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1 week ago | 
trentonian.com | Rich Fisher
HAMILTON – Katie Simonka had the perfect game plan for beating an undefeated team. Just don’t let them hit the ball. The senior was spectacular Monday in firing a no-hitter with 14 strikeouts as Steinert defeated Bordentown, 2-0, in a battle of area heavyweights. While handing the Scotties (6-1) their initial loss, Simonka threw the first seven-inning no-hitter of her career. She previously had one in four innings and one in five. But she wasn’t really sweating it out.
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2 weeks ago | 
trentonian.com | Rich Fisher
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2 weeks ago | 
trentonian.com | Rich Fisher
After years of running, jumping and throwing, some of Mercer County’s greatest athletes will take a seat. And it’s at a very exclusive table, as 23 new members from 11 schools will be inducted to the 2nd Annual Mercer County Track & Field Hall of Fame. The award dinner is Sunday, Apr. 13 at Mercer Oaks Golf Course in West Windsor. This year’s inductees are:Basil Campbell, EwingIn spring, 2003, Campbell earned three NJSIAA Meet of Champions medals.
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2 weeks ago | 
trentonian.com | Rich Fisher
LAWRENCEVILLE – With Rylee Michalak safely throwing softballs some 1,600 miles away in Texas, Colonial Valley Conference batters figured they could stride to the plate against Notre Dame with a little more confidence this season. Bianca Pesce thinks otherwise. The senior right-hander fired a four-hitter with eight strikeouts and one walk in hurling the Irish to a 10-0, five-inning victory over Robbinsville Tuesday. “There’s nobody better than Bianca,” Irish first-year coach Mike McQuarrie said.
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3 weeks ago | 
communitynewspapergroup.com | Rich Fisher
HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER/BCSDVAN HORNE — Foundation of Science I students are increasingly diving into the wonders of space science, with a particular focus on star formation and classification. In Foundation of Science I, students learn that stars are born in vast clouds of gas and dust called nebulae. Through the process of gravitational collapse, these clouds condense, forming protostars that eventually ignite nuclear fusion in their cores.
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3 weeks ago | 
communitynews.org | Rich Fisher
There have been a number of talented, big-time athletes at Hopewell Valley Central High over the first quarter of the 21st century, but arguably the best all-around three-sport athlete in the past 25 years is getting ready to play his final athletic season in high school. That would be Luke Caldwell, a record-setting machine in football and lacrosse and a state qualifier in wrestling. Aaron Oldfield never coached Caldwell but has taught and coached track & field at HVCHS since 1993.
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3 weeks ago | 
communitynews.org | Rich Fisher
Being called a coffee bean doesn’t seem too flattering for a high school girl. Or anybody, for that matter. But in the outside-the-box world that is Robbinsville High girls lacrosse, it’s quite the compliment, and Morgan Gonser is happy to be dubbed a coffee bean in the water. Even if she wasn’t quite sure what it meant at first. “I was definitely not faithful to that, I was like ‘What is she saying?’” Gonser recalled with a laugh.
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3 weeks ago | 
communitynews.org | Rich Fisher
Whether he has nine hits in a row or has gone hitless in his last 12 plate appearances, Joe Gmitter will always treat his next at-bat as the first one of his life. “I don’t really look at my stats too much, I don’t worry about that,” the Stockton University junior and Steinert High grad said. “I just take an 0-for-0 approach. No matter if I’m 0-for-5 or 5-for-5, it’s the same mindset.”Gmitter aced many of those opportunities through his 16 games with the Ospreys.
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3 weeks ago | 
communitynews.org | Rich Fisher
It’s pretty impressive what Chris LaBelle can accomplish when he has time to map it all out. One game into the 2023-24 season, the Hamilton native was abruptly promoted from assistant to head coach of the Centenary University men’s basketball team after the head man stepped down. While happy for the opportunity at age 24, it was also a precarious situation. LaBelle was learning on the fly, with no margin for error, since every game mattered.
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3 weeks ago | 
communitynews.org | Rich Fisher
Sophie Trzaskus wants to be a doctor. Tristan Jusino-Lansing hopes to be a teacher and coach. But having admirable professional goals are not the only positive trait the Lawrence High School seniors have. Both were hindered by nagging injuries that affected them last spring, both qualified for the NJSIAA Meet of Champions this past winter track & field season and both are looking for a big spring season.
