RAMAPO INDIAN HILLS 

REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 

Maximizing opportunities to meet the needs of all students for a meaningful life

March 27, 2022

Indian Hills Wrestling

Wrestling at Indian Hills High School had an amazing 14-win season.

Konnor Kovalcik, took 2nd Place in the Districts and was a Regional qualifier, 2nd team All League.

Nico Nucifora, 1st team All League

Chris Weaver, 2nd team All League 

Christian Kovalcik, 2nd team All League

Brady Dransfield, 2nd team All League

Dimitri Rainey, 2nd team All League

Jose Calderon, Honorable Mention team All League

Dylan Asgarian, Honorable Mention team All League

Ramapo Cross Country

Brianna Braver accepts a Certificate of Congratulations from Bergen County Executive James Tedesco III, for being the Records Athlete of the Week in November recognized as a 2 time North 1 Group 3 State Sectional Champion in Cross Country.  From left to right Ramapo Principal Travis Smith, Cross Country Coach Mike Nangle, Brianna Braver, Athletic Director Livio Mancino. 

Indian Hills Bowling

Boys Bowling: North 1 Group 2 State Sectional Champions

Evan Reid, 2nd Team All County, 1st Team All-League

Jake Willis, 2nd Team All County, 1st Team All-League

Joe Brugna, 2nd Team All-League

Apollo Pascual, Honorable Mention All-League

Girls Bowling: Big North Preseason Tournament Champs, State Finals Qualifiers 

Natalie Christopher, 1st Team All County, 1st Team All-League

Haley Lenzetti, 2nd Team All County, 1st Team All-League

Allison Babino, Honorable Mention All County, 2nd Team All-League

Marina Mekhail, Honorable Mention All League

SIGNING DAY

Congratulations to all of our senior athletes who participated in Signing Day. We are all very proud of you and wish you the best of luck at the collegiate level.

CONGRATS TO SENIOR ALLISON LOUNSBURY

RECOGNIZED FOR

NATIONAL GIRLS & WOMEN

IN SPORTS DAY CELEBRATION!!

Our Girls Basketball Team were the Number 2 Seed in North Jersey/Group 3/Section 1 in the NJSIAA State Tournament. They defeated Paterson Eastside High School 76-48 on Tuesday, 2/22/22, Franklin High School 49-46 on Saturday, 2/26/22 and Parsippany Hills High School in the State Tournament 72-53 on Tuesday 3/01/22 , another State Tournament victory 33-30 over Teaneck High School on Thursday, 3/03/22, and finally a win in the Semifinals of the State Tournament 53-40 over Montville High School on Saturday, 3/05/22. The girls lost a heartbreaker at Sparta High School 47-43 on Monday, 3/07/22 at 7 pm in the State Sectional Final. The girls finished their season as Conference Champs with a 26-2 record and ranked 11th in the State of New Jersey. 

CONGRATS TO SENIOR JULIA CORELLA

OUR RECIPIENT OF THE

NJSIAA NATIONAL GIRLS AND

WOMEN IN SPORTS DAY!!

CONGRATULATIONS

COACH BUCCINO

ON

100 CAREER VICTORIES!

The Ramapo High School High School Boys Basketball Team was named the "Team of the Year"  by the Bergen County Coaches Association.  The team was honored at the recent BCCA Winter Awards Dinner.  Their overall record was 23-7.  They were Big North Freedom Division Champions, the North Jersey/Section 1/Group 3 Champions and advanced to the NJSIAA Group 3 Finals at Rutgers University.  Pictured are: (L-R) Assistant Coach Craig Nichols, Assistant Coach Jim Ring, Chris Cervino, Wyatt Eglinton Manner, Nate Burleson, Peyton Seals, Head Coach Nick Veir and Assistant Coach Dan Ring.  Missing from the photo was Senior Grant Sloan-Captain.

