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This Web site was created by and will be maintained by Bob Decker. This site will cover the high school sports programs at Morris Hills and Morris Knolls and the youth and adult sports programs in the Rockaways, Denville and Wharton. Any Questions? Any Comments? Any Suggestions?
Please e-mail them to bobdecker@deckbob.com.
 

Many of the items above have "sub menus" -- simply run your mouse over bar and more pages will appear from which to choose. For instance, both the "Morris Hills Home" and "Morris Knolls Home" pages have drop-down menus where you can be re-directed to any of their respective varsity sports pages.

Doug Wilkins retires after 44 years

as head football coach at Mtn. Lakes

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(Click on the 'Doug Wilkins Retires' button on the menu bar at left)

MH, MK first-round MCT Scores-

(Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 5-6)

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Girls: Morris Knolls 52, Mountain Lakes 43 (Satuday)

Boys: Madison 44, Morris Hills 29 (Saturday)

Boys: Hanover Park 78, Morris Knolls 50 (Sunday)

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Follow both tournaments by clicking on 'MCT Girls Hoops' and 'MCT Boys Hoops'


BEST FRIENDS

Dan Kasper, Cory Mundt and Matt Hayes of Morris Hills and Conor Nolan and Mike Boylan of Morris Knolls have played basketball with or against each other, gone to school with each other and been best friends with each other for as long as they can remember. The Morris Hills-Morris Knolls basketball game last Thursday at Knolls was special to them all ... and not only because it will probably mark the only time in their high school careers they faced each other onthe court. Please see story and photos by pointing to the "Feature Story Pages" button on the menu bar at the left and then clicking on the "Best Friends" button when the sub menu appears.

'Coaches vs. Cancer' at MH-MK girls game

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    ROCKAWAY - It was "Coaches vs. Cancer" at the Morris Hills-Morris Knolls girls basketball games at Morris Hills High School on Thursday, Jan. 28, as the girls basketball programs of both schools helped raise funds to help battle cancer. Players on all three levels of both schools sold pink T-shirts and basktballs and manned donation cans at various locations in the gymnasium area.
    "A lot of the teams in the county tournament will be doing this in their gyms when the games start this Saturday," said Morris Hills head coach Bill Nieman. "We didn't think we would get a home game in the tourney, so we got together with Knolls and decided to do it tonight."
    Money collected at the Hills-Knolls game as well as the county games will be presented to various cancer charities on Friday, Feb. 26, when the Morris County Girls Basketball Tournament championship game will be played at FDU-Florham University.

    Before the varsity game, the teams posed for a combined team shot with their coaches, Sandy Feld of Morris Knolls (frontt row) and Nieman (second row) ... and then they went out a played the game and Morris Knolls (11-3) won, 45-39, but Morris Hills (4-10) was never out of contention.

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Photos by Vince Zvolensky / vz223@aol.com
Monahan, Black named 'Athletes of the Week'

    Brick 46 Restaurant of Rockaway and Attilio's Restaurant of Dover each have agreed to partner with www.deckbob.com to select and honor an "Athlete of the Week" on the high school and youth sports scene.  Each winner will receive a $25 gift restaurant gift certificate. Brick 46 is on 68 Route 46E  in Rockaway and can be reached at 973-625-4906.  Attilio's is on 80 East McFarlan St. (Rte. 46E) in Dover and can be reached by calling Nancy at 973-328-1100 or nancy@attiliostavern.com.)
The Athletes of the Week for this week are Jack Monahan, who plays hockey for Morris Knolls High School, and Ally Black, who plays for the RockDen Lady Renegades winter lacrosse team. Congratulations to both athletes!
Past high school winners are Shawn Concannon, Jen Jarvis, Azem Koliz, Mike Pinter, Terry Deemer, Mickey Weiks and  Willie Rzucidlo; past youth winners are Brianna Mott, Marc Andrian, Maddison Perna, Mike Marra, Conor Lovett, Maeve Krueger and Shawn Davis.

... what's new on www.deckbob.com

NEW FOR TUESDAY, Feb. 9:

MH GIRLS WINTER TRACK :  Lady Knights' 4x800 team qualifies for Penn Relays this spring

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NEW FOR MONDAY, Feb. 8:
MK BOYS HOOPS: No. 12 Eagles knocked out of MCT by No. 5 Hanover Park, 78-50

DECKER'S COLUMN: MK JV coach Moore squares off against former player on basketball court

ST. MARY's CYO:  Denville stuns previoiusly-unbeaten St. Elizabeth in CYO hoops

DENVILLE PAL HOOPS:
      5th-Grade Girls: Dunkin' Ds lose twice to slip below the .500 mark

BOWLING RESULTS: George Valerius rolls a 300 game at Rockaway Lanes

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NEW FOR SUNDAY, Feb. 7:
MK GIRLS HOOPS: Lady Eagles win in MCT, get 'home' game and top-seed WMC next
MH BOYS HOOPS: Knights lose to No. 3 seed Madison in MCT first-round game

