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will instruct players at the first practice that anyone who misses a practice or game during a vacation break will be penalized. Usually, for every missed practice or game, the kid will sit a game. And, some coaches, in an attempt to drive home their point, will add that there’s no guarantee that they get more playing time once they sit out their suspension – that they have to earn back the right to get time in the games. But parents often complain, saying that vacations are meant to be about family time. They say that coaches always say that “family comes first” – but apparently not during a scheduled school break. Parents often point out that it’s about having quality time together with their kids, and that since usually both parents work, this is a week which is very valuable to them. Thus, it’s not fair to punish their kid for missing a game because he/she is on a family vacation. Is there a solution? I’m honestly not sure. There are good arguments on both sides. Some coaches will hold only

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optional practices during the week. But is that fair to the kids who stayed home over the break? Or coaches will try and slate only non-league games. But again, is that fair to the kids who remained and competed while their teammates went off to the beach? Is this a question of dedication to the team? The ideal situation is probably to shut down all games and practices during the week, but when you have a 10-week season and the weather is iffy, it’s tough to make this happen. Of course, it would be great if all the kids stayed home and practiced and played, but it’s just very, very hard for a coach to mandate it. And again, should there be a punishment? If you have any solutions, I’d love to hear them. Go to askcoachwolff.com. Printed by permission from Askcoachwolff.com – the blog of sports parenting expert Rick Wolff, posted on April 18, 2014.

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Kyle Weiner scattered a pair of singles to highlight Bergen Catholic’s 10-0 victory over arch-rival Don Bosco Prep in a Big North Conference diamond encounter. Alec DeMattheis doubled home a pair of teammates. Pushing solo runs across the plate in the bottom of the first and second innings earned the Crusaders a 2-1 victory over Paramus Catholic as Jared Vereby scattered eight singles in picking up the win. Jared Finkel was the winning hurler when the Crusaders defeated Paramus 5-2. Sophomore John VanDeMark keyed the offense, legging out a pair of two-baggers that drove in a pair of runs. Anthony Apreda recorded the win on the mound in the Crusaders’ 15-2 triumph over Northern Highlands as VanDeMark recorded three RBIs with Jordan Attilio, Joe LaSpina and Sonny Uliana driving in two runs apiece. Depth on the hill is essential for survival in the county and state tournaments, a commodity the Crusaders have been exhibiting during the regular season. Hawthorne unveiled its inaugural alumni baseball event on April 19, raising more than $3,500 to implement funding for the Jack DiSalvo Leadership Scholarship. The first recipient, to be recognized in May, will be a Hawthorne student/athlete who exhibits excellent academic and leadership skills. A standout on the diamond for the Bears has been reliever Tino Graziano who picked up the win in the three extra inning games early in the season. Joe Mitchell pitched and batted Bogota to a 6-5 triumph over Paterson Charter as he picked up the “W” on the mound and doubled home a teammate with his bat. Nico Calabia drove in a pair of runs while Franklin Jimenez doubled in a teammate. Junior southpaw Chris Baab went the distance scattering three hits and fanning 16 as DePaul defeated Clifton 6-1. Glenn Allen tripled and doubles, knocking in two runs to highlight Cresskill’s 7-1 victory over Park Ridge. Nick DeCandia tripled in a pair of runs and Troy Henderson was the winning pitcher. DePaul posted a 6-3 win against Pompton Lakes that was powered by round-trippers off the bats of Joe Butesa and Marty McIver. Daniel Dripchak hurled a five-hitter as Dumont blanked Teaneck 8-0. Senior catcher Steven Papadopoulos blasted a solo homer and Kevin Barone doubled home a pair of teammates. In a 7-5 victory over Ridgefield Park, Papadopoulos went deep with a three-run homer while teammate Mike DiGirolamo tripled with the bases loaded. Papadopoulos made it three bombs when he delivered a threerun homer in Dumont’s 15-5 rout of Dwight Morrow in which he was the winning pitcher. DiGirolamo homered and knocked in five runs when the Huskies defeated Ramsey 10-7. Chris Messerian scattered three hits as Fair Lawn blanked Passaic 10-0. Messerian aided his cause at the plate, drilling an RBI triple while Adam Hebel doubled and drove in three runs. editor@sportsfitnesswellness.com

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and Dion Sanzari collecting three RBIs. Hackensack rallied to defeat Cliffside Park 8-7 in eight innings. Niles Malvasia and Danny Poidomani tripled in solo runs. Hasbrouck Heights toppled New Milford 10-3 as Rob Klenk legged out a threebagger and drove in three runs. Dylan Aponte tossed a one-hit shutout as Leonia routed Pat-

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hits over six innings. Senior Oscar Osores was the stopper, fanning three straight betters when he relieved with the bases loaded in the top of the seventh to preserve Manchester Regional’s first “W” of the season, a 5-0 victory over Garfield. Mike Holland threw a one-hit shutout as Midland Park defeated Palisades Park 7-0. Ron Kruis singled in a pair of runs with Zack Van Kat adding an RBI double. Joe Cenci homered and plated four runs to spur Northern Highlands to a 15-4 triumph over Nutley while Nick Urciuoli doubled in a pair of runs. Rob Hinchen was the winning pitcher. In a 10-2 triumph over Hackensack, Urciuoli drove in three runs with Hinchen and Vin Masters contributing two RBIs apiece. Northern Valley/ Demarest toppled Hackensack 13-9 as Dominick Fazio doubled and drove in four runs with Ross Dunayer plating three teammates. Jake LaMarca was the winning pitcher in Paramus’ 5-3 victory over Teaneck. Glenn DeNegris and Matt Riebesell drove in two runs apiece. Dan Gallagher delivered a two-run homer and Ken Meagan went deep with a three-run roundtripper as Paramus Catholic routed Ferris (Jersey City) 161 while Dave Sdrougais legged out a three-bagger and doubled, knocking in three runs. Park Ridge routed Paterson Charter 13-3 as Eric Luther homered and Kyle McCann legged out a pair of two-baggers, driving in four runs. Pascack Hills defeated Dumont 5-2 page 10

as Thomas Reade was the winning pitcher. Joe Gifas doubled and knocked in three runs. Dan Corrigan and Ryan Orr homered to highlight Pascack Valley’s 110 victory over Bergenfield. Corrigan finished with four RBIs and Dan Corvo allowed only a solo singled in pitching the shutout. Tommy Crooks smashed a three-run round-tripper to spur Pequannock to a 5-3 triumph over Butler as Tommy Ackershock was the winning pitcher. Tom Feehan tossed a four-hit shutout as Ramsey defeated Westwood 11-0 in a game curtailed in the bottom of the fifth by the 10-run mercy rule. Matt Butler powered the offense, blasting a homer and finishing with five RBIs. Mike Cirilli doubled twice and drove in a pair of runs to spur the Rams to a 10-3 win over Dwight Morrow. Senior Eamon Catherina, the Royals senior ace of staff, blasted a solo homer to key Ridgefield’s 6-2 win over Queen of Peace (North Arlington) as Chris Martucci was the winning pitcher. Connor Van Caugherty homered and doubled, plating four runs to propel Ridgewood to a 12-2 triumph over Clifton. Jack Hurley worked four innings, scattering three hits and striking out seven, to earn the “W” on the mounds. Corey Martinez blasted a three-run round-tripper to propel River Dell to a 142 triumph over Pascack Hills. His teammates Ryan Baumann, Corey Martinez and Chris Weber produced three RBIs apiece while Martinez was the winning pitcher. Eric Fries and Matt Kelly both legged out two-run three-baggers as Rutherford blanked

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tossed a four-hitter in earning the “W” on the mound. Wallington defeated Hasbrouck Heights 6-3 as Jose Bonilla scattered five hits in picking up the win. Justin Valsechi tripled and Emmanuel Frias drilled a tworun double. Mike Elia earned the “W” on the mound as Wayne Valley bested Clifton 11-2. Joe Trabucco plated a game-high three runs when he legged out a two-bagger while teammate Brian Moore drilled a pair of doubles. Kyle Seickel scattered four hits in earning the “W” in Westwood’s 14-4 romp over Ridgefield Park. He aided his own cause at the plate, driving in a game-high three runs while teammates Mark Romeo and Collin Saunders doubled in two runs each. Nick Belgiovine connected for an RBI single in the top of the eighth as Wood-Ridge squeaked out a 1-0 verdict in extra innings. Joe Batcho was the winning pitcher. The Blue Devils opened the season with seven straight victories for the first time, one of which was a 10-7 victory over Saddle Brook in which Mario Tartaglione drove in three runs while Batcho and Belgiovine chipped in with two RBIs apiece. William Cook recorded the win.

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Lakes dropped a 6-1 decision to Audubon and dropped a 9-5 verdict to Middlesex last season in Toms River. And the Pompton Lakes head coach says a bulk of the success of the program lies in the players and the help from the administration. “This is not a one horse show,” said Tanis. “We have great kids and a great administration that believes in us.” And Pompton Lakes Athletic Director Colleen Moyle knows what type of coach they have. “Coach Tanis is a well respected coach that pushes his players to be the best they can be both on and off the field of play,” said Moyle. “His attention to detail and work ethic have certainly played a major role in the success his program has had not only the last two seasons but throughout his career.” For Tanis success on the varsity level as head coach started right away in his first season in 1998 where his team went 22-2 and made it to the finals of the Passaic County Tournament. “It was a blessing to have all that returning talent,” said Tanis about Arnold leaving the cupboard full of top players in 1998. “I still can tell you the lineup from that year. When he (Arnold) retired he left everything to me and he didn’t coach from a distance.” And for the past two seasons, the group that Tanis has had who made it to Toms River has been special. He graduated a lot after the 2013 season including catcher Jonathan Steele and second baseman Sean Lindberg, who were both All Passaic County first team players along with Dan Foote, who was named to the All Passaic County second team. Steele was named to the All New Jersey Group 1 team. One of the biggest holes to fill was Steele, who Tanis said was one of the best catchers he has seen and set several offensive school records. “He was a great catcher,” said Tanis about Steele

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and added his replacement, junior Nick McCarthy, has played well defensively and has been improving offensively. Also part of the last two seasons and in their senior season is Kevin Magee and Mike Coss, who were also named to All Passaic County first team. While Tanis graduated the likes of Steele, Lindberg and Foote, he has both Magee and Coss who have been a deadly combination on the mound as southpaws the last couple of years. In addition both are two of the team’s best hitters and will be playing baseball for NCAA Division 1 schools next spring. Magee playing ball in the Big East at St. John’s University and Coss attending Marist College. Both are expected in 2014 to match or exceed last season’s stats on the mound, Magee at 9-1, 1.12 ERA and 106 strikeouts in 57 innings along with Coss’ numbers at 7-3, 1.25 ERA and 77 strikeouts in 67 innings. “Those two kids have tremendous talent and don’t have any egos,” said Tanis about the pair. “They support each other and give each other tips.” Tanis added that both Coss and Magee are a major ben-

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efit with the younger players. “They are like having coaches on the bench,” said Tanis. He said that he has had a great run the last few years with talented players and joked with Magee and Coss graduating this season that he will have to get back to work. “I’m going to have to start coaching,” said Tanis. In addition to Magee and Coss this season, Tanis has solid players with the likes of designated hitter Eric Moeltner, junior shortstop Jimmy Huber, senior outfielder Ryan Kazanowski who is the team’s leadoff hitter. Tanis added that the team’s pitching staying healthy will be a key for another run in both the county and state tournaments. He said that he would like to get the offense going in the first few innings. With the solid pitching, it has belied the Cardinals offense that gets off slowly from the first pitch. “We are a slow starting team and are fortunate that we have the starting pitching that we have,” said Tanis. Pompton Lakes offense is able to get going later in the game and when it gets to the other team’s bullpen.

