Hanover Park 20, Chatham 19

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Story from the Star Ledger

by SEAN REILLY, FOR THE STAR-LEDGER; Saturday 9-13-08

Pete Nagy already had run for three touchdowns among 20 total carries and also caught six passes, four of which resulted in first downs.

But as the Hanover Park senior geared up for the final play of yesterday's game against Chatham, foremost in his mind were two plays that he fell short of making on special teams. Photo Left: Nagy(22) Lays out and deflects the potential game winning field goal as time expires.

With them as motivation, the 5-9, 185-pounder blocked a 30-yard field goal attempt as time expired, saving his team's 20-19 victory at Cougar Field in Chatham.

"I was a hair away from blocking two extra points,'' he said. "So on the last play I knew that nobody was going to stop me.'' PhotoRight: Nagy just missing an early extra point.

Chatham took a 19-7 lead into the final quarter, but Nagy scored on a 6-yard run with just under eight minutes left and Jeremy Mota hit the extra point to draw Hanover Park to within five points. The 14-play, 67-yard drive had begun with under four minutes left in the third period, after a 40-yard punt return TD by Rob Guida had given Chatham a 12-point lead.

The Hanover Park defense then held Chatham to a three-and-out possession, leading to a 10-play, 56-yard drive that closed with Nagy's 1-yard, go-ahead TD run with 1:20 to go.

Chatham used a 20-yard kick return by Kyle Hagens to start at its 42. After getting a first down

at the Hanover Park 46, quarterback Graham Wagner completed a 33-yard pass to Guida with 14 seconds left. After an incomplete pass on first down, Chatham tried to win the game with a field goal, but Nagy blocked the kick. Photo above: Chatham's Senior Kyle Hagens

Nagy ended with 59 yards on 20 carries and caught six passes totaling 19 yards. The bulk of those receptions were on shovel passes from quarterback Glenn Paladino that resulted in short completions for first downs.

"The shovel pass has been a staple in our offense,'' Hanover Park coach Dan Gregory said. "Our kids did a good job running it and our line was great in reading it. That play probably bailed us out, along with the quarterback counter play.''

Paladino shook off a first half in which two of his passes were intercepted by Tom Fazio of Chatham. He ended 8-of-14 for 35 yards, with 12 keeps for 50 yards.

"The turnovers killed us early,'' Paladino said. "I just had to clear my head and do what I was coached to do.''

Hanover Park had taken a 7-0 lead when Nagy scored on a 1-yard carry midway through the first half, ending a six-play, 36-yard drive that began after Chatham fumbled on the second play of the game. Photo Below: Nagy finds open field.

Chatham drew to within 7-6 after Chris Conroy scored from 3 yards on the first play of the second quarter and the home team extended its advantage to 13-7 at halftime after Hagens scored on a 2-yard run with 1:17 to go. Kyle McDonough of Chatham recovered a fumble on Hanover Park's next play from scrimmage, but a bad snap wiped out a 21-yard field goal attempt by Chatham on the final play of the half.

                             1st   2nd   3rd   4th   Final
Chatham (0-1)                  0    13     6     0      19
Hanover Park (1-0)             7     0     0    13      20

First Quarter

Hanover Park: Pete Nagy 1 run (Jeremy Mota kick)

Second Quarter

Chatham: Chris Conroy 3 run (Pat Butler kick)

Chatham: Kyle Hagens 2 run (kick failed)

Third Quarter

Chatham: Rob Guida 40 punt return (pass failed)

Fourth Quarter

Hanover Park: Pete Nagy 6 run (Jeremy Mota kick)

Hanover Park: Pete Nagy 1 run (pass failed)

2008 Boys Basketball Seeds

1. Mendham
2. Mt Olive
3. Delbarton
4. Chatham
5. Morris Hills
6. Roxbury
7. Mountain Lakes
8. Morris Catholic
9. Morristown-Beard
10. Montville
11. Hanover Park
12. Par Hills
13. West Morris
14. Pequannock
15. Morristown
16. Whippany Park
17. Madison
18. Randolph
19. Morris Knolls
20. Kinnelon
21. Parsippany
22. Boonton
23. Dover
24. Butler

