Peddie Athletics

The Peddie varsity girls basketball team (1-13) fell to Lawrence High School, 65-25, on the road. Sam Forte and Runyao Yuan each scored a team-high eight points. The Falcons next travel to The Hill School on Friday, Jan. 30 at 4:30 p.m.

The Peddie indoor track and field team hosted and competed in the second Peddie Invitational of the season.

Falcons who won events:

Girls 200-meter run: Shanel Tan (2:25.77)
Girls 45-meter hurdles: Tessa Hughes (7.22)

Boys 400-meter dash: Luke Chon (53.74); (Luca Romanelli placed second in 53.89)
Boys 45-meter hurdles: Dasyer Bullock (6.71)

Full results can be viewed here: https://nj.milesplit.com/meets/725688

The Falcons next compete at the Ocean Breeze Invitational from Saturday, Jan. 31 (boys) to Sunday, Feb. 1 (girls) at Ocean Breeze Sports Complex.

The Peddie junior varsity girls basketball team (0-5) fell to Lawrence High School, 45-18, on the road. Emily Griegel tallied a team-high seven points and five rebounds. Anh Tran added five points and Myra Singhal had four. Paris Wreaks had five steals and Brooke Berlinger recorded two blocks. The Falcons next travel to The Pennington School on Friday, Feb. 6 at 4:30 p.m.

The Peddie varsity wrestling team competed in the Pines Barrens Duals at Shawnee High School. The Falcons (6-8) fell to Washington Township (58-17), fell to Shawnee High School (50-28) and fell to Delsea (60-8).

Falcons who earned wins in loss to Washington Township:

138 pounds: Landon Lill (technical fall 20-2)
190 pounds: Chris Horsch (win by pin in first period 1:30)
215 pounds: Augie Cassidy (win by pin in first period 25 seconds)

Falcons who earned wins in loss to Shawnee High School:

126 pounds: Ryan Horner (technical fall 18-3)
132 pounds: AJ Stover (technical fall (19-2)
175 pounds: Xzavier Torres
190 pounds: Chris Horsch (win by first period pin in six seconds)
215 pounds: Augie Cassidy (win by pin in third period in 4:01)

Falcons who earned wins in loss to Delsea:

113 pounds: Zane Shama (technical fall 17-2)
175 pounds: Xzavier Torrs (10-4 decision)

The boys team next competes against Rumson-Fair Haven High School and Old Bridge in a tri-meet on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 5 p.m. at Rumson-Fair Haven High School. The girls team will compete in the Golden Eagle Grapple, at Central Regional High School on Sunday, Jan. 25 at 9 a.m.

The Peddie varsity swimming team competed against and hosted The Hun School of Princeton and The Wilberforce School in a tri-meet at home.

Team Scores (Boys):

Peddie 108, The Wilberforce School 41
The Hun School of Princeton 89, The Wilberforce School 59
Peddie 99, The Hun School of Princeton 59

Team Scores (Girls):

Peddie 115, The Wilberforce School 40
The Hun School of Princeton 71, The WIlberforce School 64
Peddie 107, The Hun School of Princeton 44

Event Wins:

Girls 200-yard medley relay: Hannah Bateman, Mary Bao, Zoe Tashjian, Lola Early (1:47.34)
Boys 200-yard medley relay: Luke Luo, Benjamin Weihe, James Yan, Brady Li (1:38.75)
Mixed 200-yard freestyle: Tyler Fu (1:48.33)
Mixed 200-yard IM: Siwoo Jeong (2:15.49)
Mixed 100-yard butterfly: Alex Giangone (55.56)
Mixed 100-yard freestyle: Brady Li (47.36)
Mixed 500-yard freestyle: Victor Tse (5:30.73)
Girls 200-yard freestyle relay: Bella Oushalkas, Anna Oushalkas, Alice Churilova, Isabella Chen (1:44.25)
Mixed 100-yard backstroke: Jerry Wang (54.55)
Boys 400-yard freestyle relay: Darron Wei, Alex Giangone, Griffin Hayden, Brady Li (3:22.52)

The Falcons next compete in the 2025-2026 MAPL Championships on Saturday, Jan. 31 at 1 p.m. at Mercersburg Academy.

