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ej 9 9w E-10 THE RECORD IGH SCHOOL THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25. 1990 VOL LEYS ALL NOTE Undefeated Ramsey bows to Wayne Hills i I Kevin DeMarrais Northern Valley at Old Tappan has been a perennial volleyball power, but with only two seniors returning from last year's State Group 3 finalist, coach John English faced a difficult task this fall. He did until sophomore Christine Sacco stepped on the court. As a freshman, Sacco played most of last year for the Golden Knights' 'unior varsity, but was rought up near the and juniors Tina Bucclarelll, Kerrl Rupp, Kim Miller, and Kelly Gannon have been solid. WORK ETHIC Pascack Valley coach Karen Kohler says the Indians' success (14-1 with a win over Fair Lawn) is attributable to the players' work ethic.

"We don't have a dominant player, but we're consistent. "When you mention Fair Lawn, you mention Monica," she said, referring to the Cutters' All-County star Monica Vela. "When you mention Pascack Valley, you say, 'Watch out for We work well as a team. The girls come to me and say, 'I can't believe I did that with my TIGERS CLINCH Tenafly clinched the Bergen County Scholastic League American Division championship with little difficulty. "It would be nicer if we could come up against some tougher competition," coach Karen Gottes-man said.

"The girls want to be challenged." REMATCH Wellington has the distinction of being the only team to defeat Bogota, and the Buccaneers will be looking to avenge that defeat when the teams play today at Wellington. "We're starting to play well," said Panthers coach Emit Rendzlo. Carmela Tlmpanaro, the No. 1 server and hitter, setter Cindy Flcarra, and all-around player Eve Stelpien have been leading the team. Good defense also has been a key to the team's success.

end of the season. Although Sacco is still learning the game, she has become one of the area's dominant players. "She's the best female athlete I've seen at our school," English said. "She's agile, well-coordinated, quick, can jump, and has great timing. She's been a dominant factor at the net, both offensively and defensively." Last year, Sacco gained league and county honors in basketball and soft-ball.

But Old Tappan is by no means a one-dimensional team. The two seniors, Nancy Lee and Kerrl Kuenzler, have developed well-rounded games, Rock shut down Passaic Tech, 6-0. Mike Raia's second goal of the game at 4:30 in the fourth was the winner as Waldwick ousted Elmwood Park, 3-2. NNJIL Senior Chris DiGiralamo scored on a penalty kick in the third to lead Bergen Catholic to its sixth straight win in a 1-0 victory over, Eastside in a Northern New Jer sey Interscholastic League Atlanr tic Division game. Keith O'Connor, James Reilly! and Marc Herrick scored two goals; apiece for Ridgewood en route to a 6-3 win over Kennedy.

Alan Branigan scored the game-winner on a pass from Matt Smith with five seconds remaining as Nutley edged Belleville, 1-0, in' the Pacific Division. Independent Senior right wing Ed Kish registered two goals and an assist as Hawthorne Christian clinched first place in the Tri-County Athletic League with a 3-1 win over Green Meadow, N.Y. Ari Gdelman scored two goals and Pete Friedland had a goal and two assists as undefeated Columbia downed Harrison, 4-0. Wayne Hills followed its game plan to a in its 5-1 win over unbeaten Ramsey Wednesday in a Northern Bergen Interscholastic League boys soccer game. "We played a good tactical game," said Wayne Hills coach Nelson Graham, whose team faces Passaic Valley in the Passaic County tournament semifinals Saturday at Hawthorne.

"They Ramsey tend to play the ball more in the air and we play better when the ball is on the ground." Ramsey coach Andrew Lowery agreed. "When we're in control of the game, we get the ball in the air," said Lowery, whose team plays Bergen Catholic at Ramapo Sunday in the second round of the Bergen County tournament. "But they kept the ball on the ground." Matt Grosse's goal in the first quarter gave Ramsey (14-1) an early lead before Steven Studley tied the game in the second. Junior forward Fred Ferro followed with the first of his two goals 16:23 into the second quarter. Senior forward Jeremy Liebhoff scored a hat trick as Ramapo clinched the Northern Bergen Interscholastic League Division I title with a 4-1 win over Northern Highlands.

