Andrew Martins, Managing Editor
Last weekend, the Hopewell Valley Soccer Association continued its fall recreational season.
The following is a submitted collection of the weekend’s results.
D3 Boys
On Saturday afternoon, DeSimone Orthodontics defeated Jack’s Nursery by a score of 6-0 in a battle between the top two teams in the league. Leading the scoring was Aaron Nulman, with two well-placed goals and an assist. On the scoreboard for the first time was Shane Sullivan in the second half, in addition to goals by Josh Kohlhepp, Tommy Irvine and Noah Pashman. Leading the defensive effort in goal was Paul Warznak with several incredible saves on breakaways, and Jeffrey Blake. Support in the midfield and on defense, to start several of the scoring opportunities, was consistent throughout the game from Teddy Franzino, Robert Taylor, Adam Rise, Connor Batcha and Jackson Blackwell.
In a competitive game on Sunday, DeSimone Orthodontics, behind a hat trick in the first half by Jeffrey Blake, defeated Robbinsville 1 by a score of 4-1. Joshua Kohlhepp added an insurance goal and led the defensive effort early. There were several other scoring chances by Shane Sullivan, Adam Rise, Connor Batcha and Robert Taylor, but fantastic goalie play in the second half by Robbinsville 1 kept DeSimone Orthodontics off the scoreboard in the second half.
D3 Girls
Dr. McDonough’s Live Wires’ only game this weekend was played on Saturday, October 14. Despite the nasty weather, Natalie Kasprzyk was able to score two goals in the first half of the game against Robbinsville 1. The first goal was assisted by a pass from Katie Clarke. Stellar goaltending by Chelsea Kent and excellent defensive play by Sierra Mitchell, Makenzie Scherbekow and Mariel Haynes and Zoey Zeng kept Robbinsville off the scoreboard. The second half was a defensive battle until Robbinsville was able to sneak a shot by goalie Mariel. The Live Wires defense kept the team in the lead until Robbinsville was able to circumvent the Live Wires’ defense and find the back of the net to tie the game 2-2. Natalie was on fire and looking for her third goal of the game. She placed a shot low and to the left of the Robbinsville goalie only to have the referee wave it off. Nearing the end of the game, the Live Wires were awarded a penalty kick as a result of a hand ball in the box called against Robbinsville. Under great pressure from a cheering crowd, Sierra Mitchell took the penalty shot. The ball went high, only to find the crossbar and deflect into the goalie’s arms. The defensive paring of Kyla Machinga and Olivia Friedrich kept Robbinsville out of the Live Wires net for the rest of the game.
Jack’s Nursery Jack’s-O-Lanterns brought their A-Game this past weekend against two of Ewing Townships finest. On Saturday, goals from Charlotte Catlett, Shinyi Lee, Evelyn Lansing, Payton Tuorto, Lily Panzitta and Lilly Gaglio, led the Lanterns to a 6-0 victory over Ewing-3.
Despite a spectacular defensive effort by the Ewing-1 team on Sunday, constant pressure on the Ewing goalies from Katie Means, and goals from Evelyn Lansing and Lilly Gaglio led the Lanterns to a 2-0 win, their second shutout in as many days.
In both games, the victories were supported by great keeper showings from Bella Gaglio, Payton Tuorto, and Evelyn Lansing, who were all protected by spectacular defensive efforts from Jaina Jackowski, Kirsten Southall, Charlotte Catlett and Isabel Boyajian.
Saturday saw the Union Line Garage Firecrackers take on Ewing 2, and securing a win by the score 3-1. The match unfortunately had Ewing score two own goals for the benefit of Union Line in the early minutes before settling down and scoring their only goal of the game before halftime. Emilie Sawicki scored from outside the penalty box in the middle of the second half to bring the score to 3-1. The midfield for Union Line Garage was led by Lilla Antal, Kate Coyer, and Amanda Flanders, the defensive unit was Reena Fielding, Piper Brant, Shreya Mookherjee, and Lucy Antal, with keepers Lily Ryan and Manvi Shah.
Union Line Garage Firecrackers traveled to Robbinsville on Sunday to take on Robbinsville 2, winning 4-1. The game opened up with Robbinsville scoring in the early minutes, holding the lead until five minutes left in the first half when Amanda Flanders scored from a very difficult angle deep in the right corner. After half time, the Union Line Garage defense successfully held the midfield line, through speed and footwork led by Lucy Antal, Reena Fielding, Shreya Mookherjee, and Piper Brant, keeping Robbinsville from mounting an attack. Midfielders Kate Coyer, Manvi Shah, and Lily Ryan held a clinic with passing and possession, allowing Emilie Sawicki to score from near the 18-yard mark, and
Amanda Flanders scoring two more, one off a beautiful throw in from Emilie Sawicki. Keepers were M. Shah and L. Ryan.
D2 Boys
Modells won 3-1 on Saturday against Burwood Landscape. Joseph Troiano, Allen Ye, Brady DeCore, Patrick Schouten and Joshua Rheinhardt led the offensive effort for Modells and scoring a goal in each of the first three quarters. Joseph Troiano showed his skills with a few solid corner kicks that assisted in the first goal. Defense was run by Logan Turnbull, Anthony Rinaldi, Chance Hutnik, Jackson Ruf and Ryan Batcha. This young defensive line keeps showing their skills and aggressiveness by taking on any player that approaches their line. Allen Ye, Joshua Rheinhardt and Brady DeCore each scored a goal for Modells.
Modells player of the game goes to Ryan Batcha. Ryan continues to improve his overall skills this season showing impressive defensive plays and offensive plays against more experienced players.