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POMPTON LAKES — Pompton Lakes High School has a long line of tradition in baseball. There have been only four head coaches in the long history of Cardinals baseball and the most recent general that has had success is Paul Tanis. Tanis is in his 16th season as the Pompton Lakes ring leader and has continued winning after taking over for the previous owner of the position, Dennis Arnold, who had been the head coach for more than 30 years. As of last week the Cardinals were 9-2 after coming off a season where they captured the school’s first Passaic County title in 17 years. In addition Pompton Lakes have won back-to-back state sectional championships and made it to the Group 1 title game both years only to fall. For Tanis all he has known in his teaching career is the Pompton Lakes school system. He had a couple of years of coaching at Lakeland High School, his alma mater, after he attended Springfield College. And he said that he will only know Cardinal red for his lifetime. “This is where I have been and hopefully where I will retire,” said Tanis. Outside of a little time at Lakeland at the beginning of his coaching career, he has spent his entire career coaching at Pompton Lakes. After being an assistant coach for Arnold, he took over the reins for Arnold in 1998. And Tanis and Arnold continue to stay in contact almost daily even with Arnold now retired and living in Maine. “I have been fortunate to learn from great coaches,” said Tanis. “He (Arnold) still follows the team all the time and sends me email every day.”In the previous two seasons the Cardinals have accumulate a 47-8 record only to fall in the Group 1 title game. In 2012, Pompton

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Indian Hills’ 6-0 triumph over Emerson was a combined no-hitter. Ace of staff Devin Durando hurled the first six innings, fanning a dozen batters with Shelby Allen working the seventh in relief to complete the no-hitter. Danielle Saxenian hurled a no-hitter when the Academy of the Holy Angels trounced Paterson Charter 19-0. Kayla Quigley powered the offense, knocking in six runs while teammate Kelly Gilmartin plated five teammates. In a 14-0 romp over Vernon (Sussex County), the Angels’ attack was powered by home runs off the bats of Nicole Macaluso and Alison Pimpinella, both of which came with one player on base. Giana Baez launched a two-run homer to ignite Bergen Tech to a 13-6 win over Paterson Kennedy. Alex Lindstrom celebrated her 16th birthday with a productive game for Dumont as she knocked in six runs while going 3 for 4 with a pair of two-baggers as the Lady Huskies rallied to rout Fort Lee 15-5 in a Big North Conference – American Division confrontation. Lindsey Gray picked up the win. Gabby Tommolillo homered and tripled, knocking in two runs to key Elmwood Park’s 5-4 decision over Mary Help of Christians (Haledon). In addition, she was the winning pitcher as went the distance, allowing a pair of singles. Fair Lawn, which launched nine homers in its first nine games, routed Bergen Tech 16-2 in a contest that was powered by round-trippers off the bats of Jenna Berry and Samantha Colca. The Lady Cutters’ 12-8 success against Paramus Catholic was highlighted by a three-run homer off the bat of Nicole Hegybeli while teammate Danielle Sibilio went deep for three runs in Fair Lawn’s 10-0 blanking of Clifton. Nasuka Mizuma launched a two-run homer to highlight Fort Lee’s 11-1 conquest of Queen of Peace (North Arlington). Garfield’s Samantha Swidrak blasted a pair of solo homes in the Lady Boilermakers’ 6-2 loss to Saddle Brook. Carly Benjamin homered and finished with seven RBIs as she sparked Glen Rock to a 27-0 rout of Manchester Regional while teammate Krystina Rypkema homered and knocked in five runs. Sami Partyka captured the spotlight as she tossed a no-hitter and blasted a two-run homer to spur Hasbrouck Heights to a 10-0 victory over Weehawken. Immaculate Conception/Lodi routed North Arlington 16-0 as Sarah Piening hurled a no-hitter and teammate Danielle Distel went deep for a three-run homer. Sophomore Andee Lupica no-hit Weehawken 13-0 as the Blue Wolves won back-to-backto-back no-hitters, two by Piening. Reagan Jones supplied a three-run homer as Immaculate Heart Academy routed Passaic Tech 12-2. In a 13-3 romp over St. Joseph (Hammonton), Danielle Ibarra tripled and doubled, knocking in four runs while Reese

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the key to success for Leonia in the 4-3 decision against North Arlington. Castiblanco allowed one single in picking up the “W” on the mound and was the power at the plate, connecting for a homerun and double to knock in three runs. Lyndhurst’s Jenn Tellefsen blasted a three-run homer to key the Golden Bears’ 7-4 con-

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Alex Pleasic was the winning pitcher. Chris Esposito blasted a three-run homer as Ramsey defeated Dumont 7-4 in nine innings. Melissa Duberg and KellyAnn Rubino homered as Park Ridge blanked Saddle River Day 13-0 while Ramapo’s Catherine Ursillo’s three-run homer was crucial in the Raiders’ 9-7 triumph over Bergenfield. Abby Triglia smashed a two-run homer to propel Ramsey to an 11-0 blanking of Cliffside Park as teammate Jess Juhlin hurled a no-hitter. Cathy Antonelli hurled a one-hitter to pick up the “W” on the mound and at the plate homered, driving in three runs to propel River Dell to a 12-0 rout of Cliffside Park. Rutherford’s frosh first sacker Kristen Wernicki belted a three-run homer in the 10th inning to give the Lady Bulldogs a 9-7 victory over Pompton Lakes. In the Lady Bulldogs 5-0 victory over Pascack Hills, sophomore Natalie Else smashed a pair of round-trippers, knocking in three runs. Angela Ferrante belted a solo homer to highlight Saddle Brook’s 8-5 triumph over Weehawken while Julia McClure legged out a pair of two baggers and plated a run. Saddle Brook utilized home runs from Darian Kraeuter, Ashley Russo and Morgan Santora that produced a combined eight runs in a 10-2 victory over Wood-Ridge. Teaneck defeated Bergenfield 9-5 as Daeshia Jones drove in three runs while Deliah-Lee Carroll page 14

and Kailey Veras singled in two runs apiece. Keeley Hassert’s solo homer proved to be the difference as Wayne Hills edged Wayne Valley 6-5 for local bragging rights. Alana Luna doubled and knocked in three runs while teammate Christina Fabiano doubled twice for the Lady

Patriots, driving in a run. Westwood’s Emilie McLaughlin held Dwight Morrow hitless as the Lady Cardinals romped to a 10-0 win in seven innings. McLaughlin aided her own cause at the plate, plating a pair of teammates. Mackenzie Porch blasted a two-run roundtripper as West Milford defeat-

ed Secaucus 6-1. Wood-Ridge rallied to topple Hasbrouck Heights 10-7, sparked by a three-run homer off the bat of Joelle Tondi who also legged out a two-bagger. Her teammate Julia Connelly doubled home three runs while Brittany Larsen was the winning pitcher.

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Cutters Dominate at the Net By Kyle Elston Fair Lawn defeated Wayne Valley 2-0, posting games of 25-15 and 26-24. Setter Dan Sela distributed 35 assists, served six winning points and had two aces plus a pair of digs. Mike Centeno scooped up 10 digs and served five winning points while Jake Lombardo had seven digs and five service points. Kenny Newberg chipped in with nine digs, three winning services and one ace while Max Kostin added four kills, three blocks and a dig. Sela was credited with 31 assists when the Cutters defeated Passaic Valley 21, winning games of 25-21, 21-25 and 25-14. Kostin slammed nine kills and Ryan Healy scooped up a dozen digs. Jeffrey Matthews picked up a match-high 14 digs to highlight Bergenfield’s 2-0 victory over Teaneck as the Bears won games of 2520 and 25-21. Matthews added six kills with teammate Daniel Stanio, the setter, dishing off 14 assists. Bergen Tech toppled Clifton 2-0, winning by scores of 26-2 and 25-21. Setter Adam Mahdy produced a matchhigh 21 assists, Ben Sharp slammed a dozen kills with Chris Markosian picking up 10 digs. Don Bosco Prep rallied to defeat Hackensack 2-1 as the Ironmen won by scores of 22-25, 25-19 and