Owen Clark netted two long feeds from Jason Szabo to pace Pascack Hills over Northern Val ley at Old Tappan, 2-1. Senior John Doorhy replaced injured goaltender Mike Kilgallen in the first quarter and preserved the shutout with 12 saves as Westwood blanked Fair Lawn, 2-0, in other interdivisional action. BCSL Senior midfielder Dave Johnston picked up his 18th and 19th goals of the season in River Dell's 6-0 win over Dumont in Bergen County Scholastic League American Division action. Senior Chris Coudray slipped in two goals in Lyndhurst's 3-1 win over Park Ridge in National Division play. B-PSL David Siljanovski scored four goals, including the game-winner on a pass from Ryan Spreen with 5:00 left in the second overtime, as Pompton Lakes squeaked by Hawthorne, 4-3, in Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League play.

Scott Wendrychowicz scored two goals as Mahwah increased its unbeaten streak to 11 games in a 3-0 win over Midland Park. Senior sweeper Seth Tennant and sophomore halfback Trevor Bryan combined for two goals and two assists as undefeated Glen THE RECORD POLLS Hackensack wins A 1 1 iff I 1 i 4 I I i 4-7 I I 1 ismrcwreiiwuyiw 1. Secaucus (11-1) The Patriots continue to roll, avenging an opening loss to Lyndhurst with a two-game victory to extend their winning streak to 11. (Points: 17.5) Lyndhurst (13-1) The Golden Bears have key league matches today at Rutherford, which they defeated at home earlier, and against North Arlington. (Points: 17.5) 3.

Garfield (12-3) The Boilermakers are undefeated against Bergen County competition, losing twice to Hawthorne and once to Eastern Christian. They turned back No. 5 Mahwah Wednesday. (Points: 17) 4. Bogota (15-1) Colleen Garulli and Nikki Wieskus led the Bucs to key victories over Wood-Ridge and Cresskill the past two weeks.

(Points: 15) 5. Mahwah (11-4) Tara Magi has had big games for the Thunder-birds In recent wins over Wald-wick and Elmwood Park. (Points: 3) Others receiving votes: Wood-Ridge (11-4) 2, Wellington (10-2) 1, Rutherford (10-5) 2. STANDINGS Northern Highlands 1 8 0 BCSL American Tenafly 11 0 0 Queen of Peace 8 3 0 Dumont 5 4 0 Ridgefield Park 6 6 0 Fort Lee 4 5 0 River Dell 6 10 0 Cllffslde Park 3 6 0 Englewood 0 7 0 BCSL National Lyndhurst 10 0 0 Secaucus 8 2 0 North Arlington 6 3 0 Leonla 7 4 0 Beclon 4 4 0 New Milford 4 4 0 Rutherford 1 6 0 Weehawken 1 8 0 Palisades Park 0 7 0 BCSL Olympic Bogota 10 0 0 Wellington 11 2 0 Wood-Ridge 7 2 0 Cresskill 7 3 0 Emerson 7 5 0 Rldoefield 3 6 0 St. Mary's 17 0 Park Ridge 1 8 0 Bergen Tech 0 8 0 LINDA CATAFFOTHE RECORD Waldwick's Amy Smialiowicz defends against a spike by Tenafly's Liz Saperstein (23) during Wednesday's Bergen County tournament game; ifiKKfiiwjfiMra.Mi 1.

Passaic (19-1) The Indians have dominated most opponents since losing to Paramus Catholic in their second match behind Johanna Castro and Fior Perez. (Points: 24) 2. Lakeland (15-1) The Lancers' Jamie Pukl Is called the strongest spiker in Passaic County by coach Russ Kniewel. Lakeland has defeated Eastern Christian twice and lost only to Paramus. (Points: 21) 3.

