Submitted Content
Last weekend, the Hopewell Valley Soccer Association continued its fall recreational season.
The following is a submitted collection of the weekend’s results.
D2 Boys
Modells lost 2 – 1 on Saturday against Carnegie Cat Clinic in a close matchup. Allen Ye, Brady DeCore and Joseph Troiano led the charge in the first quarter but were not able to find the right formula against this tough defensive team. Patrick Schouten, Anthony Rinaldi and Joshua Rheinhardt fought hard in the second quarter and were able to convert with Josh Rheinhardt scoring the goal. Logan Turnbull, Brett Sirolly, Chance Hutnik and Jackson Ruf led a solid defensive effort keeping Carnegie at bay during their many offensive runs. Modells player of the game goes to Roman Scaturro. Roman has really picked up his game in providing solid defense for Modells and helping move the ball down field.
Modells won 4 – 3 on Sunday against Kuppek Landscaping. Brady DeCore and Joseph Troiano started off the first quarter with two quick goals while Brett Sirolly, Roman Scaturro, Allen Ye and Anthony Rinaldi ran defense keeping our opponent to one goal that quarter. Ryan Batcha and Chance Hutnik helped in many of the pushes down field while in offense. Patrick Schouten scored our third goal in the third quarter and Josh Rheinhardt was able to score the fourth quarter goal to keep Modells in the lead for the win. Modells player of the game is Logan Turnbull. Logan had many crucial plays in stopping drives to goal by Kuppek, but also stepped it up in goal with a few game winning saves.
Team Stelitano had a nail-biter of a game on Saturday, Oct. 7, which resulted in a tie. Substantial defensive plays by two team Stelitano players, with superb goal keeping by Peter Merk and Lukas Yiacas of team Stelitano making numerous saves to ensure a tough game. A fast break by Charlie Clark almost resulted in a winning goal. Team Stelitano tied 2-2 with Seamus Manning & a HVSA own-goal from a corner kick were the goal scorers.
Team Stelitano had another nail-biter of a game against Burwood’s Landscape and Patio Design on Sunday, Oct. 8 which resulted in a win. Outstanding play by Lukas Yiacas both in goal and on the field, he made enormous contributions to the result of the game. Quite a few shots on the opponents goal failed to make their target. Team Stelitano won 3-2 with Lukas Yiacas (2) & Zack Lubas being the goal scorers.
Burdwood’s Landscape and Patio Design played Kuppek Landscaping on Saturday. Eli Angarone and Ryan Fornal ran up and down the field tirelessly, making great defensive and offensive plays. Defenders Juan Geller, Dylan Somma, and Matthew Sarni put up a great fight. In goal, Tyler Ananian and Gavin Gola made some great saves and were able to punt the ball to midfield putting their offense in a good position. Burdwood’s fighting spirit paid off with a last minute goal scored by Vincent Matticoli, assisted by Eli Angarone and Dylan Hersh. Burdwood’s lost to Kuppek, 5-1.
On Sunday, Burdwood’s Landscape and Patio Design challenged Stellitano Heating & AC in an action packed game. Eli Angarone netted an early first quarter goal for Burdwood’s. Christopher Mackin drove in another goal for Burdwood’s after connecting with Eli Angarone’s throw-in pass. Gavin Gola, Adhithya Siva, and Dylan Somma fought hard on defense to keep Stellitano at bay. Tyler Ananian and Stephen Bilobran made some solid plays in goal. Ryan Fornal & Dylan Hersh played a strong game on offense and defense making many drives up the field giving Burdwood’s many scoring opportunities. In a hard fought game, Stellitano defeated Burdwood’s with a score of 3-2.
On Saturday, Capital Health fell 8-1 to an organized J & V Trophies. Chris Miliaresis scored the Capitals’ lone goal on an opening run in the second quarter. John Grgurich and Donald Chen provided consistent support in midfield and on defense throughout the game.
On Sunday, the Capitals played a hard-fought game, but fell 3-0 to HVSA after single goals in each of the last three quarters. James Gervasoni and Chris Miliaresis both turned in strong defensive performances, with Jeremy English and Erik Petrin each making excellent saves in goal.
The J&V Trophies team played against Capital Health on Saturday and was able to get the third game won this season. Luke Rodefeld scored four goals and Conor O’Boyle scored four more. Final score was 8-1. Preston Horvath played really tough defense. Mateo Franco-Valverde played as striker for the first time in the season and he did really well.
J&V Trophies played against Wilson Apple Funeral Home on Sunday on a really intense game. J&V Trophies was winning 2-1 but Wilson Apple Funeral Home tied up the game at the end of third quarter. Adam Rusell and Gavin Seibold played furiously as strikers. No substitutions for J&V Trophies worn down the team and J&V Trophies lost for a final score 5-2. Luke Rodefeld, midfielder, scored both goals for J&V Trophies.
