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SJM_SpringAthletes_0423FINAL_reg3 . qxp_Feature 4 / 26 / 23 12 : 43 PM Page 8 CHERRY HILL EAST TENNIS DERRIN lerner , After going undefeated in team matches at second singles the past two years , Lerner has moved up to the top spot and established himself as one of the premier players in the area . The senior hopes to follow up his impressive performances from last year in the state singles and South Jersey tournaments , and lead the Cougars to their third sectional title of his career . South Jersey Magazine : How is the SJM : What are your goals this year ? SJM : Do you follow pro tennis ? adjustment going for you from second DL : The past two years we made it to the DL : Yes . There’s a lot of good young players to first singles ? state round in Group 4 but lost 2 - 3 both coming up , and obviously everyone loves Derrin Lerner : Not too bad , actually . I got years . I’m hoping as a team we can get it [ Carlos ] Alcaraz . I’ve always been a big fan of to train over the summer and become together and go farther . Individually , last year [ Rafael ] Nadal , especially his play style . I friends with a lot of the good , competitive was a great year and I reached the quarterfi - love his high topspin shots and I try to emu - first singles around here , like Milan [ Kara - nals of the state singles tournament . I’d be late a good defense from the baseline , so jovic ] from Lenape and Mike [ Glowacki ] happy to match it and I’d be happy to push he’s always been my role model from the pro from Eastern . I feel welcome and it’s going even further and make the semis . … That tennis scene . pretty good . would be a great achievement . SJM : I have a standard question for SJM : Is the jump in talent level very SJM : Do you know what you’re doing every tennis player : If you could go to noticeable ? next year ? any Grand Slam tournament , which one DL : Yeah , it’s a lot more difficult . I was unde - DL : I committed for engineering to Lafayette would you pick ? feated at second but I’ve already lost twice , College . I’ve been in contact with the coach DL : I would go with Roland Garros for the to Milan and Kunaal [ Jaganathan of and he said I can definitely try to walk on . I’ll French Open . I’ve gotten to play once on Northern Burlington ] . We went to a set continue to keep in touch , and even if it grass and twice on clay , and clay is definitely tiebreaker and a 10 - point tiebreaker , doesn’t work out , I’ll try the next year and the most fun not just to play but to watch . respectively , and it was fun . There’s always the year after that . I’ll definitely have a good The way the surface is , it’s so entertaining to something to learn , because everybody has education , nevertheless . watch with everyone sliding around . You can a different play style and you get to see what commit more to the ball because you’re not works and what doesn’t . Honestly , when it’s SJM : One of the great things about tennis going to get hurt on the hardcourt like in the that close , it’s mostly a mental game . Who - is that you can play well into adulthood . U.S . or Australia . Also , I’ve never been to ever can keep their head in the game more Do you think it’s going to remain a pas - France . usually comes out on top . sion for you ? DL : I sure hope so . Especially with the rise of pickleball , I’ll always have a racket in my hand . SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 20 issue 1 SouthJerseyMagazine.com | 51

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SJM_SpringAthletes_0423FINAL_reg3 . qxp_Feature 4 / 26 / 23 12 : 43 PM Page 9 STAR WATCH MORE ATHLETES WE’RE KEEPING OUR EYES ON THIS SEASON will continue his career in the Ivy their dependable faceoff man back in Stella Stolarick , Haddonfield : GIRLS GOLF League at Penn . the mix . Stolarick has been a difference - mak - Angelina Tolentino , Lenape : Still BASEBALL er since she stepped on the field as a Ryan Marengo , St . Augustine : A just a junior , Tolentino has already SOFTBALL Landon Edwards , Kingsway : freshman , and the junior just keeps long stick middie and defenseman for been named to the all - state first team Edwards , a senior headed to Coastal Sophia Bordi , Haddon Heights : getting better and better . She recent - one of South Jersey’s elite programs , two years in a row . She took second Carolina , leads a deep and talented After a memorable freshman season ly joined the 100 - goal club for her Marengo helped the Hermits win a at sectionals and tied for eighth at pitching staff for a team with sectional in which she struck out 311 batters and