Dani Pescatore scored 12 points to lead Hillsborough over North Hunterdon, 44-35, in Hillsborough.
Elissa Nsenkyire finished with nine points while Olivia Buckman added seven for Hillsborough, which led by six at the half.
Maria Newsome made five 3-pointers on the way to a team-high 18 points while Aniya Stevenson chipped in 11 for North Hunterdon.
Source: Lion Athletic News North Hunterdon (35) at Hillsborough (44) – Girls Basketball North Hunterdon (35) at Hillsborough (44) – Girls Basketball

Click HERE for the North Hunterdon HS Athletic Medical Forms.

Click HERE for the Tentative Spring Sport Practice dates 2018.

Click HERE for the Physical and Parent Permission Dates for 2018 Spring Sports.

Who are the top guards from the class of 2018?
Source: Lion Athletic News Distribution Kings: N.J. boys basketball's top senior guards – our picks, your votes Distribution Kings: N.J. boys basketball's top senior guards – our picks, your votes

Dear North Hunterdon Parents/Guardians and Students:

School is closed today 1-17-18 due to the inclement weather conditions. All after school activities, including athletic events and practices, etc for North Hunterdon and Voorhees High Schools have been cancelled for January 17th.  All outside groups renting the facility are also cancelled today. Student Athletes with any questions or concerns should contact their immediate athletic coach. Please refer to our athletic website for the most current schedule – click here. Please be safe today!

 Warnings and Advisories Among the many weather warnings, watches and advisories in effect for today.

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It’s a big week for rivalry dual meets.
Source: Lion Athletic News2 Check out 7 highlights of the week ahead in wrestling Check out 7 highlights of the week ahead in wrestling

Notes on each local team and the tournament itself.
Source: Lion Athletic News2 Match-by-match report on Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex wrestling fans Match-by-match report on Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex wrestling fans

Dear North Hunterdon Parents/Guardians and Students:

With the inclement weather conditions for today, all after school activities, including athletic events and practices, etc for North Hunterdon and Voorhees High Schools have been cancelled for January 16th.  All outside groups renting the facility are also cancelled today. Student Athletes with any questions or concerns should contact their immediate athletic coach. Please refer to our athletic website for the most current schedule – click here. Please be safe today!

 Warnings and Advisories Among the many weather warnings, watches and advisories in effect for today.

 NJ Power Companies – Power Outage Central: PSE&G, Jersey Central Power and Light, and Atlantic City Electric.

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Who is the top team in the Skyland Conference?
Source: Lion Athletic News Boys Basketball: Skyland Conference rankings for Tuesday, Jan. 16 Boys Basketball: Skyland Conference rankings for Tuesday, Jan. 16

Lions Wrestlers take 7th at the Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex Wrestling Tournament. Saturday’s Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex wrestling tournament will remain seared in the recollections of many who attended,

Because area athletes posted some truly memorable performances as they won six championships at the day-long event at Phillipsburg High School.

Source: Lion Athletic News Six local wrestlers capture Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex gold

• Six local wrestlers capture Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex gold
• Match-by-match report on Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex wrestling finals

Maria Newsome scored 15 points to lead North Hunterdon to a 42-38 victory against Pope John in Annandale.
Kristen Newsome scored 10 points and Alexa Casile and Aniya Stevenson chipped in five points apiece for North Hunterdon.
Source: Lion Athletic News Pope John (38) at North Hunterdon (42) – Girls Basketball Pope John (38) at North Hunterdon (42) – Girls Basketball

Michael DelSantro scored 22 points to lead North Hunterdon to a 72-51 victory against Westfield in Montgomery.
Xander Braun scored 10 points and grabbed eight rebounds and Nick Guasta chipped in 10 points for North Hunterdon.
Matt Crowley led Westfield with 19 points.

