The Prep 62 Times ** WINTER SPORTS ** BASKETBALL HOCKEY WRESTLING Pages 2-4 Pages 5-6 Pages 7-9 Coach: Todd Decker Coach: Mike Goodrich Captain: Rocky Coviello, 14 Coach: Anthony Verdi, 95 SWIMMING Page 12 Coach: Ryan Hefferman No Activity This Week FENCING BOWLING TRACK Page 13 Pages 10-11 Page 14 Coach: Mike Burgess Coach: Gregory Evans No Activity This Week Coach: Ms. C. Castellano Captain: Anthony Matarazzo 14 No Activity This Week
The Prep 62 Times SCHEDULE Date Opponent Result 12/20 Memorial 85-47 12/22 Pat. East. 58-48 12/23 No. Bergen 66-35 12/27 Cristo Rey 84-14 12/28 Canisius 57-46 12/29 Jesuit Tampa 67-48 1/3 Bayonne Postpd 1/4 Card Hayes. 67-47 BASKETBALL RECORD & RANKING Record NJ Division 9-2 #11 #2 1/7 Kearney 97-19 1/9 Union City 56-44 1/14 Dickinson 67-44 1/16 Ferris 80-32 1/21 Memorial 1/23 N. Bergen 1/28 Bayonne 1/30 Kearney 2/1 Gill St. 2/3 Bern. Benedicts 2/4 Union City 2/6 Dickinson 2/9 Roselle 2/10 Cath. Ferris 2/16 FINALS ** 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. St. Peter's Prep basketball holds off Bayonne for 8th win of season By Michael Wright/The Jersey Journal on January 13, 2014 Not many teams go on the road, defeat a county rival by 15 points, and still come out of the locker room knowing that they could have played better. While St. Peter s Prep had problems with ball security and struggled from the free throw line at times, the Marauders relied on their raw talent and toughness to defeat Bayonne 62-47 Monday night. Following the victory coach Todd Decker knew that even though the effort was there, his Marauders were capable of playing even better. We have a long way to go, said Decker, whose team is ranked No. 11 in The Star-Ledger Top 20. We shot ourselves in the foot at times, we had 15 turnovers, we missed 11 free throws, and those are just areas that will kill you. I just think it s all about these younger guys coming along and these older guys getting better and them jelling as a unit, but I think we did show some toughness and some heart at the end to help pull it out. Bayonne (6-3) was able to hang tough with St. Peter s (8-2) from the opening tip-off and only trailed by a basket at the end of the first quarter, managing to keep the game within seven points (32-25) at the half. However, after a few adjustments, St. Peter s slowly but surely extended its lead. With just seconds remaining in the third quarter, the Marauders grabbed a rebound off of a Qadry Callaway missed 3-pointer. Prep then jetted up the floor, before freshman Nate Pierre-Louis found Austin White, who knocked down a 3-pointer with less than two seconds remaining to give St. Peter s it s largest lead of the night at 50-34.
At the start of the fourth quarter, White once again came through with a big play after Bayonne notched two quick buckets to cut Prep s lead to 12 points. But White responded with a sensational drive to the basket despite a hard foul. It s those types of plays that help us win games like these, said White, who led all scorers with 22 points. You could feel that the game was getting a little tight at that point, but that definitely shifted the momentum, quieted the crowd and really got our team into it. After getting a few early season showcase games against teams from up and down the East Coast out of the way, St. Peter s Prep can now focus on the task that Decker feels is most important winning in Hudson County. After it s victory over Bayonne, the Marauders will have another opportunity to defeat a county rival Tuesday night at home against Dickinson. They re huge (in-county games), this is our backyard, all these kids know one another, and games like this really prepare us for the end of the year, said Decker, Hudson County basketball is all about toughness and we try to tell the kids it doesn t matter what scholarship offers you have or what you re ranked, these teams are going to come after you. It toughens them up a bit and gets them ready for the county and state tournament.
