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Braydon Sisco of Kinnelon-Jefferson-Sparta was honored as one of the New Jersey Devils Players of the Month for December. Sisco was one of eight players to be picked. Seven boys players are picked, one from each conference in the state, while there is one girls player picked as well. The sophomore forward had a tremendousContinue reading “Kinnelon-Jefferson-Sparta’s Sisco named Devils Player of Month for December”

TUESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2025 Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown vs. Montclair, 4 p.m. (Clary Anderson Arena)Parsippany Regional vs. Newark East Side, 4:30 p.m. (Ironbound Recreation Center)Morris Knolls-Hills vs. Bernards-Somerville-Middlesex, 8 p.m. (Mennen Arena) GIRLSMorristown-Beard vs. Princeton Day, 4:45 p.m. (Twin Oaks Ice Rink) E-mail Mike Gurnis at michaelgurnis@gmail.com

MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2025 Morristown-Beard drops first game, a heartbreaker to St. Joseph (Mont.)In a battle of Top 5 teams in both the Big State Sports Power Rankings and the NJ.com Top 20, No. 4 Morristown-Beard fell, 1-0 to No. 5 St. Joseph of Montvale at Twin Oaks Ice Rink. Logan Hughes scored the loneContinue reading “Jan. 13 recap: Morristown-Beard suffers 1st loss, West Morris rallies in third”

MONDAY, JANUARY 13, 2025 Morristown vs. Livingston, 4 p.m. (Codey Arena)Morristown-Beard vs. St. Joseph (Mont.), 4:30 p.m. (Twin Oaks Ice Rink)Morris Catholic-St. Elizabeth-Newark Academy vs. Mountain Lakes-Boonton, 4:30 p.m. (Mennen Arena)West Morris vs. Madison, 6:30 p.m. (Mennen Arena)Pope John vs. St. Peter’s Prep, 6:30 p.m. (Skylands Ice World)Gill St. Bernard’s vs. Park Regional, 8:30 p.m.Continue reading “Morris/Sussex area schedule for Monday, Jan. 13”

By Mike Gurnis Delbarton just had one of the best weeks you can possibly expect. The Green Wave knocked off Don Bosco, 3-1, before taking down Christian Brothers in overtime, 5-4. CBA was ranked No. 1 in the NJ.com Top 20 (No. 2 by Big State Sports), Don Bosco was No. 2 (No. 1 byContinue reading “Mike Gurnis’ weekly notes and observations for Jan. 12”

Here are the Morris/Sussex 3 Stars of the Week for games played from Jan. 5-11. This season, I will also be naming a Girls star of the week from the four area girls teams. At the bottom, you can also find our boys Top 10 for the week. THREE STARS OF THE WEEKEgor Andreev, Delbarton,Continue reading “Morris/Sussex 3 Stars and area Top 10 for Jan. 12”

SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 2025 Randolph avoids upset with late rally to defeat Morristown — GAME STORY Mendham, Mount Olive tri-op battle to rare scoreless tieNeither Mendham nor Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown were able to find the back of the net on Saturday, as the teams played to a 0-0 tie in Halvorsen Division play at Mennen Arena.Continue reading “Jan. 11 recap: Mendham, Mount Olive tri-op battle to scoreless tie”

By Mike Gurnis As the scoreboard clock at Mennen Arena wound down to zero, the final score read: Randolph 6, Morristown 2. Those who weren’t in attendance in Morris Township or didn’t watch the broadcast of the game will see the final score and assume it was the typical dominant performance from a Randolph teamContinue reading “Randolph avoids upset with late rally to defeat Morristown”

SUNDAY, JANUARY 12, 2025 Morris Catholic-St. Elizabeth-Newark Academy vs. Roxbury, 6:15 p.m. (Mennen Arena)Park Regional vs. J.P. Stevens-Edison-Metuchen, 8:15 p.m. (Mennen Arena) GIRLSMadison vs. Cranford, 3:45 p.m E-mail Mike Gurnis at michaelgurnis@gmail.com

FRIDAY, JANUARY 10, 2025 Pope John bounces back behind Parillo’s hat trickHunter Parillo had a hat trick to lead Pope John to a 5-3 win over Gloucester Catholic in Gordon Conference play at Hollydell Ice Arena. With the game knotted up at three in the third period, Alex Mizak scored the go-ahead goal with 11:55Continue reading “Jan. 10 recap: Pope John bounces back”