbors section, youth results were in abundance. Mike Fisher and Scott Fanning had a big day in helping the Hamilton Hotspurs White team to a 9-3 win over the Hotspurs Red in Mercer County Community College indoor soccer. The Hamilton Raiders took a 3-1 win over the West Windsor Turbo as Anthony Bisanzio scored twice for the Raiders.
            The Hamilton Hurricane White got strong play from Jimmy Madiola in a 2-1 win over the West End Wildcats. Weidel Realtors took a 4-1 win over the Princeton 763rs as Chuck Robinson and Charles Amato played well.  Charlie Mewherter scored three goals to lead the Hibernian Skyhawks to a 6-3 decision over the Philadelphia Soccer Club. The Hibo Skyhawks Green tied Philly, 3-3, as Brian Klotz and Al Rhodes turned in strong efforts.  
            In Hamilton PAL Boys 14-year-old basketball, the Bucks defeated the Nuggets as Erich Lampkin had 10 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter. Corey Stokes and Bryant McBride had eight points each, while Dom Levis and Mike Belfiore combined for 20 Nuggets points. The Knicks beat the Royals, 25-21, as Alex Thorne and Larry Lin hit the scoring column. The Royals got 12 from Mike Sally. The Bullets topped the Celtics, 35-23, as Josh Nicosos and Paul Yiacas excelled for the winners and Chris Gojoniuk was the Celts defensive star.
            In 12-year-old play, the Clippers got clutch field goals and foul shots from Chris Daly and Chuck Palfy in a 20-19 win over the Rockets. Tom Hartigan had nine in defeat. Jay Larsen, Dan Dumple, Pat Tweedly and Chris Coleman had 31 points as the Sonics beat the Lakers, 35-18. Anthony Bisanzio excelled for the Lakers. Scott Fitzgerald had seven points, three steals and five assists as the Warriors beat the Bulls, 27-19. Mike Reale and Mike Williams had 10 Bulls points. The Hawks flew by the Suns, 37-20, as Dave Fischer had 10 points. Jimare Ware scored 11 for the Suns.
            In the 12/14-year-old division, Ishmeal Robinson had 22 points and 10 rebounds and Andrew Hamid had six points as the Lakers beat the Suns, 54-31. Jimare Ware had seven for the Suns. The Sonics topped the Rockets, 34-24, as Scott Goosman and Chris Lipsett excelled on defense. Future NFL star Kevin Johnson paced the Rockets with 14. Mike Reale had 10 points as the Bulls beat the Clippers, 23-12. Mike Pernell excelled for the Clippers.
           The Warriors topped the Hawks, 21-12, as Pat Callahan and Scott Fitzgerald split 16 points. Dave Fisher had eight for the Hawks. The Nuggets took a 44-31 win over the Celtics as Mike Snyder scored 22 points. Matt Michaud had 12 for the Celtics. Matt Opacki and Josh Kramer split 20 points as the Bucks took a 44-23 win over The Sixers. Rob Swieconek had seven in defeat. The Bullets beat the Royals, 33-26, as Calvin Moore and Mike Mims scored10 points each. Russell Neukirchen excelled on defense for the Royals.
           In Mercer Men’s Soccer play, Tom Fink had all three goals in M.J. Kicks 3-1 win over Perry’s Clubhouse. Dan D’Angelo, Art Napolitano and Dave Leckie had the assists, while John ‘Horse” Astore notched the win in goal. Don Lenox had a big game in the nets as the Hibernians played Hightstown FC to a scoreless tie. Gersh’s place took a 7-0 win over the Trenton Italians as Bob Cummings had two goals, while Jeff Maher, Jim Bowen, Jim Hudik, Joe Staub and John Wysocki had one each. Ryan Henninger had the shutout in goal.
High School
            In today’s Trentonian Hamilton’s Rhoda Masella was The Trentonian/J&V Engraving Girls Basketball Player of the Week after scoring 49 points and collecting 25 assists as Hamilton went 2-1 in three games. Masella currently stands at second in the CVC in scoring, tied with Steinert’s Lisa Cesaro with a 15.6 average.
2000
High School
            Ewing rolled to a 53-33 win over Hamilton in girls basketball, prompting coach Linda Weise to remark “We want to gain respect, then we show up not ready to play. Ewing played great defense, they were trapping us and playing defense aggressively, which we didn’t. I just hope it’s a one time thing. We’re dying to take that next step. We have the potential to do it but have to believe we can do it.” Mary Mewherter came off the bench to score 12 for Hamilton. Kelly Dutko had 12 in Steinert’s 55-41 loss to West Windsor-Plainsboro.
