The Prep 62 Times. SportsMonday 25 CENTS ** WINTER SPORTS ** Late Edition. WRESTLING! Pages 2-4! BASKETBALL! HOCKEY! SWIMMING! Page 11-12! FENCING!

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1 The Prep 62 Times Late Edition SportsMonday 25 CENTS FEBRUARY 17, 2014 ** WINTER SPORTS ** BASKETBALL HOCKEY WRESTLING Pages 2-4 Pages 5-6 Pages 7-8 Coach: Todd Decker Coach: Mike Goodrich Captain: Rocky Coviello, 14 Coach: Anthony Verdi, 95 SWIMMING Page Coach: Ryan Hefferman No Activity This Week FENCING BOWLING TRACK Page 13 Pages 9-10 Page Coach: Mike Burgess Coach: Gregory Evans No Activity This Week Coach: Ms. C. Castellano Captain: Anthony Matarazzo 14 No Activity This Week

2 The Prep 62 Times SportsMonday Late Edition FEBRUARY 17, CENTS SCHEDULE Date Opponent BASKETBALL Result 12/20 Memorial /22 Pat. East /23 No. Bergen /27 Cristo Rey /28 Canisius /29 Jesuit Tampa /3 Bayonne 1/4 Card Hayes Postpd /7 Kearney /9 Union City /14 Dickinson /16 Ferris /21 Memorial /23 N. Bergen /28 Bayonne /30 Kearney / /12 Gill St. Bern. Benedicts 2/4 Union City /6 Dickinson / /10 Roselle Cath. Ferris 2/16 Our Savior ** Prep Sports Forums ** Beginning this week there will be individual Forums on our website for each of the current Prep sports. They re just for 62 and our Guests and are designed to spur comments and stories of our glory days at Grand & Warren. Record NJ Division 19-3 #11 #3 Our Savior New American (NY) (72) at St. Peter's Prep (56) By Star-Ledger on February 16, 2014 Michael Nzei led all scorers with 23 points when Our Savior New American (N.Y.) earned a victory over St. Peter's Prep, No. 8 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, in the Metro Classic at Kean University in Union. Austin White led St. Peter's Prep with 17 points and Veer Singh scored 16 points. St. Peter's Prep took a lead into the second quarter with some key 3-point shooting leading the way. But once the shots from beyond the arc stopped falling, Our Savior New American took control. Our Savior New American got 21 points from Kobie Eubanks. RECORD & RANKING *** Game report from Brian: Prep beaten by Our Savior New American at Kean U. Veer Singh had 16 points in 1st half - 0 in 2nd half. A few mental lapses (poor passing, unforced errors) not a good day for our kids - it happens. Again, a great effort. Team was well prepared, well coached. I still love this group. Brian Prep now 19-3 Sent from my iphone

3 Boys Basketball NJSIAA Tournament - Non-Public, North A

4 Commentary from Stu on this game: I do recall that game and one particular play when we took the lead. Apparently, they finally realized someone should try to guard me which gave me the opportunity to drive to the basket and as I went up, I saw Scotty Ryan come down the lane and get free as Joe Frangipane came over to try and block my layup. I was able to get the ball to Ryan who proceeded to put down a 2 hand slam dunk and almost got a technical for hanging on the rim afterwards.

5 The Prep 62 Times FEBRUARY 17, 2014 SportsMonday Late Edition 25 CENTS SCHEDULE Date Opponent Result 12/2 Morristown-Beard L?? 12/4 Msgr. Farrell W /6 Notre Dame W /11 St. Augustine W /16 Morristown Beard L 10-6 HOCKEY RECORD & RANKING Record NJ Conf #6 #4 12/18 Pope John W /20 Red Bank W /22 Canisius L /23 Canisius W 1-0 1/7 Delbarton L 5-1 1/8 Bergen Catholic W 5-2 1/15 Seton Hall Prep W 5-3 1/17 St. Augustine L 6-4 1/20 Seton Hall Prep T 2-2 1/22 Bishop Eustace Resch. 1/24 Notre Dame 3-3 2/3 Yankee Stadium L 3-2 2/5 Portledge Postp. 2/7 Bishop Eustace W /10 Don Bosco W /12 Gloucester Catholic T 3-3 2/14 Pope John L 5-1 FINALS No. 9 Pope John breaks out in third, upsets No. 6 St. Peter's 5-1 By John Christian Hageny/For The Star-Ledger February 14, 2014 Fourteen inches of snow on the grounds outside the arena while the thermostat inside the ice rink read below freezing. The favorable conditions for hockey set the stage for a warm-up between Pope John and St. Peter's Prep in a preview of the upcoming Gordon Conference quarterfinals next week. Charlie Spetz, Richie Halevy and Dylan Kuipers broke open a one-goal game in the third period as Pope John, No. 9 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, received three goals over the final six minutes remaining to fashion a 5-1 victory over No. 6 St. Peter's Prep at Skylands Ice World last night in Stockholm. The Pope John victory gives the Sparta school the National Division title as well as a mental victory heading into Monday's rematch in the Gordon Cup according to Spetz, the team's junior defenseman. "More than anything, this was a mental victory," Spetz, who had a goal and an assist and provided a steady presence on the blue line, said. "The third period we opened it up and started playing good hockey. Two power-play goals -- our power play has really been getting it done. We just kept battling. Donny Flynn put Pope John up 2-0 7:38 into the second period, but St. Peter's came right back when Ryen Pezzolla scored just 17 seconds off the ensuing face-off to make it 2-1 after two periods.

