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Major League Table Tennis serves up a pro push in Mercer County BY GEORGE POINT Pop quiz! What are the most popular professional sports in the USA? According to sports data web site statscore.com, they’re American football (NFL), basketball (NBA), baseball (MLB), ice hockey (NHL) and soccer (MLS). Notably absent from that list is table tennis. Despite being one of the world’s most popular sports, with an estimated 300 million players (Source: pingsunday.com), the U.S.A. is completely absent from the list of top countries where table tennis is played the most. China leads that list, while Russia ranks at the bottom (Source: sfsquad. com). Software entrepreneur and table tennis enthusiast Flint Lane and his business partners are working to change that. In 2023, Lane launched Major League Table Tennis, the first professional table tennis league in the U.S. In just three seasons, MLTT has grown to East Coast See PONG, Page 11
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The Hamilton High School West girls’ wrestling team for 2025-26.
Hamilton West girls’ wrestling surges from startup to champs BY RICH FISHER When a team opens its season by winning a championship it didn’t even know it won, there’s a good chance that’s going to set the tone for a pretty special campaign. And that has definitely been the case for the Hamilton West girls wrestling team. One year after garnering
enough wrestlers to field a full lineup for five dual meets, the Hornets kicked off its 202526 schedule at North Hunterdon for the Lions Classic. West did not have an individual champion but did have three girls reach the finals and eight place-winners. When it was over, the Hornets headed back down Route 31 content that they put forth a
good effort. Little did they know how good. The final team scores had Hamilton’s 167.5 points beating out second-place North Hunterdon by 19 points. “We didn’t even know we won until we were on the bus home,” coach Jessica Simon-Estepp said. “One of our assistants See WRESTLING, Page 36
Hamilton Township’s Business Development Advisory Commission wants to help local high school students embark on a successful college career. And if the students that the commission helps end up returning to Hamilton to become part of the township business community, so much the better. To that end, the commission offers $4,000 in college scholarships each year, designating one award of $1,000 for a graduating senior from each of the township’s four high schools. Applicants are invited to submit essays on a theme chosen by the commission’s scholarship committee. This year’s theme is Balancing Growth and Green Space. Once all applications and essays are received and the deadline has passed, committee members decide which students See HTEDAC, Page 10
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