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Fleet-footed raise funds for memorial scholarships
By JOANNE DEGNAN
Editor
Hundreds of runners and
walkers turned out for the 4th An-
nual Qasim and Ahad Muzaffar
Memorial 5K Run, a community
event and scholarship fundraiser
for the Robbinsville High School
senior class that celebrates the
lives of two township boys who
died in 2010.
The access road between Rob-
binsville High School and Pond
Road Middle School was packed
with runners in orange Qasim &
Ahad 5K T-shirts on Saturday
morning, June 8 as the boys fa-
ther, Basit Muzaffar, used a mega-
phone to thank the runners and
wish them luck.
With the pop of the starter pis-
tol the runners were off on the
timed sanctioned course that
wound through Foxmoor and
Town Center and then circled
back to the high school where
runners entered the athletic sta-
dium track to finish the race.
Those who signed up for the
shorter 1-mile fitness walk trailed
behind the runners at a more
leisurely pace, with some parents
pushing strollers in case the lit-
tlest ones grew tired and were un-
able to walk the entire mile.
Five-year-old Chase Dubuque
had no use for a stroller or for
strolling. Although he and his
mom, Jaime, had signed up for
the shorter fitness walk he took
off at a sprint when the gun
sounded and continued following
the runners the entire 3.1 miles
until he reached the finish line at
the high school. With his mom
trailing a few steps behind he
completed the race in 31:40.
He just kept running and fol-
lowing the other runners, his
mom said. He didnt want to
stop.
The races top three finishers
were all Robbinsville residents.
James Seyffert, 19, was the win-
ner, crossing the finish line in
16:44:77.
Two RHS athletes finished sec-
ond and third overall, but first in
each of their respective age divi-
JOANNE DEGNAN/The Robbinsville Sun
Hundreds of people took part in the 4th Annual Qasim & Ahad Muzaffar Memorial 5K Race and 1-mile fitness walk, which raises money for
two scholarships awarded annually to Robbinsville High School seniors. See more race photos online at www.robbinsvillesun.com
please see RACE, page 12
Ravens softball wins state championship. PAGE 17
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Editorial . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Kids Views . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7, 15, 19
Making the grade
RHS Class of 2013 wins $34K
in college scholarships. PAGE 9
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From left: Pond Road Middle School fifth-graders Mandi Lichtenstein, Gina Mollica and Sarah Scatena
selling home-baked cookies at the American Cancer Societys Relay for Life fundraiser in Mercer County
Park, held June 8-9. Mandi also captained Team Carpe Diem at the Relay for Life, which combined with
the proceeds of the bake sale, raised $1,700 for the American Cancer Society.
Relay for Life
The following items were taken
from reports on file with the Rob-
binsville Police Department:
Three people were arrested on
drug charges when a motor vehi-
cle stop at 3:30 p.m., June 5 on
Robbinsville-Allentown Road led
to the discovery of 186 bags of
heroin inside the vehicle.
Patrolman Scott Kivet pulled
the vehicle over because the driv-
er failed to use a turn signal be-
fore making a lane change near
Corporate Drive. During the traf-
fic stop, the officer detected evi-
dence there was narcotics in the
vehicle and a subsequent search
revealed 186 bags of heroin, drug
paraphernalia, hypodermic nee-
dles, as well as a Pennsylvania
drivers license, debit card and
checks reported stolen in Toms
River.
The three occupants of the ve-
hicle a 32-year-old Toms River
man, a 34-year-old South Toms
River woman and a 24-year-old
Point Pleasant woman, were all
charged with possession of hero-
in, possession of heroin with in-
tent to distribute, possession of
drug paraphernalia and posses-
sion of a hypodermic needle.
The South Toms River woman
who was driving was additionally
charged with having a controlled
dangerous substance in a motor
vehicle and failure to use a turn
signal. The Point Pleasant
woman was also charged with
possession of stolen property and
hindering apprehension for ini-
tially giving a false name to the of-
ficer.
The driver was released on her
own recognizance. The Toms
River passenger was turned over
to Brick police on a $2,500 out-
standing warrant for theft and
the Point Pleasant woman was
turned over to Lakewood police
on a $15,000 outstanding warrant
for fraud.
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Four people were arrested on
drug charges when a motor vehi-
cle stop at 6:30 p.m., June 9 on In-
terstate 195 led to the discovery of
86 bags of heroin.
Patrolman Scott Kivet saw an
eastbound vehicle failing to main-
tain its lane and pulled it over
near Exit 7. During the stop, the
officer detected evidence nar-
cotics may be present and a sub-
sequent vehicle search revealed
86 bags of heroin.
The 26-year-old Howell man
who was driving was charged
with possession of heroin, posses-
sion of drug paraphernalia, hav-
ing a controlled dangerous sub-
stance in a motor vehicle, failure
to maintain lane and having a
front view obstruction.
A 25-year-old Howell woman
was charged with possession of
heroin. A 27-year-old Jackson
man was charged with possession
of heroin and possession of hero-
in with intent to distribute. A 27-
year-old Freehold man was
charged with possession of hero-
in with intent to distribute, pos-
session of heroin, possession of a
hypodermic needles and posses-
sion of drug paraphernalia.
All four people were arrested,
charged, processed and released
with a pending court date.
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4 THE ROBBINSVILLE SUN JUNE 19-25, 2013
Having a blast with the past
By JOANNE DEGNAN
Editor
Wobbly wooden hoops chased
by exuberant little boys in 18th-
century breeches and frilly neck
cravats careened into visitors at
Sharon Schools recent Colonial
Day celebration, a daylong event
aimed at showing third-graders
how kids in a technology-free
world lived 250 years ago.
The spirited game of hoop-and-
stick, as it was called centuries
ago, was just one activity children
enjoyed in a day packed with
Colonial-period pursuits that in-
cluded schoolyard games, square
dancing, spinning wool, quilt-
making, scrimshaw and silhou-
ettes, the popular shadow profiles
of a persons face that artisans
created in the days before photo-
graphs.
The kids enjoy it because its
just so different from anything
theyve done before, third-grade
teacher Brenda John Goodstein
said. Theyve been studying
about the time period, but these
activities help them make more
connections about how Colonial
people lived.
Costumes were optional, but
the vast majority of the third-
graders got into the spirit of the
occasion with authentic-looking
period clothing. Girls wearing
long dresses and white Colonial
mob caps square danced with
boys in knit stockings and black
three-sided hats in the gymnasi-
um. White wigs and oversized
aluminum foil shoe buckles com-
pleted the ensemble for some of
the boys, while girls accessorized
their outfits with white aprons
and wicker baskets.
In the recess room where stu-
dents played marbles, jacks,
checkers, pickup sticks, and
Graces (a game that involves
tossing and catching a small hoop
with a stick), 9-year-old Jasmine
Sirangelo and 8-year-old Anasha
Qaisar, both gave Colonial Day an
enthusiastic thumbs up.
My favorite as been the
square dancing, Jasmine said.
Back when they told us we
would be doing square dancing I
thought I really wasnt going to
like that at all, but the more I
practiced the more I enjoyed it. I
even started square dancing at
home with an invisible partner!