NO SHOW: MCVT

(24) Butler at (9) Mo-Beard
(23) Dover at (10) Montville
(22) Boonton at (11) Hanover Park
(21) Parsippany at (12) Par Hills
(20) Kinnelon at (13) West Morris
(19) Morris Knolls at (14) Pequannock
(18) Randolph at (15) Morristown
(17) Madison at (16) Whippany Park

2008 Girls Basketball Seeds

1. Morris Catholic
2. Hanover Park
3. West Morris
4. Chatham
5. Randolph
6. Parsippany
7. Butler
8. Boonton
9. Roxbury
10. Morris Knolls
11. Whippany Park
12. Villa Walsh
13. Morris Hills
14. Mendham
15. Morristown-Beard
16. Pequannock
17. Montville
18. Madison
19. Kinnelon
20. Par Hills
21. Mt Olive
22. Morris County Vo-Tech
23. Mountain Lakes
24. Montville
25. Dover

NO SHOW - St. ELizabeth's
SCIL Festival - Jefferson

First Round
(25) Dover at (8) Boonton
(24) Montville at (9) Roxbury
(23) Mountain Lakes at (10) Morris Knolls
(22) MCVT at (11) Whippany Pk
(21) Mt Olive at (12) Villa Walsh
(20) Par Hills at (13) Morris Hills
(19) Kinnelon at (14) Mendham
(18) Madison at (15) Mo-Beard
(17) Morristown at (16) Pequannock

Mock - Hockey Seedings - by BlueShark22

31633. Bracketology

by BlueShark22, 1/17/08 12:15 ET

Hey I was thinking its about halfway through the season and it'd be fun to preview the state tourney since its the 1st year with the new format....

I used all sorts of criteria including

1) Head to Head2) Common Opponents3) League Placement4) Strength of Schedule

I included teams that are under 500 as of now but have a pretty good shot of either making it to 500 or garnering an at large...in parochial there's 1 outside gordon, in public A there is 8 under 500, and public b there are 3.

They will be posted in 3 separate posts because of character length.

Here are the "rankings" I have right now without records or division as posted on the forum.

Parochial

1. CBA
2. Delby
3. St. A's
4. Bergen
5. Eustace
6. SHP
7. St. Peters
8. Don Bosco
9. SJ Met
10. Notre Dame
11. SJV
12. Red Bank Cath
13. Mon Don
14. Pope John
15. Gloucester Cath
16. Mo-Beard
17. MKA
18. Pingry
19. st. Joe's Mont
20. Par Cath
21. Paul VI
22. DePaul
23. St. Joe's Hamm*

Public A

1. Ridge
2. Fair Lawn
3. Montgomery
4. Randolph
5. Watchung Hills
6. Hillsborough *
7. Morris Knolls
8. Clifton
9. Roxbury
10. Hunt Cent *
11. Steinert
12. Tenafly
13. Westfield
14. South Brunswick
15. Livingston
16. Park Regional
17. WWPS
18. Brick Memorial
19. WWPN
20. Brick
21. MidTown N
22. Montclair
23. Toms River East*
24. Paramus
25. Wayne Valley
26. Pascack Valley*
27. Toms River South
28. Bayonne*
29. River Dell
30. Hackensack
31. Jackson*
32. Scotch Plains*
33. Point Pleasant*

Public B

1. Kinnelon
2. Ramsey
3. Hopewell Valley
4. Northern Highlands
5. Verona *
6. Jefferson
7. Rumson
8. Indian Hills
9. Pequannock
10. Wall
11. Chatham
12. Glen Rock
13. Cranford
14. Johnson
15. Sparta
16. Nutley
17. Bernards
18. Lakeland
19. Summit
20. Mahwah*
21. Passaic Valley
22. Governor Livingston
23. Montville
24. Robbinsville
25. High Point
26. Lawrence
27. Dumont
28. Red Bank Regional *

The teams with stars as it stands right now are below 500...there are only 3 total public at large bids so some of them unless they get to that mark will not be included.

Realignment

The Star Ledger gave their best shot at a Realignment Plan, probably taking into consideration the entire state and not just your (or my) school. My guess is that from here on in, no one will be happy and the public schools will end up getting the shaft with all in favor of the private's wishes. Just be careful what you wish for ...

