By Mark Kitchin Morriscountyvarsityboysbasketball When Whippany Park basketball coach Jeff Kleinbaum took a ride to Rutgers University on Tuesday, he wasn’t just as alumnus checking out the school’s new basketball coach – he was supporting an old teammate. Rutgers hired Eddie Jordan to take over the Scarlet Knights men’s basketball program which had undergone scandal […]
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Remembering Bob Chandler
September 17, 2012 
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By Mark Kitchin Morriscountyvarsityboysbasketball His height was far from six feet but his presence loomed large. He had a stern, intense look about him. His eyes were sharp. When he was in charge of a team, there was no doubt who was the boss. His name was Bob Chandler and if you ever met him, […]
Read more Whippany Park knows it can be something special
July 26, 2012 0 Comments
By Mark Kitchin Morriscountyvarsityboysbasketball WhippanyPark season review 2012 Jeff Kleinbaum knew almost from the opening tap of the first game last season that his team had the chance to have a very good year. “Early on we broke a jinx and we beat a good Verona team,’’ Kleinbaum said. “On a Tuesday afternoon after the […]
Read more Summer League returns to Newark Academy
April 24, 2012 0 Comments
The Newark Academy Summer League is returning after a year’s hiatus it was recently announced in a press release. The league is scheduled to run from June 25 to July 27. Each high school team is guaranteed eight games at the private school located in Livingston. There will be eight regular season games followed by […]
Read more Blistering second quarter lifts Mount Olive past West Morris
February 8, 2012 0 Comments
Mount Olive scored 38 second-quarter points and cruised to an 84-76 triumph over West Morris in boys basketball action on Tuesday. Kevin Miller scored 24 points including six 3-pointers. Zach Heenan scored 15 points and Justin Palanchi added 12 to fuel the Marauders triumph. Mount Olive is 14-4 on the season. Pat Barron scored 26 […]
Read more Jenkins reaches milestone as Morristown-Beard advances in MCT
February 4, 2012 0 Comments
By Mark Kitchin Morriscountyvarsityboysbasketball MORRIS TWP. — Chris Jenkins doesn’t want to stop for anything — even a milestone. Jenkins scored 18 points including his milestone 1,000th point and teammate Brian Bartner added 20 to lift Morristown-Beard to a 65-48 victory over Morris Hills in the opening round of the Morris County Tournament on Saturday. […]
Read more Are there more MCT surprises in store on Saturday?
February 3, 2012 0 Comments
By Mark Kitchin Morriscountyvarsityboysbasketball Does a Cinderella lurk in this year’s Morris County Tournament? It wouldn’t be at all surprising. Roxbury (18th seed), Delbarton (19th seed) and West Morris (20th seed) all pulled shockers last week although their triumphs made some sense. Delbarton and West Morris are tournament regulars with long time coaches that know […]
Read more February 2 basketball scores
February 3, 2012 0 Comments
Scores from Thursday’s games. Chatham 45, Parsippany 33 — The Cougars improve to 15-2 with the triumph. The Red Hawks fall to 3-14. Colin Brown had 14 points and Jonathan Berntsen, who is back after tearing his meniscus in December, chipped in with eight points. Randolph 69, West Morris 58 — The Rams are 12-6. […]
Read more Defensive effort helps Randolph rout Morristown
February 1, 2012 0 Comments
By Mark Kitchin Morriscountyvarsityboysbasketball RANDOLPH — Julian Aiken and his Randolph teammates always knew they could score points, but now the Rams understand that they could never be winners if they didn’t believe in their defense. Randolph used its defense and some scoring from Aiken, too in a 68-32 rout on Tuesday. Aiken, the leading scorer […]
Read more Morris Hills advances past Butler in tournament play
January 29, 2012 0 Comments
By Mark Kitchin Morriscountyvarsityboysbasketball ROCKAWAY — Evan Staikos scored 19 points and helped Morris Hills pull away from Butler in a 56-37 triumph in preliminary round Morris County Tournament action on Saturday. Brian Walls added 11 points for the 16th-seeded Scarlet Knights. Morris Hills advances to play top-seeded Morristown-Beard in the opening round of the […]
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