Source: Lion Athletic News Westfield (51) at North Hunterdon (72) – Boys Basketball Westfield (51) at North Hunterdon (72) – Boys Basketball

NORTH HUNTERDON
After giving up 88.7 ppg. in their first three games, the Lions tightened up their defense and have gone 3-2 since, scoring 72 ppg. and allowing 61.

Paul Woolhouse scored 18 points and Wes Reinagel added 17 points for North, which bowed to Phillipsburg 76-70 on Thursday. The Lions had won three of their last four contests.

Reinagel, Michael DelSantro, Nick Guasta and Xander Braun have taken turns leading the team in scoring, and North has received contributions from Evan Saraceno and Ahman Cooks as well. The Lions host Bridgewater-Raritan (5-3) on Tuesday and Hunterdon Central (6-3) on Thursday.

Source: Lion Athletic News Hunterdon County boys basketball notebook: South Hunterdon has improved markedly Hunterdon County boys basketball notebook: South Hunterdon has improved markedly

Sammy Weyrauch scored a game-high eight points to lead Ridge over North Hunterdon, 41-17, in Basking Ridge.
Maddy West and Ava Haiback finished with seven points apiece while Sophie Beneventine added six for Ridge, which led by eight at the half.
Maria Newsome and Aniya Stevenson scored four points apiece for North Hunterdon.
Source: Lion Athletic News North Hunterdon (17) at Ridge (41) – Girls Basketball North Hunterdon (17) at Ridge (41) – Girls Basketball

The Hunterdon Central High School wrestling team made news this week for a match it didn’t have and for one in which it competed.
The Red Devils, ranked No. 9 in the NJ.com Top 20, could have squared off against No. 3 Howell in a quad meet at Kittatinny, but by mutual agreement between the coaches, the match didn’t …
Source: Lion Athletic News Hunterdon County wrestling notebook: Hunterdon Central in the news Hunterdon County wrestling notebook: Hunterdon Central in the news

What is going to happen this weekend?
Source: Lion Athletic News Weekend Madness: 11 bold predictions in boys basketball for Jan. 11-13 Weekend Madness: 11 bold predictions in boys basketball for Jan. 11-13

Phillipsburg’s boys basketball team defeatedNorth Hunterdon76-70 in a Skyland Conference Raritan Division game on Thursday. Follow the link belowfor a story and photos from the game. SLIDESHOW:Phil…
Source: Lion Athletic News Phillipsburg boys basketball stays cool from stripe to beat North Hunterdon (PHOTOS) Phillipsburg boys basketball stays cool from stripe to beat North Hunterdon (PHOTOS)

The Stateliners built a big lead and held on late.
Source: Lion Athletic News2 Phillipsburg basketball stays cool at stripe in wild win vs. North Hunterdon Phillipsburg basketball stays cool at stripe in wild win vs. North Hunterdon

Click HERE to review the New Jersey Department of Education Opioid Use and Misuse Educational Fact Sheet.

Wrestling Report: Warren Hills ​(19) ​at North Hunterdon​ (55)​ ​on 1/10/2018

Former Wrestling coach Tim Flynn was recognized. Flynn compiled a 118-48 career record during eight seasons including a 17-6 finish last winter. Three years ago, he led the Lions to the program’s 14th sectional title, a North 2 Group V championship. Flynn previously served as an assistant coach for 14 seasons.

Check out our ‘Head of the Class’ countdown.
Source: Lion Athletic News2 Our best pound-for-pound wrestler rankings on Jan. 10 Our best pound-for-pound wrestler rankings on Jan. 10

Michael DelSantro scored 16 points to lead North Hunterdon to a 63-39 victory against Montgomery in North Arlington.
Paul Woolhouse scored seven points and grabbed 10 rebounds and Chris Hale chipped in eight points for North Hunterdon.