MH HOCKEY: Knights lose to West Orange, 3-2, on two third-period power-play goals
MK FENCING: Lady Eagles fall to Oak Knoll, 18-9

ROCKDEN LACROSSE: Lady Renegades beat Randolph in playoffs to move into semifinal round
DENVILLE PAL HOOPS:
      6th-Grade Boys: Denville falls, 48-34, on Roxbury�s 18-5 fourth-quarter run

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NEW FOR SATURDAY, Feb. 6:

MK WRESTLING: Knolls beats Hills, 32-22, on Hartnett OT win in next-to-last bout

WINTER PHOTO PAGES: MK-MH Dual Meet - the Knolls-Hills match in pictures

MH GIRLS SWIM: Wagner wins NJAC backstroke title in first conference meet
MK GIRLS SWM: Stiles captures three medals as Knolls finishes 10th at NJAC meet

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NEW FOR FRIDAY, Feb. 5:
MH BOYS HOOPS: Knights get off to slow start in 69-51 loss to MCT top-seed Mendham
MK BOYS HOOPS: Eagles fall to 8-9 with loss to Sparta; state tourney hopes up in the air

MH GIRLS HOOPS: Lady Knights bow to Mendham, 38-34, for third loss in a row
MK GIRLS HOOPS: Lady Eagles can't overcome 11-point first half in loss to Sparta
MH FENCING: Knight boys, girls fall to Voorhees by identical 15-12 scores.

DENVILLE PAL HOOPS:
     5th Grade Girls: Demons win, take over second place in GSBL
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NEW FOR THURSDAY, Feb. 4:
MH HOCKEY: Knights lose 3-0 decision to Parsippany Hills
MK GIRLS SWIM: Lady Eagles fall to unbeaten St. Elizabeth, 105-65
MH BOYS SWIM: Knights fall, 113-58, as Kinnelon sweeps 11-race card
MH GIRLS SWIM: Wagner, Growney get only wins for MK in loss to Kinnelon
MK WRESTLING: Eagles pin their way past Montgomery, 42-18
MH WRESTLING: Knights overpowered by Montville, 52-19
YOUTH WRESTLE: Junior Eagles capture two straight dual meets
DENVILLE PAL HOOPS:
       7th/8th Girls Rec: Unbeaten Smart Growth survives scare; Volker wins

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NEW FOR WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3
MK GIRLS HOOPS: Roxbury scores last six points of game to defeat MK, 40-38
MK BOYS HOOPS: Knolls falls behind early in 60-38 defeat at hands of Roxbury
MH BOY HOOPS: Knights can't overcome early deficit in 46-35 loss to Delbarton
MH BOYS SWIM: Chan has only Knights' victory in 105-65 loss to Mendham
MH GIRLS SWIM: Wagner, Growney win as Lady Knights bow to Mendham, 106-64

DENVILLE PAL HOOPS:
      7th/8th Girls Rec: Unbeaten Smart Growth beats Joyce Honda for sixth victory

MCT GIRLS HOOPS: Lady Eagles beat Villa Walsh to advance in JV county tourney
MK FROSH HOOPS: Zvolensky, McCormick late free throws key MK 49-46 tourney win

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NEW FOR TUESDAY, Feb. 2:
MH GIRLS SWIM: Wagner, Growney 1-2 in backstroke at county meet as Hills finishes 11th
MH BOYS SWIM: No medals, no points ... just a ton of experience for four freshmen
MK BOYS SWIM: Stiles wins gold, silver, two relay medals at county meet; MK finishes 7th
MK GIRLS SWIM: Stiles wins three medals as Lady Eagles finish 9th at county meet

MK HOCKEY: Monahan's goal in final 0:43  hands Pingry first loss, 4-3
MH FENCING: Boys win, 15-12, beind Smith, King; Girls bow to Hackettstown

MK HOME PAGE: Applictions for HUB Soccer's annual scholarship being accepted

GONE FISHIN': Pequest Fish Hatchery sets its annual Open House for March 27-28

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     (To read any of the above stories, please click on the matching heading in the menu at the left)

ROCKAWAY TOWNSHIP TEAMS UP WITH DENVILLE: The Denville and Rockaway Township 8th-grade girls travel basketball teams played a mini-game exhibition as part of the Morris Knolls Youth Day program  in front of an enthusiastic half-time crowd at the Morris Knolls-Jefferson girls varsity game at Morris Knolls on Friday, Jan. 8. The players from both teams then posed for this post-game photo. Front row, left to right: Rachel Shea, Shannon Cox, Gina Aragona, Erin Bongo, Danielle DeVite and Chelsea Amaro; back row, left to right: Giulia Vitolo, Leanne Sweeny, Mackenzie Hestevold, Chelsea Fischer, Amanda Slomkowski, Jen Mele, Brianna Mott, Brianna Blauner, Jacie Cooper and Debbie Volpe.

Photo by Fritz Mott


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