The Prep 62 Times SCHEDULE Date Opponent Result 12/2 Morristown-Beard L?? 12/4 Msgr. Farrell W 10-0 12/6 Notre Dame W 7-5 12/11 St. Augustine W 7-2 12/16 Morristown Beard L 10-6 12/18 Pope John W 4-2 HOCKEY John Martucci RECORD & RANKING Record NJ Nation 8-4 #10 # 12/20 Red Bank W 9-1 12/22 Canisius L 4-3 12/23 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 1/22 Bishop Eustace 1/24 Notre Dame 1/31 Don Bosco 2/5 Portledge 2/7 Bishop Eustace 2/10 Lawrenceville 2/12 Gloucester Catholic 2/14 Pope John FINALS St. Peter's Prep ice hockey skates past rival Seton Hall Prep in physical 5-3 victory. By Patrick Villanova/The Jersey Journal on January 15, 2014 NEWARK Mike Goodrich was the first to point out the 45 minutes of hockey he just watched weren t his team s finest this season. But with an offensively-charged St. Peter s Prep unit averaging close to five goals per game at his disposal, Goodrich got just enough out of his team to secure a 5-3 victory over sworn rival Seton Hall Prep today at the AmeriHealth Pavilion. Augie Burkhardt continued his torrid sophomore season with a three-goal effort, while linemates Rocky Coviello and Sean Crowley combined for six points, helping the Marauders, ranked No. 10 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, improve to 8-3 this season. We had our spurts and those spurts were enough for us. But I don t think we played a great game tonight, it was a little sloppy, said Goodrich, now in his fourth season at Prep. Burkhardt (13 goals, 12 assists), who leads the high-octane Marauders in scoring, all but sealed the victory with his third goal of the evening just 48 seconds into the third period. With his team facing a 4-on-3 disadvantage, the crafty left winger jumped on a loose puck that was misplayed by a Seton Hall defenseman just inside the Marauders blue line. Burkhardt cruised in on net, flashing a forehand deke before slipping a backhand shot past Seton Hall goalie Dan Gleeson.
Augie Burkhardt, his legs were really going tonight, said Goodrich, whose top line of Burkhardt, Crowley and Coviello continues to produce. They have great chemistry. The three of them, they complement each other. Seton Hall (1-8) would respond some five minutes later when Peter Zazzali beat St. Peter s goalie Jonathan Labella (24 saves) to trim the lead to 5-3. But the Marauders maintained their two-goal cushion from there on and booked an allimportant Gordon Conference victory. The fact that it came against age-old rival Seton Hall was just an added bonus. We knew they were going to come out hard, said Coviello, who had a goal and three assists. St. Peter s/seton Hall in every sport basketball, football, baseball, hockey, probably even swimming they re all big games. That became increasingly evident as today s encounter wore on. Pushing and shoving after the whistle became commonplace, as the teams combined to take 10 penalties five each. It s definitely a great rivalry. Last year we had some tough games against them. We came out hard tonight and beat them, said Burkhardt. Every game is pretty physical, but especially because we re rivals, they wanted to come out and take our heads off. Burkhardt gave the home team a 1-0 lead nearly midway through the first period when he raced down the left boards to earn what would be the first of two breakaways on Gleeson. Ryen Pezzolla got a second-period goal surge started when he banged home a rebound off a shot from Tommy Linkus just over four minutes into play. Lurking in the slot area, Pezzolla capitalized when the puck found its way to his stick off Linkus rebound, pushing the Marauders lead to 2-0. That lead would double over the course of the next 4:52, as Coviello and Burkhardt both found the back of the net in that span. Coviello, normally an even strength right winger, continued the blitz when the blasted a slapshot from the left point on a St. Peter s power play. The impressive slap shot gave way to Burkhardt s second goal of the game three minutes later. After a flurry of penalties that saw a Seton Hall player disqualified for kicking, the Essex County school scored a pair of goals only 20 seconds apart in the waning moments of the second period. But Burkhardt quickly delivered Prep s fifth and final goal soon after the second intermission, providing the home team with the boost it needed something everyone in maroon and silver is getting used to. St. Peter's Prep (4) at St. Augustine (6) - Boys Ice Hockey By The Star Ledger on January 17, 2014 Ryan Conlin finished with four goals and an assist as St. Augustine, No. 16 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, earned a 6-4 victory against No. 10 St. Peter's at the Igloo in Mount Laurel. All four of Conlin's goals came in the fourth to put St. Augustine ahead. Dean DiSimone added a goal and two assist, while Anthony Deruchie also scored. Sean Crowley scored two goals and and assist for St. Peter's Prep. ***
The Prep 62 Times Schedule Date Opponent Result 12/21 Beast of the East 12/22 Beast of the East WRESTLING RECORD & RANKING Record NJ Nation 6-4 - 0 # 3 # 22 12/28 Blair 43-13 1/3 Mason (IA) 50-17 1/3 Timberland (MO) 1/3 Apple Valley (MN) 36-23 40-15 1/4 Marist (IL) 39-24 1/4 Bettendorf (IA) 37-35 By Joe Kania and James Kratch/For The Star-Ledger on January 14, 2014 Video: http://bit.ly/1bcilyd Prep is highlighted in the first minute. 1/4 Bound Brook 35-28 1/8 Ocean 49-21 1/11 Berg. Cath. 34-21 1/11 Delbarton 32-29 1/14 Cedar Grove 1/15 Brick 1/18 Paramus 49-9 1/20 Don Bosco 1/25 Roxbury 1/26 Novice 1/29 DePaul 2/1 Bound Brook 2/8 HC Duals Feb. Mar. Tournament Tournament