Source: Lion Athletic News Montgomery (39) at North Hunterdon (63) – Boys Basketball Montgomery (39) at North Hunterdon (63) – Boys Basketball

Bria Johnson recorded 17 points and three assists to lead Montgomery over North Hunterdon, 58-31, in Skillman.
Andrea Katramados finished with 12 points, five assists and two steals while Carolyn Prevost added seven points, four blocks and three steals for Montgomery, which led by 19 at the half.
Maria Newsome made two 3-pointers on the way to eight points while …
Source: Lion Athletic News North Hunterdon (31) at Montgomery (58) – Girls Basketball North Hunterdon (31) at Montgomery (58) – Girls Basketball

It’s a week full of top-shelf events.
Source: Lion Athletic News2 11 must-see reasons why this is an awesome week of wrestling ahead 11 must-see reasons why this is an awesome week of wrestling ahead

There is a new No. 1 at 152 pounds plus other changes in the second NJ.com weight class rankings of 2018.
Source: Lion Athletic News Jan. 9 weight class rankings: A familiar wrestler is a new No. 1 Jan. 9 weight class rankings: A familiar wrestler is a new No. 1

Who is the top team in the Skyland Conference?
Source: Lion Athletic News Boys Basketball: Skyland Conference rankings for Tuesday, Jan. 9 Boys Basketball: Skyland Conference rankings for Tuesday, Jan. 9

Dear North Hunterdon Parents/Guardians and Students:

With the inclement weather conditions for today and school closing at 11:55am, all after school activities, including athletic events and practices, etc for North Hunterdon and Voorhees High Schools have been cancelled for January 8th.  All outside groups renting the facility are also cancelled today. Student Athletes with any questions or concerns should contact their immediate athletic coach. Please refer to our athletic website for the most current schedule – click here. Please be safe today!

 Warnings and Advisories Among the many weather warnings, watches and advisories in effect for today.

 NJ Power Companies – Power Outage Central: PSE&G, Jersey Central Power and Light, and Atlantic City Electric.

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Click HERE to review the results against Wayne Valley. 

Click HERE to review the results against West Essex.

“We’ve played together in the past, in rec. and in middle school, but we’re really excited about being on playing varsity together,” Maria said. “She plays up to my level and she’s as good as anyone on the team, so a lot of times I’m harder on her because I forget she’s a freshman. And she definitely lets me know when I’m hard on her. But I definitely like having her on the team and we work really well together.”

“Both girls complement each other very well,” Franzyshen said. “Maria is our best returning scorer from last year and Kristen is starting as a freshman, so they both have a lot to handle. However, I think both of them playing together and being there for each other has helped to ease that pressure.”

Source: Lion Athletic News Newsome sisters sharing the backcourt at North Hunterdon Newsome sisters sharing the backcourt at North Hunterdon

The U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) announced Thursday the state-by-state winners of its fourth annual High School Coach of the Year award for cross country. 

Sean Walsh has been named the girls 2017 New Jersey coaches of the year by the U.S. Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association. 

The North Hunterdon girls won their first NJSIAA Meet of Champions title since 1986 this past November under the coaching of Sean Walsh. After some close calls in previous years they proved to be dominant all season long in 2017. Their squad makes a full comeback next year so this could just be the beginning of something even greater. 

Sean will receive a trophy and the USTFCCCA will choose between each state winner for the final National Coach of the Year award. That honor is to be announced later this month.

Click HERE to review the Press release on the NJMilesplit website.

Click HERE to review the Press release on the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association website.

January 5, 2018:

Dear North Hunterdon Parents/Guardians and Students:

With the inclement weather conditions for today, all after school activities, including athletic events and practices, etc for North Hunterdon and Voorhees High Schools have been cancelled for January 5th.  All outside groups renting the facility are also cancelled today. Student Athletes with any questions or concerns should contact their immediate athletic coach. Please refer to our athletic website for the most current schedule – click here. Please be safe today!

 Warnings and Advisories Among the many weather warnings, watches and advisories in effect for today.

