Peddie Athletics

The Peddie junior varsity girls tennis team (2-0) defeated Manasquan High School, 3-2, at home. Angelina Morales and Chloé Cheng battled to win a two-and-a-half hour match at first doubles. The Falcons next travel to Germantown Academy on Friday, Sept. 19 at 4 p.m.

The Peddie varsity girls tennis team (7-0) defeated Manasquan High School, 3-2, on the road. It is the 29th consecutive victory for the Falcons.

Brielle Quaye won 6-4, 6-4 at first singles.

Victoria Vahi won 6-2, 6-0 at second singles.

Eloise Mendelson and Vicky Chen won 6-2, 6-1 at second doubles.

The Falcons next travel to Germantown Academy on Thursday, Sept. 18 at 4 p.m.

The Peddie junior varsity girls field hockey team (1-1) defeated George School, 3-0, in a home opener. Sarabeth Lee scored two goals (first and third quarter) and Ginna Kim (second quarter) added a goal. The Falcons next travel to Montclair Kimberley Academy on Thursday, Sept. 18 at. 5:30 p.m.

The Peddie varsity boys soccer team (3-1) defeated Montclair Kimberley Academy, 4-2, at home. The Falcons trailed 2-1 at halftime and scored three goals in the second half. Christian Tharney scored two goals for the Falcons, both in the second half, both assisted by John Giblin. Tommy Kim scored the go-ahead goal off of his own rebound to make it a 3-2 Peddie lead with 24:33 left in the second half. Blake Romanelli scored a goal off an assist from Tommy Kim with 31:50 left in the first half. Goalkeeper Pote Sophonsiri made 15 saves, including a diving stop to his right off of his fingertips with 18:03 remaining in the second half, then another with 3:28 left which he caught. The Falcons next travel to Rutgers Preparatory School on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 1 p.m.

The Peddie varsity girls field hockey team (2-2) defeated George School, 3-0, at home. Anna Treese had a goal and an assist. Sukanya Viola added a goal, off an assist from Treese. Caroline Nesevich also scored a goal. The Falcons next travel to Montclair Kimberley Academy on Thursday, Sept. 18 at 4 p.m.

The Peddie varsity girls tennis team (6-0) defeated Perkiomen School, 5-0 at home. It is the 28th consecutive victory for the Falcons.

Brielle Quaye won 6-0, 6-2 at first singles.

Victoria Vahi won 6-0, 6-0 at second singles.

Emy Keane won 6-0, 6-0 at third singles.

Sophie Wang and Coco Zhou won 6-1, 6-0 at first doubles.

Eloise Mendelson and Masha Nelen won 6-0, 6-0 at second doubles.

The Falcons next travel to Manasquan High School on Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 3:45 p.m.

The Peddie varsity football team (0-2) fell to Wyoming Seminary, 29-13, in a home opener.

Jeremiah Davis scored two touchdowns for the Falcons, a 73-yard rushing touchdown with 10:33 left in the second quarter and a 53-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown with 7:09 remaining in the fourth quarter. Cooper Allen forced the fumble. Xzaiver Torres had two catches for 47 yards and defensively made eight total tackles (four solo, two for a loss). Augie Cassidy made 13 total tackles (four solo, five for a loss). Reed Oliver made nine total tackles (six solo, one sack). Bryce Layade had seven total tackles (five solo).

The Falcons next host The Kiski School on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 2 p.m. at Maurice P. Shuman Football Field.

The Peddie cross country team competed at the Thompson 2-Miler at Thompson Park to open the season.

25 runners toed the starting line, with many of them submitting impressive performances that set the tone for the season ahead.

The invitational’s class-based format saw the senior boys take off first and Dasyer Bullock ’26 (18th, 11:52) and Ethan Sbarro ’26 (21st, 12:06) gave their teammates a strong example to follow, as both took home medalist (top 25) honors. Josh Li ’26 (29th, 12:32), Leo Pan-Wang ’26 (43rd, 13:05), and Jacob Kidd ’26 (47th, 13:16) all ran strategic races of their own and recorded impressive times.

Returning captain Sophie Winn ’26 (25th, 15:05) joined her classmates in earning a medal for her efforts across the two-mile course while Kira Pramanik ’26 (31st, 16:34) pushed herself every step of the way in her debut at Thompson Park.

Charis Chien ’27 (8th, 13:08) and Theo Salapatas ’27 (25th, 11:19) recorded the team’s fastest times of the day in the girls and boys junior races, respectively. Chien’s time represented a nearly two-minute PR from her last finish on the course while Salapatas used a gutsy surge in the final 400 to grab a medal in easily the most competitive race of the day.

Blanka Mularczyk ’27 (28th, 14:58) just barely missed a top-25 finish in her first race for the Falcons and Annie Wang ’27 (29th, 15:01) was not far behind her. Sophie Wang ’27 (48th, 16:28) rounded out the team’s entries with a 16-second PR when compared with her finish in the team’s two-mile scrimmage two weeks ago.

Anthony Kanis ’27 (48th, 12:21) also made his Peddie cross country debut and turned in a strong finish in the boys junior race while Evan Ren ’27 (71st, 14:14) and Justin Tang ’27 (74th, 14:30) also put forth valiant efforts in their first official times of the season.

In the sophomore boys race, Justin Zhang ’28 (48th, 12:58), Arnav Shankar ’28 (58th, 13:12), Rohan Bhamidipati (65th, 13:24) and Brennan Caldwell ’28 (85th, 14:36) all demonstrated how their efforts in training have started to pay off while Louisa Blix ’28 (28th, 15:04) impressed everyone with her ability to push herself and yet still enjoy the competition of the sophomore girls race.

Andrew Kim ’29 (25th, 12:27) announced his presence in the freshman boys race, as he captured a medal and underscored his potential for the season as a whole. The other four ninth graders provided their teammates with a fantastic example of pack running, as Landon Lill ’29 (47th, 13:15), Aaryan Patel ’29 (54th, 13:23), Victor Qian ’29 (63rd, 13:33), and Jaden Liu (72nd, 13:51) worked together to close out the Falcons’ entries with a flourish.

The Falcons next host the Jerry Hart Cross Country Memorial Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 20 at 2 p.m. at Peddie Golf Course. Racing starts at 2 p.m. with the varsity boys race, followed by the varsity girls race at 2:30 p.m. and a mixed futures race at 3 p.m.

The Peddie varsity boys soccer team (2-1) defeated Trenton High School, 3-0, at home. Christian Tharney scored two goals. He opened the scoring with a penalty kick goal with 27:26 remaining in the first half. Tharney added a goal with a strike to the top right corner of the goal with 28:11 left in the second half (3-0). Tommy Kim made it a 2-0 game after an assist down the slot from Rayyaan Mouhiddin with 17:05 left in the first half. Goalkeeper Pote Sophonsiri made 12 saves. The Falcons next host Montclair Kimberley Academy on Monday, Sept. 15 at 4:15 p.m. at Back Field 3.

The Peddie junior varsity boys soccer team (0-1) fell to Trenton High School, 5-0, in a season and home opener. The Falcons next host Montclair Kimberley Academy on Thursday, Sept. 18 at 4:15 p.m. at Back Field 2.

The Peddie junior varsity girls field hockey team (0-1) fell to Germantown Academy, 5-0, on the road in a season opener. The Falcons next host George School in a home opener on Monday, Sept. 15 at 5:45 p.m. at the Outdoor Turf Field.

New time, was originaly schedueld at 4pm

New date & location, was originally scheduled on Fri. 9/19 @ Peddie

New time, was originaly schedueld at 4pm