6 2014 GORDON CUP TOURNAMENT SEEDS 1-Delbarton 2-Don Bosco Prep 3-Christian Brothers 4-St. Peter's Prep 5-Pope John 6-St. Augustine 7-Bergen Catholic 8-Gloucester Catholic 9-Bishop Eustace 10-Seton Hall Prep Feb Gordon Cup Final Codey Arena in West Orange, 7:45 p.m. Game On Mother Nature continues to pound away on the Garden State, but we're back on the ice tonight. St. Peter's Prep, No. 6 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, hasn't been discouraged by the recent snowfall and the Jersey City school will hit the road and head north for a final tune-up before the Gordon Cup when it takes on No. 9 Pope John. The puck drops at 8:15 p.m. at Skylands Ice World in Stockholm, Sussex County. "The third period all year has been our best period. We knew whoever won this game would also win the division so we came out hard and got it done," said Kuipers, who delivered a goal and two assists during the three-goal flurry that came in a span of 4:56 in the third period. "We wanted to set the tone for Monday. This was very important for our confidence. Spetz put Pope John (15-4-2) up 3-1 on the power-play with 6:14 remaining in regulation. Richie Halevy hit just 1:29 later, assisted by Kuipers at 4:45 who proceeded to score one of his own with 1:20 left to play. "This was not a 5-1 game," Pope John coach Ryan Brown said. "Early in the third period we took back-toback penalties and came up with two huge kills. One, Spetz, our best penalty killer was in the box. That was the game right there. They could have popped one in right there then it's a whole different ball game. That four minute stretch in the third was big." Justin Natiello made 21 saves for Pope John. Jonathan LaBella had 24 stops for St. Peter's Prep. The Pope John victory evens its record against the Jersey City school, which prevailed, 4-2, in its previous meeting on Dec. 18. Pope John will skate again against St. Peter's Prep in its third and possible final meeting of the season in the Gordon Cup quarterfinals set for Monday at 5:15 p.m. at AmeriHealth Pavilion in Newark. "We came out a little sluggish. They had a good power play going. They got the puck up top, got guys to the net -- that's what we need to do on our power-play," Pezzolla, who finished the play started by Augie Burkhardt and Tommy Linkus to draw St. Peter's (10-7-3) to within one at 7:05 of the second period, said. "We're going to take this as a good loss against a good team. We're going to come back next time ready to play. "We know this is a good team and it's going to be a different game on Monday," Brown, in his first season as head coach at Pope John, said. "They are a good transition team, they have three skilled guys up front and they have a good goaltender. This gives us confidence going in and shows if we play our brand of hockey, our system from top to bottom, we can compete. I think you see that this year -- it's wide open this year unlike year's past."