            In boys hoops, Ewing took a 71-50 win over Hamilton despite 17 from freshman Jason Malloy. The Hornets fell to 0-11.
            In ice hockey, Steinert just missed upsetting Hun in a 4-2 defeat. “We stuck with them through the whole game,” said senior Scott Bleazey. “It gets frustrating come so close. But I know we can pull off an upset very soon.” Dave Stout and Steve Applegate had the Spartans goal. “I can’t think of anything negative to say,” said Steinert coach Bill James.
JANUARY 27
1960
High School
            Steinert’s freshman team dropped a 27-25 decision to Moorestown despite 12 points by Jerry Migliaccio, who tied the game with a bucket with 20 seconds left before the Quakers scored with under 10 seconds remaining.
            On the same page as the account of the Steinert freshman team, was this riveting item that had to be of great interest to Mercer County readers. The headline said “Team Has Heighth” (Yes, height was spelled with an extra H). The story then said Tallest men on Mississippi’s basketball team are seniors Ivan Richmann and Louis Griffin. Both are 6-feet-7.”
            No doubt, that settled a lot of bar bets at Gropps Tavern. 

1970

How were your favorite high school stars of the early 1970's faring before they got to varsity? Check out the above JV boxscores and the below junior high results.
Junior High
            For the second time in three games, Fisher’s Fritz Sickles brought down a township team in the final seconds as his two free throws gave Fisher a 61-59 win over Grice. Tim Spedding had 16 as Nottingham beat Reynolds, 67-39 in a battle of future Steinert teammates. Phil Brand (15) and Jim Ricketti (12) also hit double figures for the Knights, while Pete Larkin led Reynolds with 12.
High School
            Hamilton West clinched a state tournament berth by taking a 76-42 win over Neptune. Dan Tyler had 17 points for the Hornets, Kirk Taylor added 16 and Gene Webb and Bob Rossi added 12 each. St. Anthony’s topped Steinert, 61-58, in overtime as Steve MacZinko (16 points) put the game in OT with two free throws and a basket, and MacZinko and John Kish (18) had two foul shots each in overtime. Denny Hardiman had 11 points for the Mikes. Nate Palmer scored 24 for Steinert, while Al Hutchins had 11 and Bob Hutchinson added 10.
1980
Recreation Leagues
            Today’s Trentonian Neighbors section is laden with basketball scores for the week.
            In Hamilton PAL play, the 76ers beat the Knicks,32-30, in 13/24-year-old play as Rodney Walker had 14 points, Todd Wilson added nine and Mike Dye had five. Eric Kent had 11 for the Knicks. The Celtics got 14 from Eric Morrow and 10 from Lou Romanowski in a 30-29 win over the Cavaliers. Ed Juniak had 19 for the Cavs. Mike Varona’s 11 and nine by Collin Kuklish led the Bucks to a 42-26 win over the Bullets. Ken Napier had 10 in defeat and Keith Ezzo added eight. The Nuggets won their first, 24-19, over the Royals as Bill Ingram had 10 and Dave Spishak nine. John Mimms had 16 for the Royals.  
            In 10/12 play, Brian O’Reilly scored 17 points as the Bulls topped the Warriors, 38-19. Todd Gravitt had nine points for the Warriors.  Ken Durfee’s 19 and seven each from Brian Okupski and Brian Stevens helped the Bulls to a 36-24 win over the Rockets. Bob Conti had eight for the Rockets. The Suns topped the Clippers, 21-14, as Clarence Stockton and Steve Lyons had eight apiece. Joe Mihavetz scored 10 and Mark Sacco added eight as the hawks topped the Lakers, 28-15.
            In CYO girls play, St. Raphael’s took a 42-28 win over St. George as Lori McGarrigle had 16 and Colleen Mulryne added nine. Amy Masonis had 19 as Our Lady of Sorrows beat St. Stan’s, 44-31, to move to 8-1.
            In the Small School Division, Renee Keister had eight points in St. Anthony’s 36-28 loss to Cathedral. In High school play, Sharon Janukowicz had 10 points on OLS’ 42-23 loss to Holy Angels.
            In CYO boys play, Gavin O’Conner scored 13 in St. Gregory’s 36-28 loss to Our Lady of Divine Shepherd. St. Raphael’s topped OLS, 51-46 in OT to take over first place in the Large School Northern Division. Frank Zsenak (19), Pat Tuffy (16) and Jim Naples (12) paced the winners while Tom Hoffman had 26 for OLS (8-2).  