Anasha said she enjoyed the
Colonial schoolyard games the
most, especially pickup sticks.
You need to have very steady
hands to pick up a stick without
moving any of the others,
Anasha explained. Its a lot of
fun and Im getting pretty good at
it.
Most of the boys gravitated to
the hallway game called hoop-
and-stick, which required them to
roll a hip-high wooden hoop by
pushing it along with a ruler.
Its a lot harder than it looks,
one boy said sheepishly after his
hoop rolled a few feet and tipped
over for the third straight time.
In the gymnasium, Kim Day of
Red Rope Farm used a spinning
wheel to show the students how
wool was spun in Colonial times.
Then each student received a tuft
of gray wool and a dowel with a
hook so that they could stretch
and spin the wool into a bracelet.
Parent volunteers helped
teachers prepare the various
crafts, supervise the activities, as
well as bake and serve a Colonial-
style feast for the 284 children in
the 12 third-grade classes.
This is a huge volunteer oper-
ation and the response this year
was amazing, Goodstein said.
We really depend on our parents
to help make this a success.
Colonial Day may have been a
blast from the past, but it wasnt
completely devoid of technology.
In Cathy Zahns classroom, stu-
dents rotated in at various times
of the day to form teams for spir-
ited games of Jeopardy! on the
classrooms interactive white-
board. All categories had a Colo-
nial theme (By George! and
Martha, Martha, Martha! for
example) and many of the ques-
tions with seemingly obvious an-
swers werent so simple after all.
Ill take Martha, Martha,
Martha for 40, a boy in Shirley
Littles class said confidently.
Zahn read the question. True
or False? Martha Washington
missed Georges inauguration.
False? the boy asked tenta-
tively.
No, that is incorrect, Zahn
said as the room erupted into
loud groans. The statement is
true. Martha did not go to his in-
auguration because she didnt
want him to be president.
As the game went on, the stu-
dents began listening to the ques-
tions more carefully, their radar
up for potential tricks.
Here is the Final Jeopardy
question, Zahn said. How many
states were there in Colonial
times?
Zero! someone shouted.
You are absolutely correct!
Zahn replied, as the room erupted
in loud cheers. There were no
states in Colonial times; there
were only colonies!
JOANNE DEGNAN/
The Robbinsville Sun
Colonial Day at Sharon School
included a spirited game of
Jeopardy! (above) where all
questions were related to Colo-
nial history and trivia. At right,
third-grader Tyler Whitman
plays an 18th century game
called hoop-and-stick with his
classmates. See more photos of
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EDITOR Joanne Degnan
By DAN GRECO
Pastor,
Lifetree Community Church
In just a few days, something absolutely
fantastic is going to take place. One by one,
the seniors of Robbinsville High School
will rise when they hear their names
called. They will walk across the athletic
field to receive a diploma, the culmination
of a dozen years invested in pursuit of an
education. That simple piece of paper rep-
resents a significant accomplishment. Fif-
teen percent of Americans never graduate
high school. To all the graduates this year,
congratulations! Well done!
In reality, they have just done something
extremely rare. They finished something.
Finishing has become increasingly uncom-
mon in our world. Quitting has become
commonplace. Consider all that is left un-
finished: projects left half-done, books half-
written, dreams half-built. Every marriage
begins with the best of intentions, but
studies tell us half will not last. All run-
ners start the race, but not all finish.
Now in the interest of self-disclosure,
Im not pointing fingers. Ive got more than
my share of unfinished business in my life.
Why is it so hard to finish things, to follow
through?
Im sure there are a thousand reasons.
Things change, we change, we get tired, we
lose motivation. Vision fades.
Whatever the reason, the great Biblical
poet Solomon reminds us of this truth:
Finishing is better than starting. Any-
body can start something. The great chal-
lenge in life is reaching the finish line. Its
hard. It can be painful. That is why it is un-
common. Perhaps today, there are good
things in your life left unfinished. Maybe
you are battling the temptation to quit on
something; a job, a relationship, or even
yourself.
Can I encourage you today? Keep going.
Dont quit. The good book encourages us
not to grow tired of doing good. Its going
to be worth it. Lets take a note from our
seniors and press on to the finish today.
After all, the goal is to hear the words
Well done.
interfaith views
Reaching the finish line
please see FAITH, page 11
Editors note: The writer is a Pond Road
Middle School student, who wins a free ice-
cream from Maggie Moos for having his
work published in The Robbinsville Sun.
Do you think that teachers should be
able to bear arms in school? I disagree with
this! Sometimes a gun can go off acciden-
tally and the bullet could seriously injure
the student and scare the class. Also, a
child could take a gun and shoot it. Luckily,
schools are becoming more safe.
Sometimes people can go crazy. If you
had a hidden gun, the teacher could pull it
out and fire. Many people could get in-
jured, or even killed. Another bad thing
that could happen is if a teacher had a gun
and person came into a class with an idea
to bring damage to a child or item, the
teacher pulls out a gun and so does the rob-
ber.
The injury rate would double because
there would be two guns firing instead of
one.
You may think that having a gun in class
may protect your child. But instead, it is
putting them in more danger. Guns are
very efficient, but some may malfunction.
Also, a teacher could go crazy and start
shooting.
When you go to school and punch a per-
son, your teachers will say violence is
never the answer. If we can avoid guns, our
schools would be so much safer!
Lance Scibilia
Age 12
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and include your name, age and phone number. (Phone numbers are for verification purposes, not publication.) If your submission
appears in this column, bring your published essay to Maggie Moos, 2350 Route 33, to receive a complimentary ice cream for yourself,
parents and siblings!
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Interfaith Views
The Robbinsville Sun invites leaders
of churches, synagogues, mosques,
temples and other houses of worship
serving the Robbinsville community
to share views, news, calendar items
and photos for this column. Email the
editor at jdegnan@robbinsvillesun.com.
JUNE 19-25, 2013 THE ROBBINSVILLE SUN 7
Boys Lacrosse
The Robbinsville High School
Boys Varsity Lacrosse team ban-
quet was held June 6. Darron
Daniel won Varsity Breakout
Player of the Year; Jack Fascenda
won Varsity Defensive Player of
the Year; Chris Deck won Offen-
sive Player of the Year; Matt
Michal won Most Improved Play-
er of the Year; and John Carfaro
won Most Valuable Player.
The team finished the season
with a 4-12 record, but still quali-
fied for the state playoff where
the Ravens were pitted in the first
round against the strong New
Providence High School team,
which had a record of 13-3.
New Providence defeated the
Robbinsville High School Ravens
13-4 to end the season.
Track and Field
The girls track and field team
had its best showing at the NJ
State Meet of Champions. Senior
Noel Jancewicz won the high
jump with her best performance
of the season at 5 feet, 8 inches to
become the first Raven girl to win
an All-Group state title.
The girls 4x400 meter relay of
Kelly Koss, Paris Hughes, Noel
Jancewicz, and Katie Koss also
medaled when they ran a new
school record of 3:54.31 and fin-
ished in seventh place.