25-13. Connor Mack excelled up front, slamming 21 kills while setter Tom Wisnewski dished off 18 assists and libero Dylan Amado picked up 11 digs. Garfield defeated Lyndhurst 2-0 as the Boilermakers won by scores of 25-16 and 25-16. Setter Nicky Vasquez distributed 2 assists while Luis Alzate slammed six kills. In a 20 win over Bayonne which the Boilermakers won by scores of 25-22 and 25-17, Raul Garcia was top gun at the net, blasting 11 kills and Vasquez scooped up eight digs. Hackensack held on to topple Jefferson 2-1, winning by scores of 26-24, 19-25 and 25-23. Setter Mac DiTomasso dished off 28 assists and served six winning points plus an ace while Edward Emedoh spiked a dozen kills and blocked a shot on the front line. Marco Fontana chipped in with 14 kills, seven service points, two aces and two digs while Delvin Diaz produced six service points, four blocked shots, three kills and an ace. Steven Geerlof served nine points and had an ace while Jason Van Der Witt served four winning points, aced one serve and spiked two kills. Fontana spiked 11 kills to highlight the Comets 2-0 triumph over Kearny as DiTomasso dished off 17 assists. Hackensack won by scores of 25-18 and 30-28 with Palmore

picking up four digs. Matt Vogel distributed 22 assists, served six aces, picked up a pair of digs and slammed a kill in keying Lakeland’s 2-0 triumph over Bergen Catholic, winning games of 25-15 and 25-10. Petko Ljusic dominated at the net, spiking 15 kills, blocking a shot and chipping ion with three service aces and two digs while Dennis Feurhing was credited with five kills, four aces and two digs. Jeffrey Holm scooped up a match-high 14 digs and served a pair of aces while his brother James picked up six digs and Greg Huebner recorded two aces, two digs and a kill. Lyndhurst posted a 2-0 victory over North Star Academy, winning games of 25-14 and 25-10. Setter Gio Arcentales dished off a dozen assists while Tom Hooper spiked seven kills and Edgar Bravo picked up seven digs. Teaneck thumped Paterson Eastside 2-0, cruising to wins of 25-10 and 25-8. Corey Young turned in a versatile effort, spiking seven kills, serving six aces, blocking a shot and scooping up four digs while Joshua Lurie recorded five digs, two aces and a pair of service points. Setter Brian Sanchez directed the attack, distributing a dozen assists, serving two winning points, picking up a dig and blasting a kill. Elliott Jenner registered three kills, two service points,

one assists, one block and one dig with Davin Peters served two aces and a winning point. Daniel Amuso, Mitchell Ona and Mateo Suarez produced three digs and service points apiece. Wayne Hills defeated Bergen Tech 2-0, posting scores of 25-20 and 25-15 as setter Neel Patel dished off 17 assists and added two digs and a service ace. Cameron Ghassemi spiked nine kills and picked up five digs with Adam Santana adding seven digs, six kills and an ace. Wayne Valley impressed with a 2-0 victory over Clifton as the Indians won games of 25-10 and 25-17. Senior libero Ryan Brown scooped up 28 digs and delivered 11 winning two points plus a pair of aces. Sophomore Danny Sciolaro slammed 11 kills and Alex Widovic spiked 10 kills and delivered 10 winning service points. Harris Marshall contributed 15 assists, one block and one kill, Evan Covello distributed 10 assists and served three winning points while Dan Kyparissis served five winning points and picked up four digs. In a 2-0 victory over Don Bosco Prep that the Indians won by scores of 25-20 and 25-16, Brown scooped up a match-high 30 digs while Marshall distributed six assists and Sciolaro hammered six kills.

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100TH CAREER WIN FOR WAYNE HILLS HEAD COACH By Jessica Quas Wayne Hills celebrated not only an 18-5 victory over Clifton on Saturday, April 26, but a milestone victory for their head coach Marie Tripp who reached her 100th career win. Leading the attack for the Patriots was Samantha Rodriguez who scored four goals and two assists. Gabriella Bussanich also scored four times and Victoria Cunningham contributed three more goals to the effort as well as three assists. Saddle River Day’s 18-13 tri-

umph over Governor Livingston (Berkeley Heights) was a family affair as the McMahon sisters, Daniella and Izzy, netted nine goals apiece to account for all the Lady Rebels’ offense. Exploding to a 10-0 advantage by the halftime intermission, the Lady Rebels routed the Master’s School (CT) 17-1 in an inter-state girls lacrosse match. Daniella McMahon netted five goals and distributed six assists while Izzy scored twice and dished off four assists. Hawley Moore chipped in with a pair of

goals and two assists while Megan Crowley and Sabrina Waxenberg tallied solo goals with Waxenberg contributing an assist. Goalie Zoe Fava made five saves. In another battle with a New York power, Danielle McMahon netted eight goals and sister Izzy seven as the Lady Rebels defeated Albertis Magnus (Rockland County) 16-13 with Kelly Hannigan netting the other goal. Westwood, in its inaugural season as a varsity girl’s lacrosse program, enjoyed the

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goals and dished off a pair of assists, Nicole Costantino tallied six goals to lead Mahwah to a 15-7 victory over Scotch Plains/Fanwood (Union County). Haley Symnons scored six times as Northern Valley/Old Tappan romped to a 14-3 win over DePaul. In a nip-and-tuck thriller, Northern Valley/Demarest pulled out a 13-12 victory over Bergen Tech that was highlighted by an eight-goal performance by the Norsewomen’s Megan Lewis. Christine Duff tallied four goals to spark the Academy of the Holy Angels to a 14-13 triumph over Pascack Valley in a game decided in the second overtime period. Julia Toolen chipped in with three goals and dished off two assists while teammate Danielle Stephens scored three times and was credited with an assist. Amelia Della Pesca led PV, scoring four goals and dishing off an assist. Lakeland’s Annie Youst tallied six goals to spur the

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Lady Lancers to an 18-6 rout of Dwight-Englewood while Mahwah’s duo of Allie Garbely and Taylor Herrmann split a combined eight goals down the middle. Eleanon Hagen netted six goals and dished off an assist to propel Northern Highlands to an 18-4 rout of Livingston in an inter-country match while teammate Julia Bradbury netted nine goals and dishes off an assist as the Lady Highlanders defeated Cranford (Union County) 15-10. Phoebe Shields scored five goals to spark Pascack Hills to a 16-3 rout of Mary Help of Christians (Haledon) while her teammates Catlin Ernest and Kylie Hunter scored four goals apiece. Ramapo defeated Glen Rock 17-13 as Danielle VanCalcar netted seven goals and was assisted by teammates Reilly Garner and Anna Powers who tallied four goals apiece with Powers chipping in with a pair of assists. Kirsten Woznak netted five goals and dished off an assist to propel River Dell to an 11-5 suc-

cess over Paramus and scored four goals, dishing off three assists in a 15-3 rout of Clifton. Trailing 9-5 at the intermission, River Dell went on a 6-1 run at crunch time to pull out an 11-10 victory over Waldwick as Gabi Davidson tallied five goals. Kimberley Doyle’s five goal effort led Wayne Valley to a 1210 triumph over Waldwick. In a 12-4 triumph over High Point (Sussex County), Cristina Pellegrino netted four goals and dished off an assist for the Lady Highlanders while Jacy DiZenzo tallied three goals for a hat trick effort. Individual Highlights Ridgewood’s Darby Kiernan scored six times as the Maroons coasted to a 15-5 triumph over Immaculate Heart Academy. In a 14-12 overtime victory against Chatham, Kiernan scored seven times and distributed three assists. Julie Corristown tallied five goals and distributed three assists to propel Northern Highlands to a 15-5 victory over Ramapo. Netting their 100th career

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By Bryan Wasylak Bergen Catholic built an 11-2 halftime advantage in defeating St. Joseph (Metuchen) 156. Matt Haemmerle tallied four goals with Michael Reilly chipping in with three goals and three assists. Trailing 6-3 at halftime, the Crusaders rallied to defeat Cherry Creek (CO) 10-9 as Haemmerle scored a team-high three times and passed off an assist. With 13 Crusaders lighting the scoring lamp, Bergen Catholic routed Glen Rock 18-3. Brendan Mackie, Brett Mistretta, Reilly, and Aldan Rogers netted two goals apiece during the scoring parade. Surging to a seven goal advantage by the intermission, the Crusaders rolled to a 13-6 victory over Ridgewood in a match of the top two teams in the Gibbs Division as senior attackman Chris Blewitt netted a matchhigh four goals and contributed a pair of assists. Tied 2-2 entering the second quarter, DePaul scored 10 straight times to open up a 12-2 advantage at the inter-

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mission in vanquishing Indian Hills 2-5. Matt Greff tallied six goals and added an assist while Riley Clark, Bradley Paterson and Robbie Williams netted four goals apiece with Clark and Paterson distributing four assists apiece. Keiran McCullough excelled in the goal, making 10 saves to highlight Don Bosco Prep’s 3-2 victory over Montclair (Essex County). Jack Gaul, Russell Masci and Riley O’Sullivan netted the goals for the Ironmen with O’Sullivan credited with an assist. Dwight-Englewood pulled out a 6-5 victory over Boonton (Morris County) as Harrison Gordon netted two goals while Sam Sakota and Daniel Shlien each scored a goal and dished off solo assists. Knotted at 6-6, Indian Hills exploded on a 10-0 run down the stretch to defeat Paramus 16-6 as Brendan Carti and Sam Greer netted five goals apiece with Greer distributing five assists. Greer produced five goals and dished off an assist to lead the Braves to a 10-3 victory over NV/Old Tappan. James

Carroll was top gun as Lakeland routed Clifton 15-3, netting five goals and dishing off a pair of assists. His teammate Raymond Nyhuis added three goals and two assist to the win. Michael Wilson netted four goals and dished off four assists to spur the Lancers to a 15-6 victory over Glen Rock with Carroll and Nyhuis adding four goals each. Shawn Doran scored five times and was credited with an assist when Mahwah rolled to a 13-4 victory over Fair Lawn. In a 9-8 overtime win against Randolph (Morris County), Alec Tzaneteas was the Thunderbird standout, scoring five goals. Doran exploded, scoring seven times, to highlight the Thunderbirds’ 11-6 victory Suffern (NY). Ryan Mulvey tallied six goals and dished off two assists to power Northern Highlands to a 15-4 romp over Pope John (Sparta) with Chris Basralian chipping in with three goals and three assists. Neal Rexroth tallied five goals and distributed an assist to ignite Northern Valley/Demarest to a 16-6 rout of

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off three assists. Goalie Matt Evans made two saves as Pascack Hills blanked Westwood 16-0. Noah Shields keyed the attack, producing five goals and contributing four assists. Jack Benedict added three goals and three assists. Zack Beja scored five goals and was credited with a pair of assist as he sparked Pascack Valley to a 13- 7 triumph over Paramus Catholic. Ridgewood exploded to a 192 victory over Glen Rock, leading 16-1 at the intermission.

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Owen Smith produced five goals and an assist. River Dell steadily pulled away to defeat Pascack Hills 10-2 as Matt Coppola and Michael DeBenedetto tallied three goals apiece and were credited with solo assists. In a 14-5 triumph over Clifton, Richie Myers was the Golden Hawks’ top gun, scoring five times and distributing three assists. Nick Haubner tallied five goals and dished off seven assists while Jack Walsh also netted five goals and distributed four assists as the duo powered St.