            In Hamilton Junior Soccer play, Jim Tola had two goals in the Cosmos 2-1 win over Mercer United. The GAK Gold team beat the Mercer Rowdies, 2-0, on goals by Kevin Kinnevy and Tom Tuffy. Ken Tozzi’s goal gave the GAK White a 1-0 win over Hamnetts 1, while Hamnetts II beat Liberty Thriftway, 4-1, on two goals by Fred Tola.           
          In Division II, Paul Franzoni had three goals and Mike Spishak and Don Cogsville had two each in the West End Green’s 8-2 win over the Hamilton 65’s. Tony Panzitta also scored. The Hamilton 64’s got two goals from Mike Mihavetz in a 2-0 win over the GAK Falcons.
1990
High School
            McCorristin rolled past powerful Neptune, 78-58, as Blitz Wooten had 26 points and 13 rebounds. “I’m very happy with the win, but I’m also pleased we had as many fans here as we did,” said Castaldo, whose team was on the road. “Considering we didn’t have a spectator bus, this was quite a turnout. I’d like to thank them.”
            In wrestling action, Steinert got past Hightstown, 39-30, as Jason Ullrich won by decision and Tom Schoenfelt, Joe Woodard and John Milazzo pinned. “I’m not happy with the way we wrestled, but it’s a win,” Steinert coach Chris Holcombe said. “I guess it’s a good thing those (Hightstown) guys were missing.” The Rams were without two major wrestlers. Nottingham got pins from Brian Hughes, Anthony Cannuli, Tom Agugliaro and Mike Neely in a 44-16 win over Princeton. Agugliaro raised his record to 14-2 and Neely to 13-1.
2000
High School
            Christina Dooling led the 400-meter free relay team to victory in 4:39.10 to clinch Hamilton’s 87-83 girls swim victory over Hightstown. Dooling also won the 200 IM (2:27.10) and 100 butterfly (1:10.20), while Brittany Mannion won the 500 free (6:56.30) as the Hornets snapped a three-game losing streak. In boys swimming, Dan Latham swam the final leg of the winning 400 team as Hamilton took an 89-81 win over Hightstown.
            In boys basketball, Hamilton fell to Pennington, 58-49, to drop to 0-11. Hamilton blew a seven-point fourth-quarter lead, prompting freshman Jason Malloy to note “We haven’t been in many games this season, to this one really hurts. But we’ll get that first win.” Malloy had 19 points while Craig Wrenn added 10. McCorristin topped Nottingham, 58-48, as Kelso Rutledge scored 17 points. Nottingham got 14 from Yves Terilus. Steinert’s Mike Conover had 28 points, 14 rebounds and five blocked shots as Steinert topped West Windsor-Plainsboro, 66-54.  
JANUARY 26
1960
High School
            Hamilton rolled to a 65-43 win over Palmyra as Walt Antosiewicz tallied 20 points while Jim Spence hit 18 and Ed Butscu had 10. The Hornets also won the JV game, 59-46, ad Ron Matta had 18 points and Ron Kosa scored 16.
            The Hornets improved to 4-5 overall and 3-3 in the South Central Jersey League.
            Steinert fell to Mount Holly, 77-60, dropping the Spartans to 4-6 overall and 1-5 in the South Central Jersey League. Bob Zarr had 15 points for the Spartans, Bob Mucciarelli added 13, while Larry Migliaccio and Rick George added 10 apiece The Spartans JV team improved to 7-3 with a 59-34 win over Mount Holly, as Steve Vitangeli had 18 points.
1970
Recreation Leagues
            In Hamilton Township Service Basketball League, Jim Donahue scored 28 points to lead Tub City to a 56-47 win over Tom DeVito’s. Cook AA took a 60-47 win over Hamilton, as John Cosantino had 22 points. Snyder’s beat the Township Bombers, 81-53, behind 19 from Clarence Morris.
            In CYO High School action, Rich Freeman scored 14 to lead St. Gregory’s over St. Hedwig’s, 52-30.  
1980
Recreation Leagues
            In Hamilton Junior Soccer play, the Hamilton 64s beat the GAK Falcons, 2-1, as Todd Such and Joe Simmons had goals. In Division I play, GAK Gold beat the Tom Hamnett 1 Juniors, 5-0, as Tom Tuffy, Ed Gauss, Frank Oliveti, Terry Bellinger and Dave Steiner had goals. The GAK White Juniors got two Vince Martorano goals for a 2-0 win over the West End Cosmos.