The girls planned to extend
their season by competing at the
New Balance Track and Field Na-
tional Championships in Greens-
boro, North Carolina, which were
scheduled to be held June 16-18
after The Sun had gone to press.
ravens nest
Special to The Robbinsville Sun
Lacrosse players Darron Daniel (left), winner of Varsity Breakout
Player of the Year award and Jack Fascenda winner of Varsity De-
fensive Player of the Year are shown above with their trophies.
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WEDNESDAY JUNE 19
Robbinsville Planning Board Meet-
ing: 7:30 p.m., Senior Center, 1117
Route 130 North. Agenda will be
posted online at www.robbinsville-
twp.org.
THURSDAY JUNE 20
Friendlys Cruise Nights: 5 p.m. to
9 p.m. (weather permitting), Fox-
moor Shopping Center, 1031 Wash-
ington Ave. Special theme night:
Corvettes. DJ Cruisin themes, good-
ie bags, food discounts, kids games,
trophies. For more information, go
to www.robbinsvillehotrods.com.
FRIDAY JUNE 21
Last Day of School/Class of 2013
Graduation Ceremonies: 6 p.m.,
Robbinsville High School athletic
field, 155 Robbinsville-Edinburg
Road. www.robbinsville.k12.nj.us.
SATURDAY JUNE 22
5th Annual City of Angels Rock
Fest: 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Mercer
County Park, East Picnic Area off
Edinburg Road. Live music, food, car
and motorcycle show, barbecue grill
off contest, childrens games and
amusements. Free admission. For
more information, go to www.city-
ofangelsnj.org.
MONDAY JUNE 24
Robbinsville Farmers Market: 3
p.m. to 7:30 p.m., corner of Route 33
and Robbinsville-Edinburg Road
(parking area across the street from
Centro Grille). A seasonal open air
market open every Monday offering
a variety of Jersey Fresh produce,
honey, baked goods, plants, flowers,
soaps, herbs, pickles, cheese, eggs,
beef, and more. Follow on Facebook
for weekly updates and information.
TUESDAY JUNE 25
Robbinsville Board of Education
Meeting: 7 p.m., Robbinsville High
School student activities room, 155
Robbinsville-Edinburg Road. Agenda
posted online at
www.robbinsville.k12.nj.us.
WEDNESDAY JUNE 26
Summer Reading Kick-Off Party:
9:30 a.m. to 12 noon, Robbinsville
branch of the Mercer County
Library System, 42 Robbinsville-
Allentown Road. The theme this
year is Dig Into Reading. Children
can register at the Kick-Off Party,
and enjoy the strolling magic of
Matt Schick, crafts, and prizes. The
Summer Reading Program is for
children, ages 2 to 18, who must reg-
ister in person any time before Aug.
5 to participate. For more informa-
tion, stop in the library or call 609-
259-2150.
Robbinsville Planning Board Meet-
ing: 7:30 p.m., Senior Center, 1117
Route 130 North. Agenda will be
posted online at www.robbinsville-
twp.org.
THURSDAY JUNE 27
Friendlys Cruise Nights: 5 p.m. to
9 p.m. (weather permitting), Fox-
moor Shopping Center, 1031 Wash-
ington Ave. All cars welcome from
classics to customs. DJ Cruisin
themes, goodie bags, food dis-
counts, kids games, trophies. For
more information, go to www.rob-
binsvillehotrods.com.
Robbinsville Township Council
Meeting: 7:30 p.m., courtroom trail-
er, 1117 Route 130 North. Agenda will
be posted online at www.rob-
binsville-twp.org.
FRIDAY JUNE 28
Toddler Tunes: 10:30 a.m., Rob-
binsville branch of the Mercer Coun-
ty Library System, 42 Robbinsville-
Allentown Road. This music pro-
gram is for children of all ages,
accompanied by an adult. Online
registration required at
www.mcl.org. Questions? Call the
library at 609-259-2150.
Wolfe Tones Concert sponsored by
the Robbinsville Irish Heritage
Association: 7 p.m. under the stars
at Dubh Linn Square, 167 Route 130
North, Bordentown. This is the
major fundraiser for the 2014 St.
Patricks Day parade in Robbinsville.
Tickets cost $25 for adults; $10 for
kids under 16 and can be purchased
at Dubh Linn Square, or by contact-
ing RIHA. Call 609-529-6611 or
email parade@RobbinsvilleIrish.org.
SATURDAY JUNE 29
What Knott Farm Traveling Pet-
ting Zoo: 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.,
Robbinsville branch of the Mercer
County Library, 42 Robbinsville-
Allentown Road. Come see and pet a
variety of LIVE animals. In case of
inclement weather, two indoor ani-
mal shows will be presented, in
which space will be limited and
attendees will be taken on a first-
come, first-served basis. Open to
children of all ages. Registration is
not required. Questions? Call 609-
259-2150.
MONDAY JULY 1
Robbinsville Farmers Market: 3
p.m. to 7:30 p.m., corner of Route 33
and Robbinsville-Edinburg Road
(parking area across the street from
Centro Grille). A seasonal open air
market open every Monday offering
a variety of Jersey Fresh produce,
honey, baked goods, plants, flowers,
soaps, herbs, pickles, cheese, eggs,
beef, and more. Follow on Facebook
for weekly updates and information.
TUESDAY JULY 2
Township Council Reorganization
Meeting: 7:30 p.m., Municipal court-
room trailer, 1117 Route 130 North.
View agenda online at www.rob-
binsville-twp.org.
MONDAY JULY 8
Robbinsville Farmers Market: 3
p.m. to 7:30 p.m., corner of Route 33
and Robbinsville-Edinburg Road
(parking area across the street from
Centro Grille). A seasonal open air
market open every Monday offering
a variety of Jersey Fresh produce,
honey, baked goods, plants, flowers,
soaps, herbs, pickles, cheese, eggs,
beef and more. Follow on Facebook
for weekly updates and information.
TUESDAY JULY 9
Summer Concert: 7 p.m., band-
stand by the lake in Town Center.
Free event sponsored by the Town-
ship Recreation Division featuring
Kindred Spirit with hits from the
60s to present. Bring your lawn
chair. Rain date is the next day. For
more information, call 918-0002
extension 120.
MONDAY JULY 15
Robbinsville Farmers Market: 3
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and Robbinsville-Edinburg Road
(parking area across the street from
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Summer Concert: 7 p.m., band-
stand by the lake in Town Center.
Free event sponsored by the Town-
ship Recreation Division featuring
the classic hard rock of Tangled.
Bring your lawn chair. Rain date is
the next day. For more information,
call 918-0002 extension 120.
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Robbinsville Farmers Market: 3
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120.
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JUNE 19-25, 2013 THE ROBBINSVILLE SUN 9
Graduating seniors awarded more than $34K in scholarships
By JOANNE DEGNAN
Editor
The achievements of the best
and brightest in Robbinsville
High School were celebrated dur-
ing Senior Awards Night on June
4, when scholarships totaling
$34,150 were awarded to members
of the Class of 2013.
Scholarship amounts ranged
from $100 to $5,000 and were
awarded by more than 40 differ-
ent local organizations, including
the PTSA, PTA, athletic booster
clubs, businesses, unions, church-
es, and civic groups. Nine were
memorial scholarships, including
several in honor of Robbinsville
children who had been district
students at the time of their
deaths.
