Focus on the MK winter sports teams

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

    -

    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 won, 45-39, but Morris Hills was never out of contention.

-

Photos by Vince Zvolensky / vz223@aol.com

THEY ARE THE CHAMPIONS! The Morris Knolls High School boys basketball team strikes a pose with the championship plaque moments after beating Parsippany Hills, 53-41, in the title game of the Morris Knolls Boys Holiday Basketball Tournament held at Morris Knolls on Tuesday, Dec. 29. The team consists of, bottom row from left: Knolls head coach Ken Ferrare's sons Patrick, 3 1/2, and Anthony, 5, players Jordan Harvey, Tyler Daniel, Esaun Mobley, Bruce Mayo and Conor Lovett; back row, left to right: Ferrare is holding his youngest son, 18-month-old Christopher, tournament MVP Mike Boylan, Niko Kotoulas, Conor Nolan, Ryan Graff, Rob Sinegra, Ryan Pattis, Marc Defeo and Kevin Miller. For game details and more photos, please visit the MK Boys Hoops page by pointing to the 'Morris Knolls Home' button on the left side of this page and then clicking on the 'MK Boys Hoops' button when on the sub menu appears.

Photo by Vince Zvolensky / vz223@aol.com

 are available for MK-HUB players 

      DENVILLE - HUB Soccer of Denville and the 8 v 8 Summer League are once again co-sponsoring an academic scholarship for a Denville boy and girl who will be graduating from Morris Knolls High School in June of 2010.
     To be eligible to be considered for the scholarship, an applicant must have played soccer at Morris Knolls for three years, including his/her senior year. Also, the applicant must be a Denville resident who played in the HUB Soccer travel or recreation program before going to high school.
     Scholarship applications are avilable at the Knolls guidance office and at the HUB Soccer Web site at www.hubsoccer.org. A 250-500 word essay "How Soccer Has Affected My Life" must be written by each applicant.
     Applications must be received or post marked on or before April 15, 2010, at 11:59 p.m. in order to be eligible for consideration.
     More than $12,000 has been awarded to Knolls and HUB Soccer players to help with their college expenses since the program was started six years ago.

Morris Knolls wrestling coach Larry Rizzo greets Jon Arbelaez after he clinched the Eagles 31-28 victory over Jefferson with an 8-5 win in the final bout. Arbelaez also had the clinching 9-4 decision win in Knolls' 38-35 victory over Warren Hills. Morris Knolls made it a clean sweep with a 37-23 win over West Morris in a quad held at Morris Knolls on Saturday, Jan. 16. For details, please visit the 'MK Wrestling' page. For more photos, visit the 'MK quad on 1-16' page under the 'Winter Photo Albums' button in the menu bar at left.

Photo by Bob Weis

Tyler Daniel goes up and over a Pequannock defender for two points in the Eagles 68-56 loss to Pequannock in a game at Knolls on Monday, Jan. 11. Daniel finished with a game-high 19 points. Story and more photos can be found on the MK Boys Hoops Page.

Photo by Vince Zvolensky / vz223@aol.com

Morris Knolls senior Mike Boylan (above) loosens up before the Eagles opening-night basketball game against Delbarton at Knolls on Friday, Dec. 18. (Below) Niko Kotoulas shoots a free throw during the game, a 63-47 victory by Delbarton. Story and more photos on the MK Boys Hoops Page.

Photos by Vince Zvolensky vz223@aol.com