7 The Prep 62 Times FEBRUARY 17, 2014 SportsMonday Late Edition 25 CENTS Schedule Date Opponent Result 12/28 Blair /3 Mason (IA) WRESTLING RECORD & RANKING Record Top 20 Nation 20-7 # 4 # 22 1/3 Timberland (MO) 1/3 Apple Valley (MN) /4 Marist (IL) /4 Bettendorf (IA) 1/4 Bound Brook /8 Ocean /11 Berg. Cath /11 Delbarton /14 Cedar Grove /16 Parsippany /18 Paramus /20 Don Bosco /25 Roxbury /25 St. Joe s /25 Bordentown /29 DePaul /1 Pass. Val /1 Bound Brk /8. Hud. Cath No. 3 Don Bosco holds off No. 4 St. Peter's, By Star-Ledger, on February 12, 2014 Don Bosco Prep, No. 3 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, held off No. 4 St. Peter's Prep, 29-27, in the semifinals of the NJSIAA/Star-Ledger North Jersey, Non-Public A tournament in Ramsey. Kyle Bierdumpfel of Don Bosco Prep, ranked No. 4 at 126, got a late takedown on Sonny Simonetti at 132 pounds to win, 3-2, and give Don Bosco an eight-point lead. Don Bosco forfeited the final match. At 120 pounds fifth-ranked Luis Gonzalez of Don Bosco defeated No. 6 Mike Russo, 3-2. The two teams met in the regular season on Jan. 20 and Don Bosco came out on top, /8. No. Bergen /8 Bogota /10 Seton Hall /12 Don Bosco 29-27

8 Wrestling Top 20, Week 7: The song remains the same - for now By By Joe Kania and James Kratch/For The Star-Ledger There was a lot of snow last week, making an already slow week for wrestling between the state cutoff date and the start of the state team tournament even slower. So The Star-Ledger Top 20 remains unchanged - for now. But there will be a lot of movement the next time around when the final state poll of the season is released. By the end of business Sunday, though, we will have six state champions (and 20 sectional champions before that on Friday). And a quick glance at the Top 20 indicates not everyone will be ending their team season with hardware, opening the door for other schools that have made strong cases but have not yet cracked the Top 20 to take advantage. 1-Bergen Catholic (21-4) 2-Bound Brook (14-6) 3-Don Bosco Prep (19-3) 4-St. Peter s Prep (20-6) 5-Delbarton (14-3) 6-Southern (18-0) 7-Phillipsburg (14-0) 8-Hanover Park (16-3) 9-Howell (27-3) 10-Brick Memorial (14-3) 11-Paulsboro (18-1) 12-Jackson (17-3) 13-High Point (13-4) 14-Roselle Park (21-0) 15-Long Branch (21-3) 16-Raritan (29-3) 17-Kittatinny (16-2) 18-DePaul (10-6) 19-South Plainfield (21-5) 20-St. Augustine (18-2)

9 The Prep 62 Times FEBRUARY 17, 2014 SportsMonday Late Edition 25 CENTS Schedule Date Opponent Result 12/20 Leon Bailey Inv. TRACK RECORD & RANKING Record NJ Nation 0-0 # # 12/21 Bishop Laughlin 12/27 Marine Corps 1/5 NJCTC Relays 1/16 HCIAL Relays TBA Jesuit Indoor 1/19 State Relays 1/21 JC Champs. 1/25 New Balance Games 1/31 Ed Grant Invit. 2/5 HCTCA Champs. 2/9 NJCTC Champs. 2/15 NJSIAA Champs. 2/22 Meet of Champs. 2/24 Eastern States Ch. 3/14 New Balance 3/15 New Balance Memorial boys, St. Dominic girls take first in Hudson County Indoor Track Championships By The Jersey Journal on February 14, 2014 Ignited by a pair of first-place finishes from senior Jhonathan Matamoros, the Memorial boys track and field team took home gold at the 2014 Hudson County Indoor Championships on Feb. 7. Meanwhile, the St. Dominic girls track and field team relied on depth to take home a title of its own the school's 10th crown in the last 11 years. In addition to Matamoros victories in the 800- and 1600-meter races, Memorial finished at the head of the pack in the 4x400 relay as well. The Tigers also received first-place finishes from Harold Berrio in the shot put and Kelvin Almonte in the 55-meter hurdles an event won with a meet record time of Although his team finished second, St. Peter s Prep Fritz Heinrich also set a new meet record, finishing first in the meter with a time of 9: BOYS MEET Team Standings: 1-Memorial 87, 2-St. Peter's Prep 52, 3- North Bergen 47, 4-Kearny 12, 4-Dickinson 12, 4-Marist 12, 7- Bayonne 11, 7-University Charter 11, 9-Snyder 10, 9-Secaucus 10, 11-Lincoln 9, 12-Hudson Catholic 4, 13-Union City meter: 1. Fritz Heinrich, St. Peter's Prep, 9:50.45; 2. Jimmy Sause, St. Peter's Prep, 9:52.59; 3. Rafael Hernandez, Memorial, 9:58.68; 4. Brandon Parrado, St. Peter's Prep, 10:02.78; 5. Sondy Polanco, Secaucus, 10:12.71; 6. Jorge Jurado, North Bergen, 10: /16 New Balance