Wrestling: No.1 Bergen Catholic makes statement with 34-21 victory over No. 3 St. Peter's Prep in final of Garden State Duals at Rutgers. By Joe Kania/For The Star-Ledger on January 11, 2014 It was a busy weekend for Bergen Catholic, the top-ranked team in The Star-Ledger Top 20. Less than 24 hours after defeating No. 13 DePaul at home, the Oradell school downed No. 3 St. Peter's, 34-21, in the finals of the inaugural Garden State Duals on Saturday at Rutgers University. Our guys really stepped up to the challenge and really wrestled well, Bergen Catholic coach Dave Bell said. I think they saved their best for last. St. Peter's is a tremendous program and we have a great amount of respect for them and we'll be competing with them all year. I know at the end of the year we're going to be butting heads with them. Some of the team's starters skipped Friday night's match against DePaul. Among them were Johnny Sebastian, the No. 1 182-pounder in the state, and 2013 state-tournament qualifiers Laurien Anghelina (138) and Tyler Casamenti (120). But against its North Jersey, Non-Public A rival, all three were in the lineup. Wrapped in tape and sporting a brace just one week after dislocating his shoulder at The Clash national duals in Minnesota, Sebastian claimed an 8-0 major decision over Danny Sblendorio to push Bergen Catholic's lead to 34-6 with just four bouts remaining. I wanted to wrestle, Sebastian said. It was kind of important for us to make a statement. I felt good, I warmed up well. I had my brace on and I was feeling comfortable with the moves I was trying to hit. Worst case scenario I knew I could injury default out or something. This was a big match for us as a team, going against the No. 3 team in the state. This kind of let us find out what we were made of. I was just glad to be a part of it. Casamenti and Anghelina both fell in their bouts to ranked wrestlers, but Bergen Catholic would win eight of the 14 bouts. Those were some courageous performances, Bell said. Nick Suriano (113), Pete Lipari (126), Zack Spira (145), Jordan Pagano (160), and Kevin Mulligan (170) all picked up bonus point for Bergen Catholic. For Mulligan, ranked No. 6 in the state at 170, it was his fourth win at the Duals. His previous wins included one against No. 8 Kenny Long of Holy Cross. For his efforts, he was named the tournament's Most Valuable Wrestler for the upper weights. D.J. Tirelli (138) of River Dell won the award for the lower weights. To reach the final, St. Peter's downed No. 5 Delbarton, 32-29, with a fall from James Fox (220) in the final bout. Delbarton's Travis Vasquez, ranked No. 7 at 138, picked up a 3-1 victory over top-ranked Connor Burkert while St. Peter's Sonny Simonetti defeated No. 3 Christian Inarella, 3-1 in overtime. Delbarton went on to finish third. Video: http://bit.ly/1dodv7b Joe Grello of Bergen Catholic defeats Ryan Burkert of St. Peter's Prep at 152 pounds at inaugural Garden State Duals on Saturday at Rutgers. (Michael Monday/The Star-Ledger)
The Prep 62 Times 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 3/16 New Balance January 13, 2014 The Hudson County Track Coaches Association named Senior Eamonn Dwyer as the Field Athlete of the Month based on his Hudson County Indoor record tying 6'8" high jump. Junior Minkah Fitzpatrick was named Sprint Athlete of the Month and Senior Fritz Heinrich was named Distance Athlete of the Month. The Relay team of the month was the Distance Medley Relay team consisting of Junior Declan Wollard and Seniors Dan Apicella, Chris Butko and Fritz Heinrich. Junior Erik Aborde was named to this Month's Track Honor Roll. January 15, 2014 The Millrose Games Trials held at the New Balance Center in Manhattan saw Senior Fritz Heinrich run a personal indoor best in the mile for a 13th overall finish in 4:29.01. January 16, 2014 The Bill Reid Memorial Invitational at the Jersey City Armory can best be described as an evening of personal best times. In the first event of the meet, the Varsity Distance Medley Relay was won by the Marauders in 11:25.0 with a lead off personal best by Junior Declan Wollard in 3:31.19 for the 1200 meter leg, Junior Alejandro Anderson ran 58.81 for 400 meters, Senior Dan Apicella ran 2:08.88 for the 800 meter leg and was anchored in a personal indoor best 1600 meters by Sophomore Billy Fitzpatrick in 4:46.12. In the next event, Senior Barrington Bennett in a personal best ran 7.8 for the Varsity 55 meter hurdles to take 1st overall. In the Novice 55 meter hurdles, Sophomore Darnell Hutchins ran 10.3, Freshman Diego Anderson ran 10.4 and Sophomore Peter Ajayi ran 10.8. All of these times were personal best. In the 55 meter dash, Junior Dwon Walker ran a personal best 6.8, Michael Kennedy also ran a personal best time 6.8 and Junior Dan Plaza ran 7.4 In the Novice Division, Dan Okoh ran a personal best 7.2, Anthony Greco ran 7.8 and Jeff Garrigan ran 7.8. In the Novice High Jump, Freshmen Matt Honig was 3rd in 5'2" a personal best and Diego Anderson jumped 5'0" also a personal best.
