Peddie Athletics

The Peddie varsity girls basketball team (1-10) fell to Hightstown High School, 60-28, at home. Runyao Yuan scored a team-high eight points. Eva Sbarro added five points. The Falcons next travel to The Hill School on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 5 p.m.

The Peddie varsity boys basketball team (12-5) defeated The Hun School of Princeton, 71-67, at home on Jan. 14.

Jordan Moton made a 3-pointer from the corner to give Peddie a 70-67 lead with 1:48 remaining in the fourth quarter. Strong Peddie defense forced a Hun turnover with 10.2 seconds left. Ethan Nelson would get fouled and made the first of two free throws for a 71-67 lead with four seconds remaining. Gabe Hornberger scored a game-high 21 points. Post-grad Sean Griffin ’26 added 20 points, including his 1,000th career point on a layup with 7:57 left in the second quarter. Josiah Broko had 13 points.

“That game demonstrated relentless resilience by us, where we didn’t play pretty well at times and played really well at other times,” Head Coach Joe Rulewich said. “We found a way to make plays at the end of the game, while coming off a tough one last Saturday at The Lawrenceville School. For Sean [Griffin], scoring 1,000 points also takes resilience, it takes time and handling pressure. We just talked about how you don’t achieve 1,000 points by yourself, you have to be lucky, you have to be talented and you have to have great teammates who are unselfish as well. We celebrated that for Sean, which was awesome.”

“It feels great and I’m really glad we could get a win out of it, too, that’s the biggest thing,” Griffin said on his 1,000th career point.

Hornberger scored 15 of his 21 points in the first half.

“Gabe played great, he really gave us a boost, especially in the first half and he continued strong in the second half and made a lot of big plays,” Griffin said. “We developed a lot of chemistry over the fall together. He’s been pushing me, I’ve been pushing him and it’s showing. We’re getting some wins out of it, too, which is great.”

The Falcons next travel to The Hill School on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 3 p.m.

The Peddie junior varsity boys basketball team (4-3) defeated The Hun School of Princeton, 58-29, at home. JT Rulewich and Thomas White each scored a game-high 13 points. Connor Mahoney and Sam Phillips each added eight points. The Falcons next travel to The Hill School on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 1 p.m.

The Peddie thirds boys basketball team (0-6) fell to The Hun School of Princeton, 67-38, at home. Caden Daniel scored a team-high 10 points. Owen Bonchev added nine points. The Falcons next travel to The Hill School on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 1 p.m.

The Peddie varsity girls basketball team (1-9) fell to The Hun School of Princeton, 66-27, at home. Sam Forte and Eva Sbarro each scored a team-high seven points. The Falcons next host Hightstown High School on Thursday, Jan. 15 at 6:15 p.m. at Erik B. Hanson ’83 Field House, Court 1.

The Peddie varsity wrestling team defeated Long Island Lutheran (70-8) and fell to Poly Prep Country Day School (42-36) in a tri-meet at Poly Prep Country Day School. The Falcons are now 5-2 on the season.

Falcons who earned wins in victory over Long Island Lutheran:

175 pounds: Oliver Goodman (first-period pin in 1:39)
190 pounds: Chris Horsch (second-period pin in 2:06)
215 pounds: Augie Cassidy (second-period pin in 2:14)
285 pounds: Adem Amar (first-period pin in 33 seconds)
106 pounds: Lucas Goodman (win by forfeit)
113 pounds: Zane Shama (win by forfeit)
120 pounds: Matthew Kleinhandler (win by forfeit)
126 pounds: Ryan Horner (major decision 15-4)
132 pounds: AJ Stover (first-period pin in 1:09)
138 pounds: Landon Lill (win by forfeit)
144 pounds: Ryan McRoberts (third-period pin in 4:14)
150 pounds: Benedict Kiely (second-period pin in 3:44)

Falcons who earned wins in loss to Poly Prep Country Day School:

113 pounds: Zane Shama (first-period pin in 23 seconds)
126 pounds: Ryan Horner (first-period pin in 1:02)
132 pounds: AJ Stover (tech fall 15-0)
138 pounds: Landon Lill (1-0 decision)
144 pounds: Ryan McRoberts (major decision 14-3)
215 pounds: Augie Cassidy (win by forfeit)
285 pounds: Adem Amar (win by forfeit)

The Falcons next travel to Blair Academy for a junior varsity match on Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 4:30 p.m. The varsity team next faces Matawan Regional, Allentown and Middletown North on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 9 a.m. at Middletown North High School.

The Peddie varsity wrestling team competed in the Bissell Tournament at The Hill School. The Falcons placed eighth out of 14 teams. The team wrestled over 65 matches and went 35-32 on the day.

AJ Stover went 3-1 and Landon Lill took second place defeating top-ranked opponents along the way. Stover’s only loss was to the ranked fourth overall for National Preps. Lill’s loss was to the fifth-ranked wrestler overall.

Ryan McRoberts, Xzavier Torres and Reed Oliver all went undefeated on the day in the JV division.

The Falcons next travel to Poly Prep Country Day School to face Poly Prep Country Day School and Long Island Lutheran in a tri-meet on Tuesday, Jan. 13 at 5 p.m.

The Peddie varsity boys basketball team (11-5) fell to The Lawrenceville School, 54-52 on the road. The Lawrenceville School scored a go-ahead layup with 27.3 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter. Ethan Nelson scored a team-high 13 points for Peddie. Sean Griffin added 11 points. Gabe Hornberger had 10 point. The Falcons next host The Hun School of Princeton on Wednesday, Jan. 14 at 6:30 p.m. at Erik B. Hanson ’83 Field House, Court 1.

New time, was originally schedule at 3:30 PM

New time, was originally schedule at 4 PM