Mendham, NJ, USA; 16 January 2009 Friday: Coach Jim Baglin celebrated his 600th win and 30 years at Mendham High School when his boys varsity basketball team defeated Weequahic 75-57 at home in front of a packed house of students, parents, colleagues, former players and members of the community.
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Chatham, NJ, USA; 2 November 2008 Sunday: Kinnelon defeated Randolph 2-1 in the girls’ soccer final of the Morris County Tournament held at Cougar Field, while Delbarton beat Mendham 1-0 during the boys final.
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Chatham, NJ, USA; 20 October 2008 Monday: West Morris Mendham @ Chatham High School Girls Varsity Field Hockey Played at Haas Field. The Lady Minutemen of Mendham defeated the Chatham Cougars 1-0.
June 15, 2008:The Star-Ledger today announced its 2008 Spring All-Stars: All-State Girls Lacrosse Team, which included Alyssa Dragon (Bridgewater-Raritan), Danielle Van Fossan (Chatham), Kelly Draper (Shore), Ali Cassera (West Essex), Virginia Weber (Moorestown), Kirsten Donahue (Seneca), Alyssa Ogle (Moorestown), Lauren Murray (Chatham), Annie McGinley (Moorestown), Ilyssa McIntyre (Oak Knoll), Kyla Damback (Mendham) and Barb Previ (Shawnee). Also, congratulations to Annie McGinley and Deb Marriott for being named the Player of the Year and Coach of the Year, respectively. We look forward to photographing these athletes in action next year when they play in college. Here are the All-Stars in Action:
Saturday April 12, 2008 Chatham, NJ; Chatham’s Paige Formakis (5) and Mendham’s Lauren Milligan (1) race for the ball during the Mendham @ Chatham High School Girls Varsity Lacrosse game played at Haas Field. Photo by Alex Cena
Saturday April 12, 2008 Chatham, NJ; Mendham’s Jill McFadyen (24) tries to manuever toward the net while Chatham’s Kara Cox (25) moves into position to defend during the Mendham @ Chatham High School Girls Varsity Lacrosse game played at Haas Field. Photo by Alex Cena
Big Weekend in Morris as County Champions were crowned in Boys & Girls Basketball as well as four Ice Hockey Champions. Saturday saw Delbarton take home the Gordon Cup with a 5-3 win over St. Augustine. Mendham took down Delbarton at CCM with a 62-47 victory.
Many Morris County Wrestlers gained District crowns. It was Hanover Park (District 9) and Roxbury (District 2) taking home team titles.
103 – Steve Godine (Whippany Pk) dec Nick Giordano (Hanover Pk) 4-2
112 – MOW – Eric Fajardo (Boonton) pinned Dave Standridge (Parsippany) 2:23
119 – Jordan Toma (Hanover Pk) dec Erik Gobbo (Delbarton) 11-10
125 – Anthony Mariano (Parsippany) dec Ben McNeil (Par Hills) 5-4
130 – Kyle Hussey (Parsippany) pinned Andrew Regan (Boonton) 5:16
135 – Aaron Velasquez (Morristown) dec Daniel Reuben (Mtn Lk) 3-1
140 – Nick Bach (Parsippany) pinned Ryan Colwell (Madison) 3:42
145 – Rob Hernandez (Whippany Pk) dec Chris Tracy (Hanover Pk) 7-6
152 – Jake Gruebert (Hanover Pk) dec Dean Sullivan (Delbarton) 11-1
215 – Casey Flynn (Morristown) dec Bob Grogan (Delbarton) 2-1
HWT – Michael Hall (Madison) pinned Spencer Williams (Par Hills) 2:39
Sunday began with Morris Catholic holding off a seasoned Hanover Park squad. The Hornets broke the relentless Morris Catholic press easily for almost all of the first half, but the Crusaders changed things up a bit with 3 minutes and increased a 2 point led to 24-19 half time advantage. Morris Catholic won its second straight MCT with a 52-38 victory. MVP Kathleen Schuckers led all scorers with 18. Let’s move from FDU-Florham to Mennen Arena for two great hockey games. Roxbury won the Haas Cup as the Gael broke a 1-1 tie with Park Regional en route to a 4-1 victory. Chris Sannipoli scored the eventual game winning goal for the Gaels, still undefeated at 21-0-1. Roxbury was led by four different goal scorers, as goal keeper Joe Streko stopped 18 out of 19 shots on net. Pequannock pulled the upset of the year in Morris County Hockey as the Golden Panthes, now 10-12-1, knocked off the, then, 19-1-2 Kinnleon Colts. Kinelon could not mount more than a one goal advantage as Steve Ondrof scored a power play goal to tie the game at 2 in the second period. The Panthers, who did not qualify for the state tournament who jump to a 3-2 lead when Steve Ondrof recorded the natural hat trick with just about 5 minutes left in the second period.Justin Lacorte added then insurance empty netter. Keeper Joe Fede was superman for the Panthers as the star goalie turned away 44 shots, and more importantly, limited the rebounds to near zero. On Monday, Randolph won the coveted Mennen Cup with a 4-1 victory over Moristown-Beard. Randolph, who controlled the pace of the entire game and rarely allowed Beard into the offensive zone, none-the-less, even set up their offense. John Beatrice, Chris Tamminga, Matt Fullam and Chris Maloney all scored for the Rams, now 13-4-5.
