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Girls Tennis: Moorestown Friends wins competitive BC Open

It couldn’t get any closer.

Moorestown Friends won the Burlington County Open on Saturday at Moorestown High. Day one on Friday took place at Veterans Park in Hamilton.

The Foxes tallied 14 points while Shawnee at 13 and Moorestown and Lenape each finished with 12.

Moorestown Friends won at all three singles positions. In the first singles final, Bella Pescatore defeated Shawnee’s Samantha Tepes, 6-1, 6-0. At second singles, Skye Mada won a three-set thriller over Natasha Sharnoff from Shawnee, 6-0, 4-6, 7-5. Kathryn Sebastian also won 6-0, 6-0 against Maya Butani from Moorestown.

In the first doubles final, Moorestown’s Laura Sullivan and Charlotte Morrison teamed up to top Lenape’s duo of Olivia Helmlinger and Kaitlyn King, 6-0, 6-1. Shawnee’s second doubles pair of Kalena Gatesman and Divya Prajapati won 6-2, 6-0 over Isabelle Moccia and Priya Panganamamula of Moorestown.

So far this season the Foxes are 7-4 and next face Moorestown on Monday. Moorestown defeated Friends earlier this season, 3-2, at the Haddonfield Invitational.

Scroll through and check out the complete results from the two-day tournament below.

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Hackettstown Field Hockey Team ‘Aims To Do Well In Conference, Division,’ With 3-3 Start

HACKETTSTOWN, NJ — The Hackettstown field hockey team is off to a solid start and hopes to do as well in the postseason as it has the last several years.

“We have been playing pretty well so far this year,” said Rachael Gorski, who is in her third year as head coach after being an assistant coach for three years. “We are 3-3 right now with losses to strong teams: Warren Hills, Lenape Valley, and Vernon.”

Hackettstown earned the fourth seed in the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament and earned a first-round bye. The team will take on No. 13 Vernon in the second round on Oct. 2. The Tigers last won the championship in 2018.

The team’s captains, senior Amy Wood and junior Ali Cetani; goalie Emily Newton; and sophomore forwards Kiara Koeller and Skyler Sciaretta are leading the team.

“Our captains are competent leaders, and our goalie has also been emerging as a leader in the back,” Gorski said. “Kiara Koeller and Skyler Sciaretta lead by example during practice and on the field.”

The Tigers’ first victory came over Newton, 2-1, on Sept. 11.

“Against Newton, Skyler Sciaretta returned from an injury late in regulation―which left her with a black eye―to score the game-winning goal in overtime,” Gorski said.

Koeller scored the team’s other goal, while Newton made 10 saves.

The Tigers defeated High Point, 2-1, on Sept. 18 and Wallkill Valley, 1-0, on Sept. 20.

Sciaretta and Koeller also scored the team’s goals against High Point. Newton made six saves. Emma Patton scored the team’s only goal against Wallkill Valley. Newton again made six saves in the victory.

Gorski said the Tigers are a young team.

“We are a young team with only three seniors,” she said. “This is also the first year in our program that we have been…

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Field Hockey: Results, links and scoreboards for Friday, Sept. 24

Friday, Sep. 24

BCSL

Collingswood 5, Maple Shade 1 – Box Score

Riverside 3, Moorestown Friends 0 – Box Score

CAPE-ATLANTIC

Middle Township 1, Holy Spirit 0 – Box Score

Hammonton 9, Absegami 1 – Box Score

Triton 6, Our Lady of Mercy 0 – Box Score

COLONIAL

Collingswood 5, Maple Shade 1 – Box Score

Sterling 9, Lindenwold 0 – Box Score

CVC

Allentown 7, Steinert 1 – Box Score

Princeton 3, Hamilton West 0 – Box Score

Notre Dame 2, Hopewell Valley 0 – Box Score

FSL

Riverside 3, Moorestown Friends 0 – Box Score

GMC

Metuchen 8, Piscataway 0 – Box Score

NEFHL

West Milford 2, Butler 0 – Box Score

NJAC

Morris Knolls 1, Sparta 0 – Box Score

Vernon 1, High Point 0 – Box Score

Morris Hills 3, Pope John 2 – Box Score

Lenape Valley 5, Jefferson 0 – Box Score

Boonton 2, Madison 1 – Box Score

Morristown 8, Roxbury 0 – Box Score

West Morris 0, Randolph 0 – Box Score

OLYMPIC

Shawnee 9, Cherry Hill East 0 – Box Score

Seneca 4, Washington Township 1 – Box Score

SHORE

Central Regional 10, Toms River East 1 – Box Score

Barnegat 2, Jackson Liberty 0 – Box Score

Manalapan 4, Freehold Borough 0 – Box Score

SKYLAND

Warren Hills 4, Pingry 2 – Box Score

TRI-COUNTY

Williamstown 2, Woodstown 1 – Box Score

Pitman 4, Timber Creek 1 – Box Score

Triton 6, Our Lady of Mercy 0 – Box Score

Delsea 3, Salem 0 – Box Score

Independent

Morris Knolls 1, Sparta 0 – Box Score

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Girls Soccer: Results, links and featured coverage for Wednesday, Sept. 22