Hawthorne (15-2) Hitter Maureen Kenyon and setter Jennifer Verduln have led the Bears, who had a big road win over Garfield Monday. (Points: 14) 4. Eastern Christian (14-3) The Eagles were shocked by Paterson Catholic on their home court Monday, but bounced back Tuesday to defeat Kennedy in Passaic tournament. (Points: 11) 5. Passaic Valley (9-7) The Hornets went over 500 with a two-game victory over Wayne Valley in the first round of the Passaic tournament.

(Points: 3) Others receiving votes: Wayne Hills (9-8) 1, Kennedy (14-7) 1. Voting on a 5-4-3-2-1 basis by The Record's sports staff B-PSL King 1 Hawthorne hwn, Manchester Holy Angels Elmwood Park Passaic Tech B-PSL Carpenter 4 4 3 3 3 Eastern Christian Waldwlck Midland Park Saddle Brook Paterson Catholic Northern Hills Skyline 1 Lakeland 4 0 Passaic Valley 4 2 Wayne valley 0 3 Clifford Scott 1 4 Northern Hills Suburban Orange 0 Mlllburn 0 Caldwell 0 Morris Catholic 0 Peguannock 0 DePaul 0 0 0 Butler Madison to unbeaten Mountain Lakes. Paige Fuller split sets at first singles for the Aviators before the match was called. Pascack Hills was swept by unbeaten Millburn, 5-0, winning no sets and just 14 games in the five matches. The second singles match was the highlight as Karen Yates forced Kim Vennard to a first-set tiebreaker before losing 7-6 (7-5), 6-2.

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(Points: 20) 3. Pascack Valley (14-1) The Indi ans, wiinoux a dominant piayer, win with consistency. They defeated Fair Lawn and lost to Northern Valley at Old Tappan in recent matches. (Points: 12) 4. Fair Lawn (13-2) Monica Vela, the Cutters' All-County player, is back after missing a week with an ankle injury.

They edged Wayne Hills Wednesday and are pointing to Monday's rematch with Old Tappan. (Points: 10) 5. Paramua (13-4) The Spartans, after losing to Passaic In their opener, have defeated everyone on their schedule except Paramus Catholic, to whom they have lost three times. Points: 4) Others receiving votes: Tenafly (15- 3) 3, Immaculate Heart (15-3) 1. NNJIL Atlantic 15 10 8 3 3 0 0 0 Passaic Kennedy Ridgewood Eastside Clifton Bloomfleld Montclalr Barrlnger NNJIL Pacific Paramus Catholic 13 Paramus 9 Immaculate Heart 7 Hackensack 6 Teaneck 2 Belleville 0 Nutlev 0 NBIL Division 1 9 9 3 0 Old Tappan Fair Lawn Ramapo Wayne Hills Indian Hills Bergenfleld NBIL Division 2 Pascack Valley Westwood Ramsey Demarest Pascack Hills Ramapo In Group WEST WINDSOR Bergen County schools had a rough day at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association State semifinals Wednesday at Mercer County Park.

Only Group 3 sectional champion Ramapo managed to reach the State group finals, where the Green Raiders fell to Mainland, 4-1. Ramapo had beaten West Essex, 3V2-IV2, in the semifinals. Group 1 champion Hasbrouck Heights, Group 2 titlist Pascack Hills, and Group 4 champ Ridge-wood all bowed in semifinal matches. Second singles player Veronica Lupo was the only Green Raider to win in the finals against Mainland, with a straight-set win over Courtney Baird. In the morning semifinals, Lupo beat Stephanie Davidson of West Essex.

Alexi Badenhausen won at first singles and Dina Opici and Hindy Smith won at second doubles for the Raiders, who also drew the first doubles match. I Livingston defeated Ridgewood, 4-1, with Christina Parker rallying from a one-set deficit to win at second singles, 1-6, 6-4, 6-0, for the Maroons' only point Ridgewood's in No. Holy Glen bb Box scores E-8 opener a. i i lJl.jji--1 contributed 11 service points, leading Manchester over Holy Anj gels, 15-9, 12-15, 15-4. nnjil Johanna Castro and Maria Perez combined for 18 spikes and 12 kills as Passaic improved to 18-1 with a 15-10, 15-4 Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League win over Clifton.