The Peddie varsity girls basketball team (1-11) fell to Kimberton Waldorf School, 36-35, at home. Bella Borde scored a team-high 12 points. Borde made a 3-pointer with five seconds remaining in the fourth quarter to cut the Peddie deficit to 36-35. Saanvi Gudapati added six points and had multiple offensive rebounds. The Falcons next host Mercersburg Academy on Saturday, Jan. 24 at 12 p.m. at Erik B. Hanson ’83 Field House, Court 1.

The Peddie varsity wrestling team (6-5) defeated The Haverford School, 41-36, at home, on Senior Day. Oliver Goodman, Sarah Karlekar, Benedict Kiely, Reed Oliver (Post-Grad), Aiden Wan, Charlie White and William Wu were recognized for Senior Day prior to the match.

Falcons who earned wins:

190 pounds: Chris Horsch (4-1 decision)
215 pounds: Augie Cassidy (first-period pin in 41 seconds)
113 pounds: Sameer Richards (win by forfeit)
126 pounds: Ryan Horner (second-period pin in 2:32)
132 pounds: AJ Stover (first-period pin in 1:09)
138 pounds: Landon Lill (24-3 TF)
144 pounds: Ryan McRoberts (win by forfeit)
157 pounds: Massimo Sheinen (4-2 decision)

The Falcons next compete at the Pines Barrens Duals on Saturday, Jan. 24 at 9 a.m. at Shawnee High School.

The Peddie varsity boys basketball team (13-5) defeated The Hill School, 64-61, on the road. With Peddie leading 62-61 and 1.4 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Ethan Nelson threw in the inbound pass which deflected off a defender, got the ball back and made a layup as time expired to seal the 64-61 Peddie victory. Josiah Broko scored a team-high 16 points. Gabe Hornberger added 13 points. Nelson tallied 13 points. The Falcons next travel to George School on Wednesday, Jan. 21 at 5 p.m.

The Peddie varsity swimming team hosted and competed against Germantown Academy in a dual-meet at home. The girls 200-yard medley relay team of Hannah Bateman, Mary Bao, Zoe Tashjian and Lola Early (1:42.86) broke two records, according to head coach Emmett Walling. The first record was a Peddie team record from 2007 and the second was the pool record from 2016. Individually, Mary Bao set a school record in the girls 100-yard breaststroke (1:03.04) that previously stood since 1995.

Team scores: Germantown Academy boys 92, Peddie 78. Germantown Academy girls 102, Peddie 68.

Event wins for the Falcons:

Girls wins:

Girls 200-yard medley relay: Hannah Bateman, Mary Bao, Zoe Tashjian, Lola Early (1:42.86)
Girls 200-yard freestyle: Hannah Bateman (1:53.02)
Girls 100-yard freestyle: Lola Early (51.35)
Girls 200-yard freestyle relay: Anna Oushalkas, Isabella Chen, Alice Churilova, Lola Early (1:38.85)
Girls 100-yard backstroke: Hannah Bateman (55.30)
Girls 100-yard breaststroke: Mary Bao (1:03.04)

Boys wins:

Boys 200-yard medley relay: Luke Luo, Benjamin Weihe, James Yan, Brady Li (1:35.98)
Boys 50-yard freestyle: Brady Li (21.89)
Boys 100-yard butterfly: Luke Luo (52.24)
Boys 100-yard freestyle: Brady Li (47.34)
Boys 100-yard backstroke: Luke Luo (51.87)
The Falcons next host The Hun School of Princeton and The Wilberforce School in a tri-meet on Friday, Jan. 23 at 4:30 p.m. at Peddie Aquatic Center.

The Peddie junior varsity boys basketball team (5-3) defeated The Hill School, 75-36, on the road. Kaya Deldag scored a team-high 19 points. JT Rulewich added 14 points. Bryan Lee had 10 points. The Falcons next travel to Malvern Preparatory School on Wednesday, Jan. 28 at 5:30 p.m.

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