Special recognition was also
given to the graduating class star
athletes and actors, student lead-
ers, entrepreneurs, technology
wizards, musicians, and honor
roll students. Each academic de-
partment in the high school also
presented certificates to students
who had distinguished them-
selves in that particular subject
area.
It was a two-hour plus evening
of speeches and applause, alter-
nately punctuated by moments of
unintended comedy and un-
abashed tears. When Christine
Leverings athletic achievement
award came apart in her hands
and sailed across the stage, caus-
ing her to double over in laughter,
the crowd roared with her. (The
trophy was easily fixed). But
when Basit Muzaffar presented
the Qasim Muzaffar Memorial
Scholarship in honor of his son, a
member of the RHS Class of 2013
who died in his freshman year,
most of the audience was chok-
ing back tears.
Muzaffar thanked the students
and the community for their
strong support of the Qasim &
Ahad Memorial 5K Race every
June, the main fundraiser for two
scholarships awarded annually in
honor of Qasim and his younger
brother, Ahad.
He noted the communitys gen-
erosity has enabled the scholar-
ship in memory of Qasim to grow
from an initial $1,000 in 2010 to
$5,000 this year.
The 2013 scholarships and
their recipients included:
The Craig R. Robinson Memo-
rial Award in memory of a town-
ship police officer who died in a
2000 plane crash was awarded to
Kyle Alston.
Two Diane E. Dwyer Memori-
al Scholarships, in memory of the
districts human resources direc-
tor who died earlier this year,
were awarded to Meredith Clark
and Kevin King.
The Alexander Arcuri Memo-
rial Scholarship in honor of the
Pond Road Middle School student
who died in 2006 was awarded to
Delaney Hellman.
Two Christian Regulski Me-
morial Scholarships, in honor of
a Pond Road Middle School stu-
dent who died in 2011, were
awarded to Claire Speranza and
Trevor Verry.
Qasim Muzaffar Memorial
Scholarship to Alana Hopkins.
Ahad Muzaffar Memorial
Scholarship to Ian Panasowich.
Community Foundation of
New Jerseys Ernest C. Palsho
Memorial Scholarship to Sam-
mer Bekhiet.
The Friends of Mary Lou El-
grim Awards in memory of a for-
mer Pond Road Middle School
teacher were awarded to Aaron
Newman and Ryan Febles.
The Ryan McPhillips Memori-
al Scholarship to Sean Tierney.
The Robbinsville Professional
Firefighters Award to Alana
Jaskir.
The Friends of he Raven Play-
ers Drama Awards to Marissa Gi-
achetti, Justin Giachetti and
Megan Kirkpatrick.
The Mercer County Board of
Chosen Freeholders Award to
Nicholas Sanders.
Academic Leadership Schol-
arship Awards to Nicholas Bren-
nan, Rohan Bajaj, Christopher
Civitello and Daniele Celano.
The Student Leadership
Scholarship Awards to Lauren
Schmid, Christina Parylak,
Jacqueline Testa, Victoria
Sankey and Joseph Affatato.
The School Citizenship Schol-
arship Awards to Megan Roeloffs,
Courtney Levering, David Haftel
and Sarah Schneid.
The Chartwells RHS Scholar-
ships to Sirena Aguiar, Christo-
pher Deck, Matthew Michal,
Matthew Forno and Taylor
Kulak.
The First Baptist Church
Scholarships to Myana Morris
Bullock and Samuel Acheam-
pong.
The Robbinsville Red Zone
Scholarship Awards to Nate
Smith, Michael Anthony Cia-
ramella and Kyle Alston.
The Princeton Review Schol-
arship to Lauren Guididas.
The RHS PTSA Good Charac-
ter Scholarship awards to Kevin
King and Justin Edelman.
The RHS PTSA Citizenship
Scholarship awards to Daniel
Quiroga and Megan Kirkpatrick.
The RHS PTSA Personal
Strength Scholarship awards to
Emily Bergin and Hannah
Sadock.
The Robbinsville-Hamilton
Sunrise Rotary Foundation Schol-
arships to Daniel Quiroga, Alana
Jaskir, Myana Morris-Bullock
and Julia Karlin.
The Robbinsville Womens
Club Lorraine Schwartz Memori-
al Scholarship Award to Alana
Jaskir.
The Robbinsville PTA Joyce
Ricci award to Dominic
McAnany.
The Robbinsville PTA Mary
Lou Elgrim Award to Ellie Rosen.
The Robbinsville Irish Her-
itage Association Award to Mag-
gie OToole.
The Washington Wellness
Center Health Care Scholarship
to Delaney Hellman.
The Mercer County PTA
Scholarship to Kelly Koss.
The MCPCA Scholarship to
Alexa Pilla.
The Robbinsville Principals
and Supervisors Character Schol-
arships to Jane Bukovec and
Michael Anthony Ciaramella.
Trophies, plaques or certifi-
cates were awarded to the follow-
ing students for academic or ath-
letic achievements: Courtney
Levering, Raven Athletic
Achievement Award; Craig
Hunter, RHS 2013 Male Athlete of
the Year; Noel Jancewicz, RHS
2013 Female Athlete of the Year;
Lauren Fischer and Kyle Alston,
RHS Athletic Leadership Awards;
Meredith Clark, Alana Jaskir,
Kevin King, Niraj Nayak,
Sankalp Patel, Rohan Bajaj, all
National Merit Scholarship Pro-
gram Commended Students;
Myana Morris Bullock, Outstand-
ing Participant in the National
Achievement Scholarship Pro-
gram; Regan Clarke, Finalist for
National Merit Scholarship Pro-
gram; Blake Iorio, Marine Corps
Sempre Fidelis Award; Andrew
Clark, Marine Corps Scholastic
Excellence Award; Kyle Alston,
Marine Corps Athletic Excellence
Award.
The following students re-
ceived RHS academic department
award certificates: Alana Jaskir,
Excellence in English; Nicholas
Sanders, Excellence in Family &
Consumer Science; Anisha
Mohan and Tyler Bowan, Recog-
nition for Achievement in Art;
Kirstin Johnson and Addison
Walker, Recognition for Enthusi-
asm and Participation; Alexan-
dra Goia and Joseph Paulino, Na-
tional School Choral Award;
James Kelly, the John Philip
Sousa Band Award; Michelle
Krakowski, the National School
Marching Award; Zachary Reit-
ter, the Louis Armstrong Award;
Alana Jaskir, Thespian of the
Year Award; Elizabeth Sheehan,
Techie of the Year Award; Tyler
Bowen and Bruce Sapp, Excel-
lence in Theater Awards.
