Dalling wins H/W/S wrestling title
NEWTON. Kittatinny team places 10th of 17 schools in tri-county tournament.
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| 14 Jan 2025 | 08:34
KT1 Kittatinny’s Lina Hull handles the ball in the game against High Point on Jan. 4. Kittatinny won, 37-29. (Photos by George Leroy Hunter)
KT2 A Kittatinny Cougar and a High Point Wildcat reach for the ball during the tip-off to start the game.
KT3 Kittatinny’s Holly Sajdak holds the ball while covered by High Point’s Grace Elston. Sajdak grabbed two rebounds and is credited with one assist and one steal.
KT4 Kittatinny Cougars and High Point Wildcats battle for possession of the ball on the basketball court.
KT5 Kittatinny’s Taylor Hough holds the ball during a foul shot attempt. She scored 13 points.
High Point’s Claire Sieminski holds the ball as Kittatinny’s Taylor Hough reaches for it. Sieminski scored five points.
High Point’s Grace Elston handles the ball while covered by Kittatinny’s Katie Sajdak. Elston scored seven points.
Kittatinny’s Katie Sajdak dribbles the ball. She scored seven points.
Kittatinny’s Taylor Hough scored 13 points.
Kittatinny’s girls basketball head coach Joshua Reed instructs players during a break.
Senior Ethan Dalling earned the 175-pound championship in dominant fashion to pace the Kittatinny Regional High School wrestling team in the 15th annual Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament on Saturday evening, Jan. 11 at Phillipsburg High School.
Kittatinny finished with 75.5 points and in 10th place of 17 competing schools. Phillipsburg won the event for the fourth time in the past six seasons and ninth time overall.
Two of Kittatinny’s upper weight standouts earned the bronze medal: Trevor Greenwood (215 pounds) and Bradley Kearney (285) each placed third in their respective weight classes.
Dalling (17-2) received a first-round bye before earning a fall in 1:13 over Logan Garriques of North Warren in the quarterfinal round. He then won by forfeit in the semifinal round before winning by tech. fall, 20-2, over Evan Kinney of North Hunterdon in 2:55 for the championship.
Here’s how other Kittatinny teams fared recently:
Girls basketball
Taylor Hough had a game-high 15 points along with five rebounds, three steals and two assists, but the Cougars had its season-high six-game winning streak snapped in a 43-38 home loss to Cresskill on Jan. 11.
On Friday night, Jan. 10, Kittatinny received 20 points and nine rebounds from Gianna Caruso and 15 points, 11 steals, six rebounds, three assists and three blocks from Hough in a 50-22 victory over Wallkill Valley at home.
Katie Sajdak added eight points, five steals and two assists in the decision.
Kittatinny (8-2) is scheduled to play at Dover at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16 before returning home to face Millburn at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18.
Boys basketball
Connor Logan had a team-high 13 points, Justin Bair added 12 points and Michael Strong dropped in 10 points to key a 41-31 victory over North Warren there Jan. 10.
Logan also had a double-double (15 points, 11 rebounds) as the Cougars defeated Sussex Tech, 60-57, there Jan. 6.
Kittatinny (4-6) is slated to play host to Dover at 7 p.m. Jan. 16 before playing at Pope John at 1 p.m. Jan. 18.
Ice hockey
The High Point/Wallkill Valley/Kittatinny tri-op squad improved to 5-1 in the Haas-Charette Division of the Morris County Secondary Schools Ice Hockey League with a 4-0 victory over Mountain Lakes/Boonton on Jan. 11 at Skylands Ice World in Stockholm.
Senior Alex Sonvico leads the team in scoring with 17 goals and 13 assists, with senior Anthony Tokar (13 goals, 10 assists) and senior Brady Reid (six goals, 13 assists) also reaching double digits in points.
High Point/Wallkill Valley/Kittatinny (6-5) will play Roxbury at 8 p.m. Jan. 18 at Skylands Ice World.
Indoor track
The Cougars are scheduled to take part in the 10th annual Ocean Breeze Invitational on Feb. 1-2 at the Ocean Breeze Facility in Staten Island, N.Y.