Trinity Hall 5, St. Rose 0

Wednesday, Sept. 22

BCSL

Burlington Township 1, Bordentown 1 – Box Score

Delran 5, Holy Cross Prep 2 – Box Score

Palmyra 2, Pemberton 1 – Box Score

Rancocas Valley 3, Moorestown 1 – Box Score

CAPE-ATLANTIC

Mainland 1, Cedar Creek 0 – Box Score

Millville 7, Atlantic Tech 0 – Box Score

COLONIAL

Penns Grove 3, Woodbury 0 – Box Score

CVC

Ewing 3, Nottingham 2 – Box Score

GMC

Wardlaw-Hartridge 5, Middlesex 3 – Box Score

Spotswood 5, Carteret 1 – Box Score

St. Thomas Aquinas 2, South Plainfield 1 – Box Score

Mother Seton 4, Highland Park 1 – Box Score

Metuchen 3, Iselin Kennedy 0 – Box Score

Calvary Christian (Old Bridge) 4, South Amboy 1 – Box Score

HCIAL

Bridgewater-Raritan 3, Kearny 2 – Box Score

North Bergen 2, Union City 0 – Box Score

McNair 3, Dickinson 1 – Box Score

Hoboken 7, Memorial 1 – Box Score

NJAC

Morris Tech 7, Veritas Christian 1 – Box Score

NJIC

Park Ridge 1, Saddle River Day 0 – Box Score

North Arlington 2, Saddle Brook 1 – Box Score

Hasbrouck Heights 7, Wood-Ridge 0 – Box Score

Lodi Immaculate 5, Becton 4 – Box Score

Waldwick 6, Bergen Charter 0 – Box Score

Pompton Lakes 4, Lodi 0 – Box Score

Secaucus 4, Dwight-Englewood 1 – Box Score

Mary Help of Christians 2, Eastern Christian 1 – Box Score

Rutherford 7, Garfield 0 – Box Score

Hawthorne 2, Glen Rock 0 – Box Score

Cresskill 3, Hawthorne Christian 0 – Box Score

OLYMPIC

Eastern 2, Lenape 0 – Box…

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Boys soccer: Murcia overtime winner lifts Eastern over Lenape

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For NJ Advance MediaAl Amrhein | For NJ Advance Media

Juan Murcia scored the winning goal for Eastern in its 3-2 overtime victory against Lenape in Medford.

Adam Badat set up the goal and scored one of his own while Jack Galvin had the team’s other goal. Brayden Cooper compiled six saves for Eastern (3-3).

Miguel Cervantes and Sean Shapiro produced one goal apiece for Lenape (2-2), which saw Kevin Niedzwiecki log an assist. Morgan Magargee made seven saves in the losing effort.

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Girls soccer: Lenape Valley tops Vernon for fifth straight win

Girls Soccer: West Orange vs. Kearny , September 8, 2021

Soccer spicon Scott Faytok | For NJ Advance Media

Senior Chloe Naylor and junior Mia McLean had two goals each as Lenape Valley won its fifth straight with a 5-1 victory over Vernon in Stanhope.

Sophomore Cassis Yappen also scored for Lenape Valley (5-1) while senior Mia Santana had two assists. Senior Tessa Morin and sophomore Molly Gannon each contributed an assist and freshman keeper Riely O’Brien made four saves.

Vernon fell to 1-5.

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Girls Soccer: Results, links and featured coverage for Friday, Sept. 17