Mendham, NJ - The Mendham Minutemen defeated the Hanover Park Hornets 61-49 on February 21, 2008, which was also the day Mendham honored its senior basketball players and cheerleaders.
For Mendham, #55 Mark Cisco had a game high 23 points, while teammate #22 Rob Berish had 18 points. #4 Kent Poges, #3 Chris Hanson, #4 Chris Campisi and 11 Caleb DeMoss also put points up on the board. For the Hornets, Alex Gialanella and Pete Nagy had 10 points a piece while Phil Gatti and Chris Seery each had eight.
Mendham, NJ – On a cold and wintry day where snow blanketed the roads to make driving hazardous, the Mendham Minutemen defeated Dover 66-39 on February 12, 2008 in Mednham. Mark Cisco had a big day with 19 points for Mendham followed by Rob Berish with 10, including 2 baskets from the 3-point line. In addition, Kent Poges had 7 points, while Chris Campisi and Chris Hanson had 6 each; Colin McAleney and Conner Tinquist each had 5; and Caleb DeMoss and Max Ferri 4. For Dover, Henry Saltos and Sotiris Spiliotopolous were the leading scorers with 13 and 11, respectively.
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Roxbury, NJ – The 22nd Annual Morris County Wrestling Tournament was held this weekend at Roxbury High School. The two-day event culminated with crowning 14 Champions and a Most Outstanding Wrestling. Joe Serrao, Parsippany’s Heavyweight, locked up MOW honors by pinning his final two opponents and stunning the packed gymnasium. Randolph took home the team crown, rolling past all opponents and surpassing second place Roxbury by 50 points. Randolph’s Mike Suk was one of three champions for the Rams. Suk’s father is Randolph’s head coach. Whippany Park was treated to their second ever County Champion as Steve Godine was able to mount a 3rd period comeback in the opening match of the finals. Morris Knoll’s Dan Herr broke the Morris Knolls School Record for wins as he locked up his County Championship and improved to 24-2 on the season.
Florham Park, NJ - Seventeen Middle Schools through Morris County competed in a two day wrestling tournament. Frelinghuysen Middle School from Morristown took home the team crown for the second year in a row and dominated the second day, which consisted of weight classes ranging from 105 through Heavyweight. Pequannock took second place overall with East Hanover coming in third. Long Valley, Delbarton, Memorial (Hanover Twp) and West Essex rounded out the top 5.
Morris Township, NJ – #19 center Paul Ughetta assited #18 left wing Jeff Keating who scored the game winning goal early in the third period during the Chatham Cougars 2-1 victory over the Mendham Minutemen, 2-1 at Mennen Sports Arena.
Chatham’s Ughetta, who was assisted by Keating and right defenseman #4 Alex Wirt, scored first giving Chatham a 1-0 lead with 12:55 left in the first period. Mendham came back with 1:35 left in the second quarter with a power-play goal by #3 center Henry Borda. Chatham’s goalie #27 Charlie Boles stopped 14 shots while Mendham’s #71 Troy Herman blocked 26 shots.
Hampton, NJ – The Kittatinny Cougar Classic Holiday Boys Varsity Wrestling Tournament was held on December 27, 2007 featuring the following high schools: Roxbury, Kttatinny, Minisink Valley, Pequannock, Mendham, North Warren, Belvidere, DePaul, Lakeland and Shawnee.
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Wayne, NJ – Fair Lawn defeated West Morris Mendham during the New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Girls Volleyball Tournament Group III Finals held at William Patterson University’s Recreational Center in Wayne New Jersey.
We could not make it to the Morris County Tournament Girls Soccer Quarterfinals. However, “The Coach” from Morris County Varsity Sports was there to provide you the best in video coverage. He does some real good work you should definitely bookmark his site if you want to stay up to date on what is going on in sports at Morris County. While the best coverage is when the Coach is there with his video camera and prolific skills in addition to my camera, you’ll just have to enjoy his video on this one.
Chatham, NJ - The Lady Minutement of West Morris Mendham defeated the Chatham Cougars 2-1 in a girls varsity soccer game played on turf at Haas Field. The game remained scoreless in the first half as neither team could control the tempo and both keepers were able to stop every shot. Chatham’s #7 Ellie Gopel a freshmen was the first to score with 31:11 left in the second period. Ellie was assisted by junior #18 Charlotte Cosgrove. Shaken but not stirred, Mendham came right back at with 30:36 left in the game with an unassited goal by #23 Nicole Graziano. With 10:01 left on the clock, Mendham’s #6 Jaclyn Krostek assisted by #23 Nicole Graziano scored what would eventually be the game winning goal.
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