Joseph Reg. (Mont) to a 14-9 triumph over Dwight-Englewood. Huebner and Walsh scored four times apiece in keying the Green Knights’ 15-5 rout of Pascack Hills. Hueston Herman chipped in with four goals for a hat trick effort and contributed a pair of assists while Steve Dinallo added two goals and dished off three assists. Jeremy Zaukas highlighted Waldwick’s 14-1 thumping of Westwood by netting five goals and distributing three assists. His teammate Bryan Pattmen

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Turning in gold medal performances in four events, the Academy of the Holy Angels finished second among the six teams competing in Division B of the Bergen County Relays held at River Dell High School. Kristen Sherlock, Olivia Salomone, Sarah Laufeld and Holly Slepian formed the foursome that produced the winning clocking of 1:48.30 in the 800-meter relay. In the 6400-meter relay, the quartet of Margaret Sheehan, Grace Jansson, Kirsten Judge and Mary Watters captured the fold medals with a clocking of 22:04.90 while the team of Waters, Sheehan, Ciara Rhodes and Lydon Kersting produced the winning time of 12:34.50 in the distance medley. Mackenzie Merkel, Jansson and Megan Swords combined to flip the eightpound ball 93-7 ¾ to win the shot put relay competition. Trailing 4-1 entering the bottom of the fourth, the Angels rallied with three runs to knot the contest and scored six times in the bottom of the sixth to defeat Garfield 10-4 in softball. Danielle Saxenian was the winning pitcher while Zoe Cockinos, Meghan Englehardt, Kelly Gilmartin, Kailee Healey and Kayla Quigley knocked two runs apiece.

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Joe Hernandez, Sebastian Castano and Angelo Gentile combined to flip the discus a gold medal distance of 362-3 in the Boys C Division competition of the Bergen County Track & Field Relays at River Dell High School. Krista Spadaccini tripled home a pair of runs to highlight the Lady Cougars’ 15-5 romp over Palisades Park in a NJIC softball game. Geralyn Picinich doubled and plated three teammates with Sophia Doku, Samantha Monaco and Brianna Ortega chipping in with two RBIs apiece. Colleen Byrne was the winning pitcher. Kenny Hong led by example as the Cougars’ ace of staff served blanks in a 6-0, 6-0 victory at first singles to key the Cougars to a 5-0 rout of Emerson in a boys’ tennis match. Matt Lee matched the goose-eggs in posting a 6-0, 6-0 verdict in the third singles slot while Roy Lano won 6-1, 6-0 at second singles. Anav Behl and Abishek Shah, the No. 2 doubles tandem, won 6-1, 6-0 while the No. 2 tandem of Alex Choi and George Makris won 6-4, 6-1.

In a battle of unbeaten squads, DBP defeated Bergen Catholic 4-1 in a Big North Conference tennis match. Ted Chung excelled in the No. 2 singles slot, recording a 6-0, 6-0 rout while Russell Hernandez posted a 6-3, 6-2 victory at third singles. Jake Jacaruso and Nick Picone won 6-6, 6-0 at first doubles with the No. 2 tandem of Eric DeZaio and Austin Tchikatilov winning 6-3, 6-3. Mike Betley directed the attack, distributing 11 assists to propel the Ironmen to a 2-0 victory over Bergen Catholic in a boys’ volleyball match, winning games of 25-22 and 25-15. Dylan Amador scooped up 10 digs while Connor Mack excelled at the net, spiking seven kills. Jon Slater and Blaise Zingale both carded two-over nine-hole rounds of 38 to spur the Ironmen to a 155-189 triumph over St. Joseph Regional (Montvale) in a dual golf match played at the Darlington Golf Course. Al Acquaviva turned in a round of 39 while Gabe Estevez completed the team total in the fourplayer format by finishing with a 40.

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Zach Egermayer carded a two-over par nine-hole round of 36 to spur the Crusaders to a 193-210 triumph over Tappan Zee (NY) in an interstate golf match contested over the fairways and greens of the Rockland Country Club in a format in which the top five players count. Stephen Weingroff turned in a round of 37 while Bobby Piluso took 38 shots to finish the round. Kyle Weiner tossed a two-hit shutout as the Crusaders blanked Don Bosco Prep 10-0 in baseball. Alec DeMattheis doubled in a pair of runs while Pat Doherty, Mike Martinez and Erickson Nichols drove in runs.

Ashley LaGuardia fired a 2-hit shutout as DePaul defeated Clifton 7-0 in a Big North Conference softball game in which the Lady Spartans pushed 6 runs across the plate in the bottom of the 6th as Danielle Trongone powered the attack with 3 RBIs. Trailing 2-1 entering the bottom of the sixth, winless DePaul pushed five runs across the plate to upset previously undefeated Pompton Lakes 6-2 keyed by round-trippers off the bats of Jon Budesa and Marty McIver. Marc Wright, Zydrique Williamson, Dayvon Robinson and Joe White won the classic 1600-meter relay at the Passaic County Relays, posting a clocking of 3:39.47 for the metric mile. Markey Clarke, Shariq Marshall, Robinson and Williamson sprinted to a gold medal finish in the 400-meter relay, crossing the line in 46.31 seconds. In the girls’ division, the Lady Spartans’ trio of Megan and Melissa McGourty and Nadia Michalewski dominated the timbers, winning the 3 X 400-meter low hurdles in 3:53.62 and joining with Raven Cordner to grab the gold medals in the 400-meter shuttle high hurdles.

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Matt Haemmerle netted four goals while Michael Reilly chipped in with three goals and distributed a trio of assists as the duo powered the Crusaders to a 15-6 triumph of St. Joseph (Metuchen) in a non-divisional boys lacrosse match. Matt Mistretta and Doug Pula contributed two goals each with Brian Ayers, Spencer Dittfield, Brendan Mackie and Trevor Weingarten completing the scoring parade. Mackie and Harry Caufield dished off two assists apiece.

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Off to a 9-1 start in dual matches, Dwight-Englewood’s boys’ golf team has been powered by Phoebe Mattana as the Bulldogs do not have a girls’ squad. Mattana carded the low nine-hole round of three-over par 38 as D-E defeated Cresskill 182-219 at Orchard Hills and posted a one-over par round of 37 in a 172-229 rout of Palisades Park at Overpeck. Tara Satnick, Claudine Chartouni, Shereen Al-Sawwaf and Hannah Jerome dashed to a gold medal performance in the 1600meter relay in the Girls D Division of the Bergen County Relays at River Dell HS, breaking the tape in 4:29.50 for the metric mile. Jerome and Satnick teamed up with Viviana Torres and Jessica Vero to win the 6400-meter run in 23:41.30 while Rebecca Ho replaced Torres to form the winning Distance Medley foursome that was clocked in 13:25.70. Nikhil Kokra, Jordan Runyon and Larry Suprun all posted 6-0, 6-0 shutouts as the Bulldogs routed Emerson 5-0 in an NJIC boys’ tennis match. Zachary Canelos and Martin Schecter at first doubles and the second duo of Sumukh Sridhara and Jason Yoon also won 6-0, 6-0.

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Cheyenne Bellerand and Erika Tretner dominated the throwing events in the Girls D Division of the Bergen County Track & Field Relays contested at River Dell High School. The duo teamed with Alyssa LaForge to flip the eight-pound ball a combined distance of 91-3 ½ to win the shot put competition and combined with Carleigh Ross to capture the gold medals in the discus relay event with the total distance of 267-1. Emerson rallied from an early 1-0 deficit to remain unbeaten at 4-0 by defeating Midland Park 4-1 as Joe Fisco scattered five safeties in picking up the “W” on the mound. John Juri, Chris Nedilsky, Tyler Pavone and Anthony Scozzafava drove in the runs. Katie Falotico blanked Hawthorne Christian, allowing two singles in a 10-0 rout of the Lady Defenders. Falotico aided her own cause at the plate, driving in a pair of runs while Kassidy Germann and Nicole Johnston also drove in two runs while Veronica DeStefano, Mary Kelly and Erin Riker plated teammates.

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Danielle Sibilio powered the Lady Cutters to a 12-1 rout of Lakeland in a Big North softball matchup. Sibilio homered and legged out a two-bagger while knocking in five runs while teammates Samantha Dypko and Nicole Hegybeli blasted two-run round-trippers. Emily Klion allowed one hit in picking up the “W” on the mound. Mike Abelev and Mark Persky delivered blanks in posting 6-0, 6-0 victories in the No. 1 and No. 2 singles slots as the Cutters romped to a 5-0 triumph over Passaic in a Big North Conference boys’ tennis match. Nick Stepanov won 6-4, 6-1 in the third position while the No. 1 doubles duo of Sam Altshuler and Ross Childs posted a 6-1, 6-1 win. Larry Frolod and John Horowitz completed the rout with a 6-3, 6-3 triumph at second doubles. Chris Messerian legged out an RBI triple and scattered three hits in picking up the “W” as the Cutters routed Passaic 10-0 in a game curtailed in the bottom of the fifth by the 10-run mercy rule. Adam Hebel doubled and plated three runs. editor@sportsfitnesswellness.com

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Mike Reyes homered and knocked in three runs to propel the Boilermakers to a 15-7 romp over Eastern Christian in a baseball game. Ryan Casiano and Darwin Tavarez each doubled home a pair of runs with David Dolci and Alex Victorino and both picking up two RBIs. Mike Gutierrez was the winning pitcher. Setter Nicky Vasquez excelled in the Boilermakers’ 2-0 triumph over Lyndhurst in a boys’ volleyball confrontation. Vasquez distributed a match-high 22 assists while teammate Luis Alzate spiked six kills as Garfield won by scores of 25-16 and 25-16. On the softball diamond, Noelle Evelina pitched and batted the Lady Boilermakers to a 9-5 triumph over Eastern Christian after the Lady Boilermakers trailed 5-2 after entering the top of the sixth. Evelina doubled in a pair of runs while scattering eight hits to earn the “W” on the mound. Erin Ashley-Dickson and Jessica Ibrahim both collected a pair of RBIs.

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MCINERNEY, WANG RACE TO DOUBLE GOLD IN BERGEN RELAYS

Nile Slater, Matt Wang, Jeff Mate and Sean McInerney sprinted to a gold medal finish in the 400-meter relay of the Boys’ Division C competition of the Bergen County Track & Field Relays contested at River Dell High School, posting a clocking of 44.8 seconds. McInerney and Wang teamed with Jeremy Packer and Owen Davitt to finish first in the sprint medley relay, turning in a time of 3:43.7.