In the Varsity 3200 meters, Seniors Fritz Heinrich in a personal indoor best ran 9:52.2 and also Senior Jimmy Sause also in a personal indoor best ran 9:59.1 to take 1st and 2nd place. Senior David DeLeon also in a personal indoor best ran 10:34.9 for 4th place. In the Novice 3200 meters, the Marauders went 1-2 again with Sophomore Brandon Parrado in a personal best ran 10:15 and Sophomore James Wright also a personal best ran 11:13. In the Varsity 400 meters, Senior Chris Butko ran a personal indoor best for a 2nd place finish in 53.3. Junior Erik Aborde ran 59.1, Junior Brian Rojas ran 59.6 and Sophomore peter Garrigan ran 62.5. In the Novice race, Freshman Dan Rivera ran 60.02, Sophomore Matt Fetterman ran 62.16, Freshman Jason Coyle ran 66.53, Freshman Tyler Cholankeril ran 68.35, Sophomore Mike Hester ran 68.69, Sophomore Christian Near ran 70.19, Junior Carl Gocon ran 73.23, Freshman Dylan Deans ran 73.66 and Freshman Julien Panepinto ran 75.47. In the Novice 800 meters, Freshman Mike Larkin was 1st in 2:14.66. Junior Matt Soliven ran 2:18.44, Freshmen Charlie Appello ran 2:32.75, Massimo DiMuzio ran 2:37.75, Justin Bonner ran 2:38.66 and Alex Wedgbury ran 2;42.63. In the Varsity 1600 meters, Freshmen Brandon Rossi (4:47.2) and Cesar Esteban (4:48.8) were running for the first time as Varsity runners were 2nd and 3rd. In the Novice 1600 meters, Freshmen John Hester was 2nd in 5:26, Anthony Reyes was 4th in 5:30, Jonathan Thybulle was 5th in 5:41 and Bobby Chambers was 6th in 5:43. All of these times were personal best. January 19, 2014 The NJSIAA Non-Public A Relay Championships at the Bennett Center in Toms River saw the most dramatic race of the day when Junior Declan Wollard passed two runners in the last 10 meters to win the State Championship in the 4x800 meter relay. The Marauders set the meet record and the St. Peter's Prep school indoor record. It is the 3rd fastest all time at the state relay championships. It was the first time the Marauders won a 4x800 meter state relay championship. It was the fastest 4x800 meter relay in the entire state relay championships this year. The team also qualified for the National Championships in the Emerging Elite Division. The team of Dan Apicella in a personal indoor best of 2:01.97, Senior Chris Butko ran 2:01.44, Senior Fritz Heinrich in a personal indoor best of 2:00.15 and Junior Declan Wollard in a personal best ran 2:02.16 for a team time of 8:05.72. The time is the 4th fastest in New Jersey and 12th in the United States but the fastest in the United States on a flat track. In the Distance Medley Relay, the Marauders finished 7th overall in 11:07.03 with a number of personal best times when Sophomore Brandon Parrado ran 3:24.16 for 1200 meters, Junior Will Springer in a personal best 400 meters of 57.63, Sophomore Billy Fitzapatrick ran 2:08.68 for 800 meters and Senior Jimmy Sause in a personal best 1600 meters ran 4:36.56. In the Shuttle Hurdles relay, Junior Will Springer running two events in a row ran 9.8, Sophomore Nelson Yang ran 10.3, in a personal best Sophomore Robbie Wisowaty ran 8.9 and Senior Barrington Bennett ran 7.9 to place 7th overall. In the Shot Out relay, Senior Malcolm Merritt in a personal best throw hurled 38'10" and Junior Steven Sprofera
