Summit Schools Sports Week in Review - Feb. 6-12
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 • 11:05am
Boys Varsity Basketball
Boys varsity basketball went 1-2 last week. The team was eliminated from the Union county tournament by Rahway on Saturday.
Boys JV Basketball
The JV played two games last week. They played Rahway on Tuesday and Roselle Park on Thursday. Josh Steward and Alex Matheson led the way with eight points in the loss against Rahway 50 to 40. On Thursday, the JV team lost a close one to Roselle Park 35 to 31 behind eight points a piece from Kyle Crotty and Michael Knight.
Boys Freshman Basketball
Freshmen Basketball team ended their season with two wins over Bloomfield and Roselle Catholic. They finished the season with a record of 5-9.
Boys Middle School Basketball
The boys middle school basketball team had a good week. The team fell way behind Linden, but rallied with a big second half to close the gap, but fell short 61-52. Michael Kaelin had 14 and Evan Kulpan 13. The team played one of its best complete games of the year, defeating Scotch Plains 69-55. Michael Kaelin had 20 points and Brian Hagan added 17. The team finished the season with a 45-30 win over Morristown- Beard. Michael Kaelin had 16 and Pat Tullly had 8. The team finished 13-2, one of the finest seasons in a long time, with some really big wins over very good teams.
Girls Varsity Basketball
The girls varsity basketball team went 3-0 this past week improving their record to 15-4. The team also earned the #5 seed in the Union County Tournament. The team opens up county tournament play on Monday, February 13th at 6:00PM at Rahway HS against Plainfield HS. The team also earned the #3 seed in the Central Jersey Group 2 State Sectional Tournament. The state sectional tournament begins on Tuesday, February 28th at Summit at 7:00PM.
The team also finished conference play in second place with an 11-3 record.
Girls JV Basketball
The JV Girls' Basketball team went 1-1 this past week. They lost a tough one at the buzzer at Westfield on Tuesday and came back Thursday to beat Roselle. The team starts the Union County Tournament this coming week. Their record right now is 11-4.
Girls Freshman Basketball
The Freshmen girls basketball team fell to a talented Westfield team, 28-16 on Tuesday. Melissa MacPhearson (6) Julianne Smolyn (6) Ellie Galiardo (4) and Taylor Matheson (2) all scored for the Hilltoppers.
On Thursday, the team lost to another competitive team from Dayton by a score of 46-24. Julianne Smolyn, Molly Richardson, Lexie Perry, Melissa MacPhearson, Ellie Galiardo, and Nicole Owens all scored in a balanced team effort.
The team is now 6-7 on the season.
Girls Middle School Basketball
The girls' basketball team went 2-0 last week. On Monday, 2/6, we defeated Plainfield 46-37, and then we defeated Scotch Plains on Thursday, 2/9 by the score of 26-23. These were a couple of really good wins for our team.
Coed V/JV Bowling
Varsity Bowling had no events last week. We have been practicing and are looking forward to competing at Monday’s (Feb 13) State Tournament at Jersey Lanes in Linden at 1 PM.
Boys Varsity Ice Hockey
The boys hockey team improved to 16-3-2 with three more wins last week. On Tuesday, the icers fell behind in the first 2-1 to Cranford but rallied to secure a 5-3 victory, our third of the year over the Cougars. The line of Frank Lawrence 2 goals, Eric Stabler 2 goals and Riley Flynn 1 goal were too much for Cranford to handle. Defenseman Mike Nyitray had 4 assists. On Wednesday, the boys took on winless Dayton and rolled to a 10-0 win; Mike Badgley 3 goals and 1 assist and Mike Nyitray 1 goal, 3 assists led the way. Freshman Hunter Wycoff added 3 assists, Rob Bendock scored his first varsity goal and Max Graeb got the win in goal. On Friday, the Hilltoppers took on Scotch Plains for the third time this season. Frank Lawrence and Liam McLaughlin led the way with 2 goals apiece. The boys finished in first place in the UCIHL with a record of 11-1-0.
Boys JV Ice Hockey
Summit J.V. Ice Hockey looked to finish the regular season strong with their last three games last week. Unfortunately, they did not achieve their hopes. Summit played well on Monday 2/6/12 vs. St. Peter's Prep. After going down 2-0, Summit battled back to tie it, only to lose the game 4-2. Wednesday 2/08/12 Summit played Randolph and skated to a 3-1 loss against a very strong team. Summit had led for the first half of the game 1-0, but could not sustain Randolph's pressure. Finally on Thursday 2/09/12, the Summit J.V. played their final regular season game against rival Westfield. This is arguably the best Westfield J.V. team Summit has seen in years and unfortunately were beaten soundly 5-0. All focus now shifts to the Union Country J.V. Tournament which will be played on Tuesday 2/21 at the Woodbridge Community Center.