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Pushing four runs across the plate in the bottom of the first, the Panthers led all the way in defeating Northern Highlands 9-5 in a baseball game as Mike Szawaluk picked up the “W” on the mound. Matt Lange legged out a pair of two-baggers and plated three runs while John Scandale drove in two teammates. Brady Miller and Szawaluk added RBI singles.

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Setter Mac DiTomasso distributed a match-high 31 assists to spur Hackensack to a 2-1 triumph over Jefferson in a non-conference boys’ volleyball match. The Comets won by scores of 25-18, 22-25, 25-22 as Marco Fontana excelled at the net, spiking 17 kills with Barry Palmore scooping up 11 digs. Dana Lynch, Kathryn Grant, Christine Davis and Amber Redmond raced to a gold medal performance in the 800meter relay at the Season Opener track & Field competition contested at River Dell High School. The quartet was clocked in 1.48.7. Allison Conlon hurled a three-hit shutout as the Lady Comets defeated Passaic 13-0 in a Big North Conference softball game curtailed after five innings by the 10-run mercy rule. Danielle Brotherton launched a round-tripper and legged out a two-bagger to power the attack while Jamie Parisi and Alexandra Torebka posted a game-high three RBIs each. Danielle McNair and Brotherton recorded solo RBIs.

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Steph Thomas fired a no-hitter to propel unbeaten Immaculate Heart to its eighth straight “W” with a 11-0 rout of Red Bank Regional in a non-divisional softball contest. Angelina McGuire legged out a two-bagger and plated three runs while Reese Guevarra knocked home three teammates. Danielle Ibarra tripled in a run and Emilie Cieslak contributed a pair of RBIs. Julie Weismiller, Natalie Miller and Caroline Namiotka combined to clear the winning height of 24-0 and claim the gold medals in the Division A Girls Pole Vault competition at the Bergen Relays contested at River Dell High School. Erin Ahearn, Giavanna Tabbachino, Megan Brockmeier and Colleen Buckley teamed up to win the 6400-meter relay with a clocking of 21:45.60 while the foursome of Buckley, Ahearn and Tabbachino plus Jaimi Hliboki finished first in the distance medley with a time of 12:45.00.

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Dominating the timber events, Hasbrouck Heights was runnerup in the Girls Division C team standings at the Bergen County Track & Field Relays contested at River Dell H. S. Jenna DiGiacinto and Brooke McKnight ran legs on both the gold medal shuttle hurdles and 3x400 low hurdles teams. Tina Messery, Maggie Filja and Ashley Quinn won the javelin relay with a total distance of 279-2 and the foursome of Jenna DiGiacinto, Danielle Dallara, Daniella Macera and Jillian DiGiacinto triumphed in the 3200-meter relay with a clocking of 10:19.40. Ryan Kaverick was the winning pitcher as the Aviators defeated Saddle Brook 4-2 in baseball. Mark Ferraro double in a pair of runs and Rob Klen delivered a two-run single.

Devin Durando hurled a no-hitter to highlight Indian Hill’s 4-0 blanking of Park Ridge in a softball matchup. Durando aided her own cause at the plate, knocking in three runs while Karley Jo Greulich chipped in with an RBI and Shelby Allen legged out a two-bagger for the game’s only extra base hit. Dominating the distance events in the Boys B Division of the Bergen County Track & Field Relays contested at River Dell High School, Indian Hills won the 6400—meter relay with the foursome of Chris Evans, Bobby Corcoran, Tom McPhee and Matt Tuohy posting time of 18:09.7 and the distance medley quartet of Evans, Tuohy, Mike Nowatzky and Jack Kerin turning in the fastest clocking of 10:35.0. Serafino Brito lit up the scoreboard, knocking in six runs to propel the Braves to a 13-1 romp over Ramsey in a baseball game curtailed after five innings by the 10-run mercy rule. Rich Pagano plated three teammates with Rob Breslow, A.J. LoPresti and Devin Torres collecting RBIs.

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Lakeland coasted to a 2-0 triumph over Bergen Catholic in a boys’ volleyball match as the Lancers won by scores of 25-15 and 25-16. Petko Ljusic dominated up front, spiking 15 kills while setter Matt Vogel distributed a match-high 21 assists. Jeffrey Holm excelled in the back, scooping up 14 digs. Sierra LoCicero and Erika DeVita combined to reach the winning height of 15-6 in the Girls A Division pole vault relay competition at the Passaic County Track & Field Relay. Sarah Bright, Jenna Heller and Victoria Sheridan leaped a combined distance of 44-2 ¾ to capture the gold medals in the long jump relay. Lakeland posted an impressive 15-6 victory over Fair Lawn in a boys’ lacrosse match. James Carroll, Raymond Nyhuis and Michael Wilson highlighted the attack as the trio netted four goals apiece with Wilson distributing a match-high four assists and Carroll credited with three assists. Evan Cruz chipped in with a pair of goals while goalie Conner Evans made a dozen saves.

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Sami Partyka scattered seven singles in hurling the Lady Aviators to a 10-0 victory over Passaic Valley in a softball encounter highlighted by a three-run round-tripper off the bat of Kayla Dickman. Stephanie Pagan tripled home three runs while Diana Torres singled two teammates across the plate. Carolyn Clites legged out a two-bagger.

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Nicole Costantino lit up the scoring lamp six times to highlight Mahwah’s 15-7 romp over Scotch Plains-Fanwood in an inter-sectional girls lacrosse match. Brianna Spencer chipped in with three goals and an assist while Kelly Pushie contributed two goals and two assists. Caelie Batelli, Allie Garbely, Taylor Herrmann and Erin Jaffe completed the scoring parade with solo goals and Garbely dished off a pair of assists. On the boys’ lax field, the Thunderbirds pulled out a 9-8 overtime win against Randolph in an intersectional matchup. Alex Tzaneteas netted five goals and distributed an assist while Shawn Doran chipped in with three goals and two assists. Christopher Benson netted the other goal. Jordan Manne scattered four singles over six innings to pick up the “W” on the mound as the Thunderbirds posted a 5-1 victory over Pascack Valley on the baseball diamond. Zack Freguletti doubled in three runs in the bottom of the third and Jason Stepp contributed an RBI. page 23

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Thalia Ghalam, Veronica Pantale and Nicolette Agresta teamed up to hurl the javelin a combined distance of 261-2 and capture the gold medals in the event at the Girls D Division of the Bergen County Track & Field Relays contested at River Dell High School. Ghalam picked up a second gold medal when she combined with Lisa Carle and Rebecca Rabiero to win the gold in the high jump relay competition with a total height of 13-10. Katie Lelinho hurled a no-hitter as the Lady Panthers blanked Saddle River Day 10-0 in a softball game called in the bottom of the fifth by the 10-run mercy rule. Lelinho aided her own cause at the plate, knocking in three runs while Amanda Parker legged out a pair of triples and drove in a run. Julia Obsuth recorded a pair of RBIs with Julie Carey doubling in a run. Ryan Coughlin carded a nine-hole round of par 35 to highlight Midland Park’s sweep of a quad golf match played at Orchard Hills as the Panthers defeated Waldwick, Cresskill and Palisades Park.

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Nicole DiPasquale netted four goals to propel the Lady Spartans to a 9-8 triumph over Wayne Valley. Amanda Kaiser and Julia Koenemund, who added a pair of assists, both tallied two goals with Julie Musarra adding a solo goal. Goalie Angela DiPasquale made it a family affair when she was credited with 13 saves in recording the “W” between the pipes. Noel Hodgins doubled and knocked in four runs to key the Lady Spartans’ 13-4 rout of Teaneck in a Big North Conference softball meeting. Sally Li plated a pair of teammates with Ani Avanesian, Alex Ehrenberg and Tori Petruzella chipping in with solo RBIs. Petruzella scattered four singles in notching the “W” on the mound. Greg Zaks, the Spartans’ ace of staff, pulled out a 6-6, 4-6, 61 decision in the battle No. 1 singles players to ignite Paramus to a 5-0 triumph over Hackensack in a Big North Conference boys’ tennis match. Ritchey Young posted a 6-0, 6-1 win in the No.; 2 singles slot while Tommaso Fernandes won 6-6, 6-0 in the third singles position.

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Eleanor Hagen tallied six goals and dished off an assist to highlight the Lady Highlanders’ 18-4 rout of Livingston in an inter-county girls’ lacrosse match. Julia Bradley chipped in with four goals and three assists, Julia Corriston added three goals and two assists with Katelyn Ewell finishing with two goals and a pair of assists. Sarah Gunderson picked up the “W” on the mound as the Lady Highlanders defeated Ramapo 9-5 in softball. Sasha Brown launched a three-run homer Madison Bialkowski plated a game-high four runs.

Tatiyanna Sanders and Rosemary Menyhart picked up gold medals in the long jump and triple jump events in the Girls A Division of the Bergen County Track & Field Relays held at River Dell High School. Teamed with Ariana Chipolone, the trio won the long jump with a combined leap of 51-1/4 and combined with Ashley Ancrum to post the winning distance of 103-5 ½ in the hop, step and jump. Kayla Adams, Dannie Griffin and Dominique Penabad won the javelin relay with a total distance of 264-9. Heather Ronchi was the winning pitcher as the Lady Paladin defeated Cedar Grove 16-0 in an inert-county softball game. Julianna Longo and Stephanie Triola plated three teammates apiece while Olivia D’Amato knocked in two runs. Noelle Cancro, Julia DeCandia, Ronchi, Victoria Soohoo and Sabrina Torres recorded solo RBIs. Nick DiMinno netted seven goals and dished off an assist to propel the Paladins to a 12-4 rout of Passaic Valley in a Big North boys’ lacrosse match. Bailey Sullivan chipped in with four goals and three assists.

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Alyssa Incantalupo legged out a pair of two-baggers and knocked in three runs to key Ramapo’s 8-5 win over Jefferson in an inter-county softball encounter. Casey Altamuro plated two teammates with Megan Farman, Katrina Goria and Ciana Moschetto driving in solo runs. Melanie Psota tripled and was the winning pitcher. Daniel Lee battled to a 7-5, -7 (3-7), 10-8 victory in the battle of aces to key Ramapo’s 5-0 victory over Pascack Valley in boys’ tennis. Tim Lee posted a 7-6 (7-5), 6-1 decision in the No. 2 singles slot with Vishaal Ekhalikar winning 6-0, 6-4 in the third singles position. Michael Daly and Justin Macaluso, the top doubles tandem, won 6-4, 6-4 with the No. 2 duo of Anthony Laino and Alex Stern winning 6-3, 6-2. Steve Evangelista was the winning pitcher as Ramapo defeating Marist (Jersey City) in a non-conference baseball game. Matt Giacose singled in a pair of runs in the bottom of the second and Mikey Grasso doubled home a teammate with Jack White picking up an RBI.

