Girls lacrosse team beats Warren Hills
STANHOPE. Lenape Valley wins preliminary round of the 13th annual Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament.
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| 01 May 2024 | 12:20
Lenape Valley pitcher Paige Henriksen winds up while third-base player Sydney Stansfield stands ready for action in the game against Newton on Friday, April 26. The Patriots won, 11-1. (Photos by George Leroy Hunter).
Lenape Valley batter Adrianna Gangi reacts to an incoming ball. She scored one run and contributed to four runs batted in (RBI).
Lenape Valley batter Sydney Stansfield watches an incoming ball. She scored two runs.
Newton batter Melissa Fehr connects with the ball in the first inning.
Newton batter Madison Jones was awarded two walks.
Newton batter Jordyn Young watches the ball pass home plate. She scored one run.
Newton pitcher Jaida Long pitched six innings, allowing 11 runs.
Lenape Valley pitcher Paige Henriksen pitched for seven innings and allowed one run.
The Newton Braves and their coach Paul Filan meet on the mound.
Regina Williams totaled six goals, one assist, six ground balls, four draw controls and a forced turnover in leading the 11th-seeded Lenape Valley Regional High School girls lacrosse team to an 11-8 victory over 12th-seeded Warren Hills in the preliminary round of the 13th annual Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Tournament at home Saturday afternoon, April 27.
Alison Church scored four goals, and Addison Coles also scored and added three ground balls, two draw controls and a forced turnover.
The Patriots, who received six saves from Kylee McCracken, are scheduled to play at sixth-seeded Vernon on Tuesday, April 30 in a H/W/S first-round game. The winner will go to the quarterfinal round Saturday, May 4.
Williams (34 goals, three assists) and Church (22 goals, two assists) lead the team in scoring.
Here’s how other Lenape Valley sports teams fared last week:
Baseball
Dylan Van Tuyl pitched a six-hitter and also drove in a run and Jake Marcisak and Chris Zander each went 2-for-3 with an RBI and a run to pace Lenape Valley to a 3-1 victory over Hackettstown at home April 27.
Van Tuyl totaled 102 pitched, striking out six and walking two to help the Patriots improve to 7-5 this spring.
On Thursday, April 25, Lenape Valley outlasted North Warren, 12-10, also at home. The victory was keyed by David Rubenstein, who hit a grand slam, and Jake Marcisak, who hit a two-run homer. Chris Zander added a single, three RBI and a run.
Lenape Valley will play host to High Point at 4 p.m. Thursday, May 2.
Boys lacrosse
Lenape Valley, seeded 12th, bowed to 11th-seeded Phillipsburg, 7-2, in the preliminary round of the H/W/S Tournament there April 27.
The game was tied, 1-1, at the half before Phillipsburg closed with a 6-1 second-half showing.
Lenape Valley, now 2-8, is led offensively by Tyler Brennan (five goals, 11 assists), Chase De Oliveira (eight goals, eight assists), Dylan Fowler (eight goals, six assists), Luca Fowler (11 goals, two assists) and Kevin Giusti (five goals, five assists).
The Patriots are scheduled to play host to New Providence at 2 p.m. May 4.
Softball
Paige Henriksen hurled a five-hitter with four strikeouts and two walks and Julia Parise singled in two runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to lift Lenape Valley to a 2-1 victory over Randolph at home Wednesday, April 24.
Lenape Valley, which defeated Newton, 11-1, on the road April 26, took a 7-4 record into play this week.
The Patriots are scheduled to play at Mount Olive at 4 p.m. Friday, May 3.
Boys tennis
The Patriots improved to 2-4 by defeating High Point, 3-2, at home April 26.
Sean Palermo (first singles) and Matt Walter (second singles) won in straight sets, and Onuche Adejoh and Noah DeKnight (first doubles) won in three sets.