Category: Lenni Lenape

After four days of voting, Lenape Valley senior guard Julia Johnson has been selected as the Morris/Sussex Athlete of the Week for Jan. 9-15.

Johnson averaged 11.7 points and three steals as the Patriots went 3-0, defeating Hackettstown, Newton and Sussex Tech.

Here were the other nominees:

Jake Benitz, Newton junior forward

Benitz averaged 15 points, four rebounds and two blocks as the Braves went 2-1 last week. He shot 54% from the field, and 30% from long range.

Mikayla Caruso, Kittatinny senior forward

Caruso averaged 10 points, nine rebounds, four blocks, two steals and three assists as the Cougars knocked off Wallkill Valley, St. Elizabeth and High Point.

Lucci Ferrara, Hackettstown senior forward

Ferrara averaged 9.3 points and 9.9 rebounds as the Tiers beat North Warren and Wallkill Valley, and lost to Lenape Valley.

Pat Ferrare, Montville junior guard

Ferrare averaged 17 points and 4.7 assists as the Mustangs went 2-1 last week. Ferrare hit key free throws and a late 3-pointer to upend host Roxbury, 41-40, on Monday. He also sank the game-winning basket with 2.4 seconds left at Pequannock.

Abby Hawes, Mountain Lakes freshman guard/forward

Hawes averaged six points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.3 steals as the Lakers lost to Pequannock, 38-35, then defeated Dover and Morris Tech.

Madison Jenisch, Randolph junior guard

Jenisch averaged 11.7 points, three rebounds, 3.3 steals and 1.3 assists as Randolph went 2-1 last week.

Eddie Karpinski, Park Regional senior defender

Karpinski had four goals — including a natural hat trick — and five assists in Park Regional’s 10-0 defeat of Parsippany on Wednesday. The Hanover Park senior also had a power-play goal in a 1-1 tie against Mount Olive/Hopatcong/Hackettstown on Monday, and a hat trick and three assists versus High Point/Kittatinny/Wallkill Valley on Saturday. The Hanover Park/Whippany Park co-op finished the four-game week 2-1-1.

Brynn McCurry, Sparta junior forward

McCurry averaged 18 points, nine rebounds and nine assists as Sparta…

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Kaitlyn King scored 16 points to give Lenape a 55-32 victory over Seneca in Medford.

Kasey Louie had 11 points and Alexa Henry added nine for Lenape (9-3), which led by two at halftime before erupting for a 20-3 third quarter run.

Vickie Crooker had 11 points for Seneca (4-9) in defeat.

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This current iteration of Greenpoint Library (107 Norman Avenue), with its focus on sustainability and environmental education, took years to be fully realized. The original library building opened in 1906, before undergoing demolition in the early 1970s. A replacement building was constructed shortly after.

In 2014, the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund awarded the library a legacy grant worth around $5 million. With almost $18 million of matching funds, construction started in 2017, and after asbestos and pandemic delays, the new building opened in October 2020. 

The library building earned LEED Gold certification, the second-highest level of LEED certification, due to its environmentally conscious design.

The Greenpoint Library serves as a hub for environmental education. It hosts the Greenpoint Environmental History Project, which “is dedicated to documenting and preserving the environmental history of Greenpoint through oral histories and community scanning” according to the library’s website. You can also access the collection online here. 

The library’s Document Repository is home to a wealth of information concerning environmental injustice in the area, such as reports and studies concerning the Newtown Creek Superfund site.

While the pandemic hampers the library’s full use as an in-person event space, events and activities still take place. February 3rd will see a workshop entitled “Herbal Remedies for Heartbreak” (though unfortunately, it has already sold out). The next meeting of the virtual sewing circle takes place on January 25th, the same day that Solar One kicks off a three-part series of talks dedicated to helping teens and young adults explore careers in climate justice. 