Academic achievement certifi-
cates were also given to Kellen
Anker and Jane Bukovec, Overall
Highest Achievement in Mathe-
matics; Vikram Sridhar, Tyler
JOANNE DEGNAN/The Robbinsville Sun
The Robbinsville PTSA awarded a total $4,000 in scholarships ranging from $500 to $1,000 each to
graduating RHS seniors. Shown from left are PTSA scholarship chairwoman Helen Fosam and the schol-
arship winners: Emily Bergin, Hannah Sadock, Justin Edelman, Daniel Quiroga, Megan Kirkpatrick and
Kevin King. See more photos of Senior Awards Night at www.robbinsvillesun.com.
please see SENIORS, page 13
By JOANNE DEGNAN
Editor
Robbinsville officials have set a
new July 1 deadline for develop-
ers to submit proposals for pro-
viding 10,000 square feet of town-
ship offices in either a new build-
ing or renovated space in an exist-
ing building. Municipal officials
want to move in by spring 2014.
The township, which currently
rents office space in the Sharbell
building at 1 Washington Blvd.
under a lease that expires May 12,
2014, had originally planned to
buy the third floor of a planned
mixed used condominium build-
ing for $3 million, but the project
on Route 33 was scuttled by Roma
Bank after its merger with In-
vestors Bank was announced sev-
eral months ago.
Now, with only 11 months left
on its lease with Sharbell, the
township is asking developers to
present ideas for Plan B. Mayor
Dave Fried told the Township
Council last month that a few in-
teresting ideas have been infor-
mally pitched to the town already,
but he preferred to issue a formal
Request for Proposals (RFP) so
that the township has as many
proposals as possible to choose
from before making decision on
how to move forward.
The mayor has not elaborated
on the options presented prior to
the issuance of the RFP, except to
say that Investors Bank has sub-
mitted a plan to lease space in the
existing Roma headquarters
building or sell the township the
property where the scuttled com-
mercial condominium project
was to be located for an attrac-
tive price. Under the latter sce-
nario, the township would then
own the entire three-story build-
ing and would have to sell or lease
the two lower floors. The mayor
said at the council meeting that
he had serious reservations about
the township being in the real es-
tate business and thought the mu-
nicipality needed to explore other
options.
The RFP dated June 6, which
had an original June 20 deadline
that was later extended to July 1,
states the township wants propos-
als for 10,000 square feet of office
space in either a planned or exist-
ing building, and notes that the
township prefers to own, rather
than lease. The structure can be
either a mixed-use commercial
building or one dedicated solely
for township use, the RFP said.
The building would house the
Township Council Chambers
(1,000 square feet) and be used by
the council as well as the plan-
ning and zoning boards. The re-
maining space would be used by
the following municipal depart-
ments: Municipal Clerk, Admin-
istration, Finance, Economic De-
velopment, Engineering, Zoning,
Planning, Construction Permits
and Inspections, Affordable Hous-
ing, Recreation, Tax Collector and
Tax Assessor.
The RFP states the building
must contain storage space for
municipal departments, a room
for computer systems and
servers, a reception area, two con-
ference rooms, a common kitchen
area, elevators and restrooms.
The township will likely pur-
chase a shell of building space
and then go out to bid separately
for fit-out, the RFP said. Howev-
er, this will be determined at the
time of selection and negotiation.
It is the intent of the township
to select an office space from the
proposals submitted by respon-
dents as part of this RFP process,
and then to negotiate with the se-
lected respondent for all final
terms of the agreement between
the two parties, the RFP said.
Most of the municipal depart-
ments that would be moving into
the new space are currently locat-
ed at 1 Washington Blvd. The
council meets inside the modular
trailer courtroom near the police
station and the larger planning
and zoning boards hold their
meetings inside the Senior Cen-
ter.
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THE ROBBINSVILLE SUN 11
The St. Gregory the Great
Knights of Columbus Council
7677 has announced its new exec-
utive board, effective July 1.
Officers for 2013-2014 are:
Stephen Ciano, grand knight; the
Rev. John Bowden, chaplain;
Michael Frank, deputy grand
knight; Edward Kohler, chancel-
lor; Al Boccardo, financial secre-
tary; James Derasmo, advocate;
Robert Pinard, recorder; Robert
Delmarco, treasurer; William
Cooper, lecturer; John Lyons,
warden; Robert DiMeola, guard;
David Marciniak, guard; Jose
Mejias, guard; John Bavoso, first-
year trustee; Tim McGough, sec-
ond-year trustee; and Michael
Smith third-year trustee.
Men 18 years of age and older
who are interested in becoming a
member of the Knights of Colum-
bus can contact Ed Kohler at 609-
208-1073 or visit the Councils
website at www.kofc7677.org.
St. Gregs
Knights of
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names officers
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sions. Richie Kaspers time was
16:47:43 to win first place in the
male 14 and under division and
Christian Roberts time was
17:10:79 to win the male 15-19 divi-
sion.
The race raises money for two
scholarships created in memory
of Qasim and Ahad Muzaffar
who died of accidental carbon
monoxide poisoning in 2010 while
on an overseas trip with their
family. Qasim, known as Q to his
classmates, was a gregarious
RHS freshman and talented ath-
lete who loved to run. Qs passion
for the sport provided the inspira-
tion for the annual fundraising
race that honors both him and his
12-year-old brother, Ahad, who
was a gifted artist and a student
at The Lewis School of Prince-
ton.
Financial support for the
fundraiser went beyond the
money raised through runners
registration fees.
Teachers and staff at Pond
Road Middle School and Rob-
binsville High School contributed
to the scholarships by holding a
Blue for Q week in which they
wore blue jeans in exchange for
donations to the fund. Teachers
and staff at Sharon School have
pledged money from a planned
flea market this fall. Many local
businesses also contributed as
event sponsors and by donating
race day medals and souvenirs
that included drawstring bags,
water bottles, pens, lip balm and
T-shirts.
The support from the commu-
nity, and the sponsors, has been
absolutely tremendous, said
RHS Assistant Principal Nicole
Rossi, who taught Qasim when
she was a first-grade teacher at
Sharon School and has helped to
put the memorial race every year
since 2010.
Organizers had not finished
tallying the fundraisers proceeds
as of press time because the event
draws many walk-on partici-
pants, who pay their registration
fees the morning of the event in-
stead of pre-registering.
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Jamie Dubuque and her aptly named 5-year-old, Chase, cross the
finish line in 31 minutes and 40 seconds at the Q&A 5k race on June
8. The pair were actually registered for the 1-mile fun walk, but
Chase had other ideas, following the runners on the longer 5K route
through Town Center all the way back to the high school.
Sankey, Amanda Steckel, Carly
Hill, Casey Reca, Brooke Sparella,
and Andrew Gart, all Outstand
Growth awards; Christine Lever-
ing and Mason Cueto, Excellence
in Physical Education; Alana
Jaskir and Christopher Civetello,
Excellence in AP Biology; An-
drew Clark, Excellence in Chem-
istry; Andrew Clark, Excellence
in Honors Anatomy and Physiolo-
gy; Alyssa Coriasco, Excellence
in Anatomy and Physiology; Jane
Bukovec, Excellence in Environ-
mental Science; Christopher
Civetello, Social Studies Citizen-
ship.
