It will be a big Sports Sunday around the Colonial Valley Conference as the Allentown High girls’ soccer team plays for a Group II state title against Ramsey at 10 a.m. at Franklin High, then the Mercer County Soccer Hall of Fame/Glenn “Mooch” Myernick Senior Games cap the local season with a pair of games at Al Cowell Sr. Field in Hamilton’s Veterans Park.
The Mooch Senior Girls’ Game, which will unfortunately be missing the Redbirds, will kick off at noon with the Boys’ Game to follow at 2 p.m. Check-ins for each game will begin a half hour before the start time at the table set up between the soccer and baseball fields.
The events honor the memory of Myernick, who grew up playing soccer in Lawrence and went on to earn national and international fame, before dying suddenly 19 years ago. The Mooch Soccer Program, which gives inner-city kids in the Trenton area the opportunity to play the sport with help from high-profile coaches like Mike Van Wagner and Charlie Inverso, will be one of the event’s main supporters again this season.
This year, Bruce Angebranndt, one of the Mooch Senior Games’ key committee members who passed away suddenly this fall, will also be remembered. To memorialize both, this year’s teams will wear blue-and white jerseys for Angebranndt and red-and-white jerseys for Myernick.
With help from its sponsors: Mooch Soccer; the Mercer County Soccer Hall of Fame; NJM Insurance; RSword; Richard Fornaro of Fornaro & Francioso, Counselors at Law; Dino Spadaccini of the Spadaccini Law Firm; the Ancient Order of the Hibernians; Ciro Baldino and family of Conte’s Pizza; Tony Rosica & Greg Harvell of Keller Williams Premier Real Estate; Marsilio’s/Rossi’s Bar and Grill; Premier Key Abstract; plus the Central Jersey Youth Soccer Association, the Mooch Senior Games will again be free to the public.
The coaches for the teams will include members of the Mercer County Soccer Hall of Fame who donate their time for these matches, along with referees John Carmignani, Debbie Carr, William Feliciano, Shawn Gardiner, Mike Desloges, in hopes that all the players might enjoy one more fun day of soccer before their graduation.
MOOCH SENIOR GAMES
ROSTERS
Girls’ Red & White Team
Julia Ciodyk, Alessia Rundella, Brielle Paulette, Asha Vohra (Allentown); Domeesha Joseph, Kimani Harlan, Tracy Beteta (Hamilton West); Delainey Ross, Katie Reinhart, Eva Giambanco, Colbie Pagnotta (Hopewell Valley); Caelyn LaFlamme, Elena Rivera, Caitlin Jones, Becca Boggs (Lawrence); Katie Andrus, Gianna Johnson, Hayley Lutz (Robbinsville); Allie McCarthy, Samantha Gray, Naomi Gray (Steinert); Angie Pacheco, Jessica Dennis (Trenton); Maya Montemayor, Meadow Boateng, Deana Hu, Sophia Latif Estafan (WW-P South); Wallis Cornell, Miranda De Olden, Ellen Jordan (Lawrenceville); Sara Chrnelich, Katie Dwyer, Nora Close (Penninngton).
Girls’ Blue & White Team
Brooklyn Ellis, Mia Mastroianni, Eva Mastroianni (Ewing); Elizabeth Reisbord, Amy Dworacek, Anisa Mascoll (Hightstown); Isabella Daley, Avery Whittle, Anna Guido, Leah Zeidman (Notre Dame); Lily Jacobs, Juliana Fresolone, Katie Wagner (Nottingham); Jules Hartmann, Emma Burns, Ava “A.J.” Szalbofka, Zuri Graham, Nica Martin (PDS); Kacey Howes, Romy Johnson, Clara Burton, Emily Walden (Princeton); Prema Budhiraja, Ginny Choi, Julia Eckel (WW-P North); Ellie Gudusky, Anna O’Driscoll, Brynne Braun (Hun); Maggie Gladkowski, Natalie Muenzen, Leanne Yang, Aubrey Shaulis (Peddie); Alexa Sanchez (Thrive Charter).
Boys’ Red & White Team
Joe Barber, Ryan Tate, Dom Rodriguez (Allentown); Johnder Ramos, Anthony Paredes (Hamilton West); Raul Sepulveda, Logan Cortacans, Juan Revolorio-Ventura, Tim Dowd (Lawrence); Herbie Addo, Ridjeanno Peralte, Lester Bracero (Nottingham); Nico Mathews, Max Goldberg, Justin Schreyer, Alex Rusk (Robbinsville); Chris DiMarco, Ryan Checkowski, Zach Barton, Brayden Quinn (Steinert); Aaron Merlin, Jose Esteban, David De Los Santos, Jose Segovia (Trenton); Mohamed Mohamed, Nelson Liu, Ayodele Joa-Griffith, David Holland (Lawrenceville); Colin Harkleroad, Kyle Harvey, Finn Garner, Tait Brown (Pennington).
Boys’ Blue & White Team
Johan Ampongan, Abraham Rosales (Ewing); Iker Huastitlan Reyes, Victor Maldonado Silva (Hightstown); Connor Foy, Tyler Yadamiec, Colin McCullough (Hopewell Valley); Nick Angiolino, Landon Hoenisch, Luca Ercolano, Jayce Palumbo, Tyler Javick (Notre Dame); Aiden Luciano, Connor Lemole (PDS); Chase Hamerschlag, Aaron Thyrum, Isaiah de la Espriella, Angel “Dany” Morales-Rivera (Princeton); Khalil Osman, Suneel Paladugu, Jacob Thinji (WW-P North); Rushil Sakrikar, Brayan Tecun, Joaquin Vitulich (WW-P South); Chris Meehan, Oleksandr “Sasha” Mykhalchuk, Gonzalo Perez Nuñez (Hun); John Giblin, Pote Sophonsiri, Luca Romanelli (Peddie); Adolphus Temeh, Brent Zoeduah (Thrive Charter).
ND ALUMNI GAME
Notre Dame boys’ soccer will hold its annual alumni game at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 26, the night before Thanksgiving, on Mike Perone Field. The event is open to all of the Irish’s soccer alumni. Please contact head coach Bryan Fisher (fisher@ndnj.org) for more information.
