Boys Hoops Update

There’s been a ton of fun high school action so far this week. I now know why most HS sports writers avoid releasing their top 10 before New Year’s!

Boys Basketball Notes: Our preseason rankings, put together by my basketball expert and myself, were shattered by the time most teams had played 2 games. Our preseason #1 Delbarton took a tough 3-point loss to DePaul on Tuesday. The Green Wave’s comeback fell just short as 29 points by Justin Crosgrile helped cut a 7 point halftime deficit. Delbarton opened with a quality win over a strong Madison squad on Friday. Our #2 Mendham should moves to the #1 spot with wins over Summit 48-21 and a very convincing win over Chatham 53-34. Morris County Soccer MVP, Shane Atha showed his versatility by pouring in 5 and 13 points in the two games. Our #3, Morristown rebounded from an opening round loss to Seton Hall Prep 65-46 with a convincing 54-41 victory over East Orange. Preseason #4 Par Hills opened with a tough loss to Chatham and came right back beating Hanover Park. Our #5 Madison fell to Delbarton on opening night, but bounced back with 40-point victory over 0-2 Butler. #6 West Morris fell to Roxbury 47-45. Our expert never even mentioned that Roxbury would be a stronger IHC team, but they’ll be in our top 10 next week! #7 – The Bombers from Boonton took down Newark-Art and squeezed out a 1 point victory over Essex County’s Verona. #8 – Randolph lost both games to Mt. Olive and West Morris, and look to gain their 1^st victory Friday against Livingston. (I think we can all see that the IHC-Iron is one tough Hoops conference.) #9 Morris Catholic must love their new conference, opening with 2 wins. #10 Morris Hills can put up points. The Scarlet Knights poured in 81 Tuesday against Dover improving to 2-0.

I will have a new top 10 by Christmas! Morristown-Beard and Roxbury should be making a showing in the MCHSS top 10 ... but let's see how the week pans out.

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Our staff wants to wish Villa Walsh Girls Hoops a bit of luck. The Morristown school plays in the Northern Hills Conference. Here's a team that may surprise some of the Morris county Hoops fans, but those of us that love the sport remember Villa's 2005 MCT upset of a strong Chatham team. But those of you that know me, know I am all this year and this year looks promising for the Vikings. In an opening day victory over Madison 51-29, Tracy Borsinger dropped in 20 points. Paige Gesicki added 11 points and Colleen Bott contributed with 10.

You can view the Villa Walsh Girls Basketball Officaial site: www.villahoops.com

The Vikings are off t0 Newark-West Side in hopes of grabbing a 3-0 start in the NHC.

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A definite site worth viewing: www.shaleridge.net is sports dedicated site. The site has recently covered Mountain Lakes @ Pingry Ice Hockey; Metuchen vs Kinnelon @ Girls Soccer State Finals and Immaculata vs Delbarton - State Finals @ Rutgers

This site covers many of the sports in the Morris County area. Please take a look by going to this link.

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