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Amanda Pook led off three Lady Highlander relay teams that raced to gold medal finishes in the Girls A Division of the Bergen County Track & Field Relays. Pook toed the starting blocks in the 1600-meter relay (3:21.90), sprint medley (4:19.90) and 3x400-meter low hurdles (3:21.90) with teammate Hilary McElwain running a leg on each of the three teams. Karina North, Anna Richard and the Hinchens, Grace and Jodi, posted a first place finish in the 300-meter relay.

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Ridgewood won four events in claiming the Boys Division A team title at the Bergen County Track & Field Relays contested at River Dell HS. Kotaro Tamura, David Fering, Luke Dubliner and Brian Collins claimed the gold medals in the 3200-meter relay with a clocking of 8:03.1. Connor Abernathy, Nick Higgins and Jamal Locke hurled the spear a total distance of 460-6 to win the javelin relay while Bruce Johnson, Armand Punjab and Alan Wong hopped, stepped and jumped a combined distance of 127-5 ½ to win the triple jump. Wong teamed with Spencer Llerandi and Patrick Morgan to claim the gold medals in the pole vault competition with a height of 37-4. Nick Morabito carded the team’s low nine-hole round of 37 as the Maroons pulled out a 160-161 victory over DBP in a big North Conference golf match contested at the Rockland Country Club. Ridgewood defeated Kent Place (Summit) 20-16 in overtime of an inter-county girls’ lacrosse match. Darby Kiernan netted six goals and dished off an assist while Jordan Ford excelled, scoring four times and distributing nine assists.

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Ashton Bardzell launched a round-tripper and knocked in five runs to propel Ramsey to a 9-1 rout of Mahwah in a boys’ diamond encounter. Scott Jezequel, Rob Sartori and Konnor Shetler recorded RBIs while Chris Cerf was the winning pitcher. Sean Corriston carded a team-low nine-hole round of 42 to spur Ramsey to a 172-208 victory over Ridgefield Park in a golf match played at Rockleigh as the unbeaten Rams won their ninth straight dual match. Jacob Turner posted a 6-1, 6-0 verdict in the confrontation of aces to ignite the Rams to a 5-0 victory over Cliffside Park in a boys’ tennis match. Alex Kwon won by a score of 7-5, 61 in the No. 2 singles position while Carsten Kramer posted a 6-1, 6-0 win in the battle of the No. 3 singles players. Brian Kurnentz and Matt Tome, the top tandem, won 6-2, 6-3 with the No. 2 doubles duo of Chris Eng and Brandon Lim winning 6-4, 6-0.

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Utilizing home field advantage, River Dell captured the Boys B Division team title by placing first in 6 events of the Bergen County Track & Field Relays on Oradell. The Golden Hawks won the 800-meter relay (1:31.2), 1600-meter relay (3:29.4) and 3200-meter relay (8:12.9 while placing first in the shuttle hurdles (1:04.0), shot put (134-8) & discus (364-9) competitions. Lucas Salerno was the winning pitcher as the Golden Hawks defeated Fort Lee 7-5 on the baseball diamond. Kyle Norton doubled in a run while Ryan Baumann, Brett Lubben and Chris Weber delivered RBI singles. Nick Miller carded a two-over par nine-hole round of 38 to spur River Dell to a 167-191 dual match victory over Glen Rock at the Paramus Country Club. Cathy Antonelli scattered five hits in hurling River Dell to a 6-2 win over Ridgefield Park on the softball diamond. Kaitlin Principato and Jordyn Rocco knocked in two runs apiece with Kayla Rosado adding an RBI double. editor@sportsfitnesswellness.com

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Highlighted by shutout performances in the first and second singles positions by the Wright brothers, Dan and Tom, who posted identical 6-0, 6-0 victories, Saddle River Day rolled to a 5-0 triumph over Waldwick in a NJIC boys’ tennis match. Dylan Sivori posted a 6-1, 6-0 win in the third singles slot. The top tandem of the Chubacks, Cam and Darius, coasted 6-2, 6-0 with the No. 2 duo of Brendan Butler and Jared Deibe won 6-0, 6-0.

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Exploding to a 10-0 advantage by the halftime intermission, the Lady Rebels routed the Master’s School (CT) 17-1 in an interstate girls lacrosse match. Daniella McMahon netted five goals and distributed 6 assists while her sister Izzy scored twice and dished off 4 assists. Hawley Moore chipped in with a pair of goals and 2 assists while Megan Crowley and Sabrina Waxenberg tallied solo goals with Waxenberg contributing an assist. Goalie Zoe Fava made five saves.

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Ivan Rodriguez scattered four hits as he hurled the Highwaymen to an 11-3 triumph over Bergenfield in a Big North Conference boys’ diamond confrontation. Trailing 1-0 entering the top of the fourth, Teaneck pushed four runs across the plate to take the lead. Ethan Varela tripled and drove in four runs while Jordan Matthews legged out a three-bagger and plated three teammates with Rodriguez doubling in a run. Rodney Sanchez plated two teammates and Leo Voreacos added an RBI singles. Setter Elliot Jenner distributed 10 assists to key Teaneck’s 2-0 victory over Garfield in a Big North Conference boys’ volleyball match. Corey Young led the way at the net, spiking 10 kills while Joshua Lurie scooped up 10 digs in back court. Amiynah Campbell, Myrika Harding and Rim Elbeshbeshy teamed up to flip the platter a combined distance of 294-9 and capture the gold medals in the Girls Division A competition in the discus at the Bergen County Track & Field Relays contested at River Dell High School.

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Winning five events, Waldwick captured the Girls’ Division D team title at the Bergen County Track & Field Relays contested at River Dell High School. Erin McHugh, Erin Scott, Allison Reynolds and Sara McLaughlin won the 3200-meter relay in 10:51.10 with the quartet of Caitlin Vellios, McHugh, Anna Puglise and Ariana Chousa gliding over the shuttle hurdles to gold medals in 1:15.50. Emma Backhaus and Melissa Cowie picked up two gold medals each, playing winning roles in the long jump and triple jump relays. Jeremy Zaukas netted five goals and distributed three assists to propel the Warriors to a 14-1 rout of Westwood in a boys’ lacrosse match. Bryan Pattman scored four times and dished off an assist while Paul Giordano added two goals and an assist. Tony Kim, Eric Morin and Jack Reilly completed the scoring parade with Chris D’Alessandro dishing off three assists and Reilly credited with a pair of assists.

Dominating the competition, Wayne Valley captured the Girls A Division team title in the Passaic County Relays by placing first in six events. Justine Cianci, Erin Callaghan, Samantha Kaminski and Allison Fournier won the classic 1600-meter relay in 4:11.63 while Callaghan, Fournier and Cianci were joined by Allison Cadematori in winning the 3200-meter relay in 10:16.80. With the foursome of Kelly DiCristina, Julie Huber, Christina Moreira and Mary Powley, the Lady Indians won the 6400-meter relay in 24:11.57. In the throwing events, the trio of Carol Chen, Alicia Hester and Olivia Pantale picked up gold medals in the shot put and discus competitions. With Ryan Brown scooping up a match-high 20 digs, Wayne Valley coasted to a 2-0 triumph over Lakeland in a Big North Conference boys’ volleyball match, winning games of 2514 and 25-17. Setter Harris Marshall directed the attack, distributing 15 assists while Danny Sciolaro dominated up front, spiking 10 kills.

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Tied 9-9 entering the fourth quarter, the Green Knights went on a 5-0 run at crunch time to pull out a 14-9 triumph over Dwight-Englewood in a boys’ lacrosse match. Jack Walsh tallied five goals and distributed four assists while Nick Haubner scored five times and was credited with an assist. Huestin Herman excelled, posting a pair of goals and dishing off seven assists while goalie Tom Tornetto made 24 saves.

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Megan Zaccario tossed a one-hitter as the Lady Tigers blanked Teaneck 10-0 in a Big North Conference girls’ softball contest. Sofia Check went deep twice, blasting a pair of round-trippers and picking up three RBIs. Jacqueline Koles blasted a two run homer while Abigail Golodik doubled in a pair of runs. Abby Lim and Eun-won Park carded one-over par nine hole rounds of 37 to key Tenafly’s sweep of a girls’ quad golf match at Rockleigh, defeating Bergen Tech, Northern Highlands and Passaic Tech. In a boy’s golf tri-match, the Tigers defeated Bergenfield and Dwight Morrow as Kwon Woo Kim and Jordan Yurica posted nine-hole rounds of 39 at the Knickerbocker Country Club. Aljo Sujak tossed a three-hitter in blanking Ridgefield 3-0 in a boys’ diamond contest. John Moyer doubled home a run while Jack DeSalvo, Chris Hamersma and Jacob McGowan hammered out RBI singles.

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Devin Ortiz hurled a three-hitter as the Green Knights blanked Paramus Catholic 5-0 in a Big North Conference boys diamond confrontation. Michael Gallo and Vin Soleti supplied the muscle in the attack as both knocked in two runs apiece.

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Sherman Alston, Hunter Hayek, C.J. Fitzpatrick and Zack Bazile sprinted to a gold medal finish in the Division B 400meter relay competition at the Bergen County Track & Field Relays contested at River Dell High School, recording a clocking of 42.9 seconds.

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Jillian O’Donohue, Aznella Margolin, Nicole Gignac and Stephanie Bitcon teamed to produce the gold medal clocking of 12:46.27 in the distance medley competition of the Girls A Division at the Passaic County Relays. Setter Neel Patel directed the attack, distributing a match-high 17 assists to spur the Patriots to a 2-0 victory over Bergen Tech, winning games of 25-20 and 25-15. Cameron Ghassemi excelled, spiking nine kills and scooping up five digs. Wayne Hills held off a Glen Rock fourth-period surge to post an 8-7 triumph over the Panthers in a boys’ lacrosse match. Darren Schweibel was top gun on the attack, netting a game-high four goals with Steve Prince scoring twice and dishing of an assist. James Bernard contributed a goal and a pair of assists with Phil Ruggieri adding a solo goal. Sophia Lewin homered and drove in four runs to key the Lady Patriots’ 11-9 victory over Union City in an inter-county softball game. Brianna Hulbert legged out a pair of two-baggers and plated four runs while Melanie Ciecluch tripled home 2 runs.

