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HIGH SCHOOL MAY 31, 1992,, Clark's decisive double brings State crown to Nutley By John Mayer time I moved up in the box to around on Gaccione's doublo. Winning pitcher Kim Higgins retired Ocean in order in the sixth, before Clark came through with the deciding hit. But Higgins had to struggle in the seventh, when designated hitter Inga Holmes Btroked a leadoff triple. The junior right-hander battled back, however, to get the next three hitters to ground out. "Ocean hit a couple of real shots off me today and that was one of them," Higgins said, referring to Holmes' triple.

"I threw a fastball right over the heart of the plate and she really creamed it. After that, I knew I couldn't give up any thing else and I just tried to make I Csrfitspondent IWING TOWNSHIP After being a part-time player during the regular season, Nutley freiih-man Sarah Clark has taken advantage of her opportunity to start in the State tournament. Clark, a second baseman, delivered a game-winning two-run double in the sixth inning Saturday to live the Raiders a 6-4 win over Qcean Township and the Group 3 State championship. "I had hit a line drive one other time up, but I was a still a little behind it," said Clark, who bats liadoff for the Raiders. "So this moke Burc I get around on it.

Clark ripped the first pitch into the loft-center field gap to score Suzanne Burke and Amy JleHsels with the runs that put Nutley ahead for good. Ocean Township (24-3) went up, 1-0, in the first inning when cleanup hitter Amy Marks bluBted a double to deep left field to score Natalie Denning. Nutley (20-7) tied it in the second inning when Lindsay Hill singled, was sacri-. ficed to second, went to third on Burke's single, and scored on a sacrifice bunt from Michele Scar-pelli. GROUP 3 SOFTBALL sure to keep my pitches on the In side part of the plate." Lindsay Watson's run-scoring single in the fourth pushed Ocean ahead, 2-1, but Nutley countered with two runs in its half.

Kim Cac-clone came home on a wild pitch and Scarpelli scored Hill with a single. "The thing I was most impressed with was the way we kept fighting back," said Nutley coach Murph Flanagan after leading the Raiders to their first State title in his 16 years. "My kids are like lunch pail-carrying laborers who just come to work and get the job done." Nutley's work wasn't done after four innings, however, as Ocean scored twice in the fifth inning to regain the lead at 4-3, thanks to a run-scoring triple from Tara D'Amhrosio and a sacrifice bunt from Nicolo Siniscalco. Nutley tied it in the bottom of the inning when designated hitter Kim Welch, the team's No. 9 hit-ter, stroked a leadoff double.

Pinch runner Felicia Ferraro came OCIAN TOWNSHIP NUTLIY LTAmDnHIO. Cf Slnluaico, 5 Penning, Marks, rl Maonotta, Walton, Clark, ib I Barrios, cf Gacciont, I piBtu, rt Burn, id I karoelll, 3b Hiiult, VMrh. nn RutuU, IB Holmes, dh Snider, 2b Ferrers, tr a 4 i Tallll JB: N-Gacclonf, Hlgglni; OT-MirM, 3B: Or-HolmeC- 74-3) Oc.an Twp (20- Nutlev 1001 700 0102 I2 Sft4 THE SUNDAY RECORD II i' 4 IV PITCHING Ip tr bb Higgins IW) 4 4 I Slnncalco (L) 4 1 4 3 3 4 M-mmrnfjmftmrnwrnmmMm tjajpwjwMW' aBH ergen stars mm 7 hip Passaic VAYNE Saverino Romano pf Bergen Catholic registered the hat trick Saturday night to lead Bergen County to a 5-2 win over SOCCER sack's Juan Madrid broke the tie for good with 20 minutes to play. Dwight-Englewood's Gregg Franco set up the next goal by taking the ball down the left side and putting a perfect cross to Romano who headed the ball home for his third score. Passaic then went all out on attack only to have last-minute replacement goalie, Matt Pichel of Bergen tournament 'champion Dwight-Englewood, turn back Jason Bono of Lakeland and Oppewall.

Englewood'a high scorer, Dar-lenson Roldan, drilled home the final goal with three minutes left. BOB KURLAND Passaic County in the fifth annual Bergen-Passaic All-Star Soccer Classic at Sportfriends Oval. I-Passaic, which now trails 3-1-1 irfthe series, jumped out to an ear-lyMead when Hawthorne's Bibert Kaghado scored. It stayed that way until three minutes remained in the half when Romano headed one in over onrushing goalie Brian Ewing of DePaul. "A wide-open Romano scored into the left corner of the goal in the opening minute of the second half.

