Sport: Wrestling
Record: 11-1
The Scotch Plains/ Fanwood wrestling team has been wrestling as well as they have in recent memory. They are led by junior heavyweight, Anthony Tufaro, who is ranked #6 in the state by Garden State Wrestling. The only loss SPF has suffered on the season was a close match to an undefeated Westfield team. SPF also finished 4th at the Union County Tournament behind Brearly, Westfield, and Roselle Park.
Remaining schedule:
Plainfield, Bridgewater- Raritan
Chatham
Union
Roselle Park
Woodbridge
Linden
Madison
Columbia
Watchung Hills
Middlesex
Roster:
Sport: Boys Basketball
Record: 8-7
At 8-7, the Scotch Plains/ Fanwood boy’s basketball team is led by Thomas Bonacum, their leading scorer. They SPF team dropped losses to Governer Livingston, Neptune, Pope John, while recording key wins over Summit, Johnson, Woodbridge, and Cranford. The remaining schedule is tough, with a rematch against Cranford still in the cards.
Remaining schedule:
St. Marys (Elizabeth)
Roselle Catholic
Cranford
Rahway
Hillside
Union Catholic
Dayton
Elizabeth
Roster:
Sport: Girls Basketball
Record: 7-7
Remaining schedule:
Plainfield
Westfield
Abraham Clark
Summit
Union
Roselle Catholic
Linden
Cranford
Bridgewater- Raritan
Roster:
The Scotch Plains/ Fanwood girl’s basketball team currently sits at .500, but that does not mean that the season has not had its fair share of success. The girls basketball team has recorded wins over Plainfield, Newton, Walkill Valley, Roselle, Union, and a last minute, one-point victory over rival Westfield.
Sport: Boy’s Ice Hockey
Record: 5-6-1
Remaining schedule:
Govorner Livingston
Cranford
Johnson
Summit
Roster:
Breit, Jason
Wisniewski, Kurtis
Lewis, Kevin
DeMarsico, Dustin
Lenart, John
Calefate, Nicholas
Tomasulo, Andrew
Picone, Matthew
Crawford, Stephen
Markovits, Alex
Montagna, Alex
Leong, Davey
Deduck, Stephen
Gianni, Nicholas
Zambri, James
Tomasulo, Jonathan
Rothman, Mike
Bruckman, John
Williams, Caitlyn
Rothenberg, Zachary
Wilkenson, John
Crawford, Luke
Skoog, Alex
Healey, James
Skickora, Nicole
Foti, Patrick
Hardgrove, Tyler
Hogan, Eric
At 5-6-1 with only a few games remaining in the season, the Scotch Plains/ Fanwood ice hockey team has had its fair share of ups and downs. Jason Breit has been performing well at goalie, recording 152 saves. Andrew Scoog, the leading scorer for SPF, leads the surging SPF team who looks to earn a .500 record with a win against Govorner Livingston.
Sport: Boys Swimming
Record: 8-1
Remaining schedule:
UCIAC Team Finals
Cranford
Roster:
Baliko, Greg
Bebout, Sam
Bransky, Adam
Bubnov, Chris
Chang, Henry
DeBiasse, Andrew
DeBonis, Dean
Degnan, Francis
DiBiasse, Matthew
Dunn, Joe
Engelhardt, Austin
Erickson, Zachary
Favereau, Alex
Gajdzisz, Ryan
Henkels, Ryan
Marino, Matt
McKenna, Brendan
McKenna, Ryan
McNeil, Eddie
Misiak, Mike
Monteiro, Keith
Peart, Jeff
Pesin, Dan
Skoog, Alex
Sorace, Nick
Walling, JB
Warne, Andrew
The Scotch Plains/ Fanwood boy’s swimming team has only dropped one meet the entire season, which was a close loss to a highly touted Pingry team. With the recent snowstorm, the UCIAC team finals had to be postponed to January 29th. With the season coming to a close in the near future, SPF looks to rebound from their lone loss with a strong performance in the UCIAC team finals.
Sport: Girls Swimming
Record: 5-3
Remaning schedule:
UCC Championships
Cranford
Roster: Arvizzigno, Francesca
Bransky, Morgan
Cirincione, Jacyln
Colonna, Kathleen
Cooke, Caroline
DePaola, Gabriella
DePaola, Nicole
DePaola, Rosalie
English, Caitlin
Fugett, Jessica
Greaney, Hannah
Harris, Melissa
Ho, Brenda
Ho, Emily
Inacker, Tiffany
Jaczko, Emma
Keiser, Melissa
Leahy, Caroline
Lesce, Caroline
Mo, Anita
Napolitano, Julia
Nardone, Emily
Nguyen, Claire
O'Brien, Grace
O'Brien, Maggie
Paradiso, Talia
Roessle, Carlie
Ryan, Maddie
Sherry, Emma
Thompson, Jodie
The Scotch Plains/ Fanwood girl’s swim team takes a 5-3 record into the UCC Championships to be held at Rutgers University. The Raiders are led by seniors, Jacyln Cirincione, Nicole DePaola, Rosalie DePaola, Caitlin English, Brenda Ho, Melissa Keiser, Emily Nardone, Maggie O’Brien, and Carlie Roessle.
Sport: Bowling
Record: 5-8
Remaining schedule:
Westfield
NJSIAA Championships
Roster:
Burgos, Jonathan
Buttighen, Olivia
Canfield, Bryan
Citera, Andrew
Gentile, Michael
Haas, Matthew
Mahler, Sam
Mannino, Michael
McGowen, Matthew
Nicholson, Ryan
Ruben, Cullen
Sawchuk, Ryan
Spera, Theodore
Stawicki, Nicholas
Walker-Pierson, Nah’rya
The Scotch Plains/ Fanwood bowling team takes a 5-8 record into Westfield for a final match before the coveted NJSIAA Championships.
Joe Kania is the sports writer for the Scotch Plains/Fanwood Edition. He is an alum of Westfield High School and Bergen Catholic High School where he was a 3 sport varsity athlete, earning three freestyle state championships in wrestling in addition to earning FILA All-American honors. He attended Bloomsburg University as a Division I wrestling recruit and he is the owner of GardenStateSports.org, which is a statewide sports website covering all sports.
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