High School
            In the aftermath of one of the most bizarre oversights ever seen in Mercer County athletics, Hamilton Square resident Tom Keefe lashed out at Notre Dame for its complete disregard of his 1,000^th career point. In a milestone that has been celebrated for decades the moment the player achieves it, Keefe scored his 1,000^th and no one was even aware of it until the next game!  There was no stoppage of play, no balloons, no nothing. Even when it was discovered he had 1,000 Keefe got little. “Nobody said anything, only (teammates) Willie Flowers, Fran Kleber, Jim Fleming and (scorekeeper) Jim DeLorenzo . . . If they didn’t do it for anybody in the whole county I wouldn’t have minded. Seeing all those other people get (honored) and not me hurts the most.”
            In freshman girls basketball, Patty Helmlinger scored 24 points and Tracy Quinn added 15 as the Hamilton freshman team topped Steinert, 58-54 to move to 6-2.
            In freshman boys hoops, Eric Kent scored nine of his 14 points in the fourth quarter as Steinert took a 59-51 win over Hamilton. John Keefe had 21 for the Spartans while Charlie Lewis bagged 21 for Hamilton.
1990
High School
            Rhoda Massella scored 18 points and Diane Mazukewicz added 17 as Hamilton’s girls basketball team took a 49-47 win over Hightstown for its fifth straight victory. “We needed this win for our confidence,” Masella said. “When it got close tonight, I felt we’d win because we were working the ball down and getting it inside.” Hightstown had rallied from 11 down to pull within six before Kim Walter hit a big jumper to stymie the rally. Kathy Lanzi also came up big with a late steal and lay-up. 
            Playing without top scorer Erin Wingerter, Nottingham fell to Notre Dame, 70-15. McCorristin got 11 points from Melissa Carvale in a 41-31 win over West Windsor-Plainsboro.
            In boys play, McCorristin took a 79-46 win over West Windsor-Plainsboro as Blitz Wooten had 21 points and Mark Bass added 14. Nottingham fell to Notre Dame, 51-40, as Dan Clark had 16 for the Northstars and Ryan Lopez added 14.
            In JV hoops, Cameron Taylor had 22 points and 13 points as McCorristin beat WW-P, 76-47. Malcolm Huckaby had 16 points and 10 rebounds.
            In ice hockey, Chris Wright and Chris Marino scored 70 seconds apart in the third period as Nottingham beat Hopewell Valley, 6-3. Wright had two goals, while Jason Martinez, Bill Jones and Keith Zoltanski also scored and Dave Green had an assist.  
2000
Recreation Leagues
            In Hamilton Little Lads play, Jason Malloy scored 20 points as the Lakers beat the Nets, 56-51. Marcus Foster had 19 for the Nets. The Bulls Celtics topped the Bulls, 56-44, as Roy Wrenn had 13 and John Blayn added seven. Corey Waldron tabbed 17 for the Bulls. The 76ers took a 45-34 win over the Knicks as Leo Stinson had 14 for the winners and Greg Larkin collected 23 for the Knicks.
JANUARY 25
1960

Here's a look at today's Hamilton 17-year-old results, complete with league standings.
1970
Recreation Leagues
           Our Lady of Sorrows got 19 points from Tom Voyda in a 50-27 win over Holy Cross in Mercer CYO Grammar School basketball. St. Raphael’s took a 39-18 win over St. John’s as Billy Martin had 16 points. St. Anthony’s got 12 from Jeff Plunkett in a 37-35 win over St. Stan’s.
1980
High School
            Steinert got 16 points from Tom Matlock in a 58-50 loss to Princeton Day School.  “We played pretty well tonight,” coach Ken Sullivan said. “Look at that team and look at ours. We shouldn’t even be out on the court with them. But we lost to a better team and we played a better game tonight (than last game).
            Hamilton fell to Woodrow Wilson, 80-76 and coach Charley “Boss” Ross saw a bad omen right from the start. “I hate it when officials are nice to me before the game,” Ross said. “It usually means I’m in for a long night.” Ross added that “I scouted them twice and both times it was a football game. That’s what this turned into – a football game.”  Finally, the Boss said “The only compensation we get from this game is that we play them at home in two weeks. Then we’ll see who’s the better team.”
           Kelli Williams had 19 points, Kate Larkin added 16 and Patty Sikinger added 10 as McCorristin’s girls topped Hightstown, 61-50.
