Five locals chosen to enter Carpenter Cup tourney

The Mercer County Carpenter Cup roster has been released and three players from Hopewell Valley Central have made it onto the team including second baseman Tyler Cignarella (pictured, right) along with outfielders Ben Meer and Carl Sorg.
Two players from Ewing High School - senior third baseman Nick Cifelli and junior lefthander Colin Holmes - have also been named to the tournament team.
Carpenter Cup play commences for Mercer at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 16 against Delaware South at University of Pennsylvania's Meiklejohn Stadium.
The tourney continues June 18 and 19 at Meiklejohn and moves to Citizens Bank Park on June 23 for the semifinals with the championship slated to go June 24.
All games are weather permitting.
--Sports Editor Steve Sherman
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Carpenter Cup Classic
Mercer County
No. Name Cl. Pos. High School

24 Anthony Verderese Sr. OF Hamilton West
25 Ben Meer Sr. OF Hopewell
12 Brian Witkowski Sr. P Notre Dame
6 Carl Sorg Sr. OF Hopewell
23 Colin Holmes Jr. P Ewing
1 Eric Patterson Jr. 2B Nottingham
16 Joe Leone Sr. DH/3B Notre Dame
29 Jon Scott Jr. C Princeton Day School
22 Kevin Dragert Sr. P Steinert
9 Kevin Kocsak Sr. OF Hamilton West
32 Kyle Paul Jr. P Steinert
4 Kyle Reed Jr. P West Windsor North
14 Mark Kalokitis Sr. DH/C Steinert
30 Mark Moceri Jr. OF Steinert
7 Matt Chotkowski Sr. SS Nottingham
10 Matt Maher Sr. 3B Steinert
17 Matt Patterson Jr. 1B Nottingham
18 Mike Mimmo Jr. P Nottingham
8 Mike Tartaro Sr. OF West Windsor North
28 Neil Harm Sr. P Steinert
3 Nick Cifelli Sr. 3B Ewing
31 Nick Zucchero Sr. 1B Steinert
11 Ryan Phelan Jr. C West Windsor North
21 Scott Kelly Sr. SS West Windsor North
5 Tyler Cignarella Sr. 2B Hopewell
Alternates:
Kevin Fitzell Jr. P Lawrence
Mike Ford Jr. P/3B Hun School
Andrew Septer Sr. C Hamilton West
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Head Coach
3 - Brian Giallella
Assistant Coaches
8 - John Constantino
24 - Kip Harrison
25 - Tom Brettell