Nellie Pezo had 12 service points, including nine aces, as Kennedy blanked Barringer, 15-0, 15-0. Paramus Catholic went to 20-0 as Linda Yoon had nine aces and Janet Duch five in a 15-4, 15-5 win over Nutley. Immaculate Heart beat Teaneck, 15-9, 12-15, 15-5, as Christine DeGuzman had 68 sets and Rose Parcells 18 service points. Senior Kerry Pisacane had17 spikes and junior Laura Church as Ridgewood defeated Blodm-field, 15-8, 19-17, in its last regular-season home match. Independent Cynthia Klimaszewski had 44 service points, including three aces, as Wood-Ridge defeated Weehawken, 15-1, 15-11, in independent action.

Fair Lawn beat Bergenfleld, 11-1, in Northern Bergen Interscholastic League play. Stacey CantelmO scored just the second goal of the season for Bergenfleld. Jessica Yunker and Jen Anderson both had the hat trick as Hawthorne Christian handled Parsip-pany Christian, 9-1. Hasbrouck Heights and Paramus played to a 2-2 tie. Elaine Mejury had the hat trick, giving the freshman 11 for the season, as Midland Park beat Park Ridge, 5-0.

Jen Koessler scored twice as Mountain Lakes beat Kinnlonr4r 1, in Colonial Hills action. Sue Howell had the hat trick, giving the freshman center forward nine goals, as Hawthorne posted an 8-0. Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League win over Pompton Lakes. Senior Nikki Kyle had 25 spikes, and junior Diana Garofalo served 10 points as 14th-seeded Hackensack defeated North Arlington, 15-8, 15-11, in opening-round play Wednesday in the Ber-gen County Volleyball Tournament. The win advances the Comets (11-6) to the round of 16 Saturday at Fair Lawn, where they face third-seeded Pascack Valley.

"Today's match was as well as we've played all season, and I thought North Arlington was one of the best teams we've played this year," said Hackensack coach Frank Bernardo, in his 13th season. "We have no delusions of grandeur, but we're going to try to take this as far as we can." Stephanie Habif served the final 10 points of the match as eighth-seeded Tenafly (15-2) defeated Waldwick, 15-2, 12-15, 15-3. Habif had five aces and five kills, Cheryl Boden chipped in with 11 service aces. Regular season Monica Vela succeeded on 31 of 35 spikes to lead Fair Lawn past Wayne Hills in a tight Northern Bergen Interscholastic League battle, 15-8, 8-15, 16-14. Teammate Alicia Norton had nine aces and was 18-of-20 serving.

Kara Brown had 31 sets, six service points, and four attacks to lead Pascack Valley to a 15-2, 15- 11 win over Pascack Hills. Ramsey edged Northern Highlands, 15-10, 15-13. Jane Brown led the way with 15 service points. Unbeaten Northern ValleyOld Tappan defeated Bergenfleld, 15-3, 15-5, as Kerri Rupp and Nancy Lee teamed for 23 spikes and 13 kills. Carla Stamp had 13 spikes and seven kills, and Pat Ela came through with 19 assists as Northern ValleyDemarest beat Westwood, 15-7, 16-14.

BCSL Jackie O'Keefe posted 10 service points to lead Dumont over Englewood, 15-3, 15-3, in Bergen County Scholastic League American play. Geraldine McDermott had 36 Hackensack Hackensack and River Dell played to a 0-0 tie Wednesday, assuring Hackensack of its first berth in the Bergen County field hockey tournament in more than a decade. The Comets, who will be seeded fourth, will meet top-seeded Northern Highlands in the second game of Saturday's doubleheader at Northern Highlands. In the 11 a.m. opener, second-seeded Demarest faces third-seeded Ramsey.

Caren Mollica scored off an assist from Jackie Purcell in leading Northern Highlands to a 1-0 Northern Bergen Interscholastic League win over Northern ValleyOld Tappan. Tara DeFalco scored twice midway through the second half as Northern ValleyDemarest rallied to salvage a 2-2 tie with Westwood. Keri Salmieri made 21 saves. Shannon Kaigan, Caroline Ko- spikes, 16 kills, and seven blocks, leading Queen of Peace over River Dell, 15-3, 9-15, 15-10. Diana Burdzy made 30 sets, and Diane Madjosz contributed 11 serves and 10 spikes to lead St.

