Category: sports/hopewell_valley_news

  • HOPEWELL: HVSA travel soccer

    Strong Defense from Rex Peters, Lukas Ansari, and Alex Romano led the Hopewell Valley Soccer Association’s U10 Riptides to a 5-0 win over Princeton Football Club. Kieran Karp and Brandon Napoleon each had a goal and two assists. Also scoring goals were Charlie Stocks-Natalias, Will Stover and Matthew Whitlock. Daniel Golian and Cameron Velez added…

  • HOPEWELL: HVSA rec soccer round-up

    Team Franco’s Pizza played its best game of the season in a 4-0 win over ActivCore. Katy Gray and Lucy Webster each had two goals and Manvi Tripathi preserved the shutout with some fantastic goaltending. Claire Dumont continued her outstanding defensive play.  On Sunday, Kuppeck Landscaping took a 3-1 win over Team Franco’s Pizza. For…

  • HOPEWELL: HVSA travel soccer

    The Hopewell Valley Soccer Association’s U8 Lightning opened with a 5-1 win over North Plainfield in travel soccer play. Dylan Napoleon scored two goals, while Gavin McCaffrey, Michael Whitlock and Milan Desai had one goal apiece. Eshaan Doshi, Jeremy Siegelheim and Logan Gonsalves had assists. Jackson Sub, John Jaihan, Noah Rodriguez, Ethan Nau and Ty…

  • PRINCETON: PU football ready to open … finally

    By Bob Nuse, Sports Editor Bob Surace has been around the Princeton University football program long enough to be used to it, but that doesn’t make it any easier that the Tigers start their season two weeks after their opening opponent every year. “We know, and we have struggled with this, but the team we…

  • HOPEWELL: HVSA travel soccer round-up

    HOPEWELL: HVSA travel soccer round-up

    The Hopewell Valley Soccer Association’s U10 Riptides started their season with a strong showing in the South Brunswick tournament, going 4-0 to win the championship. The Riptide outscored its opponents by a combined 24-1, posting three shutouts. Goals came from Matthew Whitlock (4), Brandon Napoleon (4), Daniel Golian (3), Kieran Karp (3), Lukas Ansari (2),…

  • HOPEWELL: HVSA rec soccer round-up

    The Purtuc Dental Jalapeños defeated ActivCore Physical Therapy, 3-1, as Lily Ryan and Maura McGrath each had goals, Lilla Antal was strong defensively and newcomer Caroline Ryan excelled in the midfield. For ActivCore, Tea Linthorst had a goal while Kate Coyer made a number of big saves in goal. Purtuc followed with a 3-0 win…

  • HOPEWELL: Pop Warner round-up

    The Hopewell Valley Bulldogs Pee Wees rolled to a 30-0 win over Hamilton Blue. The pass blocking of Kyle Pisauro, Tommy Vanover, Max Rosse, Jack Hutchinson, Brooks Hogan and Sam Cortina allowed quarterback Devin Higgins to complete over 12 passes to five different receivers, including a 30-yard strike to Aaron Jones. This opened up the…

  • HOPEWELL: Barracudas win two golds, seven medals in PASDA championships

    HOPEWELL: Barracudas win two golds, seven medals in PASDA championships

    The Hopewell Valley Tennis and Swim Center (HVTSC) Barracudas captured medals in several events in Division 2 at the 2015 Jeffrey S. Mace Memorial Princeton Area Swimming and Diving Association (PASDA) Swimming Championships in late July at West Windsor Waterworks. Winning gold with a time of 1:49.74, the girls 8-and-under 100 SC Meter Medley relay…

  • HOPEWELL: Pennington couple to open new Schafer Sports Center

    HOPEWELL: Pennington couple to open new Schafer Sports Center

    A local Pennington couple, Shannon and Jonathan Schafer, recently broke ground on the new 39,000 square foot Schafer Sports Center in Ewing, along with elected officials and invited guests. The new sports center will feature gymnastics, dance, swimming, in-door soccer/lacrosse, a highly-reputed special needs training program and much more under one roof. The Schafer family,…