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C-6 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2006 COURIER NEWS teteip waits to Imt till rap somrDGone V. j( r-p irriil fur- I toll tail i. I ii nwiwuiiwiitiWPiiiiii'W' fires a free kick into the Hillsborough 1-1 tie. tD PAGUAKINICOUKItR NLWS wall during Thursday's game in Hillsborough. Kassel scored the al lifts Somerville Opponents aim away from last season's Big East Special Teams Player of the Year.

By KEITH SARGEANT Gannett New Jersey PISCATAWAY The punt sailed high in the air, just far enough for' Willie Foster to circle under and get a read on it. He caught the punt and avoided two defenders before finding the right wedge to run through, cutting swiftly toward the sideline and racing up the field for a touchdown. If only it happened in a game. The fact that the punt sailed off the foot of Joe Radigan and came during practice last week was hardly consolation for the reigning Big East Special Teams Player of the Year. In fact, Foster is as surprised and frustrated as anyone that he hasn't scored at least once on special teams through the first five games.

Perhaps a kick return like the school-record 93-yarder he had last season against Villanova, Or maybe a punt return reminiscent of the 71 -yard jaunt he had two weeks later against Pittsburgh. Neither has happened so far, yet Foster believes he knows the reason why. "A lot of times teams are kicking it away from me," said Foster, admitting last season's Big East accolade has put a target squarely on his chest. "The way the kicks are going to me, it makes it harder for the guys on our coverage team to set up a block." That was most evident against South Florida last week, when Bulls punter Justin Teachey kicked four punts his way and none were returnable. Opposing teams have punted 22 times this season, and Foster has only been able to get his hands on five of them.

Clearly, Foster has become a player teams want to avoid. "South Florida kicked it away from me," the 5-foot-10, 175-pound senior from Miami said. "Other times teams have done these roll punts, kicking in the other direction just to avoid me. It is (frustrating), but it's a long season." Foster's statistics are respectable, with his 10.8 punt-return average ranking as the third best in the Big East. But his longest punt return was a 28-yarder against Howard two weeks ago, and highlight-reel plays such as his three special-teams touchdowns last season have been nonexistent.

While Foster loves having Radigan as a teammate, there is a part of him that wishes the Big East's leading statistical punter played for the other team, too. "If there was a punter like Joe Radigan kicking for the other team," he said, "I'd guarantee you I'd have one (touchdown) by now." Induction ceremonies Wide receiver Chris Brantley (1990-93) and kicker Alex Fal-cinelli (1980-82) will be inducted into the Rutgers Football Hall of Fame during a halftime ceremony when the Scarlet Knights play host to Connecticut on Oct. 29. Brantley, from Teaneck, caught 144 passes for 1,914 yards (13.3 per catch) and scored 17 touchdowns during his career. He was an All-Big East selection as a senior, when he caught 56 passes for 589 yards and seven touchdowns.

Following his senior season, he was selected in the 1994 NFL draft by the Los Angeles Rams and later played for the Buffalo Bills. Brantley will long be remembered for his outstanding performance in the Scarlet Knights' memorable 50-49 win over Virginia Tech in the 1992 Homecoming game. The sure-handed receiver hauled in eight passes for 124 yards and four touchdown passes, none morejmportant than the 15-yard toss from quarterback Bryan Fortay deep in the right end zone as time ran out, giving Rutgers the come-from-behind victory. Falcinelli, a Belvidere native, led the Scarlet Knights in scoring for three consecutive seasons. Falcinelli boomed three 51-yard field goals and a 50-yarder, as a senior in 1982.

Falcinelli earned All-East honors that season, hitting 12-of-15 field goals and adding 16 extra points. Falcinelli finished with 168 points in three seasons, and his 38 field goals rates third in school history. Falcinelli converted 38-of-49 field goals, a .776 percentage that ranks best in Rutgers history. Bridgewater-Raritan's Matt Kassel (24) Panthers' goal as the game ended in a Staff report BLAIRSTOWN-Senior Dan Reynolds scored at 69:18 to push the Somerville High School boys soccer team over North Warren 2-1 Thursday. Freshman stopper Joe Mineo scored two minutes into the second half to tie the game at 1-1 for Somerville.

SOMERVILLE (8-2-2) ..0 2-2 0-1 NORTH WARREN (7-3). GOALS: Mineo. Reynolds: NW Pinedo. ASSISTS: Reynolds. Rooetts.

NW Condit SAVES: Mack 5, NW Fnck 5. HUNTERDON CENTRAL 1 PHILLIPSBURGO PHILLIPSBURG Senior forward Chris Vaccaro took a pass from senior midfielder Caleb Worrell and snapped a scoreless tie at 67:25 for Hunterdon Central. Senior Chris Kulick and junior Jon Tomevi each made three saves to split the shutout. HUNTERDON CENTRAL (6-3) PHILLIPSBURG (2-8) GOAL: Vaccaro. ASSIST: Worrell.

