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By Mike Gurnis MORRIS TWP. — While Morris Knolls-Hills experienced a state championship as recently as a year ago, it never hurts to have a reminder of just what needs to be done to win it all. After an upset loss to Madison in the first round of the Mennen Cup, Morris Knolls-Hills assistant coachContinue reading “Morris Knolls-Hills shows its commitment, advances to Public A semifinals”

BOYS QUARTERFINALS PUBLIC A 1-Morris Knolls-Hills vs. 9-Marlboro-Holmdel at Mennen Arena, 5:45 PUBLIC B 1-Randolph vs. 8-Southern at Aspen Ice, 7:30 PUBLIC C 7-Chatham at 2-Lakeland at Ice Vault, 6:15 NON-PUBLIC 4-Delbarton vs. 5-Gloucester Catholic at Aspen Ice, 5:30 8-Morristown-Beard at 1-Christian Brothers at Jersey Shore Arena, 4:15 GIRLS INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT SEMIFINALS 1-Morristown-Beard vs 4-OakContinue reading “Morris-Sussex NJSIAA Tournament schedule for Monday, March 2”

PUBLIC C Round of 16 17-Madison at 1-Summit at Union Sports Arena, 4 p.m. 13-Mendham at 4-Rumson-Fair Haven at Red Bank Armory, 3 p.m. 11-Roxbury at 6-Indian Hills at Ice Vault, 7:30 p.m.

Chatham 2, Mahwah 0 Behind a 27-save performance from goalie Jennifer Olnowich, seventh seed Chatham earned a 2-0 win over 10th seed Mahwah in the NJSIAA Public C Tournament Round of 16 at Mennen Arena. Will White put Chatham on the board 1:38 into the second period on a power play goal. Then, Ryan SordilloContinue reading “Feb. 28 Morris-Sussex state tourney recap: Knolls-Hills, Randolph, Chatham earn shutouts”

PUBLIC A Round of 16 1-Morris Knolls-Hills vs. 16-Ocean Township-Shore at Mennen Arena, 6 p.m. PUBLIC B Round of 16 1-Randolph vs. 17-West Milford-Pequannock at Aspen Ice, 7:45 p.m. 13-Park Regional at 4-Middletown South at Middletown Ice World, 5 p.m. PUBLIC C Round of 16 7-Chatham vs. 10-Mahwah at Mennen Arena, 8 p.m. 12-Montville atContinue reading “Feb. 27 NJSIAA Tournament schedule for Morris-Sussex”

Morristown-Beard 4, St. Joseph (Mont.) 1 Andrew Low and Tommy Matthews scored eight seconds apart late in the second period to give eighth-seed Morristown-Beard the lead for good in a 4-1 win over ninth-seed St. Joseph (Mont.) in the NJSIAA Non-Public Tournament Round of 16 at Mennen Arena. Hollis Humphries also scored for the Crimson,Continue reading “Feb. 26 Morris-Sussex NJSIAA Tournament recap: Morristown-Beard advances”

Mendham 3, Mountain Lakes-Boonton 0 Connor McDonough recorded a 21 save shutout to lift 13th seed Mendham to a 3-0 win over 20th seed Mountain Lakes-Boonton in the first round of the NJSIAA Public C tournament at Mennen Arena. The game was a match-up of the Halvorsen (Mendham) and Haas Cup (Mountain Lakes) winners. RyanContinue reading “Feb. 24-25 Morris-Sussex NJSIAA Tournament recap”

PUBLIC C FIRST ROUND 17-Madison at 16-Millburn, 4:15 p.m. at Codey Arena 12-Montville vs. 21-Johnson, 6:30 p.m. at Mennen Arena 13-Mendham vs. 20-Mountain Lakes-Boonton, 8:30 p.m. at Mennen Arena NON-PUBLIC FIRST ROUND 15-Pope John vs. 18-Oratory, 8:20 p.m. at Skylands Ice World

By Mike Gurnis MORRIS TWP. — A year ago, Mendham plowed through the Haas Division with relative ease en route to a Haas Cup title. This season, the Minutemen had the opportunity to move back up to the Halvorsen Division, where it had played every year since 2004-05 prior to a rough 2017-18 season inContinue reading “Mendham holds off Roxbury for Halvorsen Cup title”

By Mike Gurnis MORRIS TWP. — Tommy Matthews, D.J. Layden, and the rest of Morristown-Beard’s senior class have been waiting for this moment. As freshmen, they were part of a squad that completed a four-peat in the Mennen Cup in 2017. But as they learned the past two seasons, this is one of the hardestContinue reading “Morristown-Beard gets its redemption, reclaims Mennen Cup with win over Randolph”