Just a ton of action on Monday & Tuesday, including 37 of the 40 ranked teams. Let's hit some highlights.
The #1 Brick Memorial girls made it to 36-0 with a 3085-2706 sweep of #5 Toms River South. The Mustangs were led by a trio of 600s from Victoria Bird (606), Amanda Shelters (656) and Jillian Stuart (654) while Ciani Sanchez shot 647 for TRS in defeat.
#2 Brick Township (2817) came away with a tough 2-1 win over #7 Toms River North (2783, a season-best). Victoria Gray from BT (626) and Kamerin Peters from TRN (687) put up the biggest scores.
#4 Warren Hills continues to pressure the top 3, firing 2841 behind 600s by Jenna Henderson (630), Kelcie Mannon (643) and Liz Hudock (603). Jenn Ingulli (651) and Dana Henry (609) helped #6 Ocean Township to a pair of 3-0 wins, including a 2738 set against #18 Manasquan.
#9 Teaneck had the highest Big North set at 2049, defeating Demarest 5-2, though Demarest put up a solid 1948. Unranked Paramus Catholic is looking to crack the rankings, as Kristen Kane's 614 helped PC to a 1966 set.
GMC action was headlined by a showdown between #19 Carteret and #20 South Plainfield, with the Ramblers prevailing 3-1 and carding 2419, enough to overcome Lanasia Neal's 631. Bridget Bolan's 604 helped Monroe to a solid 2395. But #11 Edison remains the conference boss, sweeping Colonia with a strong 2511 series.
#10 Lacey put Friday's loss behind them and swept Pinelands with a 2531 set, while #14 Freehold Township got big numbers from both Clare Chaffer (675) and Sarah Orensky (616) in hanging 2447 on Manalapan. Morgan Gitlitz shot 616 to help Colts Neck to their highest score of the season, 2308, and a 2-1 defeat of Jackson Liberty.
They bowl on boys teams, but we've got to recognize Hopatcong's Rhianna Smith for her 702 on Monday, which she followed up with 621 on Tuesday, as well as Hawthorne's Madison Perry who fired 711.
Other 600s:
Katie Robb, Kingsway 602
Shea Balman, Pinelands 618
Danielle Quitola, Ridgefield Park 650
On the boys side, first & foremost we should welcome back Andrew Lazarchick of Brick Memorial and Matthew Stephens of Egg Harbor from their trip to Team USA trials. Both seemed to enjoy getting away from the tough patterns at trials: Lazarchick carded 748 in #2 Brick Memorial's tight win over #6 Toms River South, while Stephens torched the lanes for a 775 in Egg Harbor's sweep of Deptford.
#9 South Brunswick took advantage of a rare off-day from #4 East Brunswick and took a 3-1 decision (2904-2896) in the marquee GMC matchup of the week. Another ranked-teams dual saw #17 St. Joseph (Metuchen) sweep #14 Sayreville 4-0.
#1 Woodbridge (3101) and #5 Brick Township (3158) kept their seasons rolling along with sweeps, as did #7 Ocean Township (2985), #13 Montville (2919), #16 Sussex Tech (3022), #18 Warren Hills (2987) and #20 Livingston (2986).
I speculated on Monday that #10 Cherry Hill East could be deadly with Emerson Levy & Anthony Mathis both "on", and then they went out and did it, shooting 723 & 700 respectively to fuel a team season-high 3140. Olympic conference foe #15 Seneca put up a season-best monster as well, with a 3174 set highlighted by Jacob Boris's 745.
The best match of the week so far may have been the Shore-Central-A showdown between #8 Manasquan and St. Rose. Joe Ocello's 702 helped St. Rose take 2 of 3 games (and points), but Manasquan ended up with the higher set (3122-3103), thanks in part to Austin Devereux's 705. I think we're looking at a preview of Central Group I, and possibly State Group I with these two teams.
Up in the 4-man Big North, #12 Indian Hills continues to raise that huge average with two more sweeps that feature totals averaging over 200: 2467 & 2470 in this case. Joe Mormando's 736 led the way. Fair Lawn's making me look good for putting them on the "keep an eye" list, putting up a very strong 2455 in a sweep of Passaic Tech. Ridgefield Park's Derek Lewandowski's 708 helped his team take 3rd in the BN for the week so far, with a 2331 set.
Lacey is looking like a team back on the rise, carding 2918 in a sweep of Pinelands to move their Shore-South-B leading record to 31-2. North Arligton's 4-man squad continues to improve, this time posting 2486, led by Eric McKenna's 723.
Unranked South Plainfield came up with their highest set of the season, totaling a huge 3090 in a sweep of Carteret. Camden Tech posted their highest series of the year as well with a 2842 in a sweep over Bishop Eustace on Monday. A few more season-highs: Ewing (2940), Scotch Plains-Fanwood (2913), Cinnaminson (2907), and Piscataway (2883 in an upset win over Monroe).
Other 700s:
Evan Weinberg, Dayton 705
Matthew Burzynski, Dickinson 741
Joe Gramignano, High Point 729
Matt Gibney, Keansburg 722
Mike Eak, Central 718
Ryan Donohue, Lyndhurst 712
Kyle Schellberg, Dumont 749
Jordan Tse,Demarest 725
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