The Kluppek Landscaping team had a relatively easy game with Burwoods Landscapes on Saturday Oct 9 – a team they had played and won against before. They quickly went up by two goals in the first half thanks to star player Aiden Luciano. In the third quarter Aiden scored one more goal with some individual brilliance while James Todd had a good sense of position in the middle of the penalty box to score the fourth goal. Aiden scored another goal in the fourth quarter before Burwoods got one back. Final score was 5-1
The next day, Sunday Oct. 10, Kluppek played the Modells, scoring their first goal with some individual skills by Aiden Luciano. After some back and forth in the first half, the match was very evenly tied at 2-2 – with both of the goals coming from Aiden. In the third quarter, Modells mounted pressure on the Kluppek defense, bringing the score to 2-4.
In the last quarter, Kluppek went all out, putting their best players in the offense. Modells did good thwarting our attacks for a while by clearing with big kicks. However with persistence Brayden Saeger scored another goal with a minute to spare. Ultimately, time ran out and Kluppek fell to Modells with a final score of 3-4.
D2 Girls
Stark and Stark Team Bob had their best weekend yet with two wins. Saturday, they beat Francos on a beautiful goal by Caroline Sirolly which came off of a beautiful assist by Sydney Young. Rebekka Siegelheim threw up a shutout. Sunday saw Team Bob beat Nectars 2-0 with goals from Angelyn Zhao and Sydne Youngy. Rebekka Seigelheim and Reagan Silvestri combined for the shutout.
2007G
The 2007 Reign came home the U11 champions at this weekend’s Hamilton Tournament. Saturday morning they battled it out with the Northern Burlington Galaxy. It was a close game but the Reign powered through winning 4-3. Goals were scored by Charlotte Barnes and Gianna Azura. Outstanding defense came from Shelby Ruf, Sofia Swindell and Claire Dumont.
Saturday afternoon the girls took on the LNUSC Blizzard. Again the Reign came out on top winning 4-2. Goals were scored by Charlotte Barnes and Sophia Swindell.
Sunday’s championship game was played again against the Northern Burlington Blizzard. Both teams game out strong but the Reign hit the back of the net first with a direct kick taken by Sofia Swindell. At the half the Reign were up 1-0. The Galaxy fired back in the second half to tie the game. The Reign didn’t back down and strong offensive and midfield play from Gianna Azura, Emily Fang, Grace Koziol, Megan D’Alessandro, Bridget Holden, Clara Mayer, Ava Duggan and Chloe Levicchi kept the pressure on. With nine minutes left in the game Charlotte Barnes scored what would be the winning goal.
Amazing goaltending by Scarlet Brooks and tremendous defensive playing came from Sofia Swindell, Shelby Ruf, Claire Dumont and Kaelyn Gopaul.
2004G
The Hopewell Heat U14 Girls sailed to a win in the Mt. Laurel Columbus Tournament this past weekend in fine fashion. The team was undefeated and shut out their opponents through three games of play as a result of solid defense in the backfield and from goalies Sophia Parsons and Gillian Lee. After beating Concord Red from Delaware solidly 2-0 on Saturday, the Heat went on to defeat Voorhees Flash 1-0 and Twin County SA Wildcats 4-0 on Sunday. Eva Guerino was the top scorer for the Heat with six goals in three games, while Sofia Venezia added one and Samantha Shaw knocking a free kick in and hitting the very corner of the net to everyone’s amazement.
2003B
The Hopewell Valley Avalanche took home first place in their division of the Hamilton SC Columbus Day Tournament, winning three of their games and taking one draw.
The Avalanche opened up the tournament on Saturday with a decisive 6-2 victory over the Hamilton Raiders. Striker Nick Tagliareni came away with four of the goals, and Alex Tagliareni and Scotty Hunt each had one. Avalanche’s strong midfield of Will Hanks, Armaan Singh and Ben Thompson kept the pressure on, while defenders Alex Javick, Cameron Confer and Christopher Sawicki continued to hold the line.
Their second game against the equally matched RVSC Redbulls ended in a 1-1 tie, with the only goal coming from Alex Tagliareni. Good ball movement was demonstrated by midfielders Jared Greenzang, Andrew Neal and Kyle Doherty, while offensive players Will Hanks and Scotty Hunt continued to be scoring threats.
After getting out to a slow start and giving up a goal in their first game Sunday against Voorhees SA Surge, the Avalanche responded with two goals, one each from Alex and Nick Tagliareni. The Avalanche came out with a 2-1 win.
The final victory for Avalanche was a rematch against Hamilton. Avalanche took an early lead with a goal by Alex Tagliareni. They then rallied in the second half with two straight goals from Christopher Sawicki and Nick Tagliareni. After a charge by Hamilton with a goal, Avalanche’s Gabe McDonnell secured the team’s victory with a 4-1 win.
The Avalanche goalkeeping tandem of Michael Moonan and Austin Roell was stellar throughout the entire tournament.