           Steinert stunned Stuart Country Day, 44-23 as Carol Whitehouse had 13 points and 11 rebounds, Terry Jennings added 10 points and Wanda Hendryx chipped in with nine. “I think we’re improving and we’re definitely on the upswing,” coach Bob Hutchinson said.  
1990
Recreation Leagues
            In Mercer National Basketball play, Good Times Tavern beat C&H Tire, 89-63, as Jim Radvany had 43 points and John Ebeling scored 21.
High School
            Jen Thompson won the 100-meter butterfly (1:18.71) and 100 breaststroke (1:22.67) while Cindy Potts took the 200 and 400 freestyles (2:21.38, 5:00.77) as Nottingham’s swim team beat Steinert, 91-80. Michelle Cody set a Nottingham record in the 100 back (1:15.97).
           The Steinert boys basketball tam topped Lawrence, 55-53, leaving the Cards having to win two straight games to qualify for the states. Jason Cromwell had 12 points for Steinert while Todd Jacobs and Ryan Johnson added 11 each. “”I told the kids we had to win this one with defense,” coach Roger “High C” Bigos said. “We’re not gonna out-offense anybody.”
            The Steinert girls got a 60-43 win over Lawrence as Lisa Cesaro scored 15, Kim Derrico had seven, Sue Scheer 10 and Sandy McNichol seven, all in the pivotal second quarter.
JANUARY 24
1960
High School
         Jerry Bell's 10 points could not save Hamilton's JV basketball team from a 31-30 loss to Palmyra.
1970
High School
            The Hamilton swim team won its first meet of the year, 62-33, over Asbury Park, as John Turner won the 50 and 100-yard freestyle events while Glenn Dewar captured the 100 backstroke and was on the 200 medley relay team that one. Other individual wins came from Lou Fusco (100 breast), John Schnoering (diving) and Chuck Brush, John Benton and Carl Sharite, who were on the medley relay team. The 400 medley relay team also won with Bryan Bennett, Sam Griffith, Dave Johnson and Ira Reese.
1980
High School
            Hamilton fell to Hopewell, 47-35, and played a role in Bulldogs history as Bernadette Powell scored her 1,000^th point. The Hornets were without key players Beth Davala and Yvette Langevin, and got seven points each from Angela Ellis and Dana DiCicco and seven from Elyse Eichman.  
1990
High School
            In wrestling, Hamilton took a 43-22 win over Notre Dame as Russ Tyndale and Jeff Fell pinned and Lamar Gore won a decision. Nottingham got past West Windsor-Plainsboro, 45-21, as Anthony Cannuli, Jeff Saia, Tom Agugliaro, Steve Neely and Harry Schulz had pins.
            In girls basketball, Steinert took a 37-24 win over McCorristin using a deliberate offense and tough defense. It was the Spartans eight straight win. “It was a nice one,” coach Bob Hutchinson said. “This and Trenton are our two best this season.” Sandy McNichol had 10 points for the Spartans and Lisa Cesaro had nine, while Jeannie McDougal scored 15 for McCorristin.
           Notre Dame topped Hamilton despite 10 points each by Diane Mazukewicz and Cathy Lanzi. Nottingham fell to West Windsor-Plainsboro, 50-40, as the Northstars Erin Wingerter scored 16.
2000
Recreation Leagues 
            In CYO boys varsity basketball, St. Raphael’s beat St. A’s, 52-46, as Eric Maldonaldo had 16 points and Brian Sakowski added 11. Frank Piromah added two big foul shots.
High School
            Frank Doroba had three goals, Dave Stout added two goals and two assists, Mike Ruppert had two goals, Jared Daly and Ian Hall had a goal each and Scott Bleazey had a goal and five assists as Steinert topped Hamilton 11-2 in ice hockey. Kurt Rectenwald and Shaun Hibbs had the Hornet goals. “We did what we had to do,” coach Bill James said. “We scored early, played solid defense and moved the puck around. It was a good game for us but I have to give a lot of credit to Hamilton.” Nottingham took a 5-3 win over Montgomery as Mike Nexon had two goals and two assists.
            In girls basketball, Hamilton clinched a state tournament berth with a 47-43 win over Burlington Township. The Hornets improved to 8-3 behind late heroics by Melissa Baksany and Jessica Kogel. Jaime McCormack had six steals. “Last year, we probably would have lost a game like this,” said coach Linda Weise, whose team led a 10-point lead slip to two with a few minutes remaining. “Our senior leadership saved us and kept us from getting down.”   
