Steinert graduate Giordano shining for Centenary

Trevor Giordano has shown great talent on the court at Centenary University whether it was as a starter or coming off the bench.

Giordano, a senior, played at Steinert and has been a key to the past and present success of the Hackettstown university.

Centenary, coached by former Trenton Catholic star Chris LaBelle, started off slowly but has come together and gotten a couple wins, and a lot of it has to do with the play of Giordano.

The senior had a careerhigh 20 points twice this season against Kings College and Sarah Lawrence.

“Trevor has really come into his own this season on the floor,’’ said LaBelle. “You can tell the game is really starting to slow down for him and he is making shots at a high rate.’’

Giordano has been in double figures in six of the Cougars’ last seven games and is averaging 10.5 points a game with 13 steals and 18 assists.

Centenary is a very young team, including Ewing freshmen Kenneth Rankin and Naire Preston, and Giordano has shown great leadership in bringing the young Cougars along.

“While Trevor’s play on the court has been great, his leadership is what really makes him stand out,’’ said LaBelle. “He not only holds himself to a very high standard, but he expects the same from his teammates and I’m very lucky to have him as a captain. With such a young team his leadership and skills on the court are going to be huge for us as we get ready for the second half of the season.’’

Rankin leads the team with 12.9 points a game, a team-high 5.5 rebounds and a team-high 23 assists.

Preston averages 9.8 points a game and he has a team-high 17 steals.

Rodriguez Player of the Week

Katie Rodriguez (Peddie) was named the MAC Freedom Player of the Week after pouring in 38 points, 26 rebounds and seven blocks in two Arcadia victories.

She had 18 points on 9-of10 shooting, six blocks and six rebounds in a win at Penn State Harrisburg.

To end the week, Rodriguez had 20 points and 20 rebounds for her first double-double of the year in Arcadia’s big win over Penn State Abington.

Her 20 rebounds were the fourth most in a single game in program history. She also added a block in the Knights’ win over the Nittany Lions.

Watkins Continues to Lead Florida State

Jamir Watkins (Trenton Catholic) leads Florida State with 13.2 points a game and 6.1 rebounds a game.

Watkins had a team-high 15 points in the Auto Nation Orange Bowl Classic along with eight rebounds.

He had nine in the Seminoles’ loss to Southern Methodist.

Kutztown Falls in Division III Semifinals

Several local players played a key role in Kutztown’s run to the Division III national semifinals before falling to the Colorado School of Mines.

Makhi Gibson (Ewing) had five catches for 35 yards, Drew Hensor (Pennsbury) had five tackles, and Thomas Sincere had two catches for 13 yards.

Gibson finished the season with 32 receptions for 676 yard and a team-high six touchdowns. Hensor finished with 56 tackles.

Local Trio Leads Lincoln

Freddie Young Jr. (Trenton Catholic) and Ethan Garita (Princeton Day) each poured in 16 points for Lincoln in a tough 67-65 loss to Winston — Salem.

Peter Sorber (Trenton Catholic) had a team-high six rebounds.

Lincoln is 6-7 on the season and faces Livingstone this week.

TCNJ Wrestling Ranked Ninth

Several local wrestler are on The College of New Jersey as the Lions are off to a 4-1 start.

Locals include Austin Raynor (Bordentown resident) is fourth in the regional rankings at 184, James Romaine (Princeton) is ranked fourth at 174, Chris Stavrou (Hightstown) is seventh at 197 and freshman Mike Meissner (Hopewell Valley) wrestles at 141.

Men’s Basketball: Brian Herbert (Robbinsville) had seven points and five rebounds in Catholic’s win over Moravian. … Dante Weise (George School) had 10 points and a team high seven assists in St. Rose’s win over Queens. Weise leads the team in assists and is fifth in the Northeast 10 Conference. … Joseph Baldachino (Allentown) had 17 points in Misericordia’s win over Cabrini and RJ Weise (Allentown) is tied for the Misericordia lead in steals and has 18 assists on the season. …Khalif Battle (Trenton Catholic) is averaging 15.1 points a game for Arkansas. …Donald James Imo (Conwell-Egan) had three points and four rebounds for Chestnut Hill in a game with California (PA). …Ray Gooley (Allentown) had five points and three rebounds for Kings in a win over Penn. …Jalen Cary (Conwell-Egan) had 10 points for Bryn Athan in a win over St. Elizabeth. …Lucas Green (Princeton Day) had 16 points for Colby in a game with Bates. …Justin Yu (Notre Dame) has a 7.6 points average for Gordon. …Jamir Spivey (Steinert) had eight points in Rowan’s win over New Jersey City. Men’s Ice Hockey: Jon Bendorf (Hun) has two goals for Bentley. …Tyler Coffey (Princeton Day) has two goals for Colorado College. …Chip Hamlett (Princeton Day) had an assist in University of New England’s win over Nichols.

Indoor Track and Field: Carson Latham (Bordentown) had a big day at the Fast Times Before Finals hosted by Lehigh University. Latham finished second out of 27 in the 200m (23.06 seconds) and fifth out of 30 in the 60m dash (7.07 seconds) in a meet with several NCAA Division I and II teams. …Kerri McCarthy (Allentown) broke 11 meters in the shot put with a throw of 11.05 m

Women’s Basketball: Olivia Scotti (Neshaminy) had a career high eight assists, seven points, three steals and four rebounds for No. 20 DeSales in a win over Messiah. …Franki Gomez (Hopewell Valley) has played in all. Eight games for Rochester. …Leah Johnson (Notre Dame) had 15 points and a team high five assists in West Chester’s win over Lincoln. …Kylie Bradford (Rancocas Valley) had 11 points and eight rebounds for Alvernia in a win over Goucher. …Ella Quince (Morrisville) recorded her first career double-double with 25 points and 11 rebounds for Cairn in a win over Rosemont.

Women’s Ice Hockey: Abbey Barcless (Notre Dame) had a goal and an assist in Wilkes win over Lebanon Valley. Barcless has a career best six assists on the season. …Julie Patterson (Princeton Day) had a pair of goals for Wilkes in the Lebanon Valley series and she has four goals on the season. …Sophia Szelag (Hightstown) had 38 saves for Arcadia in a game with SUNY-Morrisville. … Taylor Nahirnyi (Lawrenceville) has one goal and one assist for RPI playing on defense.