Girls V/JV Ice Hockey
The girls ice hockey team played their final game of the season on Wednesday versus Princeton Day School. Despite losing, the game showed how far Summit has come. All players have become better players throughout the season. In the four years of varsity existence, we have become more competitive each year. The last half of the season, especially, has been rewarding. The team plays hard each and every shift, the players learn and adjust throughout the game, and all players have gained a stronger "hockey sense." The girls ice hockey team is proud of what they have accomplished thus far, and look forward to the progress we will make in the future.
Boys V/JV Swimming
The Hilltoppers started the State Tournament with a 99-71 victory over Paramus this past Friday at the MUJC Pool. Swimmer of the Meet was Matt Richson. A total team win for the boys. The Hilltoppers host Tenafly, the Bergen County Champions, on Monday in the Sectional Semifinals at the YMCA at 3:30 PM.
All swimmers had a busy weekend at the Deep Freeze, the seniors at Rutgers, and the weight room. We will have an exciting meet on Monday, Feb. 13, 2012.
NJ Section 1 Group B First Round
Site: Morris Union Jointure, Warren, NJ
Teams, Scores and Records Score Wins Losses Ties
Summit (H) 99 8 3 0
Paramus 71 0 0 0
200 MR: Tim Kostolansky, Will Benn, Will Beckett, Cameron Simko - 1:43.70
200 Free: Loring Bowen - 1:55.72
50 Free: Will Beckett – 22.43
100 Free: Loring Bowen – 0:50.07
500 Free: Tim Kostolansky – 5:29.40
200 FR: Andrew Aguilera, Loring Bowen, Kevin Fries, and Michael Peck - 1:38.36
100 Back: Will Brenn – 0:56.76
Girls V/JV Swimming
The Girl’s Swim Team simply dominated Gov. Livingston in the first round of the state tournament winning102-68. A summit swimmer/relay won each of the eleven events. The girls started the meet off with a great swim in the 200 medley relay. Kristen Fedor, Tasha Kewalramani, Maddie Simko and Jackie Joffe won in a time of 1:55.09 and qualified for the Meet of Champions. Kristen Fedor won both the 200 Free in 2:05.11 and the 500 Free in 5:27.15. Freshman, Emily Vlass pulled away to win the 200IM in 2:20.42. Jackie Joffe had a great meet winning the 50 Free in 25.42and the 100 Free in 56.62. Both of those were best times for Jackie. Freshman Maddie Simko swam a strong 100 Fly winning in a time of 1:04.97. Our 200 Free relay of Tasha Kewalramani, Maddie Simko, Grace Newcomb and Emily Vlass won in a time of 1:48.94. Emily Rowe had her best time of the year in the 100 Backstroke winning in 1:05.68. Tasha once again won the 100 Breaststroke in 1:09.33. Swimmers of the meet were Jackie Joffe, Emily Rowe and Emily Vlass. Record 9-2
Boys & Girls V/JV Winter Track
The Summit Track and Field Team competed in the State Sectional Meet yesterday. Congratulations to the girls who placed 2nd overall. Daria Chadwick led the way with a gold in the high jump, silver in the hurdles and a 4th in the dash. Teammate Aleixa Diaz earned a bronze in the 400 and helped the 4x400 relay place in the top 5. Lauren Ng took the bronze in the dash. Gillian McIlroy took 4th in the 2 mile and D-Crew teammate Kirsty Gargiulo took 5th in the 800. In the throws, Jackie Karpman placed 4th with a throw of nearly 32 feet. Bridget O’Brien, Rebecca Cummings and Kirsty Gargiulo rounded out the 4x400 relay led by Diaz and took 4th overall.
On the boys' side, Andrew Mandelbaum took the bronze in the 800 and freshman Leland Jones qualified in the 2 mile with a 6th place finish giving the state a glimpse of the future of the Summit distance crew.
V/JV Wrestling
The Summit Wrestling team had a STELLAR week going 5 and 1. The team lost a close match against JP Stevens on Monday night by one point but came back strong defeating Dover and Holmdel.
On Saturday, the team hosted our annual quad event and swept Chatham 57-24, Pingry 42-36 and Orange 47-30. Nick Abbott, AJ Iarussi, Nick Testa, Brian Peck, Manny Navas, Colm Dougherty, Jose Netro and Diego Barquero had three wins at the quad.
The team wrapped up their regular season with a winning record for the first time since 1994! Ending with a 14-13 record gives the team a lot to look forward to in the upcoming years. Next Friday and Saturday, the team competes in the district 10 tournament at Milburn High School. GO HILLTOPPERS!
Middle School Wrestling
This week the Middle School Wrestling team won all three of their matches against Westfield, Chatham, and Union. The team finished with an 18-1 overall record.
