Weekly Update
ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT - Week of October 20, 2024
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS
GIRLS TENNIS
Girls tennis had a very exciting week! On the heels of winning the South Jersey Group 4 championship, the varsity players competed in the South Jersey Tennis Coaches tournament last weekend.
This week the team traveled to Vineland for the three-day Cape Atlantic League tournament. The tournament started with 32 of the best players in the league. It ended with freshman Sabina Giurca holding the championship trophy! She won the singles tournament with an impressive 6-2, 6-4 win in the finals over last year's champion, Bryana Tigrado, from Cedar Creek.
Senior Demi Lu and junior Belina Zhang lived up their top seed status and won 6-1, 6-2 in the final over Vineland's 1st doubles. Demi and Belina never lost a set in their dominating championship run.
GIRLS SOCCER
10/23/24
The Lady Eagles hosted the Raiders of Ocean City on Wednesday for the CAL Conference Championship. Silver Eagle Stadium was packed with fans and the atmosphere was electric. The Raiders scored first and made things difficult for the Eagles to attack as they parked the bus. The Lady Eagles fought hard throughout the night and answered with a goal late in the second half. After 80 minutes of intense soccer, the Raiders would prevail with a 3-1 victory. The Eagles travel to Moorestown on Friday for a first round Coaches Tournament match.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
The girls' volleyball JV team went 1-0 this week and the V team went 1-1 this week. Both teams are looking forward to Friday morning's pep-rally. The JV team is particularly excited for their JV tournament at Cedar Creek tomorrow. The first match begins at 8:30am and playoffs kick off at 1:30pm. Here are some pictures of our last away game and last bus ride of the season.
MIDDLE SCHOOL ATHLETICS
FERNWOOD CROSS COUNTRY
Fernwood Cross Country
-Friday, October 18th to Wednesday, October 23rd 2024-
Back to back weeks with three races, the Fernwood Cross Country is coming together and stringing together some of their best performances of the season. The team took on Galloway, William Davies, and Northfield. With the weather not sure if it wants to be Fall or Summer, the team adapted well.
VS. GALLOWAY -
BOYS- Lost 29-26
Record (4-4)
The top 5 performers were Jackson Kelchner (1st), Martin Rodriguez (4th), Steven Snell (6th), Eason Lassiter (8th), and Keiran Dollard (10th).
GIRLS- WON 15-48
Record (3-5)
The girls pulled off a sweep of the top 6 positions!!! The girls’ top 6 performers were Neena Peter (1st), Kacey Denning (2nd), Abigail Allen (3rd), Emma McClaren (4th), Devyn Piccinino (5th), and Abby Baird (6th).
VS. WILLIAM DAVIES
BOYS- WON 19-41
Record (5-4)
The top 5 performers were Steven Espinal (1st), Jackson Kelchner (2nd), Steven Snell (3rd), Martin Rodriguez (4th), and Eason Lassiter (6th).
GIRLS- WON 15-50
Record (4-5)
The girls sweeped the top 7 positions!!! The girls’ top 7 performers were Neena Peter (1st), Emma McClaren (2nd), Abigail Allen (3rd), Devyn Piccinino (4th), Kacey Denning (5th), Abby Baird (6th), and Summer Henderson (7th).
VS. NORTHFIELD
BOYS- WON 23-32
Record (6-4)
The top 5 performers were Steven Espinal (1st), Steven Snell (3rd), Jackson Kelchner (4th), Martin Rodriguez (7th), and Eason Lassiter (8th).
GIRLS- LOST 40-19
Record (4-6)
The girls’ top 5 performers were Neena Peter (2nd), Kacey Denning (8th) , Emma McClaren (9th), Abigail Allen (10th), and Devyn Piccinino (12th).
SPOTLIGHT
Neena got her 4th first-place finish of the season!
Steven Espinal got his 3rd first place of the season and ran the fastest time on the team this season on Monday moving him ahead of Jackson as the 4th fastest boy on the All-Decade record list.
Emma McClarren destroyed her last PR by almost a whole minute with a new personal best of 10:32 and a second place finish!
Lucas Nedar dropped another huge PR on Monday. His new personal best is 10:28!
Steven Snell ran another PR (9:32) and he is now 10th on the boys top list.
- Most Impressive Run-
At Northfield, Neena and Kacey both ended their races with impressive sprint finishes and their best times of the year. Neena (9:28 PR) is now only 12 seconds away from topping the All-Decade record list for girls. Kacey's time of 10:28 moved her up to 7th on the list! Emma M. and Abigail A. close behind!
FERNWOOD FIELD HOCKEY
The Fernwood Field Hockey team finished a busy week of games with 3 wins and 1 tie. The team improved their record to 4-2-4!
On Friday, the field hockey team beat Northfield 1-0! Bridget Corcoran scored with an assist from Tessa Gentile. Brynn Andrews had 3 saves in goal.
On Tuesday, the field hockey team beat Davies with a score of 3-1.The goal scorers for Fernwood were Quinn Cherenack, Olivia Pfaff, and Bridget Corcoran! Goalie, Brynn Andrews, had 2 saves. Great defensive plays were made by Ella Swigert, Natalie Wright, Lyndsey Elwell, and Julia Tosh.
Wednesday, the team had a 2-0 shutout win verse Middle Township. Bridget Corcoran scored the first goal and Tessa Gentile scored the second with an assist from Oilivia Pfaff. Brynn Andrews had 3 saves in goal. The defensive unit of Quinn Cherenack, Raylee Hatz, Ella Swigert and Natalie Wright kept Middle off the scoreboard!
For the last game of the week, the team tied Ocean City 1-1! Quinn Cherenack scored the lone goal for Fernwood while Brynn Andrews had 4 saves in goal.
ALDER GIRLS SOCCER
The Alder Middle School Girls Soccer team added two more away wins this week with a 7-0 victory over William Davies and a 1-0 win versus Galloway Township.
At Davies, Dai’lanni Black and Isabella Smith netted 2 goals each with Olivia Farkas, Juliana Finnerty, and Lynirah Braham scoring the rest.
At Galloway, the Girls took an early lead in the game with a goal scored by Isabella Smith. Goalkeeper Kathryn Coupland had many crucial saves in net to secure the clean sheet.
Great praise is given to the defense of Harper Cross, Stella Simon, Olivia Farkas, Caitlyn Hager, and Avery Schultz greatly contributed to the team's accomplishment of conceding 0 goals this week. Through 9 games this season, the team has only allowed 9 goals.
The Girls current record is 8W - 1L.
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