JANUARY 23 

Written by the ever popular "Staff Correspondent", the Times details Steinert's big win over Ewing 50 years ago today.
1960
High School
            Steinert pulled away in the final quarter for a 52-45 win over Ewing as Bob Zarr scored 16 points while Larry Migliaccio and Rick George had 11 each.
1970
Junior High
            Rich Craynock had 19 points while Pete Larkin, in a desperate attempt to make up for a defensive lapse in the previous contest that cost his team the game, came up with 18 but it wasn’t enough as the Lawrence freshmen took a 71-64 win over Reynolds. Kim Hohman added 10 for the Raiders. Phil Brand (19), Jim Ricketti (14) and Denny Beisswanger (13) led Nottingham to a 62-36 win over the Cathedral Freshman team. Grice got 13 from Jerome Walker in a 52-40 loss to the Princeton freshmen.
High School
            Hamilton took a 67-20 win over Princeton, which brought a 9-3 record into play. The Hornets must beat Trenton in order to qualify for the states. We’re well aware that before last night we needed two out of two to get into the tourney,” Coach Charley “Boss” Ross said. “Princeton was easy, but we still played exceptionally well. The fellows wanted to beat them as badly as Trenton did (earlier in the year). Kirk Taylor had 10 points and 22 rebounds for Hamilton while Bob Rossi had 16 points, Dan Tyler 13 and Gene Webb 12.
            Cathedral topped Steinert, 49-46, despite 17 points by Nate Palmer and 12 from Bruce Witkowski. During the game, Steinert head coach Jim Wilno watched as his assistant, Jake Tarr, got thrown out of the game by referee Don Pugliese, prompting Tarr to say afterward “You didn’t expect me to last the whole season, did you?”
1980
High School
            In one of the most bizarre non-celebrations in Mercer County history, Hamilton Square native Tom Keefe scored 16 points to help Notre Dame past Steinert, then found out after the game that he had already gone over the 1,000-point mark a few days earlier. Keefe had 1,041 points after the game ended. “It didn’t even know I had reached 1,000 because I don’t keep up with my scoring,” Keefe said. “After tonight’s game, our scorekeeper told me I was over (1,000). It’s really kind of exciting. But it’s a little disappointing too, because no one knows about it. It’s no big deal getting the thousand but I feel it’s worth a little recognition. They made such a big deal when (Ed) Fireall and others got their thousand. Right now, no one knows except the scorer, my parents and me.” In the other lockerroom, Steinert did not have a double-figure scorer, prompting coach Ken Sullivan so say “We stink. We only scored 39 points in the ball game, that’s pathetic.” Almost as pathetic as telling a kid he has 1,000 points well after the fact.
            Hamilton’s Mo Gorman scored 27 points as Hun beat Montclair, 61-40. 
            Kate Larkin scored a school-record 45 points as McCorristin’s girls took a 101-43 win over Lawrence. Kelli Williams added 12 points and Pam Mason had 11, while freshman Barb Smith made her first varsity start and got eight points.
            Notre Dame topped Steinert, 61-52, despite 10 points by Carol Whitehouse. The Spartan freshman team took a 39-36 win over ND as Clare Massei scored 19 points for the 5-2 Spartans.
             Wrestling action saw Hopewell take a 46-15 win over Hamilton, despite pins by Pete Novelli and Charles Page at 101 and 141 and a decision by Ken Syers at heavyweight.
            In track and field, Vince Tatarek (13-0), Brian Walsh (12-6) and Jeff Ivins (12-6) swept the pole vault to give Hamilton a 44.5-41.5 win over Ewing as the Hornets moved to 3-0. Jeff Mayo won the mile (4:45) and two-mile (10:09.9) for the Hornets.
1990
High School
            McCorristin topped Steinert, 77-28, eliminating Steinert (5-9) from a chance to qualify for the state tournament. “John (Castaldo) has assembled a nice team,” Steinert coach Roger “Hi C” Bigos said. “They make you do things you don’t want. Blitz Wooten had 18 points, 10 rebounds and five blocked shots while Mark Bass had 15 points and Tommy Caldwell had 10 points and 15 rebounds. Bryan Caver had 10 points, 10 assists and four steals.