Mary's to a 8-15, 15-12, 15-11 BCSL Olympic win Tuesday night over Park Ridge. Sophomore Danielle Franco posted 21 spikes in leading Leonia to a 9-15, 15-5, 15-12 BCSL National upset over Secaucus. Jennifer Jennings had 43 sets, helping Leonia hand Secaucus its second loss of the season. B-PSL Danette Tummillo and Shelly Rohan combined for 18 service points as Saddle Brook came from behind to post a 3-15, 15-8, 15-7 Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League win over Paterson Catholic. Maureen Kenyon had 10 spikes, and Jen Verduin had 24 sets to lead Hawthorne (15-2) to a 15-4, 15-8 win over Passaic Tech.

Garfield (13-3) topped Mahwah, 11-15, 15-2, 15-10, as Jane Janish had 12 service points and Heidi Dawson posted 11 kills. Lynn Faasse had five dinks and nine spikes, and Susan Luckman finishes second 3 tournament back in County tourney 1 1 I JMSmimHJ third singles player, Becky Hanft, and the second doubles team of Taryn Decker and Jeanine Christiansen lost tough three-set matches. Another second singles player, Sharon Kucera of Hasbrouck Heights, scored the only full point Hasbrouck Heights' S'A-VA loss Thursday BOYS SOCCER aa-Paramus at Teaneck aa-St. Joseph at Nutlev aa-Oon Bosco Prep at Belleville aa-Hackensack at Paramus Catholic g-Kinnelon at Whlppany Park Cresskill at Dumont Pascack Valley at Bergenfleld Tenafly at Dwlght-Englewood GIRLS SOCCER g-Whippany Park at Kkmekm Immaculate Heart at Montclair Teaneck at Bloomfiek) Clifton at Hackensack Paramus Catholic el Ridgewood Saddle Brook at Park Ridge Ramaoo a) Ramsey Pascack Valley at vvne Hilts Highlands at Fair Lawn Angeis at Tenafly Saddle Brook at Park Ridge Rock at Kearny VOLLEYBALL bo-Leonia at Secaucus bo-Lmdhum Rutherford Beclon at Weehawken bo-New MiKord at Palisades Park bob-Bogota at Wellington bob-Emerson at Ridgefield bbb-St. Mary's b-Bergen Tech f-Memorlel at North Arlington Park Ridge at Passaic Valley at Lakeland at Clifton TENNIS Mahwah at Eastern Christian FIELD HOCKEY e-Lak eland at e-Passaic valley Wkvne Valley at Peouennock at Friday BOYS SOCCER a-Bloomfiek) at a-Montdair at a-Pessaic at a-Rklgewood at b-Engiewood at b-Oueen of Peace bo-Rutherford at bb-Lvndhurst at bo-Herrlson at bb-Hasbraucfc bo-Park Ridge e-Montvite at at Cresskill at Wood-Ridge Ferris at Park Ridge Westwood Kennedy Westwood at Eastside MontvlNe at West Milford Butler Pompton Lakes pec, and Cornelia Dormire scored as Ramsey edged Wayne Hills, 3-2.

Jen Cortese scored twice as unbeaten Pequannock beat Wayne Valley, 3-0. Girls soccer Junior right wing Kristin Learner scored the game-winner with 10 minutes to play as Lakeland eged DePaul, 2-1, in Northern Hills girls soccer action. The Lancers took 27 shots. Gina Lazaro made seven saves in posting her ninth straight shutout as Morris Catholic blanked Millburn, 3-0. Emily Rogic and Susie Welgos had a goal and an assist.

Freshman Kenna Stier scored twice as Wayne Valley blanked Pequannock, 8-0. Stephanie Lang scored twice and assisted on three others as Kennedy Easlskte Barrlnger Bergen Catholic River Den at Cmoe Park Leome Hon Artnoton Cresskit Heights at New Ma-ford at Weehawken West Side.