2022-2023 Winter Sports Preview
The following preview includes all Winter Sports who responded to the Knight Crier’s inquiry.
Team: North Penn Boys Basketball
Coach: John Conrad- 12th year
Assistant Coaches: Cordell Lord, Steve Norman, Zach Quigley
Last year’s record:
League record: 5-5
Overall Record: 11-11
Notable losses:
Joe Larkins
Milind Pulugura
Tehran Wright
Key returners:
Ryan Deininger (6’2 senior forward)
Mario Sgro (5’9 senior guard)
Ryan Zeltt (6’5 senior center)
Others to Watch:
Norm Gee (5’8 junior guard)
Teddy McAllister (6’0 junior guard)
Corey Meade (6’3 junior forward)
Strengths:
3 returning starters from last year’s team.
Questions Marks:
Size and post presence.
Outlook:
Culture and chemistry will be more important than X’s and O’s for this group. If we play within
our system and play for one another, we can have a successful year.
Games to Watch:
NP vs. Methacton @ PV Holiday Tournament
Team: Wrestling
Coach: Robert Shettsline- 29th year
Assistant coaches: Rich O’Neil, Thomas Michaels
Last year’s record:
Overall: 9-11
League: 3-2
Notable losses:
Will Morrow (wrestling at Bloomsburg 149lbs)
Dylan Verway
Key returners:
Michael Cliver (Junior 145lbs)
William Mayland (Senior 152lbs)
Devon Pickett (Senior heavyweight)
Others to watch:
Quinten Laughlin (Senior 172lbs)
Brayden Shannon (Junior 145lbs)
Question Marks:
We are in a rebuilding year, and hoping to get some quality experience for this year.
Outlook:
A team goal every year is to win our league championship. We are happy to get back into some of our more prestigious tournaments in December! This better prepares our kids for the post-season. We strive to help our wrestlers attain their personal goals.
Team: Ice Hockey
Coach: Kevin Vaitis- 12th year
Assistant Coaches: Steve Galetta, Frank Stumpo, and Matt Stella.
Last year’s record:
1-15
Notable losses:
Justin Yothers
Ben Mostochuk
Nick Ebbinghaus
Alex Cravener
Tony Tuozzo
Nolan O’Toole
Key returners:
Nicholas Crist (Goalie)
Tyler Porubski (Defense)
Sam Mostochuk (Defense)
John Stinson (forward)
Julian Ma (forward)
Joey Silvotti (forward)
Others to watch:
Cole Pluck
Matt Yothers
Chris Seward
Derek Delong
Strengths:
The strength of our team this year is definitely in our defensive play. Our defensemen are very strong and play very sound positionally. I would also say that we have some speed up front that we can use to our benefit.
Question marks:
Probably our consistency and our special teams. We have a young team somewhat so we can come out and play a terrific team game and then the next game make a lot of mistakes. We are learning and hope to be playing our best by February at the end of the season.
Outlook:
This is our first full season since COVID so we have been doing a lot of things that we have done in the past that we have not been able to do in years past because of other regulations. We are excited to be back as a team, and building team chemistry and we can see it with the players on and off the ice together.
Games to Watch:
Thursday 12/22 against Souderton at 8:50 PM at Hatfield Ice (last game before holidays)
Monday 1/23 against CB West at 8:30 PM at Hatfield Ice (Senior Night for our 2023 Seniors)
Friday 2/10 against Bensalem at 7:20 PM at Hatfield Ice (WHITE OUT, everyone who attends gets a White Ice Hockey T-Shirt)
Team: Boys Bowling
Coach: Donald Stadnycki- 11th year
Last year’s record:
53-3 (Division Champs)
Notable Losses:
Lucas Francis
Naman Parikh
Vincent Qian
Tyler Johnson
Key returners:
Ryan Baker
Others to Watch:
Chase Leckner (freshman)
Kavin Tagert (Freshman)
Strengths:
Young talents joining along with senior Ryan Baker’s leadership
Matches to Watch:
NP vs. Plymouth Whitemarsh
NP vs. Abington
Team: Girls Bowling
Coach: Donald Stadnycki
Last year’s record:
1-55 (8th place)
Notable losses:
Seoyeon Lee
Emily Yun
Key returners:
Megan Loughery
Anna Weatherwax
Question Marks:
Lack of girls to fill a team
Matches to Watch:
NP vs. Pennridge
NP vs. Abington