            Nottingham dropped a 65-58 decision to West Windsor-Plainsboro. “We hustle and we’re scrappy,” said coach Pete “Doctor Dutch” Leonard. “But we were unable to rebound. When we did rebound, we didn’t get the ball out or we got tied up in a jump ball. We played hard. They played harder.” Dan Clark had 20 for the Northstars before fouling out and Ryan Lopez added 11. 
            In JV boys hoops, Notre Dame took a 68-55 win over Hamilton despite 17 from Mike Brown and 13 from Raul Figueroa.
            In girls play, Diane Mazukewicz and Cathy Lanzi had 10 points each but Notre Dame beat Hamilton, 78-44. Erin Wingerter had 16 in Nottingham's 50-40 loss to West Windsor-Plainsboro.
            In JV girls hoops. Steinert moved to 11-0 with a 48-40 win over McCorristin as Kris Collins had 12 and Liz Phillips and Kate Panfen added 11 each. Kate Berlinger had 13 for McCorristin.
            In swimming, Cindy Potts won the 200 (2:19.93) and 400 (4:53.41) freestyle races in Nottingham’s 90-78 win over Notre Dame. Gina Fontana won the 200 IM in 2:44.47.
2000
Recreation Leagues
            In Mercer County Community College indoor soccer, the U-10 Hamilton Jersey Girls moved to 6-0 with a 3-1 win over the Princeton Lasers, as Kasey Reid, Amanda Worrall and Nichole Stevens had goals and Julianne Norton sparked the defense. HJC then took a 10-0 win over YMS Diamond as Worrall had five goals and Carolyn Walters, Casey Crowley, Nicole Lamarca Stevens and Caitlin Brett had one each. Chelsea Lawson and Reid combined in goal for the shutout.
            In CYO play, St. Anthony’s topped St. Raphael, 22-18, as Shannon Bennett had 10 points and Lisa Midura added seven. Vicky Schiavone had six in defeat.  
College
            Former Steinert great Dahntay Jones snapped out of recent funk to collect 23 points, and also played shutdown defense on Villanova’s Brian Lynch in helping Rutgers to a 73-60 win. “My confidence is rising and getting back,” Jones said. “I was down earlier. But I’ve had some good practices and I’m a little rejuvenated and more excited about playing.” “Dahntay looked like his old self,” Rutgers coach Kevin Bannon said. “During a stretch in the second half, he put this team on his back. That’s something he has done and will do again.”           
            In Hamilton Little Lads Cadet play, Maurice’s Mobile topped Mr. Domestic, 24-14 as Bradley Rayner had 10 points while Scott Fryczynski also chipped in.
JANUARY 22
1980
Recreation
            An announcement was listed for Nottingham Little League sign-ups today. . . oh wait, you missed them.
High School
            The Steinert girls basketball team topped Trenton, 60-51, as Terry Jennings had 15 points while Carol Whitehouse added 10 markers. “Carol’s always our big hustler and Terry is a good defensive player,” Steinert coach Bob Hutchinson said. “”They do well every game and you can always depend on them.”
            In wrestling, Pat Decker’s pin in 48 seconds highlighted Steinert’s 36-19 loss to Ewing.
1990
Recreation Leagues
            In Hamilton Unlimited Basketball action, Dominick Mangine had 26 points to help the Weasels top Joey’s Pizza, 64-51. Charlie Brittingham added 24 for the winners.
High School
            Hamilton’s girls basketball team rolled to a 46-37 win at Lawrenceville despite another sluggish beginning. “We got off to our usual lousy start,” said coach Mickey Kessler, whose team trailed 13-4 after one quarter. “I have tried a couple different things as far as the pre-game warm-up, but it still hasn’t made any difference in the first quarter, we come out and spot teams leads.” But Hamilton was still 8-4 after it was over, as Rhoda Massella hit for 22 points while Diane Mazukewicz had 10 and Jen Caterson added eight. It was just Lawrenceville’s second loss in 11 games.   
            Wrestling action saw Pemberton take a 52-24 win over Steinert, although the Spartans got a 36-second pin from Bob Goleniecki and another fall from Jason Hart. “There were a couple of bright spots,” Steinert coach Chris “Barr” Holcombe said. “We could have wrestled better, but the guys who wrestled well did as well as they can.”
2000
Recreation Leagues
            In Hamilton Little Lads Cadet play, Commerce Bank topped Mercerville Lions, 37-27 as Julian Diaz had 19 points, Andrew Roberto had 11 and Daniel Levin added four. Charlie Nocera chipped in with 10 rebounds. West and Sons moved to 8-0 with a 44-22 win over Cortina Chiropractic as Marcus Ponder had 14, Kyle Powers added 12 and Trevor Hamran had six.
