What's Happening

Yesterday’s news:

Girls Baskets: Mount Olive led by two moving into the fourth quarter. The Marauders connected on free throws late in the fourth and were able to hold off a comeback attempt by the Eagles. Breezy Rush led Morris Knolls with 13 points. For Mt. Olive, Kayla Cilenti scored 6, Steph Danzy added 11, Autumn Harnisch contributed with 7, Nicole Muller added 8, and Kim Cochran scored 4. Both schools hold a 5-8 recording moving into their Count Tournament games. Both teams face tough opponents on Saturday. The Marauders travel to Whippany Park and Knolls meets division foe Randolph.

Parsippany avenged an early season loss to Morris Hills. The Red Hawks outscored the Scarlet Knights 12-1 in the final quarter. Hills won the first game in overtime. The Red Hawks trailed by 2 at the half and improved to 8-7 on the season. Parsippany squares off with Pequannock on Saturday. The Panthers were knocked off by Montville yesterday and will look to rebound with a MCT victory Saturday. Morris Hills will face Montville and the 5-9 Mustangs may just have enough to knock off the Knights. Both games will be very competitive.

How competitive is the IHC-Hills? West Essex beat Hanover last week. Par Hills and Chatham knock off West Essex. Mendham and Summit go toe to toe with Mendham winning by 6 at Summit, 60-54.

Morristown-Beard defeated Kent Place 35-25. The Crimson travel to Villa Walsh today for some MCT action. The three photos below are from the Kent Place - Mo. Beard game. Other pics from the game can be seen at: http://www.shaleridge.net/

Boys Hoops: West Morris mixed things up a bit in the IHC-Iron. Randolph had just knocked off Columbia and out come the Highlanders to put a damper on the Rams parade. West Morris should their capabilities and came through with the upset last night. The theme this year, for many teams, has been – win the big game, get the upset, then lose the next. The Highlanders need to stay focused and remain consistent if they hope to advance over Kinnelon on Saturday.

Montville knocked in 64 last night in a 64-48 victory over Pequannock. The Mustangs used a 21-6 fourth quarter to secure the victory. Maybe the Mustangs can use this as momentum and advance with a win over Mt. Olive?

Morris Hills maybe struggling lately, but a win’s a win. The Scarlet Knights used two free throws from Adam Katz to edge the Red Hawks from Parsippany. The Scarlet Knights potent offense was held in check. The Knights need to regain their high scoring presence if they plan on making a run in the MCT.

Delbarton stormed back, scoring 22 points in the final quarter, but the Green Wave could not overcome the lead built by DePaul. DePaul is responsible for two of Delbarton’s 4 losses and one of Mendham’s two.

Ice Hockey: Hanover Regional mounted a come back with under a minute-thirty to play. Training by two, Regional scored two goals in thirty seconds to earn a tie against Roxbury. For the second time this week, Morristown mounted a valiant comeback. The Colonials trailed 2-0 midway through the second and scored 3 unanswered goals to secure a 3-2 victory over Madison. Early this week, Morristown trailed Mt. Olive 3-0 and 4-2 before scoring three goals in the final 2 minutes to win 5-4.

Wrestling: Mt. Olive topped Hopatcong 45-30. Tom Licciardi outscored Nick Pastore 12-10 to help aid the Marauders.

THE MCT: Prelims start off today, Girls Hoops gets underway today at Villa Walsh. The Vikings host Mo-Beard at 4:00. Villa edged DePaul yesterday 27-26. Dover travels to Mendham and St E’s is at Roxbury. One game today for the Boys, Montville travels to Mt. Olive at 7:00.

Regular season action: Chatham boys and Girls square off with Par Hills. Both games should be exciting and both are very important games in the conference race. Par Hills Boys have knocked off Mendham and Chatham looks to win here and even out the race.

Morristown-Beard and Morris Knolls will fight it out at Mennen at 5:45. Delbarton and Pope John will be at Skylands at 7:45. These are two great match ups between 4 of the states top teams.

Coach Carchietta will be working at the Morris County Middle School Wrestling tournament and getting a preview of Morris County finest up and coming grapplers. This endeavor will keep me from covering any games this weekend.