career . state title in 2022 . states as a sophomore . title aspirations . belted nine home runs , Bordi has Tatum Woods , Cherry Hill West : continued to leave her mark as one of Jake Mason , Kingsway : A senior BOYS TENNIS Cameron Flukey , Egg Harbor Woods ’ fabulous freshman season last the best all - around players in the attackman who scored 81 goals last Township : A 6 - foot - 6 senior pitcher , Kunaal Jaganathan , Northern year included 71 goals and 41 draw state . year and has more than 155 in three Flukey has a fastball clocked in the Burlington : A junior , Jaganathan is controls , and she has shown no signs seasons , Mason will continue his mid - 90s . He is committed to Coastal Sammie Friel , Cherokee : Hitters poised for another big season after of slowing down as a sophomore . career at Air Force . Carolina but is generating buzz often walk back to the dugout frus - making the South Jersey Interscholas - BOYS GOLF heading into the MLB Draft . trated after facing this senior , one of Cole Pitcher , Moorestown : tic Tournament final as a sophomore . the top strikeout pitchers in South Pitcher , a junior attackman / midfielder , James DeRocini , West Deptford : Wayne Hill , Millville : An outfielder Milan Karajovic , Lenape : Jersey . found the back of the net 42 times as DeRocini has been the runner - up at with a great glove and speed on the Karajovic , a senior , captured the a sophomore and is leading the Quak - the Gloucester County Tournament bases , Hill collected over 40 hits as a Maya Knasiak , Lenape : Knasiak , South Jersey Interscholastic Tourna - ers in goals and points this spring . two years in a row and placed 14th at junior . He was chosen to wear the No . a senior , is not only one of the area’s ment crown last spring and is in his the Tournament of Champions last 1 jersey of alum Mike Trout , an honor most dominant pitchers , but one of its third season as Lenape’s first singles . GIRLS LACROSSE season . He kicked off his junior cam - bestowed upon one Millville senior most dangerous hitters as well . Katie Bianco , Moorestown : paign by winning the prestigious Gar - BOYS TRACK each year . Gianna Muhaw , Clayton : After The latest in a long line of Quaker den State Cup . Yashaya Brown , Washington Grant Hunter , Lenape : Hunter , a racking up 46 hits and 36 runs last standouts , Bianco scored 37 goals Township : A junior , Brown has Joe Fargnoli , Kingsway : This se - junior outfielder , has established year for the Group 1 state champs , last year as a freshman and appears emerged as one of the premier nior has been remarkably consistent himself as one of the top power Muhaw has picked up right where she poised to pass that total as a hurdlers in the state . throughout his career , and last year he hitters in the Olympic Conference . left off for a team seeking to repeat . sophomore . claimed Tri - County Conference and Premier Wynn , Pennsauken : Tanner Nolan , Gloucester Hannah Weismer , Kingsway : Delaney Jackson , Cherokee : A Gloucester County titles along with Wynn was named the Performer of Catholic : A senior lefty who is Only a sophomore , this infielder / senior , Jackson scored 81 goals last placing 10th at the Carl Arena Tourna - the Year in winter track by the South committed to Crowder College , Nolan catcher has emerged as a feared hitter spring and has amassed more than ment . Jersey Track Coaches Association and has more than 150 career strikeouts in in the middle of the lineup for the 170 and counting for her career . will be a sprinter to watch at all of the Nathan Guertler , Haddon three seasons with the Rams and Dragons . She is committed to Loyola . major meets this spring . Heights : A Drexel commit , this senior could possibly hear his named called Ryan Remaly , Clearview : An Army BOYS LACROSSE took second at sectionals and tied for on draft day . GIRLS TRACK commit , Remaly is putting the finish - fourth at the Tournament of Champi - Vincenzo Gramaglia , Clearview : Kelsey Niglio , Cherokee : The Nick O’Brien , Shawnee : A top ing touches on a stellar high school ons to earn all - state second - team The Pioneers suffered major losses to leader for a sensational group of hitter for one of the best teams in career featuring over 130 goals , 150 honors . graduation from last year’s sectional distance runners at Cherokee , Niglio South Jersey , this senior infielder assists and 225 draw controls . finalist team , but are happy to have placed fourth in the 800 at last spring’s Meet of Champions . ? SOUTH JERSEY MAGAZINE volume 20 issue 1 SouthJerseyMagazine.com 52 |

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