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Wojcik integral to Scotties’ soccer BY RICH FISHER
lot mental. She played during the summer and spring but she was still feeling her way because Julie Wojcik loves her mom. But Mother’s Day? Not so she’s playing older people. She plays at a very high level outside much. Well, to be fair, it’s just one of here, so I know she did some specific Mother’s Day that work and she was back into will always have negative it. The problem was, coming connotations, and that was in in you’re always gonna be a 2021. For it was on that day, while little bit tentative. It took her playing for her PDA South travel a while to get stronger and get soccer team, that Wojcik had her back to game fitness and game right knee taken out from under mentality.” She began to come on in her by an opposing player. “I thought I was fine, but it October, and finished with a turned out I tore my ACL and team-leading 11 assists. Her meniscus,” Wojcik said. “I had eight goals were second on the to get surgery done, which put team, behind the graduated Spartan Bootcamp members Jackie Katz, Sami Brown, Taryn Mager and Kaylee Campos of Bordentown weeding on Farnsworth Avenue on July 29, 2023 as part of a citywide cleanup effort. me back about a year. I still feel Victoria Wheeler. As a senior, Wojcik will not it was a year and a half before I felt comfortable coming back to only be integral to the team’s attack on the field, but as a play soccer.” After missing the entire leader. “We’re young,” Castaldo 2021 high school season, Julie returned to the Bordentown said. “We do have seniors, but High team last fall. Half of her we don’t have a lot of varsityjunior season was just trying to experienced players. We have coach isn’t one to coddle any- decade working with young athregain belief in herself as a player a handful. Some of them are BY JOE eMANSKI body. But he says that he has letes on the soccer field and, young players that we’ve thrown before finally hitting her stride. They say that kids today are seen with his own eyes that if now, on just about any field. “Last year we were a little into situations. Hartz spent the summer “So her experience and soft. That too many of them you challenge kids — motivate worried,” coach Dominic Castaldo said. “She came back leadership is number one. want to be coddled and not them to focus on building their working with 175 local children, in the spring and we didn’t And her downright play and enough want to put in the hard willpower and self belief — they ranging in age from 6 to 18, to help them build up their physiknow how she would be. It took competitiveness will bring the work necessary to become bet- will respond. ter at what they do. That’s the basis for Hartz’ cal fitness as well as their mena little while but by mid-to-end level up automatically.” That’s what they say. But Bill Spartan Bootcamp, a physical tal toughness. Positive word of Is Wojcik ready for her new of season and all of this past Welcome to Capital Health. Hartz isn’t having it. fitness training program that mouth from satisfied parents — role? summer she’s been outstanding. See WoJCiK, Page 4 See SPARTAN, Page 6 The long-time rec soccer he has developed over the past “She wasn’t in pain. It was a When someone you care about is sick, you’ll do whatever it takes to make sure they get the best care. And so do we.
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