On January 20th, a first-of-its-kind exhibit called Lenapehoking opens at the Greenpoint Library. The exhibit, named after the Lenape name for their homeland that the city of New York currently sits on, “features masterworks by…

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Image courtesy of Gregg Richards

The first-ever Lenape-curated exhibition in New York is coming to Brooklyn. Presented by the Brooklyn Public Library and The Lenape Center, Lenapehoking features a collection of masterworks by Lenape artists and educational programs that teach visitors the story of the Lenape community. The collection is curated by Joe Baker, the co-founder and executive director of the Lenape Center and enrolled member of the Delaware Tribe of Indians. The exhibition opens on Thursday, January 20 at the Greenpoint Library and Environmental Education Center and runs through April 30.

Bandolier Bag by Joe Baker, 2014; Image courtesy of the artist

The educational programs will be held at different points throughout the winter and spring. Visitors can learn about the crisis of missing Indigenous persons through a panel conversation with Gloria Steinem, listen to original music by Brent Michael Davids and poetry readings by Rebecca Haff Lowry, and learn about Lenape food ways with Farm Hub. Guests can also listen to lectures by Curtis Zunigha, Heather Bruegl, and Hadrien Coumans, in addition to others.

“The exhibition site is a library branch, a public space, a very democratic space, a place where grandmas gather, and children gather; it is in many ways kind of messy and noisy and it’s a part of a community and it is really alive,” Joe Baker said. “And that to us was very important in terms of disrupting the historical hierarchal museum model and placing this work at the very ground level of human experience.”

The collection…

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Woodrow Wilson 55, Seneca 33: Zoe Holman (15) and Will Love (14) combined to score 29 points as visiting Woodrow Wilson (3-1, 3-0) defeated Seneca (1-4, 0-2) in an Olympic Conference National Division game Jan. 10.

Sam Justice and Tyler Klym had nine points apiece for the Golden Eagles.

Olympic National Division

Jan. 10, Tabernacle

Woodrow Wilson 55, Seneca 33

Wilson (3-1) 10-13-13-19 – 55

Seneca (1-4) 8-4-11-10 – 33

Woodrow Wilson: Jacier Proctor 7, James Proctor 5, Will Love 14, Alijah Smith 10, Adrian Woloshin 4, Zoe Holman 15; 3s: Smith.

Seneca: Sam Justice 9, Tyler Klym 9, Grant Sevening 6, Owen Eberman 1, Caleb Roseboro 6, Tiernan Blesi 2; 3s: Klym 3, Justice.

Cherokee 43, Overbrook 36: Shane Winkelman led the way with 15 points (4 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 assist) as visiting Cherokee (3-5, 1-2) snapped a three-game losing streak with a win over Overbrook (3-2, 1-0) in a nonleague game Jan. 11.

Bryce Nwobu chipped in 12 points, eight rebounds, four assists and a steal for the Chiefs.

Nonleague

Jan. 11, Pine Hill

Cherokee 43, Overbrook 36

Cherokee (3-5) 9-12-9-13 – 43

Overbrook (3-2) 3-13-3-17 – 36

Cherokee: Bryce Nwobu 12, Shane Winkelman 15, Judd Holt 3, Will Carr 3, Daniel Leonard 2, Chase Rouito 3, Zach Distel 5; 3s: Winkelman 2, Holt, Carr, Rouito, Distel.

Overbrook: Devon Johnson 16, Jaylan Hornsby 13, David Haywood 4, Dillon Dixon 3; 3s: Johnson 3.

Lenape 61, Winslow Township 44: Tayvon Gaither led the way with 18 points as Lenape (9-1, 3-0) defeated visiting Winslow Township (1-8, 0-3) in an Olympic Conference interdivision game Jan. 11.

Olympic Interdivision

Jan. 11, Medford

Lenape 61, Winslow Township 44

Winslow (1-8) 7-11-8-18 – 44

Lenape (9-1) 25-14-15-7 – 61

Winslow Township: Eric Hagans 16, Terrell Hurst 2, Hajir Davis 4, R. Robinson 1,…

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Who will be the Morris/Sussex Athlete of the Week?

Nominations were provided by coaches, and are presented in alphabetical order. Voting closes at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Jake Benitz, Newton junior forward

Benitz averaged 15 points, four rebounds and two blocks as the Braves went 2-1 last week. He shot 54% from the field, and 30% from long range.