Indian Hills Winter Sports Recap

Girls Basketball Sportsmanship Award Winners, Holiday Tournament Champions, B.I.T Qualifiers, and State Sectional qualifiers 

Carly Spinella, 1st Team All League, Honorable Mention All County 

Kathleen DiFalco, 2nd Team All League

Gia White, Honorable Mention All League

Boys Basketball Sportsmanship Award Winners, 2022 B.I.T Tournament Qualifier

Anthony Puglisi, 1st Team All League

Gavin Enright, 2nd Team All League

Nazier Sanders, Honorable Mention All League

Boys Fencing

Ari Smith, 1st Team All League

Sean Pimley, 2nd Team All League

Jaedan Orsini, 2nd Team All League

Ulysses Bergel, Honorable Mention All League

Girls Fencing

2nd Place Finish in the NJSIAA District 1 Tournament 

Foil Team, Kayla Shaw, Jia Chen, Gabby Susino, State Champs, and Individual State Qualifiers 

Epee Squad, Kali Kuffel, Jaclyn Kotora, Audrey Ventimiglia placed in the TOP 20, State Qualifiers

Sydney Chiang, Individual State Qualifiers, Placed 14th  

Jia Chen, 1st team All County and County Foil Champion. 

Kayla Shaw and Jia Chen named First and Third Team All State respectively on nj.com. Shaw put together an unbeaten regular season with 20 victories. She was able to ride this momentum into the individual tournament, where she finished third overall. Shaw put together a career that will go down as a memorable one at Indian Hills.

Ski Team

Sophia Underfer finished 2nd in Giant Slalom she finished 1st Team All State

Boys Swim

6-3 with a successful dual meet season

Steven Roche, 1st Team All League, State Meet of Champs Qualifier

Nathaniel Rosen, 2nd Team All League

Rowan Guller, Honorable Mention All League

Girls Swim

Competed in the Sectional Finals, 3rd Place County Meet of Champs 

Katie Lawrence, two wins at the County Tournament, two second-place finishes in the State Meet of Champs, the Highest finish in school history, and for North Jersey Girls swimming this season. 

Katie Lawrence, All State, 1st Team All County, 1st Team All League 

Ellie Fazio, 1st Team All League, 2nd Team All County 

Karolena Shaw, 1st Team All League, 2nd Team All County

Joyce Baik, 1st Team All League, 2nd Team All County

Ava D’Antonio, 1st Team All League

Lucia Kim, 2nd Team All League

Maggie Wilson, 2nd Team All League

Winter Track

Russell Braver, Owen Zearfus, Deniz Kalkandelen were State Group Qualifiers 

Russell Braver, 3rd Team All County 

Owen Zearfaus, Honorable Mention All League

Allison Lounsbury, 1st Team All League, State Qualifier in Two Events

Kayla O’Neil, Honorable Mention All League

Ice Hockey

Sportsmanship Award 

All League Honorable Mention: Tony Palumbo, Brady Vella

All County Honorable Mention: Tony Palumbo

Cheer and RIH Dance Team

A big round of applause to all of our Cheerleaders and our Dance Team for their support this winter. Your performances were amazing and the winter would not have been the same without you. Thank you!

Ramapo

Fencing The following Fencers were awarded All Conference Recognition for the Bergen/Passaic Fencing League:

Girls:

Second Team Epee- Lia Dilisio & Noor Jepsen

Second Team Foil- Claudia Ferenc

First Team Sabre-Sarah Chagares

Honorable Mention-Madeline Engelman-Sanz 

Boys:

First Team Epee-Colin Wiechmann

First Team Epee-Morgan Lynch

Second Team Epee- Stephen Scapicchio

Second Team Foil- Joseph Park

First Team Sabre-Kyle Stamis

Second Team Sabre-Julian Loleng

Honorable Mention-Jack Bellantone

Boys Coach Mr. Matthew Krzysik and Girls Coach Steve Griffiths were both Named Coach of the Year.

The RHS Boy's Fencing Team finished 1st in the Bergen County Championship.

Saber Squad went 17-1 and finished 1st as a squad. Foil Squad went 11-7 and finished 2nd as a squad. Epee Squad went 12-6 and finished 3rd as a squad.

