Where we’re going, and where we’ve been, in sports.

This past week:

• Pingry Baseball continues to grind every game, going 4-3 over the past two weeks with each of those losses happening by 2 runs or fewer. Freshman Shane Varneckas ‘27 has been a bright spot, winning his first three career starts on the mound this season.

 

• Big Blue Softball shocked the state last week by knocking-off The Hun School and winning the Prep A title for the second time in program history. Casey McKeon ’25 hurled another gem to win that game, then the girls picked up another W the next day with a 5-0 win over Nutley. Yesterday in a win over West Morris, Taylor Francis ‘25 collected her 100th career hit.

 

• Big Blue Girls Track had a solid showing at the Somerset County Championships, with the following highlights:
  • Lucy Ambrogio '25 placed 2nd in the 800m
  • Leah Solomon '26 placed 2nd in the Pole Vault
  • Olivia Murray '24 placed 3rd and Kayla Kerr '25 placed 4th in the 3200m
  • Kayla Kerr '25 placed 3rd in the 1600m

 

• Big Blue Boys Track performed well at the Somerset County Championships and came away with an individual champion in Dami Shote ‘24 (Shot Put). See below for additional highlights:
  • Thomas Goydan '24 placed 2nd in the Pole Vault
  • Graham Houghton '25 placed 2nd in the 100m (missing 1st by less than a hundredth of a second!)
  • Ja'Mar White placed 3rd in the Triple Jump

 

 

• NJ.com #11 Pingry Girls Lacrosse captured their second straight Somerset County Tournament Championship with a 16-9 win over rival Bridgewater-Raritan. Annabelle Mahoney '24 and Ava Kirkwood '25 were on fire, scoring six goals apiece to give Pingry some cushion on the scoreboard.

 

• NJ.com #2 Pingry Boys Lacrosse 3-peated as Somerset County Tournament Champions for the first time in school history with an 8-6 win over #6 Bernards. Asher Ziv ‘24 scored two goals to hit 196 career points and become Big Blue’s all-time leading point scorer.

 

• NJ.com #4 Pingry Girls Golf took fourth place at the Tournament of Champions and Big Blue Boys Golf took fourth place out of 23+ teams in the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions. Preston Devieux '27 led Pingry with a 15th place finish (out of 122 golfers), shooting a 2-over 74.

 

• NJ.com #4 Pingry Boys Tennis showed their depth as they took home their third straight Prep A Championship, despite missing their top singles student-athlete. Our doubles teams swept Lawrenceville, and first-doubles student-athlete Nate Blum ‘24 switched gears successfully to win at third singles, securing the team championship for Big Blue.

 

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