Here's a link to The Star Ledger's take on it:

Public Vs. Private Debate
• A new plan to set up New Jersey sports conferences

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Mo-Beard Girls Hockey

Ask a Morris County Hockey fan to name the undefeated teams still left in Morris and they’ll probably get two out of three correct. Actually, they may not even know about the third. Sure, Kinnelon and Roxbury have unblemished records as of January 6th, but look no further and I’ll let you in on a little secret.

Morristown-Beard’s girl hockey program currently stands at 7-0-1 about one-third through the way through the season. More impressively, the Crimson have recorded four shutouts through December and have knocked down two consecutive shutout victories. The ladder, a 3-0 win at the Hill School in Pottstown, Pennsylvania.

• Morristown-Beard 3, Hill School 0 (7-0-1)
• Morristown-Beard 5, Holton Arms 0 (6-0-1)
• Morristown-Beard 2, Shady Side 2 (5-0-1)
• Morristown-Beard 7, Pingry 0 (5-0)
• Morristown-Beard 5, Princeton 3 (4-0)
• Morristown-Beard 5, Summit 1 (3-0) *non-league
• Morristown-Beard 3, Princeton 0 (2-0)
• Morristown-Beard 4, Portledge 3 (1-0)
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The Crimson, lead by head coach Bruce Driver, have built up an early lead in the WIHLMA League. Morristown-Beard, 6-0-1, has a three point lead over Portledge, who they defeated 4-3 in the season opener. Portledge has only played four conference games and Shady Side, who is currently in fourth place with 1 point, has only played one, yes one, conference game thus far.

League play-offs to be held at Shady Side Academy on February 16-17, 2008 will include teams finishing 1-4 playing in the championship round and teams finishing 5-8 playing in the consolation round.

Standout keeper Allie Maffei has started six games in met and is 5-0-1 on the season only allowing five goals, while establishing an impressive 94.7% save percentage.

Seventeen Crimson players have already recorded a point or more on the season. Through seven games, two underclassman have emerged as the goal scoring leaders. Freshman Sarah Bayersdorfer and sophomore Katie Paine, both forwards, have found the net 13 and 5 times, respectively. Bayersdorfer adds 3 assists to her give her 14 points on the season while Paine has 5 assists for a total of 10 points.

Sophomore Samantha Vicari (3G, 6A) is third on the team in points with nine. Gina Maffei has a knack for setting up goals with 8 points. Junior defenseman, Lavinia Kronberg, freshman Alyssa Bufis and senior Brittany Deventer all have seven points.

You can see the Crimson Monday, January 7 against Summit. They also face Pingry on January 10^th and Canterbery on the 16^th. These home games are held at Twin Oaks at 5:15.

(Photos compliments of a Summit parent who passed them along to Coach Driver.)

MK Tourn-Final Day Recap

Morris Knolls Holiday Tournament Final Day Recap

By Andrew Sidebottom

Game 1: Mountain Lakes Whips Parsippany Hills, 58-52

In opening game of the final round of the Morris Knolls Holiday Tournament, Mountain Lakes cruised to 58-52 victory over Par Hills. Mountain Lakes controlled the first three quarters but in the final session, the Vikings closed the gap to make the score less lopsided.

After a 12-11 Herd lead back and forth first quarter, Mountain Lakes pulled ahead with an aggressive defense. That defense produced four steals in the second quarter that helped to propel the Herd to a 19-8 advantage in the second quarter. The Lakes defense forced the Vikings to long jumpers and those misses lead to easy points for the Herd. The score at half time was 31-19 Mountain Lakes.

In the third quarter, Parsippany Hills employed the full court press in an effort to cut into the deficit but the press proved ineffective due to the arm of Jake Tripucka. As the inbound man, Tripucka launched long full court passes that gave his team easy buckets. The third quarter ended with Mountain Lakes on top 44-29.

In the fourth quarter, the Vikings began to mount a comeback but it was too late. Despite over ten points from Greg Solimine in the final few minutes. The final score was 58-52, which was much closer than the game itself.

