Peddie Athletics

The Peddie varsity boys basketball team (13-5) defeated The Hill School, 63-61, on the road. With the score knotted at 61 and 1.4 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Ethan Nelson threw in the inbound pass which deflected off a defender, got the ball back and made a layup as time expired to give Peddie the 63-61 victory. The Falcons next travel to George School on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 5 p.m.

The Peddie varsity swimming team hosted and competed against Germantown Academy in a dual-meet at home. The girls 200-yard medley relay team of Hannah Bateman, Mary Bao, Zoe Tashjian and Lola Early (1:42.86) broke two records, according to head coach Emmett Walling. The first record was a Peddie team record from 2007 and the second was the pool record from 2016. Individually, Mary Bao set a school record in the girls 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.04) that previously stood for 31 years.

Team scores: Germantown Academy boys 92, Peddie 78. Germantown Academy girls 102, Peddie 68.

Event wins for the Falcons:

Girls wins:

Girls 200-yard medley relay: Hannah Bateman, Mary Bao, Zoe Tashjian, Lola Early (1:42.86)
Girls 200-yard freestyle: Hannah Bateman (1:53.02)
Girls 100-yard freestyle: Lola Early (51.35)
Girls 200-yard freestyle relay: Anna Oushalkas, Isabella Chen, Alice Churilova, Lola Early (1:38.85)
Girls 100-yard backstroke: Hannah Bateman (55.30)
Girls 100-yard breaststroke: Mary Bao (1:03.04)

Boys wins:

Boys 200-yard medley relay: Luke Luo, Benjamin Weihe, James Yan, Brady Li (1:35.98)
Boys 50-yard freestyle: Brady Li (21.89)
Boys 100-yard butterfly: Luke Luo (52.24)
Boys 100-yard freestyle: Brady Li (47.34)
Boys 100-yard backstroke: Luke Luo (51.87)
The Falcons next host The Hun School of Princeton and The Wilberforce School in a tri-meet on Friday, Jan. 23 at 4:30 p.m. at Peddie Aquatic Center.

The Peddie junior varsity boys basketball team (5-3) defeated The Hill School, 75-36, on the road. Kaya Deldag scored a team-high 19 points. JT Rulewich added 14 points. Bryan Lee had 10 points. The Falcons next travel to Malvern Preparatory School on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 5:30 p.m.

The Peddie thirds boys boys basketball team (0-6) fell to The Hill School, 54-34, on the road. Maverick Mullervy scored a team-high 16 points. The Falcons next host The Pennington School on Friday, Jan. 30 at 4:30 p.m. at Erik B. Hanson ’83 Field House, Court 2.

The Peddie varsity wrestling team fell to Matawan Regional (48-24), fell to Allentown (39-27) and Middletown North High School (59-16) at Middletown North High School. Ryan Horner (126 pounds), AJ Stover (132 pounds), Landon Lill (138 pounds) and Chris Horsch (190 pounds) earned wins in all three matches. The Falcons are now 5-5 on the season.

Falcons who earned wins in loss to Matawan Regional:

126 pounds: Ryan Horner (major decision 13-3)
132 pounds: AJ Stover (technical fall 17-1)
138 pounds: Landon Lill (first-period pin in 1:08)
165 pounds: Charlie White (first-period pin in 1:21)
190 pounds: Chris Horsch (19-18 decision)

Falcons who earned wins in loss to Allentown:

113 pounds: Zane Shama (second-period pin in 4:01)
126 pounds: Ryan Horner (technical fall 15-0)
132 pounds: AJ Stover (first-period pin in 32 seconds)
138 pounds: Landon Lill (major decision 25-11)
157 pounds: Massimo Shenin (14-11 decision)
190 pounds: Chris Horsch (13-6 decision)
215 pounds: Double forfeit

Falcons who earned wins in loss to Middletown North High School:

126 pounds: Ryan Horner (first-period pin in 49 seconds)
132 pounds: AJ Stover (4-1 decision)
138 pounds: Landon Lill (TB-1 2-1)
190 pounds: Chris Horsch (major decision 13-3)

The Falcons next host The Haverford School on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 5 p.m. at the Eckert Wrestling Room.

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.