Modells won 1-0 on Sunday against Kuppek Landscaping. Patrick Schouten, Brady DeCore and Allen Ye were core to Modells offensive runs doing a great job bringing the ball down field and applying constant pressure. Logan Turnbull, Anthony Rinaldi, Brett Sirolly, Ryan Batcha and Chance Hutnik provided fantastic defense against Kuppek making it tough at each drive towards the goal. Joshua Rheinhardt did a fantastic job as goalie keeping Kuppek scoreless and helping apply pressure to Kuppek with his return kicks. Allen Ye scored the first and only goal of the game early in the first quarter. Modells player of the game is Patrick Schouten. Whenever Patrick is on the field he is always running and is always a team player. Patrick provided great assists in offense and defense during this game making our win possible.
On Saturday, Kuppek Landscaping played the Wilson Apple Funeral Home team. The first quarter was evenly poised – however a deflection from one of the Kupped defenders saw the ball in back of net with a few seconds to spare, putting them down 0-1. The next two quarters went toe-to-toe with one shots hitting the funeral home’s goal post and rebounding off. The Kuppek team failed to follow up on it to convert. In the fourth quarter there was a direct free kick to the Wilson Apple team about 10 yards outside of the penalty box – they kicked and although the ball rolled on the ground somehow it went past Kuppek’s defenders. That was the final score.
On Sunday, for Kuppek’s game against Modells team we were missing quite a few players including star player Aiden Luciano. Kuppek Landscaping were lucky that the weather was mild as they did not have any substitutes. The kids played an amazing game – they organized well, they started developing a sense of position. They kept on passing the ball, putting pressure on the ball, attacked and defended well. However Kuppek’s fell back in the last seconds of the first quarter from a direct free kick. Kuppek’s had two great scoring opportunities in second and third quarter which they could not convert. Final score was 0-1.
Although it was a tough loss it was great to see the kids finally playing together with a sense of purpose and enthusiasm.
Team Stelitano played a tough a game against J&V Trophies on Saturday, Oct 14, which resulted in a 2-0 loss. Despite multiple shots and fast breaks by Seamus Manning, Peter Merk and Eli Pashman, none of them hit the mark. J&V Trophies’ excellent goalkeeping proved too much for Team Stelitano.
On Saturday, Burdwood’s Landscape and Patio Design played Modell’s. Goaltenders Tyler Ananian and Gavin Gola fought their hardest to keep Modell’s at bay. Defensemen Dylan Somma and Eddie Besant had some key defensive stops. Dylan Hersh and Christopher Mackin had a few good scoring opportunities, but only Eli Angarone, who played aggressively throughout the game, was able to connect with the net. Burdwood’s fell to Modell’s, 3-1.
Burdwood’s Landscape and Patio Design faced Wilson Apple Funeral Home on Sunday. Gavin Gola and Tyler Ananian put up a great fight in goal, never wavering as they faced numerous attempts by Wilson Apple. Eli Angarone and Ryan Fornal played a great midfield game. Good offensive contributions were also made by Stephen Bilobran and Juan Geller. Burdwood’s lost to Wilson Apple, 5-0.
In a close game on Saturday, Capital Health edged Carnegie Cat Clinic 5-3. Chris Miliaresis led the Capitals’ scoring with two goals in the first quarter. The Capitals then traded goals in each remaining quarter, with Miliaresis scoring in the second and third period, and Trevor LiVecchi contributing a decisive finisher in the final quarter. Nate Heiss broke up a number of key plays on defense. In goal, Abram Wojciechowicz knocked a blistering penalty shot over the crossbar, while Erik Petrin and Sam Keenan both turned in solid quarters in net.
On Sunday, the Capitals fell 5-0 to HVSA. Though playing shorthanded, the Capitals’ offense made a number of good drives started with spirited footwork by Cooper Wiley and Jeremy English. James Gervasoni provided strong defense in the air and on the ground.
It was a close game with lots of goals between Carnegie Cat Clinic and Capital Health on Saturday. CCC lost 5-3 in the end, but had a goal disallowed for offside and failed to capitalize on a penalty after a strong run by Lucien Gharagozloo who was brought down in the box. Goals for Carnegie cat clinic came from Drew Kohlhepp, Jace Kalina and William Carter.
Carnegie Cat Clinic lost to J&V Trophies 5-1 in Sunday’s game. Carnegie worked very hard and got an early goal from Jace Kalina, but gave a soft goal away after a goalkeeper error. At 1-1, a bad referee decision gave a goal to J&V Trophies, even though the ball didn’t cross the goal line. The bad luck continued and Carnegie conceded an own goal. However a determined Carnegie continued to push forward and create chances, but could not convert them to goals.
D2 Girls
It was another great weekend for Stark & Stark Team Bob. On Saturday, they played the Black Birds and this time matched them point for point in a well played game. Caroline Sirolly scored first in the game, but the Black Birds tied it up quickly and then scored two goals in the third, but Sidney Young scored two goals in the fourth quarter to tie it again. With three minutes to go, the Black Birds edged out one more goal to win 4-3.
On Sunday, Team Bob played Franco’s Pizza. Angelyn Zhao and Charlotte Sweetman scored early goals to take the lead. Jenna Young had many shots on goal and Eleanor Farmer and Addison Rhodes had excellent blocks on defense. Anna Wilson and Corrine Saindon were formidable goalies only letting Franco’s score once. With 30 seconds left, Sidney Young scored the final goal helping Stark and Stark win 3:1.
2006G
The girls of HV Nor’easter played FC Berna on Sunday. While the teams were well matched, the Nor’easters won with a final score of 3-1. Reese Overman scored the first goal in the first half and Tessa Caputo scored two more in the second half. Ella Fessler had some great saves in goal. Tierney Mallowney, Iris Lautermilch and Emily Eschleman kept up the pressure on offense. Olivia Chila, Anastasia Angarone and Hallie Carrick were strong on defense.
