Thursday, November 1, 2007

Boys Soccer - North 1 Preview

NJSIAA BOYS SOCCER -- North 1, Group I

#8 Butler at #1 Wallington: Butler beat #9 New Milford 1-0 on a goal by Brendan Pontidis. Butler comes in with a 10-8 record. Wallington is coming off a tie with Harrington, 1-1. Paul Kasica can find the net for the Panthers. Wallington, at 13-1-3 maybe many favorite to win Group 1 overall.

#5 Waldwick at #4 Pompton Lakes: Waldwick dad a nice 1-0 win over Saddle Brook last week. Waldwick beat Pompton Lakes 2-1 on October 9th, so this should be a good one!

#6 Emerson at #3 Cresskill: Matt Bancroft and Ian Oates scored as Cresskill knocked off Emerson 2-0 in late September. David Lubinski was solid in net with 12 saves. But, on October 15th, these two Bergen schools ties 1-1. Lubinski recorded 8 saves and it was Zak Azmi who stepped it up for the Cavos making 12 saves.

#7 Midland Park at #2 Becton: Park has beat Pompton Lakes 2-1 last week, avenging an earlier 1-0 defeat. Becton beat Harrison 2-1.

North 1, Group II

#9 North Warren at #1 Ramsey: North Warren defeated #8 Dwight Morrow 3-2 allowing the Patriots to advance. Traveling to Ramsey is no easy task. The Rams tied Wayne Hills 2-2 last week at home.

#5 Glen Rock at #4 Newton: Glen Rock took down Elmwood Park 2-0 while Newton defeated Westwood 3-0. The shutout victories allowed these two to meet up Friday. Kevin Churchill scored two for the Brave and Kyle Reinhardt added one. Matthew Beverin scored both for Glen Rock.

#11 Kittatinny at #3 Kinnelon: Manchester knocked off Dumont on the road, while the Colts put up six on Manchester, winning 6-1. Casey Stabile & Paul Montella scored the goals that enabled the Cougars to advance. Kinnelon is a very strong team, and Eric Makinen in net makes it difficult to score.

#7 River Dell at #1 Tenafly: The Dell beat Pascack Valley 2-1 setting up this match-up. This is a rematch of last Saturday’s game won by the Tigers, 2-1 in the second overtime. Ben Pearl & Scott Wiggins each came through with 6 saves for their respective teams.

North 1, Group III
#9 Wayne Hills at #1 Sparta
– Wayne Hills beat Roxbury 1-0 this week to advance to this game. (see photos) Sparta is solid. They suffered a tough loss earlier in the season to Morris Catholic. The Spartans are a perennial SCIL power and are here to makes some noise, as always.

#5 Northern Highlands at #4 Morris Hills: NH defeated NV-Demarest to earn this match-up with the Scarlet Knights. Morris Hills is the newly crowned Morris County Champions and feature arguably the best keeper in the state. Coach Rosenberg was quoted saying, “Delbarton really had a more great scoring opportunities, but (Rafael Diaz) is so quick that he made the saves look routine.” Northern Highlands is a solid squad and can upset the Knights. The Allendale school rolled off five straight after trailing 1-0 to NV-D.

#6 Paramus at #3 Wayne Valley: Paramus passed #11 Passaic Valley 2-1 and now must square up with Wayne Valley. The Spartans, now 16-6, will have to play their best to upset Valley (ranked #10 by The Star Ledger). Wayne Valley is 14-1-1 with their only loss to NJ’s #4 Millburn.

#7 Montville at #2 Ramapo: The Mustangs took it to #10 West Milford en route to a 5-1 victory that allowed Montville to opportunity to play Ramapo. Ramapo is currently ranked #9 in the state and is a perennial power in Group 3. They will Josh Lewis early and often.












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