Mikayla Caruso, Kittatinny senior forward

Caruso averaged 10 points, nine rebounds, four blocks, two steals and three assists as the Cougars knocked off Wallkill Valley, St. Elizabeth and High Point.

Lucci Ferrara, Hackettstown senior forward 

Ferrara averaged 9.3 points and 9.9 rebounds as the Tiers beat North Warren and Wallkill Valley, and lost to Lenape Valley.

Pat Ferrare, Montville junior guard

Ferrare averaged 17 points and 4.7 assists as the Mustangs went 2-1 last week. Ferrare hit key free throws and a late 3-pointer to upend host Roxbury, 41-40, on Monday. He also sank the game-winning basket with 2.4 seconds left at Pequannock.

Abby Hawes, Mountain Lakes freshman guard/forward

Hawes averaged six points, 7.7 rebounds and 3.3 steals as the Lakers lost to Pequannock, 38-35, then defeated Dover and Morris Tech.

Madison Jenisch, Randolph junior guard

Jenisch averaged 11.7 points, three rebounds, 3.3 steals and 1.3 assists as Randolph went 2-1 last week.

Julia Johnson, Lenape Valley senior guard

Johnson averaged 11.7 points and three steals as the Patriots went 3-0, defeating Hackettstown, Newton and Sussex Tech.

Eddie Karpinski, Park Regional senior defender

Karpinski had four goals — including a natural hat trick — and five assists in Park Regional’s 10-0 defeat of Parsippany on Wednesday. The Hanover Park senior also had a power-play goal in a 1-1 tie against Mount Olive/Hopatcong/Hackettstown on Monday, and a hat trick and three assists versus High Point/Kittatinny/Wallkill Valley on Saturday. The Hanover Park/Whippany Park co-op finished the four-game week 2-1-1.

Brynn McCurry, Sparta junior forward

McCurry averaged 18 points, nine rebounds and nine assists as Sparta swept Montville, Jefferson and Wayne…

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Derek Simpson went for 19 points to help Lenape shoot past Cherokee, 57-41 in Marlton.

Aidan Anderson scored 16, while Tayvon Gaither put up 13 of his own for Lenape (10-1).

Bryce Nwobu led Cherokiee with 13 points.

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Lenape Valley’s Julia Johnson (2) attempts to shoot.Nick Scalera | For NJ Advance Media

Julia Johnson had 14 points and four steals as Lenape Valley defeated Newton 32-25 in Stanhope.

Lenape Valley (3-5) jumped out to a 13-2 lead after the first quarter. It led 27-22 after the third and held Newton to just one point in the fourth.

Juliane Cerullo added 14 rebounds, eight blocks and five steals and Victoria Erlemann had 13 rebounds and six blocks.

Lenape Valley also out-rebounded Newton 37-15.

Sophia Brondo led Newton (0-8) with 14 points, with Jordyn Brannick adding five blocks.

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Camden 76, Lenape 64: D.J. Wagner led the way with 23 points as host Camden (3-0, 0-0) downed previously unbeaten Lenape (5-1, 2-0) in an Olympic Conference interdivision game Jan. 4.

Aidan Anderson netted 26 to lead three players in scoring for the Indians.

Olympic Interdivision

Jan. 4, Camden

Camden 76, Lenape 64

Lenape (5-1) 9-14-15-26 – 64

Camden (3-0) 16-25-15-20 – 76

Lenape: Tye Dorset 2, Aidan Anderson 26, Taj Folayan 4, Tayvon Gaither 14, Derek Simpson 15, Tekie Clark 3; 3s: Simpson 3, Anderson 2, Gaither, Clark.

Camden: Luis Cosme 2, Rasheer Fleming 3, Cian Medley 7, Aaron Bradshaw 9, Quamir Amin 5, D.J. Wagner 23, Cornelius Robinson 17, Elijah Perkins 4, Desear Haskins 6; 3s: Wagner 3, Bradshaw, Amin, Robinson.

Shawnee 57, Seneca 30: Andrew Ball scored a game-high 20 points as visiting Shawnee (5-1, 2-0) rolled to an easy win over Seneca (0-2, 0-0) in an Olympic Conference interdivision game Jan. 4.

