Catching Up

Saturday's Tournaments
The South Jersey Singles was rescheduled to December 23, but the other two were far enough north to avoid the worst of the storm and went ahead.  The Wheeler (written up by nj.com) had a limited girls' field, and was won by Union Catholic, who doesn't technically have a girls team, since the Union County leagues are boys/co-ed only.  That's a shame, because the UC girls look pretty good, led by seniors Goldera Surles and Kaitlyn Lowey (608).

The boys' side was surprisingly competitive, with preseason #2 Woodbridge barely holding off a very strong Union team and their star Kiara Powell (girls high set of 659) by a 2909-2872 count.  No boys cracked 700, but Livingston's Michael Liu (699) and Evan Weinberg of Dayton (694) came awfully close.

FDU Coach Mike LoPresti's North Jersey Singles Classic didn't disappoint, with lots of big scores and good stories.  Both Vince (right here), and Greg Tartaglia of northjersey.com (right here) did great writeups, so I won't rehash the details, but I will list the top scores:

745 Francis Vitelli, North Hunterdon (#1 qualifier)
770 Johann Gamo, Clifton (unofficial, in 3 elimination rounds)
702 Ryan Monahan, Warren Hills (unofficial, in 3 elimination rounds)

767 Paige Peters, Toms River North (#1 qualifier)
754 Lanasia Neal, South Plainfield (#2 qualifier)
685 Rhianna Smith, Mt. Olive (#3 qualifier)
665 Gabrielle Capalad, Leonia
645 Kamerin Peters, Toms River North
613 Lindsay Pepper, Ramsey
606 Arielle Wallace, Hackensack
601 Kelcie Mannon, Warren Hills (unofficial, in 3 elimination games)


More Big Scores from the last few days

777  Jason Bilawsky, Woodbridge
757  Cameron LaPlant, JP Stevens (included a 300)
753  Matthew Marletta, Morris Tech
747  Daniel Lenk, East Brunswick
734  Spencer Fabe, Carteret
729  Brian McAdams, JP Stevens
727  Angelo Salici, South Plainfield
716  Jason Smith, Edison
715  Ryan McGuire, Indian Hills
714  Joe Banwer, Edison
700  Cameron Waldheim, Brick Memorial
(also a 300/691 from Jordan Tse of Demarest)

728-672  Amanda Shelters, Brick Memorial
707  Katie Robb, Kingsway
668  Lanasia Neal, South Plainfield
640  Caylin Ryan, Brick Township
637  Lindsay Pepper, Ramsey
633  Victoria Stasicky, Monroe
622  Marissa Cosentini, Wayne Valley
622  Theresa Bedaro, Manchester
621  Eleni Feggulis, South River
616  Emma Thies, Jefferson
609  Bridget Bolan, Monroe
604  Julianna Forbes, Brick Township