But Passaic came back to tie it at the 15-minute mark on an 18-yarder by Lona Oppewall of Wayne Hills. However, Hacken- 0 Ramapo star shines in State tournament ED HILLTHE RECORD' mims ED HILLTHE RECORD Breda McGowan of Bergenfield places sixth in the Group 3 3,200 meters at the State track and field championships at South Plainfield. Chris Hewitt soars through the air in the Group 2 long jump. Hewitt was second to clinch the team title for the Raiders. Summaries on S-15? Ridgewood gets I one step closer I BASEBALL SOFTBALL NNJIL Atlantic 0 Ramapo star Justin Smith was the only double-winner Saturday in" the rain-plaqued New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association individual tennis championships.

Smith won his first-round match by default, before stopping Amar Kuchinas of West Morris-Mendham, 6-1, 6-2, in the second round at Veterans Park in Hamilton Township. Smith is seeded in the five-to-eight bracket in the 128-player field. All first-round matches were completed at Veterans Park, but many were suspended at nearby Mercer County Park because of scattered showers. 'Local winners at Veterans Park included Bergen Catholic's Ram-zati Zakir, who defeated Victor Va-lasquez of Central Regional, 6-4, 6-4; Ridgewood's Alan Peyrouton, a 6-l, 6-1 winner over Thanh Hoang of John F. Kennedy of Iselin, and Ramapo's Scott McGrath, who stopped Harlan Rothman of Pingry, 6-4, 6-1.

15 12 11 9 8 3 2 2 At Mercer County Park, John Lamendola of Northern Valley at Old Tappan downed Chris Gra-bowski of Marist, 6-1, 6-0, and two Montville players advanced, Eric Rosen via forfeit and Jeff Hansel with a 6-1, 6-4 triumph over Edgewood's Scott Davis. Doug Minetti of Glen Rock was eliminated by Peter Santos of Monroe, 6-2, 6-3; John McNamara of Saddle Brook was defeated by Mark Hall of Franklin, 6-2, 6-1; Vu Nguyen of Passaic Valley was stopped by Cherry Hill East's Ja-red Morris, 6-1, 6-4; Phil Rabino-vich of Fort Lee lost to Ocean Township's Aval Horovitx, 6-4, 6-2; Teaneck's Murvin Browne was ousted by East Brunswick's Dennis Hendrickson; David Warnke of Park Ridge dropped a 6-2, 6-2 decision to Moorestown's Adam Gottfried, and Tenafly's Dave Ma-ciag bowed to Holy Spirit's Paul Campo. 14 11 10 8 5 3 3 0 9 10 5 5 5 4 0 12 10 8 7 6 5 4 1 1 3 6 6 8 9 11 12 14 1 4 5 5 6 9 10 13 1 9 10 11 17 19 3 9 10 11 13 16 2 6 7 7 8 11 17 15 3 5 7 NNJIL Atlantic Clifton Bloomfleld Ridgewood Kennedy Monlclair Passaic Eastside Barringer NNJIL Pacific Belleville Immaculate Heart Paramus Nulley Hackensack Paramus Catholic Teaneck NBIL Division 1 Bergenfield NVOld Tappan Ramapo Wavne Hills Fair Lawn Indian Hills NBIL Division 2 Ramsey NVDemarest Pascack Valley Northern Highlands Wesiwood Pascack Hills BCSL American River Dell Ridgefield Park Cliffside Park Fort Lee Dumont Queen of Peace Tenafly BCSL National North Arlington Lyndhurst Becton Rutherford Secaucus Leonia Palisades Park New Milford Harrison Weehawken Brett Sowers scored two goals and Joe Turco had a goal and two assists Saturday, leading defending champion Ridgewood to a 5-3 -road victory over Pingry in the quarterfinals of the State lacrosse championships. The victory sends the fifth-seeded Maroons into Tuesday's semifinals against No. 1 Bridgewater, which advanced with a 5-2 victory over Mountain Lakes.

