Peddie Athletics

The Peddie varsity indoor track and field team competed in The Hill School – Last Chance Meet.

Dasyer Bullock placed second in the boys 55-meter dash (6.93) and qualified for Easterns on Tuesday, March 4 at The Armory Track & Field Center.

Falcons who placed first:

Boys 55-meter hurdles: Jelani Cine (7.93).
Boys 400-meter dash: Jelani Cine (52.86)
Boys shot put: Parker Hamilton (51-10.75)
Girls 55-meter hurdles: Tessa Hughes (8.57). Erin Tam placed second (10.76)
Girls 800-meter run: Charis Chien (2:38.40)
Girls shot put: Aubrey Fraasch (29.375)
Girls triple jump: Erin Tam (29.150)

Full results can be viewed here: https://milesplit.live/meets/655974

The Peddie varsity boys basketball team (16-13) defeated Perkiomen School, 65-46, in the final game of the season on Senior Day. London Carson scored a game-high 26 points, including 16 in the first half. Gabe Hornberger added 14 points. London Carson, Yasin Elhossieni and Will Warren were recognized for Senior Day. Gabe Hornberger was presented with his 1,000th career point basketball, an accolade he reached on Dec. 14 against Vermont Academy at the Roundball Classic.

To conclude the season, Peddie varsity wrestling’s Ryan Horner (113 pounds), AJ Stover (126 pounds), Shantanu Pawale (138 pounds), John Maltez (165 pounds) and Connor Pawliczak (175 pounds) competed in the National Prep Wrestling Championships at Lehigh University – Stabler Arena. Addison Collins, Sara Karlekar and Amelia Kenney competed in the girls division.

AJ Stover (126 pounds) went 3-2. He finished in the top 12. Ryan Horner (113 pounds) went 2-2 and finished in the top 15. Addison Collins (120 pounds) went 2-2 in the girls division.

The fifth-seeded Peddie varsity boys basketball team (15-13) fell to top-seeded The Patrick School, 90-59, in the NJ Prep Open Tournament Semifinals at home. Gabe Hornberger scored a team-high 16 points. London Carson added 15 points. The Falcons next host Perkiomen School in the final game of the season on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. at Erik B. Hanson ’83 Field House, Court 1.

The fifth-seeded Peddie varsity boys basketball team (15-12) defeated fourth-seeded The Hun School of Princeton, 77-71, after two overtimes, in the quarterfinal round of the NJ Prep Open Tournament at Hun.

It was a rematch of the MAPL Tournament Play-In game on Feb. 13, in which the fifth-seeded Falcons defeated The Hun School of Princeton, 72-69, after a go-ahead 3-pointer from Gabe Hornberger with 3.2 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

Gabe Hornberger scored a game-high 18 points. London Carson and Ethan Nelson each added 16 points. Nelson went 9-for-10 from the free throw line, with all chances in the fourth quarter and both overtime periods. Will Warren tallied 10 points.

Hun knotted the score at 62 with 7.7 seconds left in the fourth quarter.

With 19.2 seconds left in the first overtime, Ethan Nelson stole the ball on defense and passed to London Carson, who was fouled. Carson made the first of two free throws to knot the score at 64.

The Falcons opened the second overtime period with an assist from Jayden Moton to Ethan Nelson for a 66-64 lead. Moton would then get fouled and make the basket, for a chance at a 3-point play. He missed the free throw, but put Peddie up 68-64 with 3:03 remaining.

“We knew it was going to be a dog fight, so we had to work even harder than last game,” Guard Ethan Nelson ’28 said on the rematch. “We didn’t want it to come down to the wire like last game, because you never know. We just had to be dogs and do our thing.”

“Down the stretch we dug a little deeper from a standpoint of being a little bit tougher, man-for-man and then five guys at a time,” Head Coach Joe Rulewich said. “That was exciting to see. When you win a game like that, it’s not going to be totally pretty, but basketball plays are to be had in a game like that, even if it’s not pretty and I thought we made some of those down the stretch.”

The Falcons next host top-seeded The Patrick School in the NJ Prep Open Tournament semifinals on Friday, Feb. 21 at 4:30 p.m. at Erik B. Hanson ’83 Field House, Court 1.

The Peddie varsity indoor track team competed in the Princeton High School Invitational at Jadwin Gymnasium at Princeton University.

Jelani Cine placed first in the boys 55-meter hurdles (7.92). Cine placed second in the boys 400-meter dash (52.05). Luke Chon finished fourth in the boys 400-meter dash (53.62) and Dasyer Bullock was fifth (54.75).

Ian Borges placed second in the boys 200-meter dash (23.57). Borges placed eighth in the boys 55-meter dash.

Dylan Patel placed second in the boys 800-meter run (2:04.13). Luca Romanelli placed fourth (2:07.67).

Parker Hamilton placed second in the boys shot put (49-10.5)

Courtney Cane placed third in the girls 3,200-meter run (11:21.71).

Safiyyah Malik placed fourth in the girls 55-meter dash (7.90).

Full results can be viewed here: https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/meet/571893/results

The Falcons next travel to The Hill School to compete in the The Hill School Last Chance Meet on Saturday, Feb. 22 at 2:30 p.m.

The Peddie varsity girls basketball team (1-16) fell to Lawrence High School, 40-39, at home to finish the season. Lawrence won on a game-winning free throw with 00.0 seconds left on the clock in the fourth quarter. Lexie Loughran scored a team-high 16 points. Aisha Caban, Natalie Muenzen and Sarah Naddelman each added six points. Seniors Aisha Caban, Lexie Loughran, Sarah Naddelman and Chloe Salapatas were recognized for Senior Day.

The Peddie junior varsity girls basketball team (2-9) fell to Lawrence High School, 33-32, at home to finish the season. Sophia Kong and Reese Kowal each scored a team-high eight points. Kowal also tallied a team-high seven assists and five rebounds. Anh Tran added six points. Julisa Lugo had four points and three steals.