Covering New Jersey High School Sports Since 2006!
Covering New Jersey High School Sports Since 2006!
Joe HofmannFor more than five minutes last February, Morris Knolls’ Luke Shivas was having his way with Hackettstown’s Elioth Guarquila. Shivas was dominant, up big and seemingly headed for the Region 2 consolation semifinals. Atlantic City was coming into focus…
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Joe HofmannThe wait is over for the Montville wrestling team – on a number of levels. The Mustangs hosted their first district since the 1970s and couldn’t wait to go out and win it on their home mat – and…
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Joe HofmannThree points. Three, lousy, stinking points. That is all that kept Morris Knolls’ Ryder Stambach from qualifying for the state wrestling tournament at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City last winter. Beginning with the districts on Feb. 22, the 138-pound…
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Joe HofmannFor many years, the Morris County Tournament, wrestling teams competed … for second place. Delbarton had won an unprecedented 15 straight team titles, more than doubling the previous two team records (Jefferson 7 in a row from 1990-96, Randolph…
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Joe HofmannWhen he entered Mountain Lakes High School as a freshman four years ago, Rinaldo DiGiacopo was a basketball player. But his life dramatically changed when he tried out for freshman hoops. He was cut. Back when he was in…
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Joe HofmannAMERICAN DIVISION DELBARTON Head coach – Bryan Stoll Projected lineup 106-PJ Terranova 113-Cam Sontz 120-Tommy Marchetti 126-Brayden Jones, Dylan Palentchar 132-Ryan DeGeorge 138-Chase Quenault 144-Nick Schwartz Freshman 150-Jayden James 157-Trevor Jones 165-Alessio Perentin 175-CJ Betz 190-Brody Ismael 215-Elbrus Majagah…
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Joe HofmannIt was the year of the pass. The pitch. The keeper. In Morris County, it was the year of the quarterback. From the beginning of the season right until the end, Morris County QBs played a huge role in…
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Joe HofmannIt was quite a year for sectional football champions Butler and Hanover Park and runnerup Morris Knolls and the three schools were rewarded accordingly by the Morris County Football Coaches Association in its annual All-County team. The team consisted…
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Joe HofmannIt is getting close to All-County time, when I receive coaches’ all-county nominations, sift through the numbers, strength of schedules, teams’ successes (or failures) and my observations, put it all into a blender, and assemble the final product. Is…
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Joe HofmannThere are losses that sting a bit – but then you wake up the next morning and move on. And there are losses that reach down into your heart and rip it out. Those take awhile to shake off.…
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