Pingry was seeded fourth. Sowers and Turco set individual records when they combined for the decisive fourth goal five minutes into the third period. The goal was Sowers' 32nd, tying the Ridgewood season record. The assist gave Turco a Maroons career record 67 points. Tom Miller had a goal and an assist, Ryan Guiliani scored a goal, and goalkeeper Chris Williams made six saves for Ridgewood, which had a state record 44-match winning streak halted earlier this season.

In other matches, Dan Wolff scored three goals and assisted on five to lead third-seeded Montclair to a 17-5 win over No. 6 Westfield. The Mounties (14-2) broke away in the third period, outscoring Westfield 7-1 after leading 6-4 at halftime. Matt Roselen and Eric Wein-traub each scored three goals, while Derik Mills and Tim Kenne- E. Brunswick captures Tournament of Champs LACROSSE i dy had two each.

Pete Gilligan added one goal and five assists. Matt Prybylski's two goals and three assists paced Westfield (14- 5). Montclair faces second-seeded West Morris, a 9-2 winner over1 Delbarton, in the semis. Baseball Dan Marroquin tossed a five-J hitter Friday night, striking out 11 and walking one, to lead Memorial to a 10-1 independent baseball vic-v tory over Hudson Catholic. Sophomore Ulrich Dieguez was 3-for-4, including a first-inning-home run, and scored three Gus Silva was 2-for-4 with a run homer.

Kean club team wins Special to The Record KYOTO, Japan Gregg Malfa" scored three goals and assisted on; five others as the Kean Lacrosse Club warmed up for an interna tional tournament by routing ther Japanese Junior National 16-1, Saturday in a driving rain-storm. The game was a prelude to the Japanese Lacrosse Assocationt Friendship Tournament, which begins today with Kean facing Team Japan. Bergen Calh. Clifton Ridgewood Kennedy Easlside Passaic Bloomfleld 1 Monlclair Barrlnger NNJIL Pacific Paramus Catholic Don Bosco Prep St. Joseph Hackensack Nutley Paramus Belleville Teaneck NBIL Division 1 NVOld Tappan Bergenfield Wayne Hills Fair Lawn Ramapo Indian Hills NBIL Division 2 NVDemarest Ramsey Pascack Valley Northern Highlands Pascack Hills Wesiwood BCSL American Cliffslde Park Tenafly River Dell Queen of Peace Ridgefield Park Fort Lee Dumont Englewood BCSL National Lyndhursl Rutherford Leonia North Arlington Secaucus Palisades Park Weehawken Harrison New Milford Becton BCSL Olympic Emerson Wellington Bogota Ridgefield Wood-Ridge St.

Mary's Park Ridge Cresskill Bergen Tech Hasbrouck Heights 10 13 14 17 18 20 0 4 4 6 12 13 4 4 4 8 9 12 13 0 2 3 7 6 8 10 13 15 16 12 9 8 6 4 1 21 17 18 16 10 9 15 14 13 6 5 5 0 14 15 15 10 0 21 11 11 10 5 3 18 11 12 12 10 4 18 15 11 10 10 6 3 0 15 13 11 10 10 8 8 5 5 4 13 12 11 9 9 Josh Gimelstob at second singles and Tim Zita and Darren Eskow at first doubles took three sets. East Brunswick (27-1) was seeded first in the Tournament of Champions after winning the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group 4 championship, while the Minutemen (24-3) were seeded second after winning the State Parochial title, stopping defending-champion Dwight-Englewood in the sectional final. On Wednesday, Newark Academy defeated Group 3 champion Ramapo and the Bears stopped Group 2 winner Millburn, both 4-1, in the Tournament of Champions semifinals. (tLed by Robbie Chess' dominating win at first singles, East Brunswick stopped Newark Academy, 3-2, to win the Tournament pf Champions as the top high school tennis team in the state. match at Mercer County Park in West Windsor was not as fcldse as the final score indicated, as the Bears won first and third singles and second doubles matches in straight sets.