The Prep 62 Times Schedule Date Opponent Result 12/5 Scotch Plains 94-76 12/12 Memorial 73-21 12/13 McNair 125-44 12/17 Union City 121-44 12/19 Ridgewood 130-40 1/3 Strake Jesuit 1/7 Pingry 102-68 1/9 Bayonne 114-56 SWIMMING RECORD & RANKING Record NJ Nation 9-1 #9 # 1/10 North Bergen 124-46 1/16 Hillsboro 98-72 1/17 Hudson Catholic 74-16 1/21 Seton Hall 1/27 Kearny 1/30 Ferris 2/4 Dickinson 2/25 HCIAL Finals 2/26 HCIAL Finals 2/27 Meet of Champions TBA TBA State Prelims. State Finals
The Prep 62 Times Schedule Date Opponent Result 12/2 Kearny 7-0 12/5 Marist 7-0 BOWLING The Coach: Ms. Carmella Castellano See the video at 14:38 at this link: http://bit.ly/1dixdgx RECORD & RANKING Record NJ Nation 9-1 # # 12/7 Crusader Classic?? 12/9 Bayonne 7-0 12/12 Lincoln?? 12/14 Warren Wheeler?? 12/16 McNair 7-0 12/19 Snyder 5-2 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 1/18 Woodbridge Classic 1/23 Position 1/27 Position 1/30. Play-Offs 2/3 Play-Offs 2/6 Play-Offs 2/10 Play-Offs Bowling: Brick boys, Brick Memorial girls capture titles at Woodbridge Classic. By Patrick Lanni/For The Star-Ledger on January 18, 2014 BOYS RESULTS TEAMS: 1-Brick 3,014. 2-Montville 2,946. 3-Old Bridge 2,926. 4- Sayreville 2,917. 5-Brick Memorial 2,879. 6-Morris Knolls 2,841. 7- Woodbridge 2,812. 8-Linden 2,758. 9-Morris Hills 2,734. 10- Roselle Catholic 2,699. 11-St. Peter's Prep, 2,651. 12-Edison, 2,633. 13-Colonia, 2,620. 14-St. Joseph (Met.), 2615. 15-South Brunswick 2,602. 16-Westfield 2,578. 17-South Plainfield 2,519. 18- North Brunswick 2,479. 19-Jefferson 2,465. 20-Carteret 2,455. 21- Iselin Kennedy 2,370. 22-Perth Amboy 2,308. 23-J.P. Stevens 2,055. HIGH GAMES: 1-Sebastian Rojas, Westfield, 259. 2-Alan Bank, Brick, 257. 3-Erik Katterman, Montville, 255.
The Prep 62 Times Schedule Date Opponent Result 12/20 Oratory Prep 21-6 12/23 CBA 16-11 1/5 Cetrulo Tournament 1/7 Montclair 19-8 1/9 Columbia 18-9 1/14 West Essex 20-7 FENCING The Coach: Gregory Evans See the full season video with all team members and Coach Evans at this link: http://vimeo.com/channels/spp RECORD & RANKING Record NJ Nation 3-2 - 0 # # 1/21 Livingston 1/24 Newark Academy 1/28 Governor Livingston 1/29 Millburn 2/3 Montclair Kimberley TBD NJIAA Champions
This Week's Schedule Monday, Jan. 20th V Hockey @ Seton Hall Prep, 4:15, Codey Arena Wrestling vs. Don Bosco Prep, JV-10:00/ V-11:30 JV Hockey @ Gloucester Catholic, 4:15, Hollydell Arena Tuesday, Jan. 21st Basketball vs. Memorial, 4/5:30/7 Fencing @ Livingston, 4:30 Track in Jersey City Championships, 4:00, JC Armory Swim vs. Seton Hall Prep, 4:30, SPU Wednesday, Jan. 22nd V Hockey vs. Bishop Eustace, 4:15, Prudential Thursday, Jan. 23rd Basketball @ North Bergen, 4/5:30/7:00 Bowling Positional Match, 4:15, Hudson Lanes Friday, Jan. 24th Fencing vs. Newark Academy, 4:30, Cobra V Hockey vs. Notre Dame (CT), 4:15, Prudential Track in Ed Grant Invitational, 4:00, JC Armory Saturday, Jan. 25th Wrestling @ Roxbury Quad (Bordentown/St. Joe's Regional), 10/12/2:00 Track in NJCTC Frosh/Soph Championships, Time TBA, Bennett Center Track in New Balance Games, Time TBA, 168th St Armory