The Semifinals: 35th Annual MCT Girls Basketball
Madison, NJ, USA; 20 February 2009 Friday: The Semifinals of the 35th Annual Morris County Girls Basketball Tournament held at Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Recreation Center. 1st game: West Morris Central vs Chatham; 2nd game Morris Catholic vs Hanover Park.
Chatham vs West Morris game photos
Hanover Park vs Morris Catholic game photos
Or just enjoy the pictures below.
Please note: If you are with Hanover Park, please contact Coach Vinny about getting copies of your pictures.
MCT Wrestling Tournament
Mt. Olive, NJ Saturday January 31, 2009: The Annual Morris County Wrestling Tournament was held Friday and Saturday at Mt Olive High School.
Championship Weekend in Morris County
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
- 160 – Dustin Brooks (Boonton) pinned Mike Lomio (Hanover Pk) 5:00
- 171 – Kyle Kaufmann (Madison) pinned Alex Anest (Boonton) 2:49
- 189 – Chris Lloyd (Morristown) pinned Yuriy Mayoski (Par Hills) 2:33
- 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.
Photos by Vinny Carchietta for njsi.net
Morris County Girls Basketball Tournament
Florham Park, NJ – The #1 and #2 seeds will meet in the finals of the 34th Annual Morris County Tournament. #1 Morris Catholic took down #4 Chatham in the night cap via their overpowering pressure and speed. The Crusaders return to the finals for the eighth time in nine years with the 58-28 victory over Chatham. #2 Hanover Park, considered the underdog by many despite the higher seed, opened up the game in the 2nd half and jetted to a 45-34 victory over #3 West Morris Central. Haley D’Angelo gave Hanover Park head aches all game long defensively, but in return, the Hornets held the senior to 5 points, well below her season average. Emily Peel, Central’s leading scoring, knocked in 12. Jenna Wortman scored 15 and Lindsey Singer added 14
Morris County Wrestling Tournament
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.
1. Randolph 195; 2. Roxbury 145; 3. Parsippany 142; 4. Mount Olive 97 1/2 ; 5. Montville 85 1/2; 6. Mendham 77; 8. Madison 72 1/2; 9. Parsippany Hills 67; 10. Kinnelon 66 1/2; 11. Delbarton 63; 12. Pequannock 59; 13. Whippany Park 58 1/2; 14. Hanover Park 57; 15. Jefferson 55; 16. Morristown 54; 17. Morris Knolls 53; 18. West Morris 43; 19. Morris Hills 32; 20. Dover 25 1/2; 21. Mountain Lakes 16; 22. Chatham 12; 23. Morris Catholic 10; 24. Butler 8.
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MCT Girls Soccer Quarterfinals
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.
Congratulations to the Star Ledger 2006-07 All State Girls Basketball
The Star-Ledger announced the 2006-07 Winter Sports All-State: Girls Basketball players. Special congratulations to Mary Dunn of Morris Catholic and Tayler Wejnert of Holy Angels, who we photographed in action during the Morris and Bergen County Basketball tournaments, respectively, this past season. Also, special shout out to Allie Zazzali of Scotch Plains-Fanwood for being named the Union County Player of the year. A special shoutt out to Tayler Wejnert, who is also Gatorade’s Girls Basketball PLayer of the Year for New Jersey. Good luck to you all in college!
