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The UCLA Bruins defeated the Maryland “Terps” (Terrapins) in the 11th grade Recreation Boys’ Basketball Finals Tournament to become the 2019-20 champions. Shown here, teammates included Jack Schreiber, Yonas Legesse, Thomas Gangi, Ryan Mullin, coach Rod Sanchez, Dario Sanchez, and Ryan Mullin. Also on the team was John Akulekliar.

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Team UCLA defeated Team Syracuse to capture the fifth-sixth grade Livingston Recreation Girls’ Basketball League championship, held earlier this year at Mt. Pleasant Middle School. Shown here, the team includes, rear, Lexi Nelson, Ella Chai, Annie Ferrans, Josie Klein, and Bella Jenis; and front, Emma LaBrunda, Jayden Cohen, and Goldie Stein. Also on the team were Kylie Wong and Chloe Wright. The team was coached by Frank Klein and Michael Ferrans.

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The Livingston High School varsity ice hockey team concluded its season with ten wins, eight losses, and five ties. The team ranked seventh in the Public B State Tournament and reached the semi-finals in the conference tournament. Don Schwartz Photo

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WINNING SEASON FOR LADY LANCER FENCERS: The Livingston High School girls’ fencing team finished the season with a 7-2 record and placed eighth in a field of 54 in the Santelli Tournament. The sabre squad placed second in District III competition; third at the Santelli Tournament; and seventh in the state. Individual highlights included senior sabre Amanda Manubag amassing 17 wins with no losses; placing second in the District, and ninth in the state; and earning selection to Second Team, All-State. Junior Dorothy Zhou had 14 wins and three losses. Sophomore Sabre Sasha Goltsman had 15 wins against four losses.

FOUR-WIN SEASON: The Livingston High School boys’ fencing team had a four win, six loss season. The epee squad placed third in District III. Individual highlights includes senior foil Fillip Kizhner’s record of 12 wins and four losses, and freshman Epee Ayan Bhatnager’s 12 wins to three losses. Senior sabre Rishab Gosalia placed 15th in the state. Team members include, front, Mark Shteyn, Eric Brekhman, Rishab Gosalia, Brian Janay, Harrison Greenwald, Fillip Kizhner, Owen Kenney, Johnny Yu, and coach Jackson Huemer; second row, Vaughn Paglianite, Alex Berman, Aryan Pradhan, Diego Bolanos, Marco Porcelli, Justin Wang, Jared Haime, Kevin Duffy, and Greg Winner; third row, Max Zhuang, Russell Fan, Aden Vishnevsky, Raymond Moy, Adam Cohen, Leo Baracaldo, and Tyler O’Keefe; and rear, Dan Ricci, Ayan Bhatnagar, Yony Nadelson, Michael Zhu, Franklin Yiu, and Michael Rivera.

The Livingston High School boys’ winter track team had a good season, reported coach Nancy Petryna. “The team was led by a handful of seniors and a large group of hard-working developing underclassmen who ran, jumped, and threw together throughout the season. They were ever the competitors, and the coaches could always count on each boy to fight for every inch or second.” Team captains were Philmon Mehari, Sean Miller, Jacob Kogut, and Siraj Akmal.

The standout individual performer for the season, said coach Petryna, was senior Philmon Mehari, “a fierce competitor on the track who showed the ability to excel at a variety of races including the 800, 1,600, and 3,200 meter distances, in which he achieved the season’s best times on the team.”

WINNING SEASON FOR WRESTLERS: The Livingston High School wrestling team finished with a 14-8 record. Season highlights included a first place finish at the Secaucus Patriot Invitational; a third place finish in the Essex County Tournament; and a second place finish in the District 9 Tournament. Team members include, rear, coaches Dan Brill and Chris DiIanni, Stratos Kantanas, Max Lee, Michael Petrillo, Anthony Newman, Jason Quirk, Nico Ramirez, Tyler Stolfi, Azel Bishop, Shaun Quirk, Alessandro Zacheo, Eddie Padilla, Aidan Carmody, Vinnie Militello, Zack Vera, and coach Ernie Cuneo; middle row, Aidan Kessler, Ben Smolensky, Brody Gutenberg, Josh Millman, Rory Subarsky, Ryan Kedrie, Matt Martin, Gabe Kanchek, Phenol Morlan, Roberto Camean, and Davis Dauti; and front, Kevin Risch, Nick Slotnick, Gabe Fleisher, Johann Ramirez, James Rossi, Lorenz Najjar, Josh Scherr, Dan Silverman, and Henry Dagistino. Don Schwartz Photo

Venus defeated the Challengers in recent play to claim the 2020 Livingston Adult Women’s Volleyball League championship. Shown here, Venus includes Seval Bilgin, Ingrid Whu, Wen Li, Sally Fong, and team captain Liz Lopez. Also on the team are Ritu Sohal and Janna Teytel.

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Livingston resident Brandon Minde has started a petition to request that the Township Council fix the two outdoor basketball courts located next to the high school so residents can play ball in a “safe, welcoming and enjoyable environment.”

The petition, which can be viewed at https://bit.ly/3aGGJMW, surpassed 200 signatures less than two days after it launched.

“The courts should be a source of pride for the town and a place to have fun. Instead they present dangerous conditions and damaged equipment,” said Minde in the petition.

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The Livingston High School track and field team sent two of its members, Connor Sweeny and Philmon Mehari, to the Ocean Breeze indoor track facility in Staten Island, New York, to compete in the New Jersey State Meet of Champions on March 7.

“Connor and Philmon have put together successful seasons on the indoor track circuit, with a lot of hard work and effort culminating in their qualifying for this meet,” said coach Dave Czeizinger.

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