Grant Sevening had eight points to lead the Golden Eagles.

Olympic Interdivision

Jan. 4, Tabernacle

Shawnee 57, Seneca 30

Shawnee (5-1) 17-22-13-5 – 57

Seneca (0-2) 7-2-10-11 – 30

Shawnee: Matt Fish 6, Avery Cohen 10, Zane Bouchard 5, Dwight Mathews 9, Ryan Senft 2, Nick O’Brien 4, Andrew Ball 20, Joe Papa 1; 3s: Mathews 2, Fish, Cohen, Bouchard, Ball.

Seneca: Sam Justice 4, Tyler Klym 7, Grant Sevening 8, Owen Eberman 6, Tiernan Blesi 3; 3s: Klym, Sevening.

Lenape 64, Shawnee 45: Derek Simpson scored a game-high 27 points, including five 3-pointers, as Lenape (6-1, 3-0) defeated visiting Shawnee (5-2, 2-1) in a battle for first place in the Olympic Conference American Division Jan. 6.

Dwight Mathews also hit five 3-pointers and finished with a team-high 17 points for the Renegades.

Olympic American Division

Jan. 6, Medford

Lenape 64, Shawnee 45

Shawnee (5-2)…

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Cherry Hill East 108, Cherokee 62: Cherry Hill East (6-0, 3-0) handed Cherokee (5-1, 2-1) its first loss of the season in a South Jersey League Pacific Division meet Jan. 6.

SJISL Pacific Division

Jan. 6, Sicklerville

Cherry Hill East 108, Cherokee 62

200 Medley Relay: Cherry Hill East (James Tao, Nick Short, Ryan Cortes, Anthony Ferraro) 1:42.13. 200 Freestyle: Aidan Dold (CHE) 1:52.13. 200 Individual Medley: Nick Pezzella (CHE) 1:58.82. 50 Freestyle: Ryan Hoger (C) 23.14. 100 Butterfly: Cortes 55.58. 100 Freestyle: Dold 51.07. 500 Freestyle: Noah Serrano (C) 5:04.88. 200 Freestyle Relay: Cherry Hill East (Pezzella, Short, Ferraro, Cortes) 1:32.66. 100 Backstroke: Robert Simms (CHE) 57.57. 100 Breaststroke: Tao 1:03.82. 400 Freestyle Relay: Cherry Hill East (Cortes, Dov Schwartz, Dold, Pezzella) 3:30.14.

Lenape 118, Haddon Township 52: Vincent Vizzard, Troy Rowe and Sawyer Lanni were all individual double winners as Lenape (2-3, 2-1) downed Haddon Township (1-5, 1-1) in a South Jersey League Ocean Division meet Jan. 8.

SJISL Ocean Division

Jan. 8, Sicklerville

Lenape 118, Haddon Township 52

200 Medley Relay: Lenape (Sawyer Lanni, Michael Nasielski, Justin Hermack, Benjamin Hennig) 1:54.17. 200 Freestyle: Troy Rowe (L) 2:07.03. 200 Individual Medley: Vincent Vizzard (L) 2:19.50. 50 Freestyle: Ryan Vesneski (L) 26.01. 100 Butterfly: Vizzard 1:02.06. 100 Freestyle: Lanni 54.31. 500 Freestyle: Rowe 5:33.74. 200 Freestyle Relay: Lenape (Hennig, Nasielski, Vizzard, Rowe) 1:44.25. 100 Backstroke: Lanni 1:05.59. 100 Breaststroke: Nasielski 1:11.46. 400 Freestyle Relay: Lenape (Vesneski, Vizzard, Lanni, Rowe) 4:12.81.

Eastern 127, Seneca 38: Josh Seidman, Riley Smith and Bennett Kutikov each won two events and swam on a pair of first-place relays as Eastern (2-3, 2-0) dunked Seneca (0-5, 0-3) in a South Jersey League Ocean Division meet Jan. 8.

SJISL Ocean Division

Jan. 8, Sicklerville

Eastern 127, Seneca 38

200 Medley Relay: Eastern (Josh Seidman, Riley…

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