 NJ Power Companies – Power Outage Central: PSE&G, Jersey Central Power and Light, and Atlantic City Electric.

 Click HERE to review Winter Survival Tips from NJ.com.

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Bethlehem Catholic, Freedom and Notre Dame have the most 1st-teamers.
Source: Lion Athletic News2 2017 lehighvalleylive All-Area Girls Tennis Team 2017 lehighvalleylive All-Area Girls Tennis Team

January 4, 2018:

Dear North Hunterdon Parents/Guardians and Students:

With the inclement weather forecast for today, all after school activities, including athletic events and practices, etc for North Hunterdon and Voorhees High Schools have been cancelled for January 4th.  All outside groups renting the facility are also cancelled today. Student Athletes with any questions or concerns should contact their immediate athletic coach. Please refer to our athletic website for the most current schedule – click here. Please be safe today!

 Warnings and Advisories Among the many weather warnings, watches and advisories in effect for today.

 NJ Power Companies – Power Outage Central: PSE&G, Jersey Central Power and Light, and Atlantic City Electric.

 Click HERE to review Winter Survival Tips from NJ.com.

 Click HERE to review Survival Guide for Power Outages from Accuweather.com.

The Lions won eight straight bouts to dispatch the Vikings.
Source: Lion Athletic News2 North Hunterdon wrestling leans on experience in middle to roll past rival Voorhees North Hunterdon wrestling leans on experience in middle to roll past rival Voorhees

North Hunterdon is a young team but is hoping to build around a nucleus of experience in the middleweights as it continues to press through the always-challenging grind of the Skyland Conference-Raritan Division.

Wrestling against rival Voorhees on Wednesday in a key divisional showdown, it was a matchup of strengths and weaknesses as Voorhees rolled in the upperweights to start the match but North Hunterdon rallied back when its core in the middle rattled off eight straight wins to close out a 42-22 victory in Glen Garden.

North Hunterdon freshman Frank Diesso was named the match’s outstanding wrestler after scoring a 5-0 decision over senior Colby Koskinski at 113.

Source: Lion Athletic News North Hunterdon wrestling leans on experience in the middle to roll past rival Voorhees North Hunterdon wrestling leans on experience in the middle to roll past rival Voorhees

Nick Guasta had 14 points and nine rebounds to make the all-tournament team and lead North Hunterdon in an 87-75 loss to Faith Christian (PA) in the Whitehall Zephyr Holiday Tournament in Whitehall, Penn.
Michael DelSantro had 12 point and four steals for North Hunterdon.

Source: Lion Athletic News North Hunterdon (75) at Faith Christian (PA) (87) – Boys Basketball North Hunterdon (75) at Faith Christian (PA) (87) – Boys Basketball

Nick Guasta had 18 points to lead North Hunterdon in a 79-55 win over East Stroudsburg North (PA) in the Whitehall Holiday Tournament in Whitehall (PA).
Wes Reinagel had 15 points and Ahman Cooks added 10 points for North Hunterdon, and Evan Saraceno had a team-leading 10 rebounds with six points.

Source: Lion Athletic News East Stroudsburg North (PA) (55) at North Hunterdon (79) – Boys Basketball East Stroudsburg North (PA) (55) at North Hunterdon (79) – Boys Basketball

Congratulations to the Lady Lions Basketball team for Two-Peating the ALJ Crusader Holiday Tournament. Maria Newsome (Tournament MVP) finished with a game-high 22 points for North Hunterdon in its 38-29 win over South Plainfield in the final of the Johnson Holiday Tournament.
Alexa Vasile chipped in four points for North Hunterdon.