10 55-meter dash: 1. Dawud Williams, Marist, 6.67; 2. Jonathan Ramirez, Memorial, 6.73; 3. Onasi Cuevas, Memorial, 6.76; 4. Eduardo Garcia, Kearny, 6.84; 5. Justin Burnett, Marist, 6.93; 6. Kwesi Owusu, University Charter, meter hurdles: 1. Kelvin Almonte, Memorial, 7.92; 2. Alex Ortega, North Bergen, 8.13; 3. Barrington Bennett, St. Peter's Prep, 8.28; 4. Josiah Shuler, Dickinson, 8.58; 5. Sharieff Taylor-Ali, Dickinson, 8.59; 6. Kevin Dominguez, North Bergen, meter: 1. Alex Ortega, North Bergen, 51.95; 2. Onasi Cuevas, Memorial, 52.10; 3. Eduardo Garcia, Kearny, 52.91; 4. Kwesi Owusu, University Charter, 53.12; 5. Emmanuel Lanier, Snyder, 53.66; 6. Brandon Lopez, North Bergen, meter: 1. Jhonathan Matamoros, Memorial, 1:58.85; 2. Alex Ortega, North Bergen, 2:00.42; 3. Chris Butko, St. Peter's Prep, 2:02.76; 4. Kevin Villalta, Memorial, 2:02.83; 5. Johannes Guerrero, Dickinson, 2:06.10; 6. Islam Elgarhi, Bayonne, 2: meter: 1. Jhonathan Matamoros, Memorial, 4:32.99; 2 Fritz Heinrich, St. Peter's Prep, 4:35.03; 3. Daniel Apicella, St. Peter's Prep, 4:38.62; 4. Rafael Hernandez, Memorial, 4:40.39; 5. Jimmy Sause, St. Peter's Prep, 4:42.07; 6. Anderson Heredia, Memorial, 4: x400 relay: 1. Memorial 3:35.98; 2. Snyder 3:41.66; 3. University Charter 3:42.95; 4.Hudson Catholic 3:48.01; 5. Secaucus 3: High Jump: 1. Ryan Sprague, Bayonne, 5-10; 2. Ivan Reyes, North Bergen, 5-08; 3. Zac Fearon, Secaucus, 5-06; 4. Ricky Valdez, North Bergen, 5-06; 5. Isaac Alberto, Union City, 5-04; 5. Harold Boyd, Lincoln, 5-04; 5. Barrington Bennett, St. Peter's Prep, Shot Put: 1. Harold Berrio, Memorial, 46-07; 2. Diasjon Robinson, Lincoln, 46-04; 3. Robert Lopez, North Bergen, 39-04; 4. Kaseem Darwiche, Dickinson, ; 5. Frank Lucas, Kearny, ; 6. Malcolm Merritt, St. Peter's Prep, St. Peter's varisty runner Jimmy Sause St. Peter's varisty runner Jimmy Sause leads

11 The Prep 62 Times FEBRUARY 17, 2014 SportsMonday Late Edition 25 CENTS Schedule Date Opponent Result 12/5 Scotch Plains /12 Memorial /13 McNair /17 Union City /19 Ridgewood /3 Strake Jesuit 1/7 Pingry /9 Bayonne SWIMMING RECORD & RANKING Record NJ Nation 12-1 #9 # 1/10 North Bergen /16 Hillsboro /17 Hudson Catholic /21 Seton Hall /27 Kearny /30 Ferris /4 Dickinson /15 Seton Hall /26 HCIAL Finals State tournament results and links for Saturday, Feb. 15 By Joseph Rea/For The Star-Ledger on February 15, 2014 The NJSIAA tournament continued on Saturday with three meets that had been pushed back due to weather this week. There are full meet reports from Mountain Lakes vs. Kinnelon girls and Demarest vs. Northern Highlands boys linked below. Also, the box score from Seton Hall Prep vs. St. Peter's Prep is included. 2/27 Meet of Champions TBA TBA State Prelims. State Finals