Academic achievement certifi-
cates were also given to: Anisha
Mohan; Excellence in Design;
Kyle Gavalchin, Excellence in
Computer Science; Daniel
Gavrushenko and Christian
Lesenskyj, Excellence in Project
Lead the Way Engineering; Ryan
Febles, Excellence in French;
Amy Van Tassel and Christina
Parylak, Excellence in Spanish;
Michael Kang, Lauren Schmid,
Vaughn Renner, Vikram Sridhar,
Alec Ulisse, all Overall Highest
Achievement in Chinese; Jane
Bukovec, Excellence in Italian IV;
Taylor Kulak and Daelyn Kauff-
man, Excellence in Italian V; Ur-
mila Lingala, Excellence in Ac-
counting; Victoria Sankey, Excel-
lence in Entrepreneurship; Ryan
Febles, Excellence in Business
Leadership.
Varsity-style letters with the
word Honors embroidered
along the left side of the capital R
were presented to the honor roll
students in the senior class. The
recipients were: Kyle Alston,
Rohan Bajaj, Sammer Bekhiet,
Nicholas Brennan, Jane Bukovec,
Daniele Celano, Michael Anthony
Ciaramella, Christopher Civitel-
lo, Andrew Clark, Meredith
Clark, Nicole Colonna, Mason
Cueto, Alanna Denauski, Marissa
DiMaggio, Ryan Febles, Shawn
Flynn, Lauren Gaynor, Alexan-
dra Goia, Lauren Guididas, Made-
line Harris, Bryan Hinton, Craig
Hunter, Blake Iorio, Rahul
Jairam, Alana Jaskir, Kirsten
Johnson, Taylor Johnson, Daelyn
Kauffman, James Kelly, Megan
Kirkpatrick, Christine Levering,
Courtney Levering, Thomas
Lynch, Andrea Maldonado, Abi-
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Snigdha Paka, Sankalp Patel,
Taylor Ponti, Daniel Quiroga,
Casey Reca, Vaughn Renner,
Megan Roeloffs, Ellisa Rosen,
Nicholas Sanders and Kyle
Schick
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ranks with best in world
By JOANNE DEGNAN
Editor
Are you smarter than a fourth-
grader? Smarter than a fifth-grad-
er?
Spend some time with the
Math Olympiad Team at Pond
Road Middle School and you
might wonder about that.
The Mathematical Olympiads
for Elementary & Middle Schools
(MOEMS) ranks the Pond Road
Middle School team among the
top 10 percent of the 5,000 teams
from the U.S. and 25 foreign coun-
tries that participated in Math
Olympiads during the 2012-2013
school year.
These 22 PRMS fourth- and
fifth-graders, under the tutelage
of teacher Anne DiGiussepe,
have put their problem-solving
abilities to the test in a series of
five math contests this year and
earned stellar scores.
I am extremely proud of
them, DiGiussepe said after pre-
senting each student with a
MOEMS certificate and patch
June 4 to recognize their achieve-
ment. This is the first time Pond
Road has ever scored in the top 10
percent of the world. These kids
have worked hard and they de-
serve this.
Each year, about 50 students
try out to be members of the
PRMS Math Olympiad Team by
taking a test at the beginning of
the school year, but only the stu-
dents with the 12 highest scores
in fourth grade and fifth grade
make the cut. The team meets
twice a month from November
through March. Students practice
solving word problems at the first
meeting of the month, and take a
MOEMS test at the second meet-
ing. Scores are kept at MOEMS
headquarters in Bellmore, New
York. In early June, the students
get together one last time to get
back their final tests and collect
any awards earned.
Its really, really hard, James
Cavanaugh-Gialloreto said. But
its also fun.
DiGiuseppe said MOEMS
wont allow teachers to divulge
any of the 2013 Math Olympiad
word problems, but she shared
one from a previous years test to
provide an example of the type of
work these 9- and 10-year-old
math students are doing.
A cubical box without a top is
4 cm on each edge, DiGiuseppe
said. It contains 64 identical 1 cm
cubes that exactly fill the box.
How many of these small cubes
actually touch the box?
The students have six minutes
to come up with an answer, she
said. (Readers who want to see if
theyre smarter than a fourth-
grader can find the answer to the
math problem at the end of the
story).
MOEMS also gives out individ-
ual awards to students, based on a
point system tied to their scores,
with 25 points equaling a perfect
score. Eleven students on the
Pond Road Middle School Math
Olympiad team were recognized
with gold or silver pins because of
their high scores. These students
are: fourth-graders Hari
Shankaran, Sachi Anand, Skyler
Frostrom, Vijay Shah, Daniel Sil-
berberg, Praneeth Vedantham
and Kavya Velliangiri; as well as
fifth-graders Aanya Gupta,
Arrshia Kumar, Danny Marincas
and Noel Varughese.
Trophies were also awarded to
the top scorers in each grade.
Hari Shankaran was the fourth-
grade winner and Aanya Gupta,
who scored a near-perfect 24 out
of a possible 25 points, won the
fifth-grade trophy.
Spoiler alert. The answer to the
sample MOEMS math problem is
52 cubes.
JOANNE DEGNAN/The Robbinsville Sun
Fourth-grader Hari Shankaran and fifth-grader Aanya Gupta, are
congratulated by their teacher Anne DiGiuseppe (left) and Assistant
Principal Suzanne Guidry, for earning the highest scores of all stu-
dents on Pond Road Middle Schools Math Olympiad team.
By JOANNE DEGNAN
Editor
The Robbinsville Special
Olympics Team wrapped up a
successful inaugural season by
sending two of its high school
athletes to the 2013 Summer
Games, where they competed
with 2,500 other athletes at the
College of New Jersey on June 8-9
and brought home medals for
their efforts.
Robbinsville High Schools
Quinten Moultrie, 18, won two
gold medals in both the long jump
and 100-meter dash. His best
friend and teammate Omar Rad-
wan, 17, took fourth-place in the
50-meter dash and sixth in the
javelin. It was the first trip to the
summer games for both
teenagers.
And Im going to do it again
and again and again and again,
Moultrie said the next day.
RHS student Ryan Stahlbrand,
18, also competed, playing right
field for the Hamilton YMCAs
SKOR Diamonds softball team,
which won silver. Stahlbrand is a
New Jersey Special Olympics vet-
eran, having gone to the summer
games twice before with the
SKOR Diamonds.
There are about a dozen stu-
dents in all from Sharon School,
Pond Road Middle School and
RHS on the new Robbinsville Spe-
cial Olympics Team, coached by
special education teacher Mary-
beth Kowalski. They have prac-
ticed and participated in a variety
of sports throughout the school
year, including soccer, basketball
and track and field.
Were ending our first year as
a team, Kowalski said. Its been
very exciting because weve been
very successful and a lot of our
athletes have won medals. Its
very cool to see how excited they
all are about it.
Moultrie and Radwan were se-
lected to represent Robbinsville
Special Olympics at the summer
games not only because they are
good athletes, but because they
are mature enough to handle a
two-day stay in a college dormito-
ry away from their families, she
said. Kowalski and assistant
coaches Kristina Mannino and
Joan Douglass stayed on campus
throughout the weekend.
Dorm life apparently suited
Radwan and Moultrie, who re-
galed a visitor with stories about
their activity-packed weekend,
which included dances, a tent
city mini carnival on TCNJs
football field and a trip to a minor
league baseball game with the
3,500 Special Olympians and
coaches.
