By Mark Kitchin Morriscountyvarsityboysbasketball Can a mid-season bonding weekend help a basketball team during the regular season? Morris Catholic thought it did. The Crusaders thought they built some much needed chemistry on an overnight trip during the first weekend of February. They won four of their last six games after their bus ride to Philadelphia […]
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MCVBB Final Top 10
March 26, 2013 
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Morriscountyvarsityboysbasketball Final top 10 Mount Olive (23-6) – The Marauders earn the honors of the No. 1 team by virtue of their Morris County Tournament title, their first in school history. Mount Olive defeated Chatham 67-54 to earn the honors. They also had a strong run in state play with wins over River Dell […]
Read more Morris-Sussex All-Star athletes had a ball
March 22, 2013 0 Comments
By Mark Kitchin Morriscountyvarsityboysbasketball MOUNT OLIVE – Most basketball players finish their varsity high school careers with a loss. It makes it all the more satisfying to get on the court one more time after tournament play with a chance to finish a winner or at the very least have some fun. The Morris team […]
Read more Harris leads Morris to 133-115 triumph in Senior Classic
March 21, 2013 0 Comments
Morriscountyvarsityboysbasketball MOUNT OLIVE Randolph’s Ryan Harris scored 24 points to spark the Morris team to a 133-115 victory over Sussex in the Morris-Sussex Senior All-Star Classic on Thursday in a showcase contest at Mount Olive High School. Whippany Park’s Jake Waddon and Roxbury’s Ryan Kelley scored 11 points apiece and all 17 players that dressed […]
Read more Heeman, Moore take All-Morris County honors
March 19, 2013 0 Comments
By Mark Kitchin MORRIS PLAINS – Mount Olive’s Zach Heeman was named Player of the Year and Mount Olive coach Kevin Moore earned Coach of the Year honors at the Morris County Boys Basketball Coaches Association end-of-the-year banquet on Tuesday at Bretton Woods Inn. Sixteen boys basketball players in all were honored by their coaches […]
Read more Date is set for Morris-Sussex Classic
March 10, 2013 0 Comments
Morriscountyvarsityboysbasketball The Morris-Sussex Senior All-Star Classic is being moved to Thursday, March 21st it was announced during the Morris County Boys Basketball Coaching Association end-of-the-season meeting. The showcase, which was originally slated for Tuesday the 19th, will still be held at Mount Olive High School. The exhibition is a 7 p.m. start. The selections for […]
Read more MCVBB Scoring Leaders for March 5
March 6, 2013 0 Comments
Morris County Scoring Leaders Includes games reported up to March 5 Includes players with a minimum of 18 games played Sammy Asani – Boonton – 20.4 Rashaan Spencer – Mount Olive – 19.0 Zach Heeman – Mount Olive – 18.5 Pat Barron – West Morris – 17.5 Ryan Kelley – Roxbury – 17.3 […]
Read more Irvington topples Chatham in sectional semifinal
March 3, 2013 0 Comments
By Mark Kitchin Morriscountyvarsityboysbasketball CHATHAM – As teams advance deeper into the state tournament they meet opponents that are a little bit faster, a little bit stronger, a little bit tougher and a little bit luckier than they are. When an opponent can string two or three of those element together it often means the […]
Read more Morris County teams eliminated from tournament
March 2, 2013 0 Comments
Saturday was slaughterday for Morris County teams as Mount Olive, Chatham and Morristown were eliminated in NJSIAA state tournament sectional semifinal action. Mount Olive got the closest taking Sparta to overtime before losing 73-67 in North 1, Group III action on Saturday. Rashaan Spencer scored 26 points including five 3-pointers, Ryan Traub added 17 points […]
Read more Heeman scores 1,000th in MO triumph; Chatham, Morristown advance
March 1, 2013 0 Comments
Zach Heeman scored 21 points including his 1,000th point to lift Mount Olive to a 74-64 triumph over Ramapo in North 1, Group III state tournament quarterfinal round basketball on Thursday. Heeman also grabbed 12 rebounds, junior point guard Rashaan Spencer added 21 points and Ryan Traub had 13 points and eight rebounds for the […]
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