            In Mercer County Community College indoor soccer, the Hamilton Vipers took a 4-0 win over the Hopewell Comets in U-9 play as Vince Nocera, Anthony Rivera, Max Arduim and Chris Wilshaw had goals. Eric Ketterer notched the shutout.  In the Allaire Indoor Soccer tournament, the U-12 Hibernian Hericanez won the title as Missy Setzer’s goal and the shutout goaltending of Korinne Campbell and Julie Lee gave the Hibos a win over a team that was never mentioned in the write-up. We’re sure it was darm stiff competition though!
High School
            Princeton defeated Steinert in wrestling, 45-24, though the Spartans got a pin from Corey Butchko, a technical fall from Nick Guarraggi and decisions from Dave Jennings, Sean Mattis, Matt Gregorowitz and Chuddy Whalen. Trenton claimed its first win over Hamilton in 15 years by taking a 41-28 decision, but the Hornets managed a 47-28 win over Lawrence as Dan Snyder’s pin was a highlight. Nottingham walloped Notre Dame, 57-9, getting a big win form heavyweight Mohammed El Naggar.
            In swimming, freshmen Julie Nami of Steinert and Stephanie Grace of Hamilton each had nice days at the Colonial Valley Conference’s 3^rd Annual Novice Meet. Nami, whose sister Jacqui was enjoying a banner senior year at Steinert at the time, had a record time in the 100 fly and took second in the 100 breaststroke. “It makes you feel better because you swim against your skill,” said Nami of the frosh event. “This is definitely a confidence builder.” Evidently, Juli, Jacqui and Jill Jensen make up what Trentonian writer Scott Frost referred to as “the comedic J cubed team.” Grace, whose older sister Christina was a Hamilton standout at the time, posted a record clocking in the 200 IM. “It helps to have just a freshman meet,” Grace said. “I didn’t know what to expect, but it is real nice knowing where you’re getting the respect.” 
JANUARY 21
1970
High School
            Richard Schnoering won the fancy dive and Charles Brush claimed the breaststroke but Trenton’s swim team still defeated Hamilton, 58-37.
1980
Recreation Leagues
           In the Hamilton Adult League, the Weasels took a 74-44 win over Hamilton Jaycees as Mark Maskowitz had 22 points and Joe Miller added 17.
High School
            Kate Larkin had 30 points but McCorristin suffered a rare loss, 64-63, to St. Rose of Belmar. Hamilton native Mo Gorman had 18 points in Hun’s 48-36 win over PDS.
1990
Hall of Fame
            It was announced today that Al Cowell, who has a soccer field named after him in Veterans Park, will be inducted into the 5^th Annual Mercer County Soccer Hall of Fame class. Cowell was an early pioneer in the Hamilton youth soccer leagues.
2000
High School
            Steinert transfer Joe Radice made his varsity debut with McCorristin tonight and had 12 points as the Mikes took an 85-44 win over Hamilton. The big joke of the night was that Radice was traded for Dave Peterson, who left McCorristin on a hardship transfer and enrolled at Steinert earlier in the week. “They were kidding me at Steinert, they were asking me ‘What was it, a trade for a player to be named later?’ Radice said he transferred for academics. “It’s not that I wasn’t getting enough playing time,” he said. “The toughest part about coming here was leaving Mr. (Al Mostrangeli, JV coach). Our JV team was undefeated. I came to McCorristin because my mom wanted me to be in smaller classes.”
            Brian Jenkins had 12 points and Yves Terilus added 10 as Nottingham beat West Windsor-Plainsboro, 50-40. Lawrence topped Steinert, 62-42, despite Mike Conover’s 12 points.
            In girls hoops, Hamilton rolled to a 75-34 win over a young McCorristin team. “After losing to Trenton the other night we lost some of the confidence we had built up in the beginning of the season,” Hornets coach Linda Weise said. “Today we started to rebuild that confidence and we will continue to in the games next week.” Jessica Kogel had 17 points for the Hornets while Jenn Elliott had six pinots and nine rebounds and Kelly Wise added six.
            Kelly Dutko’s 22 points couldn’t save Steinert from a 57-48 win over Lawrence. Nottingham got 11 points from Sarah Bucon in a 51-30 loss to West Windsor-Plainsboro.
            In ice hockey, Mike Nexon’s power play goal gave Nottingham a 1-0 lead but the Northstars dropped a 7-1 decision to Princeton.
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