Let me tell you, Saturday
JUNE 19-25, 2013 THE ROBBINSVILLE SUN 15
RHS Special Olympics athletes
excel at summer games
Special to The Robbinsville Sun
Robbinsville High School sent its first team to the NJ Special
Olympics on June 8-9 at The College of New Jersey. Shown from left
are Coach Marybeth Kowalski, two-time gold medalist Quinten Moul-
trie, Omar Radwan, and assistant coach Joan Douglass. RHS student
Ryan Stahlbrand (not shown) competed in the summer games as well
on the Hamilton YMCAs SKOR Diamonds softball team and earned a
silver medal.
please see GAMES, page 16
night we went to a Trenton Thun-
der game, Moultrie said. I
yelled so loud, and oh my good-
ness, all the food that I could eat! I
had a grilled chicken sandwich
and chips and a soda and five
minutes later here I am eating
funnel cake, he said laughing.
Participating in the games was
exciting, but even more exciting
was the roar of the crowd, the
teens said. Moultrie said he could
hear Schools Superintendent
Steve Mayer and other teachers
and friends cheering for him
while he was doing the long jump
and that energized him.
Kowalski said one of the other
new initiatives started in con-
junction with the Robbinsville
Special Olympics Team was the
high schools new Special
Olympics Project Unify Club,
whose mission is to promote in-
clusion and acceptance within
school communities.
So now we have a lot of high
school students coming out to vol-
unteer at our practices, referee at
our basket ball games, and offici-
ate at track meets, Kowalski
said. Its really nice that my stu-
dents in my class now often see
peers cheering them on in the
stands. The fostering of these
friendships is so exciting to see.
In March, the Special Olympics
Project Unify Club at RHS took
part in national Spread the Word
to End the Word Day that aims to
make people aware of the hurtful-
ness of the word retarded,
which people use without realiz-
ing how offensive it is to those
with intellectual disabilities,
Kowalski said.
Omar and Quinten wrote
speeches about how hurtful the
word is and how they dont appre-
ciate it when their peers use it,
and they made these speeches at
all three lunch periods, Kowals-
ki said. They were very brave to
do this and you could have heard
a pin drop while they were speak-
ing. Afterward the students gave
them a standing ovation and
many came up to shake their
hands.
The club made a banner and
asked students to sign it and take
a pledge not to use the R-word,
Kowalski said. The club also de-
signed T-shirts that said I Pledge
to Respect Everyone and handed
them out to students and staff in
return for any donation large or
small.
We raised $800 that day
through the T-shirts and donated
the money back to Mercer County
Special Olympics, Kowalski
said.
Kowalski said that better than
the financial success of the
fundraiser is the fact that, three
months later, she still occasional-
ly sees students wearing the
pledge T-shirts in the hallways.
Whats more, she said she has
even overheard heard students on
the athletic field admonishing
others for an occasional acciden-
tal slip involving the R-word dur-
ing games.
The students, themselves, are
becoming the advocates now, and
thats the best way to promote the
message of inclusion and accept-
ance, Kowalski said.
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JUNE 19-25, 2013 THE ROBBINSVILLE SUN 17
By JUSTIN FEIL
Special to The Robbinsville Sun
Christine Levering was deter-
mined to get the celebration right
this time.
The senior second baseman
had been a part of the Rob-
binsville High School softball
team that won the Group II state
championship in 2011, and the
Ravens celebration then was rela-
tively subdued.
Every year at the end, were
not known for the best celebra-
tions, Levering said. We cheer
for a second and were done be-
cause we feel bad for the seniors
on the other team. We wanted to
make a quick dog pile before the
handshake this time.
Levering has been a part of a
few dog piles in her life, but all of
them in soccer. When fellow sen-
ior Lauren Fischer fired a third
strike to the only other Ravens
senior, catcher Rebecca Freeman,
the senior trio led a dog pile on
the infield to celebrate their sec-
ond state title in three years, a 3-1
win over Hanover Park on June 9.
We could use some more prac-
tice, but I think it worked out,
Levering said of the celebration
dog pile. I ran over to Lauren
and Becca and pulled them down
and everyone jumped on.
With the win also came some
mixed feelings for Levering. Un-
like Fischer, who will continue
playing softball at Seton Hall Uni-
versity, and Freeman, who will
play at Marist College, there are
not expected to be more softball
games for Levering. It wasnt just
the end of an era for Robbinsville
with the three key cogs graduat-
ing, it was the end of a career.
Thats why its a lot harder for
me, Levering said. Im never
playing softball again. Ive played
my whole life.
Levering is headed to The Col-
lege of New Jersey next fall,
where the Lions womens soccer
team is looking forward to wel-
coming the high-scoring forward
to its lineup. Before she turns her
attention fully to soccer, she is en-
joying the good feelings of anoth-
er state softball crown.
I think it was a lot different,
Levering said after the champi-
onship game. Every year, we
kind of played for our seniors be-
cause we knew it was their last
year. This year, our underclass-
men played for us. It was great
that they played for us. We also re-
ally wanted to win.
It was such a different feel-
ing, Levering said. We knew we
had to win and nothing was going
to stop us. We had the instinct
that nothing was going to get in
our way to win this game.
Hanover Park didnt make it
easy. It was scoreless until the
third inning when Levering sacri-
ficed Leanna Gearhart, who had
doubled, to third base where Free-
man drove her home with a sacri-
fice fly for a 1-0 lead. Hanover
Park tied it up in the top of the
fourth inning on three hits, but
they would be the last off Fischer.
Fischer led off the sixth inning
with a home run to center field.
I definitely knew that we were
going to find a way to win, Lever-
ing said.
I knew with Lauren coming
up, shes capable of doing any-
thing. I was sitting next to Lean-
na Gearhart. A second before she
hit it, I was like, Wouldnt it be
awesome if Lauren hit a home
run?
Later in the sixth, the Ravens
added an insurance run after
Hannah Olshevski doubled for
her second hit of the game,
Megan Hevey singled, and Ol-
shevski scored on an error.
The whole game was nerve-
wracking, said Ravens head
coach Christine Cabarle. You do
not want it to end for a group of
girls any other way than them on
top. In our huddle before the bot-
tom of the sixth, I said, Lets
make this our last huddle. Lets
not have another at bat. I guess
they were on board with that.
The win capped a season that
saw Robbinsville go 26-2. They
lost once early in the year in drea-
ry conditions, then in the Mercer
County Tournament semifinals,
the latter loss pushing them all
the harder to win the state tour-
nament. After falling in last
years state final, the Ravens cap-
tured the second championship
in program history.
Even though Fisch and Chris-
tine and Becca were there for the
first one, it is a different team,
Cabarle said. That makes it
more special to be able to share it
with more girls that Ive
coached.
It was the perfect ending for
Levering, something that she will
treasure as she goes forward with
her soccer career in college.
Ive won the state champi-
onship in soccer freshman year,
she said. That was my first sea-
son of high school anything. It
didnt feel real. Now that its my
last year of high school, I appreci-
ate it even more. Ive worked four
years to get to this moment, and
its amazing.