SAVES: HC Kulick 3, Tomvi 3, Lester 9. .0 1-1 0-0 IMMACULATA1, MONTGOMERY 0 SOMERVILLE Senior midfielder Phil Cunha scored the go-ahead goal in the 69th minute for Im-maculata. Immaculata keeeper Kevin Kucharski tallied three saves, while Montgomery keeper Kyle Pickens made nine stops. I A.L. JOHNSON 1 NEW PROVIDENCE 0 CLARK Keeper Nick Sommo stopped 12 shots in 96 minutes for New Providence.

NEW PROVIDENCE (6-3-1) A I JOHNSON (6-2-1) .0 0 0 0-4 -0 1-1 GOAL: Zimbanto. SAVES: NP-Sommo 12, AU-Glackin 6. BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN 1 HILLSBOROUGH 1 HILLSBOROUGH Yannick Smith scored during the first half to give Hillsborough the lead before junior Matt Kassel tied the score during the second half for Bridgewa-ter-Raritan. BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN (1-2-1) 0 1 0 01 HILLSBOROUGH (7-2-1) 1 0 0 01 GOALS: BR Kassel. Ft Smith SAVES: BR-Callan 4.

Malloy 3, KopHk 5. WARREN HILLS 2 VOORHEESO WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP (Warren) Chris Martini stopped five shots for Voorhees. V0ORHEES (9-3) WARREN HILLS (7-3-1) GOALS: Decker. Karslo SAVES: Martini WH-Bnsko 5. .0 0-0 1-1 DELAWARE VALLEY 0 MANVILLE0 MANVILLE Tim Gompf stopped seven shots for Delaware Valley.

DELAWARE VALLEY (2-7-3) -MANVILLE (0-11-1) SAVES: DV Gompf 1, Zangara 16. goals and added an assist for Mount St. Mary. Senior wing Rose Gregory tallied two assists, while junior forward Steph Matone added a goal and an assist. MOUNT ST MARY (7-3) 1 34 NORTH PLAINFIELD (0-9) 0 11 GOALS: MSM Walton 3, Matone: NP Neves.

ASSISTS: MSM Gregory 2, Wakn. Matone: NP-Adaptamfe SAVES: MSM-erudec 2. NP Del Negro 10. HUNTERDON CENTRAL 1 WATCHUNG HILLS 0 RARITAN TOWNSHIP Sophomore left wing Jillian Nealon scored the go-ahead goal with 17 minutes remaining in the second half for Hunterdon Central. Hunterdon Central outshot Watchung Hills 18-1.

WATCHUNG HILLS (2-7) 0 00 HUNTERDON CENTRAL (6-4-1) 0 11 GOAL: Nealon. ASSIST: Balkan. SAVES: WH Paterson 1. SOUTH BRUNSWICK 2 SOUTH PLAINFIELD 1 SOUTH BRUNSWICK -Senior midfielder Julie Bosse scored the lone goal for South Plainfield. Junior Diana Naser tallied eight saves.

SOUTH PIAINFIELD (1-2-1). 1 0 0 0-1 -1 0 0 1-2 SOUTH BRUNSWICK (5-5) GOALS: SP Bosse; SB totarski. Wandrshm. ASSISTS: SP-Thomas. SB-tin Thursday KENT PLACE 4, WESTFIELDO WESTFIELD Goalie Natalie Mavrogiannis stopped 14 shots forWestfield.

KENT PLACE (1-3-1) WESTTIELD (4-5) GOALS 82 WeWi2 2 2-4 -0 0-1 ASSISTS. Wodtwiuton 2 SAVES: KP WssmI 14. Hsvi umK 13. BOYS SOCCER MONTGOMERYO-3-1) IMMOLATA 154-2) ASSIST: MacDooakj. SAVES: ftctefls MiKharski 3.

..0 0-0 ..0 1-1 BERNARDS 5, BELVIDEREO BERNARDSVILLE Senior forward David Arce led Bernards with three goals. Senior midfielder Ozzie Martinez added a goal and distributed assists on two others for Bernards, while junior forward Chris Polster added two assists. BELVIOERE BERNARDS (8-1) GOALS: Arce 3. Sancnei. Martinez.

ASSISTS: Martinez 2, Polster 2. SAVES: Bet-Jones 6. Ber Gentile 3. .0 00 ..3 2-5 FRANKLIN 2, WATCHUNG HILLS 1 FRANKLIN (Somerset) Frank Ruzzo scored with nine minutes left in regulation to seal the win for Franklin. Nick Gorka scored for Franklin, and Kevin Lauerman tallied a goal for Watchung Hills to tie the game 1-1.