Ice Hockey The Ice Hockey team recently defeated Cranford High School 5-1 in the First Round of the NJSIAA State Tournament and Mahwah High School in the Quarterfinals 5-0. They battled State Ranked Northern Highlands in the State Semifinals, even jumping out to a 2-0 lead but they lost a heartbreaker 3-2 in overtime. It was a banner year for the team with 18 wins to show for it. 

Track Update Coach Manzo and the team hosted an outdoor “polar bear” type track meet on February 10th. It was attended by 12 teams and was a terrific success. The team continued the season with the State Team Championships at Toms River.

The Girls Team won the State Sectional Title the weekend of February 26-27.

ALL Bergen County Track

Girls 1st Team All-County: Izzie Anzaldo, Brianna Braver, Carly Griffin, Bianca Wertheimer, Julia Wowkun

Boys 1st Team All-County: Tommy DiVincent, Alex Horgan

Girls 2nd TeamAll-County: Erin Poppe, Amelia Keogh, Kendall Schmidt

Boys 2nd Team All-County: Stevie Feehan, Ryan Welch

Girls 3rd Team All-County: Micaela Chamberlin, Brianna Potaki

Wrestling Update

In the District 2 NJSIAA State Wrestling Tournament at Ramapo High School, Stefano Bruni - 138lb (Third Place) & Tom Shokoff - 190lb (First Place) advanced to the NJSIAA Region 1 Tournament at West Milford High School. Both wrestled well in the Regions.

Also, Jason Sansone (9) won the Championship at the Bergen County Freshman Tournament. 

Ramapo-Hills Ski Team Highlights

Congratulations to the Following Girls of the Ramapo-Hills Ski Team who competed in the ROC (Race of Champions) on Thursday 2/24. This race was by invite only to the Top 40 Female and Male racers in NJ.

Results:

GS - Sophia Underfer (IH) - 2nd Overall

GS - Jane Hourihan (R) - 12th Overall

SS - Sophia Underfer (IH) - 5th Overall

SS - Jane Hourihan (R) - 10th Overall

State Teams

Sophia Underfer (IH) - 1st Team All-State

Jane Hourihan (R) - 2nd Team All-State

Both Girls have been invited to represent NJ (as being top 12 in the State) to the Regionals next week in NH!

Ramapo Cheerleading Highlights

JV and Varsity both placed 1st at the Secaucus Competition on February 20th

The Varsity placed 2nd in Saddle Brook Competition on February 19th

JV Placed 1st at the Wayne Valley Competition on Feb 6th, Fair Lawn on Feb 13, and Varsity placed 3rd overall in the Big North mini-meet championship and placed 2nd in the Big North Conference regular championship. Congratulations on a terrific season!

RIH District Art Show

Just a reminder that our RIH District Art Show will take place on April 7th at 6:30 pm in the Ramapo High School Media Center. Please plan to attend and be prepared to be blown away by the exceptional art installations our students are preparing!

We recently began using a software technology platform called Thought Exchange. The purpose of Thought Exchange is to leverage the technology software so people can share their perspectives which will enable us to build our strategy and plan for the future. Our students will have the opportunity to participate in Thought Exchange this week in their English classes on designated days. In order for us to be able to help our team build upon the incredible success of our schools, we want to hear from all of our students so they can share their perspectives. At this time, we want to hear from our students on the following question:

What are the points of pride in our schools that we should continue to celebrate, and what are some areas we should focus on in order to continue to improve?

A similar Thought Exchange will be distributed to parents later in April.

School Calendar

The 2022 - 2023 School Calendar has been Board approved and is posted on the District website. The School Calendar may be accessed below or by clicking here.

Welcome to the

Ramapo High School APTS

Association of Parents, Teachers & Students

Welcome to the 

Indian Hills High School PTSO

Parent, Teacher, Student Organization

The Ramapo Indian Hills Board of Education implemented a new video streaming platform on our District webpage. RIH Board of Education meetings may be viewed directly on our District website by clicking here or at the following link: https://tinyurl.com/RIHBOELivestream

Archived Board of Education videos may be accessed at the following link. Additional information is available on the District webpage under the Board of Ed tab at the top of the page.

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