Source: Lion Athletic News South Plainfield (29) at North Hunterdon (38) – Girls Basketball South Plainfield (29) at North Hunterdon (38) – Girls Basketball

Maria Newsome and Alexa Vasile had 11 points each for North Hunterdon in its 57-24 win over Dickinson in the Johnson Tournament at Johnson High School in Clark.
Aniya Stevenson added nine points, Nicole Porter contributed eight points, and Kristen Newsome chipped in seven points for North Hunterdon.
Emily Ruiz led Dickinson with 11 points in the loss.
North Hunterdon …
Source: Lion Athletic News Dickinson (24) at North Hunterdon (57) – Girls Basketball Dickinson (24) at North Hunterdon (57) – Girls Basketball

Congratulations to the Lions wrestling team for taking Silver and crowning 4 Champions at the 60th Annual John Goles Tournament. Winning championships for the Lions were sophomore Connor Robinson (106 pounds), freshman Connor Quinn (113), senior Andrew Gapas (138), and junior Michael Wilson (145). Gapas had the most pins in the shortest time.

Top North Hunterdon performer: This was hard to choose with four champs, but ninth grader Quinn was a last-second insertion due to injury and wound up with a gold medal. He won his semifinal 2-0 in the ultimate tiebreaker over Newton freshman Bobby Cleary and then topped Edison frosh Brett Miller 5-3 in the final.

Source: Lion Athletic News: North Hunterdon crowns 4 champions at John Goles wrestling North Hunterdon crowns 4 champions at John Goles wrestling

Click HERE to review all the results of the 60th Annual John Goles Wrestling Tournament.

Losing a go-to player who did a little bit of everything, including scoring 15 points per game in Blair Felts, from a team which finished 10-14, the prospects didn’t look too promising for the Voorhees boys basketball team in 2017-18.
Add in that a rookie head coach would be taking over in Kevin Shafer, one might would assume it …
Source: Lion Athletic News Hunterdon County boys basketball notebook: Voorhees off to 3-0 start; stats, holiday schedule Hunterdon County boys basketball notebook: Voorhees off to 3-0 start; stats, holiday schedule

Xander Braun notched a double-double scoring 14 points and grabing 10 rebounds to help North Hunterdon top Watchung Hills, 71-64, in Annandale.
Wes Reinagel added 11 points while Mike DelSantro netted 12 for the Lions, which made an astounding 23 free throws, including eight by Braun.

Source: Lion Athletic News Watchung Hills (64) at North Hunterdon (71) – Boys Basketball Watchung Hills (64) at North Hunterdon (71) – Boys Basketball

Julia Cunningham scored 18 points, had eight rebounds, dished four assists and finished with five steals to lead Watchung Hills to a 42-26 victory against North Hunterdon in Warren.
Jayden Baltuch chipped in 11 points and two steals and Alexa Santo finished with six points and seven rebounds for Watchung Hills.
Source: Lion Athletic News North Hunterdon (26) at Watchung Hills (42) – Girls Basketball North Hunterdon (26) at Watchung Hills (42) – Girls Basketball

Alex Degen scored 19 points to help Hunterdon Central earn an 80-51 victory over North Hunterdon in Flemington.
Hunterdon Central outscored North Hunterdon 20-12 in the second quarter to take a 35-22 lead at halftime.
Aidan MacKnight contributed 17 points, while Sean Oberman added 14 points for Hunterdon Central. Wes Reinagel scored nine points for North Hunterdon, while Jack Malley …
Source: Lion Athletic News North Hunterdon (51) at Hunterdon Central (80) – Boys Basketball North Hunterdon (51) at Hunterdon Central (80) – Boys Basketball

Dani Pescatore scored eight points as Hillsborough edged North Hunterdon, 33-32, in Annandale.
Olivia Buckman and Elissa Nsenkyire each added seven points for Hillsborough.
Maria Newsome registered a game-high 11 points for North Hunterdon. Kristen Newsome and Alexa Vasile each had eight points.
Source: Lion Athletic News Hillsborough (33) at North Hunterdon (32) – Girls Basketball Hillsborough (33) at North Hunterdon (32) – Girls Basketball

Hunterdon Central (12) at North Hunterdon (15) on 12/19/2017