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13 The Prep 62 Times FEBRUARY 17, 2014 SportsMonday Late Edition 25 CENTS Schedule Date Opponent Result 12/2 Kearny /5 Marist /7 Crusader Classic?? 12/9 Bayonne /12 Lincoln?? 12/14 Warren Wheeler?? 12/16 McNair /19 Snyder 5-2 BOWLING The Coach: Ms. Carmella Castellano See the video at 14:38 at this link: Prep Captain: Anthony Matarazzo RECORD & RANKING Record NJ Nation 9-1 # # BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP Union City 2,823 St. Peter s Prep 2,755 St. Peter s Prep: Nick Magnotti , Justin Scherzo 204-DNB , Pat Lum DNB-362, Mike McKittrick DNB , Bret Jablonski , Anthony Matarazzo Total: ,755 1/6 Hudson Catholic 5-2 1/6 Kearny?? 1/9 Snyder 5-2 1/13 Bayonne 6-1 1/14 Kearny 7-0 1/16 McNair 5-2 1/23 Snyder 5-2 1/27 Snyder 5-2 1/30. 2/3 Play-Offs 2/6 Play-Offs 2/10 Play-Offs Union City boys, Bayonne girls take home titles at 2014 Hudson County Team Bowling Championship By Brandon Gould/The Jersey Journal on February 12, 2014 Sizing up the pins this afternoon for the Union City boys bowling team, senior Jonathan Villala and his teammates were determined to jumpstart a final push toward the Hudson County Team Bowling Championship. With the team trailing the defending champions, St. Peter s Prep, going into the match s third and final game at Hudson Lanes in Jersey City, the Soaring Eagles realized that time was running out. But they also knew if one man could spark the comeback, there would be no stopping Union City, especially with an energized fan base at their backs. It was a sense of confidence that border on cockiness, but it was also one that the Soaring Eagles backed up as Angel Figueroa got the ball rolling toward a 2,823-2,755 victory over the Marauders a victory matched by the Bayonne girls team, which defeated the Union City girls, 2,275-1,872.

14 The Prep 62 Times FEBRUARY 17, 2014 SportsMonday Late Edition 25 CENTS Schedule Date Opponent Result 12/20 Oratory Prep /23 CBA /5 Cetrulo Tournament??? 1/7 Montclair /9 Columbia /14 West Essex 20-7 FENCING The Coach: Gregory Evans See the full season video with all team members and Coach Evans at this link: RECORD & RANKING Record NJ Nation # # 1/21 Livingston??? 1/24 Newark Academy 1/28 Governor Livingston /29 Millburn /3 Montclair Kimberley Postp. 2/7 Livingston /12 Montclair Kimberley 18-9 TBD NJIAA Champions

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16 The Prep 62 Times FEBRUARY 17, 2014 SportsMonday Late Edition 25 CENTS HOT STOVE PREP BASEBALL The 1962 Starting Team First featuring the Prep 62 Team and in the coming weeks, the Prep 14 Team. Pitcher: Joe Sack Catcher: Don Orrick 1st Base: Mike Meloney 2nd Base: Joe Urbanovich 3rd Base: Lou Cuccaro Shortstop: Denny Barrett Left Field: Mike Izzo Center Field: Joe Parkes Right Field: Tim Hawkes

17 Pitchers: Joe Sack Jack O Dea Mike Izzo Rich Molteni Tom Murtagh Ray Zolnowski Fred Eckert Ed Kosnik Pete Sack Ed Gorski CATCHERS Don Orrick Danny Murphy Joe Urbanovich Tom Street OUTFIELDERS Joe Parkes Tim Hawkes Mel Logan Gerry Fitzpatrick John Crowe INFIELDERS Mike Meloney Denny Barrett Lou Cuccaro Bob Doherty Bill Haughey Jack McGeough Frank Esposito We re hoping that as the days go by we ll receive more information about each of the players listed here, along with information about those we may have missed adding to the roster. Mike Meloney can be seen in the Petrean wearing what looks like #4. Anyone else remember their numbers?? We re hoping to receive any stories, recollections, pictures, clippings, box scores of any games from Freshman through Senior years. Send anything you may have to Gene and he ll add it to future issues of SportsMonday

18 Commentary/Recollections from Joe Parkes: I have the clipping and box score from a game against St. Michael's in our senior year. If memory serves me right, it was our last game of the year. We won 6-0. Jack O'Dea had a perfect game into the sixth inning (seven inning games) when Nick Simonetti lined a single to right. Again, if memory serves me right, Pete Sack was ready to throw him out at first. I cannot recall if he made the throw and it was too late or if Mike Maloney did not anticipate it and wasn't on first base. Jack got the next two guys out PLAYER POSITION AT BATS RUNS HITS ERRORS Parkes Center Field Barrett Shortstop Izzo Left Field Hawkes Left Field Meloney 1st Base P. Sack Right Field McGeough Shortstop Orrick Catcher Urbanovich 2nd Base O'Dea Pitcher

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