Pingry Sports – 9/18/16 Football Obi Nneato and Channing Russell each scored touchdowns off pass plays from Spencer Spellman and Joe Possumato, respectively. Despite their efforts, Pingry lost to Manville High School 34–13 on Friday. Boys’ Soccer On Sunday, Big Blue tied Archbishop Curley High School, 0–0. They notched their second victory of the week in a match against Franklin High School on Thurs., September 15, winning 4-1 on their home turf. Obi Ikoro and Henry Kraham each had two goals and an assist; Eddie Acosta had two assists. In their 5-2 win over Montgomery on Tues., September 13, Kraham led with three goals, followed by Arnav Agrawal and Jack Smith scoring one each. Owen Wolfson and James Robertson made five and three saves, respectively. Girls’ Soccer Gabby Obregon had nine saves in the Big Blue’s match against Franklin High School on Thurs., September 15, which Pingry won 2–0. Emma Lombardo and AleXandra Weber each scored for Pingry. Pingry defeated Montgomery 5–0 on Tues., September 13. Natalia Ramirez led the charge, scoring two goals for Big Blue. Obregon had five saves. Field Hockey On Saturday, Big Blue fell to Bridgewater-Raritan, No. 7 in the NJ.com preseason Top 20, with a final score of 0–8. Pingry fought hard against Montgomery High School on Thurs., September 15, with a 1-1 tie. Mackinley Taylor scored the loan goal for Pingry. Amanda Van Orden stopped 20 shots for Pingry in the team’s 2-0 loss to High Point on Mon., September 12. Water Polo Co-captains Victor Vollbrechthausen and Matt Stanton led Big Blue with five goals each in their 15-4 victory over the Trinity School on Friday. Billy Fallon also had three goals, and Adam Present and Miro Bergam had one a piece. Co-captain Henry Biedron had 13 saves; freshman Dillon Bhat had four. Vollbrechthausen and Stanton led Big Blue again on Wed., September 14 in the team’s 15-2 defeat of St. Peter’s Prep. They scored seven and three goals, respectively. Girls’ Tennis Cece Lesnick, Avery Schiffman, and Mariam Trichas each won their singles matches to lead Pingry to a 4-1 win over Watchung Hills Regional High School on Friday. Despite Lesnick’s tiebreaking win, the team fell 1-4 to Ridge on Tues., September 13. Big Blue shut out Bridgewater-Raritan High School, 5-0, in their first away match of the season on Mon., Sept. 12. Lesnick, Schiffman, and Nicole Kloss each won their singles matches, while the doubles teams of Brooke Murphy and Wesley Streicher and Lindsey Yu and Jessica Li won theirs. Boys’ Cross Country In their first meet of the season against Bernards on Tues., September 13, Pingry runners nearly took all 10 of the top spots in their race against Bernards High School. Captain Tommy Tarantino placed first and set a PR of 16:49 on the Natirar Park course. Girls’ Cross Country Anna Wood and Nikki Vanasse placed first and second, respectively, in their meet against Mount Saint Mary’s and Bernards High School on Tues., September 13. .