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Charles Cole and Zachary Haid netted four goals and dished off two assists apiece to highlight the Highlanders 15-3 rout of Bergen Tech on the boys’ lacrosse field. Corey Curran chipped in with three goals and two assists while Jared Calise supplied two goals and an assist. Mark Hendry and Austin Hoppler completed the scoring parade. On the girls’ lax field, the Lady Highlanders coasted to a 92 triumph over St. Elizabeth (Convent Station) as Bailey Cole turned in a hat trick performance, netting three goals. Cristina Pellegrino chipped in with two goals and dished off a pair of assists while Jacy DiZenzo posted a goal and assist. Pushing 8 runs across the plate in the bottom of the sixth, the Lady Highlanders locked up a 10-1 triumph over Passaic Tech in a Big North Conference softball confrontation. Samantha Mickens and Mackenzie Porch knocked in 2 runs apiece with Erin Carter, Breanna Csakvary, Alex Fiorenza, Peyton Porch, Meghan Szymansky and Jessica Utter contributing solo RBIs. Csakvary legged out a pair of two-baggers and Fiorenza doubled. page 25

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Marissa Bariso

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Hewitt West Milford H.S. New Jersey City University Senior – Softball

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Bariso was named NJAC Softball Player of the Week after hitting .800 (8 for 10) while slugging a pair of homers and two doubles, knocking in three runs and scoring three times. She ranks ninth in the NJAC in slugging percentage (.608).

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Connors was named the NJAC’s Outdoor Track and Field Rookie of the Week after setting a Scarlet Raiders-record of 14.26 meters in placing second in a field of competitors and qualifying for the ECAC in the shot put at the Roadrunner Invitational.

Dowell has been selected NJAC Field Athlete of the Week three times this season. He placed fifth in the triple jump at Princeton University’s Larry Ellis Invitational with an ECAC qualifying hop, step and jump of 13.94 meters and ranks 16th in NCAA Division III.

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Nicole Hernandez

Cliffside Park Paramus Catholic H.S. Ramapo College Freshman – Baseball

Pequannock Pequannock H.S. Ramapo College Freshman – Softball

A southpaw, Beischer earned NJAC Rookie Pitcher of the Week accolades after hurling four scoreless innings of relief in which he fanned four, surrendered only one hit and walked one and was credited the first “W” of his collegiate career.

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Washington Township’s Hogan Smells the Cherry Blossoms By Dennis Wilson Washington Twp’s John Hogan paced a local contingent of 156 who participated in the annual Cherry Blossom 10K Run contested in Essex County’s Branch Brook Park. The 48year old crossed the finish line 10th in the overall field of 876 runners who celebrated the farewell of Old Man Winter and arrival of Spring smelling the Cherry Blossoms. Hogan completed the 6.2-mile USATF-certified course in 36:33.07. Saddle Brook’s 37-year old Robert DeCarlo followed in 14th place, posting a clocking of 36:46.83 with Fair Lawn’s 42-year old Scott Avi-

don placing 17th with a time of 37:26.26. Englewood’s 41-year old Hortencia Aliaga was the first local distaff runner to finish, placing fourth among the 455 females in the event and 39th overall with a time of 40:06.01. Ridgewood’s 46-year old Mia Tamura was right behind in 40th place, turning in a clocking of 40:10.26. Fastest to the finish line in their age divisions were Clifton’s 18-year old Elizabeth Los, Closter’s 10-year old Ava Miller, Englewood’s 24-year old Chelsea Flanagan, Harrington Park’s 61-year old James Linn, Hawthorne’s 24-year old Mike

Favocci, Oak Ridge’s 73-year old Hilary Petrelin, Ridgewood’s 48-year old Tamura and 64year old Erika Campbell, Saddle Brook’s 37-year old DeCarlo plus Washington Township’s 48-year old Hogan. Picking up runnerup awards were Bloomingdale’s 32-year old Karen Auteri, Hawthorne’s 54-year old Debbie Brathwaite as well as Hewitt’s 65-year old Peggy Richko. Finishing in third place were Clifton’s 15-year old Sofia Adragna, Fair Lawn’s 42-year old Avidon, 56-year old Gloria Huberman, Hackensack’s 41-year old Aliaga plus Hawthorne’s 53year old Patricia Butcher.

2014 CHERRY BLOSSOM 10K RUN 10. John Hogan (Washington Township) 36:33.07; 14. Robert DeCarlo (Saddle Brook) 36:46.83; 17. Scott Avidon (Fair Lawn) 37:26.26; 20. Nobuyori Takeda (Old Tappan) 37:51.00; 27. Mike Favocci (Hawthorne) 39:03.52; 38. Francisco Lopez (Clifton) 40:03.37; 39. Hortencia Aliaga (Englewood) 40:06.01; 40. Misa Tamura (Ridgewood) 40:10.26; 46. Karen Auteri (Bloomingdale) 40:55.99; 56. Samuel Valentin (Little Falls) 41:59.99; 64. Ruscel Kirkland (Prospect Park) 42:22.84; 71. Jim Olivola (Rutherford) 42:44.02; 72. James Linn (Harrington Park) 42:44.22; 79. Emilio Mondragon (Paterson) 43:08.25; 85. Juan Garcia (Paterson) 43:33.67; 97. Mark Domaradsky (Wyckoff) 44:30.88; 104. Peter Engelhardt (Paterson) 45:00.79; 105. Erika Campbell (Ridgewood) 45:01.24; 109. David Appaluccio (Wayne) 45:14.84; 114. Enrique Gomez-Dueso (Westwood) 45:34.92; 127. Vincent Sommese (Lyndhurst) 46:20.73; 131. Jenny Sing (Rutherford) 46:29.65: 139. Jim Nicosia (Clifton) 47:07.02; 140. Gloria Huberman (Fair Lawn) 47:07.35; 145. Debbie Brathwaite (Hawthorne) 47:28.10; 147. Patricia Butcher (Hawthorne) 47:37.15; 148. Kwaku Sampong (Riverdale) 47:37.90; 152. Arturo Vallego (Clifton) 47:45.77; 153. Keith Morrissey (Highland Lakes) 47:47.36; 155. Jose Torres (Woodland Park) 47:51.96; 160. Steven Meck (Totowa) 48:05.72; 164. Michael Smith (Garfield) 48:09.16; 167. Jose Pacheco (Hawthorne) 48:14.42; 171. Jessica Simao (Rutherford) 48:20.94; 173. Jerald Schragen (Ramsey) 48:24.80; 182. Danielle Frisn (Wayne) 48:50.32; 186. Alicia Feghhi (Clifton) 48:55.23; 195. David Weischadle (Clifton) 49:04.97; 209. Shimon Peretz (Fair Lawn) 49:22.58; 211. John Sousa (North Arlington) 49:25.35; editor@sportsfitnesswellness.com

212. Melike Ayan (Clifton) 49:26.67; 214. Adelino Fernandez (Lyndhurst) 49:32.39; 218. Amit Shah (Teaneck) 49:35.85; 223. Teresa Simpson (Waldwick) 49:48.44; 224. Chelsea Flanagan (Englewood) 49:48.60; 225. Carl Richko (Hewitt) 49:49.77; 226. Stefanie Mircovich (Wyckoff) 49:52.96; 228. Pitt Girion (Wayne) 49:59.95; 230. Nancy Stutman (Upper Saddle River) 50:08.28; 246. Thomas McLoughlin (River Edge) 50:36.27; 250. Carl Demmie (Clifton) 50:43.64; 257. Alfredo Bahazav (Lyndhurst) 51:04.81; 263. Joan Darnsteadt (West Milford) 51:17.64; 265. Hilary Peterlin (Oak Ridge) 51:25.14; 284. Kari Gallagher (Fair Lawn) 52:27.03; 288. Jeff Brooks (Towaco) 52:35.43; 296. Kate Hyde (Little Falls) 52:51.48; 302. Elizabeth Los (Clifton) 52:59.88; 303. Michael Los (Clifton) 52:59.99; 312. Karl Vester (Garfield) 53:17.29; 318. Eugene Vater (Lyndhurst) 53:28.65; 336. Peggy Richko (Hewitt) 54:03.36; 337. Regina Zignorski (Clifton) 54:04.03; 338. Laura Winters (Wayne) 54:04.96; 339. Joseph Burns (Hackensack) 54:06.17; 345. Blair Morinho (Lyndhurst) 54:22.37; 349. Miki Jensen (Harrington Park) 54:29.32; 350. Ralph Freitas (Lyndhurst) 54:43.86; 358. Mamta Tailor (Wayne) 55:00.49; 367. Michael Duncan (Little Falls) 55:26.02; 368. George Nouri (Woodland Park) 55:28.20; 375. Gerry Portela (Paterson) 55:47.16; 377. David Finlay (Clifton) 55:50.89; 387. William Ash (Hewitt) 56:05.39; 388. Wendy Bost (Ridgewood) 56:08.54; 391. Thomas Yachouh (Bergenfield) 56:22.30; 392. Sang Kim (Paramus) 56:28.78; 398. Amy Hauck (Mahwah) 56:44.49; 405. Stephen Margey (East Rutherford) 56:55.57; 412. Marinus Matt Lalumia (Clifton) 56:59.77; 413. Jennifer Finaldi (Clifton) 57:01.52; 417. Lauren Stacey (Ridgewood) 57:04.77; 428. Dana Sirotiak (North Arlington) 57:19.68; 429. Anita Soto