Friday, Sep. 17

BCSL

Northern Burlington 10, Pennsauken 0 – Box Score

Cinnaminson 6, Florence 0 – Box Score

Westampton Tech 5, Doane Academy 0 – Box Score

Glassboro 7, Riverside 3 – Box Score

Burlington Township 2, Moorestown 1 – Box Score

Kingsway 1, Rancocas Valley 0 – Box Score

BIG-NORTH

Clifton 7, Paterson Kennedy 0 – Box Score

Westwood 2, Dumont 0 – Box Score

Paramus 3, Montville 0 – Box Score

Paterson Eastside 1, East Orange 1 – Box Score

Kearny 9, Hackensack 0 – Box Score

CAPE-ATLANTIC

Millville 7, Bridgeton 0 – Box Score

Vineland 2, Hammonton 1 – Box Score

Cedar Creek 3, Oakcrest 1 – Box Score

Cumberland 1, Atlantic Tech 0 – Box Score

COLONIAL

Haddon Heights 2, Audubon 0 – Box Score

Sterling 1, Haddonfield 0 – Box Score

Collingswood 6, Gateway 1 – Box Score

West Deptford 3, Haddon Township 2 – Box Score

CVC

Shore 2, Allentown 0 – Box Score

Robbinsville 6, West Windsor-Plainsboro South 1 – Box Score

GMC

South River 5, South Amboy 0 – Box Score

Somerset Tech 5, Highland Park 3 – Box Score

St. Thomas Aquinas 6, Wardlaw-Hartridge 1 – Box Score

Spotswood 4, Middlesex 1 – Box Score

South Plainfield 1, Iselin Kennedy 0 – Box Score

Metuchen 7, Carteret 0 – Box Score

Calvary Christian (Old Bridge) 2, Mother Seton 1 – Box Score

Old Bridge 2, Bayonne 0 – Box Score

HCIAL

Old Bridge 2, Bayonne 0 – Box Score

Kearny 9, Hackensack 0 – Box Score

NJAC

Parsippany 3, Dover 1 – Box Score

Mountain Lakes 6, Kinnelon…

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Ceremony Honors Lenape Indians Who Died for American Independence

Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR, at the memorial for Chief Nimhan at Van Cortlandt Park

Westchester organizations, community members join ceremony to remember lost fight for tribal sovereignty

By Zach Youngerman

How do we honor and understand the sacrifice of those killed? That was the question for the crowd gathered on August 31st at a Van Cortlandt Park monument to honor Wappinger and Mahican warriors killed by British soldiers in the American Revolution.

The event was organized by the Daughters of the Revolution (DAR), the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), the Kingsbridge Historical Society and “local community members who wish for the historical legacy of Chief Daniel Nimham to be preserved,” according to the event program. Representatives from the Town of Fishkill and the New York City Parks Department also spoke.

The ceremony mixed American military rituals with Native rites, including a sage smudging, a folding of the U.S. flag, and a dedication with stones from across the former Wappinger homeland. The DAR led the Pledge of Allegiance; Dr. Janice Turner of the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware spoke a Lenape invocation.

That inclusivity would not have accompanied the original dedication of the monument. It was the DAR – not the descendants of the Native soldiers – who had the power in 1906 to place a privately-funded monument in a New York City park. Native Americans hadn’t even been granted U.S. citizenship yet. It is only recently that they have felt safe to “be out,” shared Oleana…

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Camden Catholic over Lenape – Girls soccer recap

Girls Soccer: West Orange vs. Kearny , September 8, 2021

Soccer spiconScott Faytok | For NJ Advance Media

Lily McBride delivered the game-winning goal in the second overtime period as Camden Catholic outlasted Lenape, 3-2, in Cherry Hill.

Nicole Douglas scored in the first half and Ebony Arvelo scored in the second half for the Irish (3-2).

Sydnie Wright and Kylie McNamara scored the goals for the Indians (1-2) in the second half.

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Lenape Regional High School District Sports Roundup – Sept. 1-11

FOOTBALL

Cherokee 35, Lenape 0: Junior Brandon Boria rushed for 132 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries as Cherokee (1-0) routed visiting Lenape (0-1), 35-0, in a season-opening West Jersey Football League interdivision game for both teams Sept. 2.

Sophomore quarterback Ryan Bender was 7-for-8 for 149 yards, including a 45-yard touchdown pass to Boria for the Chiefs.

WJFL Interdivision

Sept. 2, Marlton

Cherokee 35, Lenape 0

Lenape (0-1) 0-0-0-0 – 0

Cherokee (1-0) 7-21-7-0 – 35

C: Ryan Bender 7 run (Tommy Pajic kick)

C: Bender 1 run (Pajic kick)

C: Brandon Boria 45 pass from Bender (Pajic kick)

C: Boria 60 run (Pajic kick)

C: Boria 3 run (Pajic kick)

Eastern 21, Seneca 12: Junior quarterback Brayden Davis threw for 75 yards and two touchdowns on 8-of-17 passing for Seneca (0-1) in a loss to visiting Eastern (1-0) in a season-opening West Jersey Football League interdivision game for both teams Sept. 2.

Davis also had a team-high 51 yards on 13 carries.

Eastern’s Walter Clymer was 11of-19 for 140 yards, including a 34-yard touchdown to Malachi James, and an interception.

WJFL Interdivision

Sept. 2, Tabernacle

Eastern 21, Seneca 12

Eastern (1-0) 7-7-0-7 – 21

Seneca (0-1) 0-6-0-6 – 12

S: Zac Fearon 9 pass from Brayden Davis

S: Dean Brockson 13 pass from Davis

(Eastern scoring plays not available)

Shawnee 38, Kingsway 0: Senior quarterback Matt Welsey rushed for 100 yards and three touchdowns on 11 carries as visiting Shawnee (1-0) routed Kingsway (0-1) in a season-opening West Jersey Football League interdivision game Sept. 3.

Welsey was also 8-of-18 for 148 yards passing. The senior – along with Joe Papa (3-for-3, 25 yards) – spread the wealth, completing passes to six different receivers.

WJFL Interdivision

Sept. 3, Woolwich Township

Shawnee 38, Kingsway 0

Shawnee (1-0)…

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