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By Mike Gurnis MORRIS TWP. — The final minutes of the third period have been an achilles heel for Morris Knolls-Hills in the opening part of the season. It saw a one-goal lead turn into a buzzer-beating loss against Chatham on Jan. 22, and then just two days ago it surrendered the tying goal toContinue reading “Morris Knolls-Hills’ seniors get elusive win over Randolph: Story, observations, 3 stars”

SCHEDULE West Morris vs. KJS United at Skylands Ice World, 4:40 p.m. High Point-Wallkill Valley vs. Bernards-Somerville-Middlesex at Mennen Arena, 5:45 p.m. Randolph vs. Morris Knolls-Hills at Mennen Arena, 8 p.m. Pope John vs. St. Peter’s Prep at Skylands Ice World, 8 p.m. Coaches: Please e-mail your box scores to Mike Gurnis at michaelgurnis@gmail.com afterContinue reading “Morris/Sussex area schedule for Feb. 5”

VERNON 4, PARK REGIONAL 3 Devan England scored the game-winning goal with 1:06 left in regulation and Dylan Shea had a hat trick as Vernon picked up a dramatic 4-3 win over Park Regional at Mennen Arena. With the game knotted up at two late in the third period, Whippany Park’s Eddie Karpinski scored onContinue reading “Feb. 4 recap: Vernon rallies late, Mountain Lakes-Boonton wins again”

SCHEDULE Vernon vs. Park Regional at Mennen Arena, 4:15 p.m. Newton-Lenape Valley vs. Bernards-Somerville-Middlesex at Mennen Arena, 6:15 p.m. Gill St. Bernard’s vs. Mountain Lakes-Boonton at Mennen Arena, 8:15 p.m. GIRLS Morristown-Beard vs. Westfield at Twin Oaks Ice Rink, 4 p.m. Coaches: Please e-mail your box scores to Mike Gurnis at michaelgurnis@gmail.com after each gameContinue reading “Morris/Sussex area schedule for Feb. 4”

MOUNTAIN LAKES-BOONTON 5, GILL ST. BERNARD’S 1 Aiden Reidy had a hat trick to lift Mountain Lakes-Boonton to a 5-1 win over Gill St. Bernard’s at Mennen Arena. It marked the fifth straight win of the season for Mountain Lakes-Boonton, and also gave the team a win in its first rematch of last year’s HaasContinue reading “Feb. 3 recap: Reidy lifts Mountain Lakes-Boonton, Roxbury suffers 1st loss”

Morris Knolls-Hills and Randolph are without question two of the biggest rivals in Morris County, to go along with being two of the top teams in the state. The teams are so evenly matched, in fact, that neither have been able to come up with a winner in recent meetings. The squads met on WednesdayContinue reading “Morris Knolls-Hills and Randolph skate to 5-5 tie: Recap, observations, 3 stars”

SCHEDULE Roxbury vs. West Essex-Caldwell at Mennen Arena, 4 p.m. Pope John vs. Christian Brothers at Jersey Shore Arena, 4:40 p.m. Randolph vs. Morris Knolls-Hills at Aspen Ice, 5:45 p.m. Mountain Lakes-Boonton vs. Gill St. Bernard’s at Mennen Arena, 5:45 p.m. West Morris vs. Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown at Mennen Arena, 7:45 p.m. GIRLS Chatham vs. SummitContinue reading “Morris/Sussex area schedule for Feb. 3”

Here is a look at this week’s Morris-Sussex Hockey Report Top 5 rankings: 1-Delbarton (1-0) What you should know: All of Delbarton’s games this past week and this coming week have been postponed. It is slated to return to the ice against reigning Non-Public state champion Christian Brothers on Monday, Feb. 8. 2-Morristown-Beard (1-1-1) WhatContinue reading “Morris-Sussex Hockey Report Top 5, Player of Week for Jan. 31”

MENNEN Division record Overall record W-L-T Pts W-L-T Randolph 1-0-0 2 1-0-0 Morristown-Beard 1-0-0 2 1-1-1 Chatham 1-1-0 2 2-2-0 Morris Knolls 1-1-0 2 2-1-0 Morristown 0-2-0 0 2-3-1 HALVORSEN Division record Overall record W-L-T Pts W-L-T Roxbury 2-0-0 4 4-0-0 Madison 1-0-0 2 2-1-0 Mendham 0-1-1 1 0-1-1 KJS United 0-2-1 1 0-4-1 MontvilleContinue reading “Morris/Sussex area standings for Jan. 31”

SCHEDULE Vernon vs. West Morris at Mennen Arena, 6:15 p.m. Coaches: Please e-mail your box scores to Mike Gurnis at michaelgurnis@gmail.com after each game for inclusion in our nightly recaps. Also, please e-mail any schedule changes/updates as well. Thank you!