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
Ice Hockey: Morristown-Beard v. Morris Knolls
Morristown, NJ - On Saturday, the Crimson took down Morris Knolls after a tough faught battle between two of NJ’s best. It was Dan DePoalo tallying all goals for the Crimson, as he complete the natural hat trick with an empty-netter with only seconds to play. Morristown-Beard, now ranked #12 by The Star-Ledger, improved to 15-4-1. Doug Taylor recorded the win in net with 16 saves. Kyle Edwards scored for the Eagles who are now 11-7-1. Tyler Rideout was sharp in net for Knolls and help keep the Golden Eagles within striking range. Morris Knolls will face Chatham in the opening round of the Mennen Cup next Tuesday at 8:00 pm.
1 2 3 - F Morris Knolls 0 1 0 - 1 Morristown-Beard 0 2 1 - 3
2nd Period: MB – Dan DePoalo (Matt Willows, Bobby Yannotta). MK – Kyle Edwards (Dylan Garrity, Don Nicholos). MB - DePoalo (Andrew Koslov)
Third Period: MB - DePoalo (Ryan Paradis)
Girls Hoops: MCT Quarterfinal Hanover Park – Morris Knolls
Denville, NJ – Hanover Park, the #2-seed, had to fight off host school and #7-seed Morris Knolls. Morris Knolls gave the Hornets all they could handle and lead by one at the half, only to see the Hornet regroup at the Half and run away in the closing quarters. Hanover Park advances to the semifinals for the 3rd time in as many years. Hanover Park improved to 17-1 on the season and will face West Essex on Thursday. The Scarlet Knights handed the Hornets their only loss earlier this season. Hanover will then play in the semi’s less than 24 hours later.
Hanover Park 45-33 Morris Knolls
Wrestling: Whippany Park at Dover
Dover, NJ – The Dover Tigers swept through Saturday’s Quad meet, defeating Boonton, Whippany Park and Bogota. The match of the day turned out to be the Whippany Park and Dover. Dover jumped out to 22-6 lead, only to watch as the Wildcats rallied back to tie the match 33 with only one bout. Dover’s Peter Laverdi and Joe Cecere went into the third period tied at 4 only to see Laverdi bring Cecere to his back and secure the victory for Dover.
Dover 39, Whippany Park 33 — Saturday February 9, 2008
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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Hanover Park’s Girls Basketball keeps rolling
East Hanover, NJ – The Hanover Park Hornets improved to 12-1 on the season with a 53-21 victory over Parsippany Hills. Hanover held the Lady Vikings scoreless for almost 7 minutes of the 1st quarter, which ended with the Hornets leading 15-5. Ashley Addison lead all scorers with 14 and Jenna Wortman knocked in ten. Parsippany Hills had Shannon Steuer and Jessica Zambito score six a piece. Hanover faces Morris County’s most dangerous team, Chatham today at 4:00.
Hanover Park (12-1) 15 18 12 8 53 Parsippany Hills (2-11) 5 5 0 11 21
Morris County Middle School Wrestling
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.
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Day #2 – Sat. Weights 105 -HWT: Quarter Finals
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Hanover Park 50-21 West Essex – Wrestling
East Hanover, NJ – The home crowd was fired up as Hanover Park improved to 9-5, 5-0 in conference matches. This sets up a great week for the Hornets who travel to Parsippany (1 loss in confernce) and host Mendham (no losses in conference). Rich Szymczak, Jake Gruebert, Mike Lomio and Antonio Delvescovo all won on pins for the Hornets. West Essex received top performances from Sal Tobia, Jimmy Ciampi and Mike Droz.
Photos by L. Castano for njsi.net & mchss.net.
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Par Hills 10-0 Parsippany – Ice Hockey
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.
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Photos by The Coach at MCHSS.net
Randolph 5-1 over Morris Knolls (Ice Hockey)
Morris Township, NJ – Randolph snapped a 3-game win-less streak (0-2-1) with an impressive 5-1 victory over Morris County rical Morris Knolls January 18, 2008 at Mennen Sports Arena. Chris Tamminga had two goals. His first opened the scoring just 3:33 into the game. Anthony Matrisciano and John Beatrice also added first period goals giving the Rams a quick 3-0 lead. Kyle Edwards sent Knolls to the locker down two, as his power play goal with only 2 seconds on the clock closed the scoring for the 1st Period.
Chris Maloney gave Randolph a 4-1 lead and Tamminga closed the scoring late in the second period. Randolph improved to 7-2-4 as Morris Knolls dropped their 5th game of the year, now 7-5-1. Knolls and Randolph tied 3-3 on opening day.
