Scotch Plains, NJ November 23, 2008: The NJ Suburban Youth Football League (NJSYFL) was formed in an effort to provide additional opportunities for boys to participate in contact football. The goal of the NJSYFL is to provide the largest number of pre-high school aged youth with a positive experience in the game of football. Since its inception on December 8th, 1972 in Scotch Plains, NJ, the NJSYFL has grown to provide 4500 boys and girls the opportunity to to participate in youth football and cheerleader programs.
NJSYFL held their Super Bowl Championships over the weekend. The results are as follows:
All-Star Game : South 19, North 6… C Division : Summit 13, Scotch Plains-Fanwood 12… A Division : Springfield 34, Richmond Boro 6… B Division : Belleville 7, Parsippany 6
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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.
Rockaway, NJ – Morris Knolls hosted the Morris County Tournament girls basketball quarterfinals on February 9, 2008 wher: West Morris Central defeated Parsippany 56-38, while Chatham defeated Mt Olive 58-32. Hanover Park cam out on top 44-31 against Morris Knolls and Morris Catholic beat Boonton 66-32. For the remainder of the games go to Bracketmaker.
CLICK HERE for photos from the Parsippany vs West Morris game
CLICK HERE for pictures from the Mount Olive vs Chatham game
CLICK HERE for details of the Hanover Park Morris Knolls Game
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 – The margin of victory this year will do nothing to dampen the rivalry between the two Parsippany Schools, in fact, you can expect it to simply add more fuel to the fire. In a bitter and high energy game, the Vikings of Parsippany Hills put a back yard beating on their neighbors from Parsippany. In a heated match when penalties, checks and fan fun was abundant, Brandon Lopez and Patrick Lynch stole the show with two goals each. Parsippany Hills is now unbeaten in their last 4 games – three wins and a tie – improving to 4-6-2 over-all. Parsippany falls to 1-13-1 and were out shot 24-8 over the two periods.