Chess set the tone, winning his 21st first singles match without a loss, 6-1, 6-G, over Justin Gimel-stob. Dennis Hendickson defeated jAlaric Chuy, 6-1, 7-5, at third singles ancl Scott Horowitz and Josh Artman won at second doubles, Both Newark Academy wins 16 13 12 11 avi dominates 10 10 13 13 14 4 i 7 8 9 9 10 10 12 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 6 8 9 9 16 13 arochial hurdles BCSL Olympic Emerson SI. Mary's Bogota Cresskill Wood-Ridge Wallinglon Park Ridge Bergen Tech Hasbrouck Heights Ridgefield B-PSL King Elmwood Park Holy Angels Passaic Tech Manchester Hawthorne Mahwah Lodl Garfield B-PSL Carpenter Pompton Lakes Midland Park Glen Rock Eastern Christian Saddle Brook Waldwick Palerson Catholic B-PSL King Hawthorne Passaic Tech Garfield Lodi Mahwah Manchester Don Bosco Tech Elmwood Park 20 16 13 11 11 4 2 8 5 4 1 5 8 9 10 14 14 17" 15 11 11 10 10 2 1 TRACK B-PSL Carpenter 15 11 9 8 10 8 5 4 16 15 8 6 5 4 3 5 8 9 9 7 13 15 1 1 1 14 12 12 16 riAll-County athlete photos Photographs of All-Bergen and AU-Passaic first-team athletes in I baseball, softball, boys tennis, and boys and girls track will be taken Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in The Record's Hackensack and Wayne offices. Athletes can attend the session most convenient for them. Pictures will be taken in the Wayne office, 1350 Route 23 North, from 5 H-5 p.m.

and in the Hackensack office, 150 River from 7-8 p.m. all three days. Waldwick Saddle Brook Midland Park Pompton Lakes Glen Rock Eastern Christian Palerson Catholic PLAINFIELD Veronica Davi of Immaculate Heart Academy won the high and intermediate hurdles Saturday, setting a meet record in the latter. Davi was one of eight local athletes to capture gold at the Parochial State track championships at Hub Stine Field. Davi won the highs in 15.09 and ran 63.2 in the intermediates, breaking a record set by the late Carolyn Sonzogni in 1983.

Davi's double wins and a third by Martina Brosnahan helped lHA to a sixth-place finish. Jean Readie won the 400 in 58.24 and took second in the 200 as Queen of Peace finished seventh. DePaul won two events and finished sixth in Parochial B. Da-vanna Medina won the 3200 in a personal best of 11:40.17 and took second in the 1600 to lead the Spartans. Kim Marowicz won the Northern Hills Skyline Essex Catholic 14 Lakeland 12 Montville Wayne Valley 10 West Milford 7 Passaic Valley 5 West Orange 4 Clifford Scott 1 West Side 0 Northern Hills Suburban COACHIHG OPENINGS Northern Hills Skyline Passaic Valley 13 Lakeland 10 West Milford 10 Wayne Valley 6 West Orange 4 Clifford Scott 2 Montville 2 West Side 0 Northern Hills Suburban javelin with a toss of 99 feet, 5 inches.

Brian Barry of Don Bosco Prep-ran 1:55.6 to win the Parochial 800 title, one of three boys Teammate Chris Langan was sec-f ond in the 1,600 in 4:20.0. Bergen Catholic's 1,600 relay team of Mike Cushing, Tim McDermott, Mark Fabish, and Brian Zima ran 3:24.4 to win the-Parochial A race. Don Bosco was third in 3:26.8. Kevin Ervin and Cushing went two-three in the in-i termediate hurdles, and Mike. Pensari and Neil Borgognoni of Paramus Catholic went two-three: in the pole vault, each clearing 11 feet Chris Duffy of Eastern Christ tian won the pole vault.

1 3 II to Pequarmock DePaul Caldwell Butler Detbarton Madison Morris Calhofic Millburn Orange CaWweB DePaul Madison Morris Catholic Pequarmock Butler Millburn 0 2 4 2 i 10 11 coaches for wrestling, cheerleading, and Junior varsity volleyball and girls basketball; and assistant coaches for football, cheerleading, wrestling and freshman boys basketball. Call athletic director Jack Speary at 441-4816. CLIFTON High School is looking for an assistant football coach. Call athletic director Bob Roberts at 470-2282 for details. PEQUANNOCK High School needs a head coach for cross-country and assistant coaches for boys and girls soccer.

Call athletic director William 'A. Arata at 616-6020. PASSAIC VALLEY High School is looking for a head girls basketball coach. I For Information call John Wallace at I 890-2587 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.

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