(Clifton) 57:20.80; 442. Cami Klein (Glen Rock) 57:51.49; 451. Ken Wong (Wayne) 58:06.13; 471. Ryan Foote (Paterson) 58:52.03; 472. Kimberly Nipal (East Rutherford) 58:53.24; 473. Erick Ramirez (Clifton) 58:53.36; 474. Will Barrientos (East Rutherford) 58:53.51; 476. Stan Kowalski (Waldwick) 58:58.26; 485. Myrna Serrano (Mahwah) 59:22.01; 486. Melanie Cunningham (Clifton) 59:25.41; 492. Karen Keaney (Norwood) 59:36.51; 512. Michael Lin (River Vale) 1:00:46.53; 523. Jill Consentino (Lodi) 1:01:19.19; 539. Fidel Caceres (Garfield) 1:01:53.42; 542. Gail Warshaw (Demarest) 1:02:05.34; 544. Kristen Noble (West Milford) 1:02:13.28; 549. Andrea Kayal (Mahwah) 1:02:20.49; 556. Geilyn Fernandez (Wayne) 1:02:34.46; 557. Vanessa Cartagena (Woodland Park) 1:02:36.24; 559. Joanne Minichetti (Upper Saddle River) 1:02:39.48; 564. Karina Hernandez (Paterson) 1:02:54.54; 571. Ron Shepherd (Hillsdale) 1:03:11.07; 572. Marisol Pegueros (Haledon) 1:03:12.09; 582. Patricia Demmie (Clifton) 1:03:39.09; 584. Ottilia Stura (Oakland) 1:03:46.01; 586. James Banks (Hackensack) 1:04:03.62; 589. Ana Fernandez (Butler) 1:04:22.09; 600. Roque Ramos (Paterson) 1:04:52.77; 609. HuiPing Fatzler (Little Falls) 1:05:11.68; 613. April Gelnaw (Westwood) 1:05:21.65; 614. Ameni Carpizo (Teaneck) 1:05:24.11; 615. Percy Perez (Lyndhurst) 1:05:24.13; 617. Sal Gabriele (Little Falls) 1:05:32.31; 628. Michelle Dion (Wayne) 1:06:18.74; 639. Alison Napoli Karoun (Glen Rock) 1:06:38.45; 657. Mary Jonelle Pisanes (Wayne) 1:07:29.08; 661. Kelly Dege (Clifton) 1:07:45.87; 667. Raquel Foote (Paterson) 1:08:03.40; 668. Carmen Roman (Lyndhurst) 1:08:06.52; 671. Ronald Ramos (Clifton) 1:08:12.50; 672. Fabian Tome (Clifton) 1:08:12.84; 700. Lizbeth Valentin (Clifton) 1:09:46.66;

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711. Brian Menz (Wayne) 1:10:36.62; 712. Annmarie Colwell (Closter) 1:10:41.90; 713. Anna McDermott (Clifton) 1:10:47.66; 725. Hannie Jackson (Lincoln Park) 1:11:56.94; 726. Ava Miller (Closter) 1:11:58.63; 727. Stephen Miller (Closter) 1:11:58.76; 728. Kimberly Plumly (Oak Ridge) 1:12:11.15; 729. George Kalosieh (Woodland Park) 1:12:14.64; 733. Leslie Adamczyk (North Arlington) 1:12:33.20; 739. Antje Hennings (Demarest) 1:12:41.39; 744. Courtney Daly (Ridgewood) 1:13:23.98; 745. Selina Velez (Clifton) 1:13:26.08; 746. Colleen McLoughlin (River Edge) 1:13:26.33; 747. Myriam Cartagena (North Arlington) 1:13:44.20; 748. Andres Ceron (North Arlington) 1:13:44.78; 750. Marianne Guerriero (Clifton) 1:13:51.58; 757. Jennie Santana (Paterson) 1:14:17.48; 758. Eva Palen (Clifton) 1:14:17.69; 760. Jenna Koch (Fort Lee) 1:14:19.02; 772. Joan Perzanowski (Little Falls) 1:15:05.03; 789. Joseph Wojtecki (Hawthorne) 1:18:37.94; 795. Janet Drago (Clifton) 1:18:46.84; 806. Marcelo Adragna (Clifton) 1:20:41.01; 807. Sofia Adragna (Clifton) 1:20:41.27; 814. Tyler Freitas (Lyndhurst) 1:22:10.51; 815. Karen Jaucian (Clifton) 1:22:35.19; 821. Vivian Saunders (Garfield) 1:23:32.06; 823. Monique Gonzalez (Haledon) 1:23:42.91; 825. Patricia Kalosieh (Woodland Park) 1:23:55.70; 832. Amy Kobelka (Little Falls) 1:24:29.36; 833. Dania Boza (Lodi) 1:25:04.50; 839. Mattie Freitas (Lyndhurst) 1:26:49.89; 840. Yolanda Laboy (Wayne) 1:26:50.47; 848. Cesar Arteaga (North Arlington) 1:30:15.57; 853. Jean Sommese (Lyndhurst) 1:33:00.40; 854. Vincent Sommese (Lyndhurst) 1:33:05.73; 862. Miguel Soto (Clifton) 1:40:09.76; 875. Stephanie Persly (Fair Lawn) 1:55:37.38 page 27

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up, No Hand and Dual Bell Get Ups to name a few. I then began to incorporate Heavy Get Up training and worked on methods to imprint the movement into the muscle memory. Owning each segment of the movement became my focus. The Roll to Press, Sit-up to Elbow, Tall Sit, Side Press, Tall Kneel and the Standing Press. Each section of the Get Up needed to be owned. To imprint this I employed three basic approaches. The first was practicing a 5 second hold at each of the 6 specific positions of the Get Up. The second was to perform 5 repetitions at each position and the third was the 5 3 2 1 Method. Training Method #1: At each of the positions, hold the Kettlebell in the lock out for a 5 second count. Feel the position of your body and embrace the tension. Don’t simply do it to get it done and over with, though the temptation will be present. Focus on increasing your stability in each of the 6 positions on the way up as well as the way down.

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Dirty Dozen Exercises: Move #9, The Get-up Contributed by Phil Ross

The next movement in our Dirty Dozen Line-up is #9, The Get Up. The Get Up is often referred to as the Turkish (TGU) or Low Sweep Get Up. Just the mention of the movement conjures up fear, apprehension and utter abhorrence in most people. I had the same attitude until I began to absolutely love this movement! I recall when I first started training with Kettlebells, I only did the TGU’s (as we referred to them) enough to pass my tests and move on. After the 6 months or so upon passing my RKC 1, I started to notice that through my practice, my TGU’s were getting better. I also noticed that my shoulder was more stable and the weights of my other lifts were increasing! Much to the chagrin of my students, I started to completely

embrace the Get Up. I soon realized that I wasn’t just doing them to pass my next test, but to get the most that I could from the movement. I started to add different types of Get Ups to my training regiment. Bridge, Squat, Bottoms-

Training Method #2: This method always evokes moans and groans from my class. Well, that simply makes me grin and tell them how many sets to do. Execute 5 presses at each of the 6 positions. Change position with the Kettlebell in the full lock out, no resting in the Rack. Go up one side of your body, change hands at the top and do your Get Down on the opposite side with the same 5 press repeti-

tions at each position. Repeat on the other side, but perform the ascent with the side that descended last time. Training Method #3: I call this one the 5 3 2 1 Method. I use this for increasing my 1, 2 & 3 RM (Repetition Maximums). I will generally perform 3 to 5 sets of the aforementioned repetitions. Beginning with a lower weight and increasing to a higher one. Be very cautious when performing the doubles and singles, especially if you are in “uncharted waters” (a weight that you’ve never done previously). I noticed the most improvement when I employed this method last in the progression. It is essential to have complete stabilization and OWN each and every of the 6 positions to safely increase the weight of your Get Ups. Well it’s now time to grab your Kettlebell and GET UP! Strength & Honor, Coach Phil

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Training with the Stars! Contributed by Neal Pire, MA, CSCS, FACSM

Improving strength, power, and endurance are typically expected goals when you talk to soccer, softball, or basketball players. But who would think they would share training objectives with competitive ballroom dancers? The fact is that ballroom dancing, a highly skill-oriented activity like gymnastics or figure skating, requires tremendous athleticism, a controlled combination of quickness, agility and power – not to mention personality and charisma! Endurance is also a key to their success on the dance floor, be-

cause the precise movements required become difficult as dancers fatigue. This also makes keeping a smile on your face that much more difficult. For 13 year old, Andrew, and his sister Nina, age 10, training in the PUSH program at Volt Fitness in Glen Rock, NJ, has come very naturally. The benefits on the dance floor are obvious. Their mother, Sheila Bober is pleased with the results, “I noticed that their quickness and agility have improved, but more than anything else, and most impor-

tantly, I’ve noticed how much their stamina has increased.” This dramatic improvement is due to the increased anaerobic conditioning that comes naturally with the PUSH training program. This movement skills-based training program features protocols used by world-class athletes from track and field to volleyball, and not only improves athletic performance but also enhances every participant’s fitness levels. So whether you are running, jumping or dancing on the athletic field, you will be at your very best!

Neal Pire, MA, CSCS, FACSM is a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine. He is the author of Plyometrics for Athletes at All Levels, and serves as Director of Athletic Performance Training at Volt Fitness in Glen Rock, NJ, where he has launched PUSH, a unique athletic performance training program for young athletes.

PUSH Program – Athletes of the Month Ballroom dancers, Andrew (13) and Nina (10) Bober from Glen Rock tear up the dance floor at recent competitions. Their mother, Sheila, attributes their success on and off the dance floor to the discipline, focus and stamina they attain through their dedication to practice and training.

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Baskets 4 Franklin Lakes Sunday, June 1, 2014 (rain or shine) 8:00am – 5:00pm

(At Recreation Department, 1 Vichiconti Wayne, Franklin Lakes, NJ 07417) For information on how to register, please go to www.FranklinLakes.org and click the “Baskets” icon or email DRobinson@FranklinLakes.org What is Baskets 4 Franklin Lakes? Baskets 4 Franklin Lakes is a 3-on-3 basketball tournament presented by the Borough of Franklin Lakes Recreation and Parks Department & Mayor’s Wellness Campaign. Approximately 400 players will hit the courts throughout the day to fundraise for Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) in honor of Johnny Damato. Johnny is

a 17-year-old from Fort Lee with a passion for baseball, family and friends. He was born with a rare heart defect which began to manifest itself two years ago. On June 13, 2012, Johnny received a life-saving emergency heart transplant from the doctors at Mount Sinai Medical Center in New York, NY. Since then, he has made the commitment to raise awareness of the need for blood donations and organ and bone

marrow registry by organizing an annual donor awareness drive. A donation will also be made to The Franklin Lakes Recreation and Parks Baseball program “Dream Team” which provides an opportunity for special needs children, ages 6-18 to play baseball at the “Field of Dreams.” Please consider helping us make their dreams come true! Entry deadline is May 16.

NJSPORTS FITNESS & WELLNESS CORRECTION: Last issue we missed placing Matthew Nappi’s 1st place finish into the 160lb North Hunterdon Region NJ State Kids Wrestling competition results. Matthew is from Oakland, NJ, and wrestles for Olympic in Wyckoff. In addition he placed 3rd in the NJ State Wrestling Tournament with a 4-2 win in his final match. Congratulations!

Contributed by Chris Obertlik, General Manager – Overtime Sports

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