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MENNEN CUP First round Tuesday: 4-Chatham vs. 5-Morristown, 8 Semifinals on Thursday, Feb. 20 2-Randolph vs. 6-Madison, 6:15 1-Morristown-Beard vs. Chatham/Morristown winner, 8:15 Final Saturday at 6:15 HALVORSEN CUP Semifinals Wednesday: 1-Roxbury vs. 4-Vernon, 7:30 Thursday: 2-Montville vs. 3- Mendham, 4:15 Final Saturday at 4:15 HAAS CUP Semifinals on Wednesday 1-Park Regional vs. 4-Gill St.Continue reading “Remaining schedule for Mennen, Halvorsen and Haas Cups”

Mennen Cup: Madison 1, Morris Knolls-Hills 0 With the amount of talent that there is in the Mennen Division- one of the top divisions in the state- on a year-to-year basis, there’s always the potential for a surprising result. Madison, the sixth seed, pulled off a stunning upset as it took down third seed MorrisContinue reading “Feb. 13 cup recap: Madison stuns Knolls-Hills; Park, Vernon, Mendham advance”

HAAS CUP FIRST ROUND 1-Park Regional vs. 8-Parsippany Regional at Mennen Arena, 4:15 HALVORSEN CUP FIRST ROUND 4-Vernon vs. 5-Sparta-Jefferson at Skylands Ice World, 3:50 3-Mendham vs. 6-Kinnelon at Mennen Arena, 6:15 MENNEN CUP FIRST ROUND 3-Morris Knolls-Hills vs. 6-Madison at Mennen Arena, 8:15

On Wednesday, the seeds for the Gordon Cup were released, and both Delbarton and Pope John learned of their seeds for the prestigious tournament. Delbarton, which has reached the final for nine consecutive years, with four titles in that span, will be the fourth seed this year. It lost to Don Bosco Prep in lastContinue reading “Delbarton, Pope John learn seeds for Gordon Cup”

Gill St. Bernard’s 4, West Morris 1 Brenen Lavoie recorded a hat trick to lift fourth seed Gill St. Bernard’s to a 4-1 win over fifth seed West Morris in the first round of the Haas Cup at Mennen Arena. Lavoie gave his team the lead late in the second period, before adding a powerContinue reading “Haas Cup recap: Lane’s 4 goals lift Mountain Lakes-Boonton, Lavoie leads Gill St. Bernard’s to win”

HAAS CUP First round 4-Gill St. Bernard’s vs. 5-West Morris, 4:15 3-Mount Olive-Hopatcong-Hackettstown vs. 6-High Point-Wallkill Valley, 6:15 2-Mountain Lakes-Boonton vs. Newton-Lenape Valley, 8:15 Regular season Montville vs. Westfield at Warinanco Skating Center, 6:30 GIRLS Madison vs. Oak Knoll at Rock Ice in Dunellen, 4

By Mike Gurnis Alexa Degan made sure the Prep championship trophy would stay with Morristown-Beard for at least one more year. The freshman defenseman scored the game-winner in overtime on Tuesday afternoon, to lift top seed Morristown-Beard to a dramatic 4-3 win over second seed Pingry in the Prep Tournament final at Twin Oaks IceContinue reading “Morristown-Beard girls top Pingry in OT for 5th straight Prep title”

Parsippany Regional vs. Newark East Side at Barnabas Health Hockey House, 2:45 Delbarton vs. Suffern (N.Y.) at Sport-O-Rama, Monsey, N.Y., 4:15 GIRLS PREP FINAL: 1-Morristown-Beard vs. 2-Pingry at Twin Oaks Ice Rink, 4:30

Randolph 4, Seton Hall Prep 2 If there was any doubt about who the top seed in the Public B state tournament should be, Randolph made it abundantly clear, as it claimed a 4-2 triumph over Seton Hall Prep, which is ranked No. 6 in the state by NJ.com. Randolph trailed, 2-1 in the secondContinue reading “Feb. 10 recap: Randolph downs Seton Hall Prep, Vernon punches ticket to states”

Of the 23 teams that play in the Morris-Sussex area, there will be at least 15 of them playing in the state tournament, with the potential for a few more who have at-large cases. In order to automatically qualify for the state tournament, a team must finish with a .500 or better record prior toContinue reading “Who’s in? A look at which Morris-Sussex teams qualified for state tournament”