Mountain Lakes prevailed due to a stingy, hustling defense and an efficient offense. Chase Winter added ten for the Herd and Tripucka added 15 points and six assists to the cause. Parsippany Hills struggled all game offensively missed jump shots and lay-ups. Solimine finished with 23 points most of them in the final period.

Morris Hills Wins Championship in a Thriller

In the de facto, championship of the Morris Knolls Tournament, Morris Hills beat Jefferson 57-56 in the battle of the only 2-0 teams in the tournament. This game went back and forth especially in the final quarter.

In the opening stanza, Morris Hills jumped out with an 11-1 run to open the game. The main method of scoring was dribble penetration and quick pass for an easy lay-up. Jefferson managed to score some points and bring the score to 19-11 at the end of the first quarter.

In the second frame, the Falcons got on track as Derek Hall got open for a few easy baskets. Jefferson won the quarter, 14-7, but the Knights were leading the half 26-25.

In the third quarter, Morris Hills regained their dribble drive scoring touch as the outscored Jefferson in that period, 12-9, and lead 38-34 entering the climatic fourth quarter.

In the final period, the Falcons opened the fourth quarter with a 10-2 run to give them a 44-40 edge. Jefferson extended their lead to nine with three minutes left in the game. Then, the Knights began their march back. Andy Katz was on fire nailing three consecutive three pointers. Jack Champion answered with two threes of his own. Next with one minute to go, Katz missed a three but Justin Doniloski drove the lane to bring the score to 56-54 with thirty tics left. Jefferson inbound but with ten seconds left, John Hiland was fouled. He missed both free throws, and then the Knights got the rebound but fumbled it out of bounds. Jefferson inbounded again and Mike Kern was fouled with 6.6 seconds left. He missed both foul shots and Doniloski got the rebound. He then raced down the court and near – but what looked like inside - the three-point stripe, he launched up a shot as he fell towards his right. The shot hit the rim and went in as the buzzer sounded. Right after, the officials gathered and decided that the shot counts and would be worth three points, giving Morris Hills the win and tournament title, as the players celebrated. Jefferson had missed three shots in the final quarter before missing four straight foul shots with under tens seconds to go in the game.

Jefferson falls to 4-2 and Morris Hills is now 6-0. Jefferson was lead by Hall’s 24 points and Champions’ 12. Morris Hills was paced by Katz’s 13 and Doniloski’s 14. Morris Hill might challenge for the Iron Hills basketball title as they did for football and soccer.

Montville Overcomes Morris Knolls, 53-50

Montville battled back from a half time shortfall to beat the tournament hosts in the last game of 2007 in Morris County. Montville’s comeback was due to a control of the glass, rebounding Knolls by a wide margin.

In the first quarter, the Golden Eagles harassed the Mustangs and forced turnovers. The Knolls defense was swarming to the ball and that lead to easy buckets for the home squad as they jumped out by an 18-9 lead at the end of the quarter.

In the following period, both teams were cold as ice from the field, struggling to score many points. After a 10-9 Montville favored quarter, the game went to the half with score 27-19 Golden Eagles.

In the third session, Montville came out hot with an 8-3 scoring run right out of the gate. Montville then applies some of the pressure they faced early towards their opponents. This strategy worked causing turnovers and preventing the home squad from clicking offensively. The Golden Eagles despite playing on their home court struggled to get a bounce from the rims. Montville tied the game, 35-35, at the end of the quarter on a Joe Kim buzzer beating three pointers.

In the fourth quarter, Montville used their rebounding advantage by scoring multiple second and third chance points. In the first three minutes, Montville had built a five-point lead that remained until the final minute of the game. Morris Knolls made it a one-possession game twice in the final minute but Montville made their foul shots to preserve the 53-50 lead.

Montville was without their leading scorer, Travis Warech, for the entire tournament and only managed to win one game. Montville was lead by Ryan Gajdos who scored 18 points and had four steals. Morris Knolls was paced by JJ Boylan who chipped in ten points.

Morris Knolls hosted a great tournament, the facilities were great, the food and service at the snack bar was great, and the basketball was fun to watch. Good Luck to all teams in 2008.