WATCHUNG HILLS. ..0 1-0 2- FRANKLIN (4-6) GOALS: Gorka. Russo. WH Lauerman. ASSISTS: Flores.Alu Kamara.

SAVES: WH 5. Sacks 12. RUTGERS PREP 3 TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN 2 P1SCATAWAY Junior forward Andrae Browne scored off a head- FIELD HOCKEY HILLSBOROUGH VOORHEES (6-1-1) GOAL: Sikorski. ..0 0-0 0 1-1 ASSIST: Santagata. SAWES: Gnggs 16; Vakiener 6.

NORTH HUNTERDON 2 MONTGOMERY 1 CLINTON TOWNSHIP Taylor Schoenthaler dribbled upfield and registered a shot over Montgomery goalie Sammi Brach's left Masonry Crawl Spaces Voorhees wins on goal by Sikorskl; North Hunterdon goes OT to beat Montgomery er near the end of the first overtime session to push Rutgers Prep over Timothy Christian. Adrian Mosquera gave Timothy Christian a 2-1 lead before Lee Newman tied the score and forced the game into overtime. RUTGERS PREP () 1 l-l TIMOTHY CHRISTIAN (4-S) 1 1 0-2 GOALS: RP Browne 2, Newman; TC Z. Ciulto. Mos quera.

ASSISTS: RP-Thomas, Dotab; TC-- Ciulto. SAVES: RP Caravan 7. TC Janho 4. GOVERNOR LIVINGSTON 4 TECHNOLOGY 2 BERKELEY HEIGHTS -GianCarlo Arpino and Zach Robbins scored during the first half for Governor Livingston. TECHNOLOGV 1 1-2 GOVERNOR LIVINGSTON (5-3) 1 2-4 GOALS: Diaz.

Santos; GL Arpino, Robbins, Tadmon, Kaczmarek. ASSISTS: Fonseca; GL Cavallero. SAVES: Carlos 2, GL-Mctogue 2. Havas 0. NORTH HUNTERDON 2, RIDGE 1 CLINTON TOWNSHIP Junior striker Tyler Tompkins and senior striker Kyle Walsh each posted a goal and an assist to lift North Hunterdon.

Junior Mike Seitz got Ridge on the board in the 72nd minute. Mike Humbert and Dan Lawen-da had a combined nine saves for Ridge, and Matt Monaghan stopped seven shots for North. RIDGE (4-1) NORTH HUNTERDON (8-4) 1-2 GOALS: Seitz: NH Tompkins. Walsh. ASSISTS: Coserrnno; NH Walsh.

Ibmpkins. SAVES: R-Humbert 5. Lawenda 4, NH-Monaghan 7. foot 5 12 minutes into the first overtime period to seal the win for North Hunterdon. "Montgomery took the lead six minutes into the second half on a goal from sophomore midfielder Liz Coffey.

Emily Jones tied the game for North Hunterdon two minutes later. Brach stopped 15 shots for Montgomery. MONTGOMERY (3-D NORTH HUNTERDON (4-6-1) .0 1 0-1 .0 1 1-2 GOALS: Cottey: NH Jones. Schoenthater. ASSISTS: Lotti NH Schoenthaler.

SAVES: Brach 15, NH Shatter 0. BERNARDS 3, BELVIDEREO BERNARDSVILLE -Junior midfielder Carson Christus and senior midfielder each scored for Bernards. Freshman Grace Christus tallied two assists. BELVIDERE (2-7-1) .0 0-0 2 1-3 BERNARDS (7 -2). GOALS: CChnstus.He0per.V1Ha.

ASSISTS: GChnstus 2. Murphy. SAVES: B-Winslo 3, B-Prwslu 5. BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN 2 WARREN HILLS 1 WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP (Warren) Senior forward Alicia Perrine scored the go-ahead goal with seven minutes remaining in the fust half for Bridgewater-Raritan. Senior Lauren Fabrizio put Bridgewater-Raritan on the board five minutes into the first half.

BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN (1-1-1) J0-2 -10-1 WARREN HILLS GOALS: WH Nytand, BR fatrao. tanne. ASSISTS: WH-SormgmevH, Btt Segnst SAVES: WH-Rimbach 1, BR-ftmne 1. MOUNT SI MARY 4 NORTH PLAINFIELD1 NORTH PLAINFIELD Senior forward Katie Walton scored three Staff report LEBANON TOWNSHIP Alanna Sikorski scored the go-ahead goal in the middle of the second half Thursday as the Voorhees High School field hockey team defeated Hillsborough 1-0. Sikorski received a pass from Tori Santagata and put it in the back of the cage.

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