State champions once more
ELANE COLEMAN/Special to The Robbinsville Sun
The Ravens celebrate after defeating Hanover Park 3-1 to win the NJSIAA Group II State Championship in Toms River on June 9. See more
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By JOANNE DEGNAN
Editor
An estimated 2,500 people
turned out for the rain-delayed
Robbinsville Community Day on
Sunday, June 9 to enjoy live rock
bands, childrens games and in-
flatable bounces, pony rides, a
rock-climbing wall and a spectac-
ular fireworks display.
It was a family-friendly event
where a trackless train carried
excited children sporting face-
paint and balloon animals around
the soccer fields, chugging past
the inflatable slides, bounces and
other childrens attractions.
Lines were long at the rock-
climbing wall, where rock mon-
keys in safety harnesses at-
tempted to scale the 18-foot tall
rock-like fiberglass structure, but
most ended up losing their toe-
hold and swinging from their
safety cables.
Aw, come on, you can do better
than that! 13-year-old Billy Sey-
mour teased a friend, who kept
slipping at the rocks 5-foot mark.
Scores of local businesses and
community groups took the op-
portunity set up booths and intro-
duce themselves to township resi-
dents, who went from table to
table scooping up their
brochures, bags, souvenirs and
other giveaways.
The rows of tents that lined the
entire West Manor Way side of
the park also included informa-
tion tables set up by the various
municipal departments, includ-
ing a police tent where children
could have their fingerprints
taken digitally without the mess
of inkpads and stained fingers.
Community Day also had
something for everyones taste
buds from sweet powdered-sugar
funnel cakes to spicy Indian
samosas. The Italian ice and ice
cream stands did a brisk business
as the heat and humidity rose
steadily throughout the after-
noon. Dusk brought cooler tem-
peratures and a dazzling fire-
works display that thousands of
visitors enjoyed.
JOANNE DEGNAN/The Robbinsville Sun
From left: Jakai Waldron-Doyley, 4; Alyssa Doyley, 3; and Samara Larkhan, 9; show off their face paint
and balloon animals at Robbinsville Community Day. See more photos online at www.robbinsvillesun.com
Gifted elementary school students take SATs
Saint Gregory the Great Acade-
my has announced that 12 of its
students, including four Rob-
binsville residents, are partici-
pants in the Johns Hopkins Uni-
versity Center for Talented Youth
program.
The STGA students include
three seventh-grade students, as
well as nine eighth-graders.
Based on diocesan test scores
from 2012, these 12 students
earned the opportunity to take
the SAT this spring.
Members of the group include:
Nicholas Anderson, of Rob-
binsville; John Boles, of Hamil-
ton; Victoria Posivak, of Hamil-
ton; Peter Bernard, of Hamilton;
Caitlin Clarke, of Robbinsville;
Erin Hagemann, of Hamilton;
Joseph Kale, of Hamilton; Kristi-
na Kubala, of Hamilton; Austin
Nance, of Robbinsville; Nicholas
Posivak, of Hamilton; Patrick
Rossidivito, of Hamilton; and
Emily Wagner, of Robbinsville.
JUNE 19-25, 2013 THE ROBBINSVILLE SUN 19
Little League Playoffs
AAA Division (ages 9-11)
Cubs 7, Marlins 1
In AAA playoff action, the No.
3 seed Cubs faced the No. 2 seed
Marlins in the semifinals of RLL
baseball on June 8. In an exciting
first inning the Marlins loaded
the bases with one out on singles
by Jason Gallucci, Tyler Mercan-
tini and Thomas Mills. A hit to
right field by Phil Sapienza plated
Gallucci, however, a well-execut-
ed relay throw from Jack Gal-
lagher to Blake Grembowitz to
the catcher Cole Leach gunned
down Mills at the plate, with an-
other out recorded at third base
in a rundown to conclude a rally-
ending double play.
With the Marlins protecting a
1-0 lead in the third inning the
Cubs rallied with three runs of
their own. A sacrifice fly by Tyler
Provost brought home Josh Licht-
enstein to tie the game at 1. The
big blow came off the bat of
Christian Ailey with a huge two-
out double plating Grembowitz
and Leach. The Cubs added four
runs in the third to stretch the
lead to 7-1, but the story of the day
was the pitching performance of
Marcus Gonzales. After a shaky
first inning Gonzales settled
down striking out 11 of the final
15 outs recorded in route to a com-
plete game gem pitching the Cubs
into the championship game
against the Braves.
Travel Softball
Robbinsville Summer
Slam Tournament
Robbinsville Rampage, 6
Branchburg Blaze, 3
The Robbinsville Rampage 10U
travel softball team capped off a
20-6 season in great fashion by
capturing its second tournament
championship. The Rampage
went 3-0 in the Robbinsville Sum-
mer Slam tournament where 10
teams from across the state collid-
ed to play in Tantum Park on
June 8-9. Daniella Dominguez led
Robbinsville offensively with six
hits while Julia Dottino and
Emelia Bercaw chipped in four.
Bercaw led the way on the
mound, pitching two complete
games including a no-hitter ver-
sus North Brunswick and going
the distance in the 6-3 champi-
onship game win against the
Branchburg Blaze. Brynn Hop-
kins was also hot on the hill in
Game 2 of the tournament strik-
ing out 11 in her one-hitter.
In the championship game, the
girls came out on a Rampage
crushing five straight hits to open
the game, capped off by a Brynn
Hopkins RBI triple to left field to
jump out to a quick 5-0 lead. The
girls played a tremendous defen-
sive game led by Julia Dottino be-
hind the plate, Brooke Torrington
at shortstop and Gina Mollica at
third base. The game ended in
dramatic fashion with an amaz-
ing pitcher-to-first-to-home dou-
ble play (Bercaw to Hopkins to
Dottino). The win was a complete
team effort for a group of young
ladies who have played their
hearts out all season.
robbinsville youth sports scene
FRANK PATRONE/Special to The Robbinsville Sun
The Robbinsville Raptors boys soccer team recently competed in the Sunburst Tournament in West Windsor. Shown from left are: Johnny
Gallagher, Nick Strobino, Mark La Rochelle, Lewis Edwards, Kevin Nodine, Brandon Patterson. Back row from left: head coach Chris Edwards;
Erik Patrone, manager Phil Strobino; Alex Fleischner, Gurveer Grewal, Michael Manners, Ryan Siminske, Darren Henderson, Andy Neumann,
assistant coach Greg Neumann.
KENDRA MARTIN/Special to The Robbinsville Sun
The Robbinsville Rampage, a girls 10U travel softball team, went 3-0
in the Robbinsville Summer Slam tournament on June 8-9 to cap a
20-6 winning season. Shown front row from left: Julia Dottino, Bri-
anna Haggerty; (middle row) Daniela Dominguez, Brooke Torrington,
Karina Bharatiya, Mackenzie Martin, Becca Siracusa; (top row)
Coach Tony Torrington, Emelia Bercaw, Sonia Bharatiya, Coach Joe
Hopkins, Gina Mollica, Brynn Hopkins, Coach Anthony Bercaw. Not
shown: Shea Krebs and Coach Steve Krebs.
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