Hawks Stay Undefeated on the Mat

River Dell wrestlers (4-0) retained their undefeated record with a 48-27 victory over Indian Hills, a 42-24 win over Ramsey and a 57-17 decimation of Elmwood Park. The Braves took just five weight classes against the Golden Hawks - Tristan Gierek (120) defeated Danny Lynch, 7-3; Nick Polifrone (160) pinned Alex Kim in 3:20; Jack Conklin (170) pinned John Dickson in 4:34; Danny Della Iacono pinned John Butler (195) in 1:22 and Ken Healey (285) pinned Brian Coyman in 1:59. Two days later, arch rival Ramsey proved to be no match for the mighty Hawks in a 42-24 victory for River Dell. Winning their bouts were Dylan Mitchell (106), Lynch, John McLaughlin (126), Brendan Campbell (138), Tyler Kallensee (160),  Nick Baranello (182), and Lenny Smith (220).

Thursday night was huge for Kennedy head coach Jim Ring as his Knights rallied to defeat Bergen Catholic basketball (4-3) 69-52 in Paterson. The win was also Ring's 300 career win. While Bergen controlled the first half with Richie Deluca's team high 17 points (three from behind the arc) and PJ Reed's 12 points, the Crusaders were not able to keep the offensive power going as Kennedy dominated in the second. The Knights were led by senior guard Sammy Sin­gletary who scored 10 of his game­ high 33 points in the fourth quarter. The Crusaders were not able to rebound on Sunday when they fell 98-62 to St. Benedict's down at Kean University. DeLuca led with 16 points and four treys.

All River Dell boys basketball needed was a little more time and one more shot to overcome Bergenfield on Friday night - and they got exactly that in a 39-36 overtime victory. Tim Barnes led all scorers from both side of the court with 20 points while Ryan Duran added a pair of three-pointers. Chris Fasano and Ben Orth also came in from behind the arc.

BC bowling rolled a 7-0 shutout over Paramus with Charles Long's high series of 691 (244, 234, 213), Brian Hund's 643 (high games of 246, 207) and Freddy Dressel's 607 (233, 212 games).

RD track was in Totowa for the Track Universe Series Meet No. 3 where three team members placed in the shot put event. Austin Berninger threw for third place with 47'3", followed by Matt Koh in fourth with 47'3" while Laura Oh placed second with 33'7".

The Crusaders wrestled their way to a 58-13 win over Old Tappan at home on Friday night as Connor Melde returned to the mat. Melde (138) defeated Anthony Crastro, 19-3 in a technical fall. The following wrestlers earned a pin: Tyler Casamenti (106), Matthew Rose (113), JP Ascolese (126), and Johnny Sebastian (160). Harrison Utter (132), Alex Kruklinski (170), Lukas Iorio (182) and Hunter Kiselick (220) each won by a technical fall. Christian Jenco (195) won by forfeit while Carmine Goldsack defeated his opponent. On Saturday, the team dropped a close 28-26 match to Southern Regional - Casamenti, Melde, Sebastian, Kruklinski, Iorio, Jenco and Goldsack won their meets.

BC swam to victory on Friday night 109-61 over Northern Highlands. The Crusaders took home the 200 medley relay, Josh Sembrano in the 200 freestyle and 100 backstroke, John Om in the 200 IM, Liam Kelly in the 50 freeystle, Sebastian Lopez in the 100 butterfly, and Max Distler in the 500 freestyle.

River Dell/Westwood hockey has begun to close the gap with their opponents in a 9-3 loss to Pascack Valley with Bryan Codner netting a pair of goals with Richard Myers tacking on the third. Chris Detitta came up with 27 saves between the posts.

Lady Hawks swimming is still on a roll with a 94-76 victory to upset the Lady Tigers of Tenafly. Eilish Devine took the 200 freestyle in 2:25.05 while the 200 free relay team of Elizabeth Figueiredo, Maddy Toohey, Hayley Degnan and Devine placed first in 2:10.47. Boys swimming was not as luck against Tenafly, falling 132-38 as Liam Oberlander anchored the Hawks  with first place finishes in the 50 free (25.94) and 100 free (56.94).

At the Dartmouth Relays, (indoor track) Ted D’Amico of Bergen Catholic was fifth in the pole vault (12-6) and the Cru­saders were fifth in the 4-x-400 (3:37.51).