David Torres and Arris Hunt tallied 11 points apiece to lead Hills past High Point in the Ranger Holiday
Classic in Wallkill Valley, 53-47.
Hunt had 19 points and 23 rebounds to power Wayne Hills to a
66-41 victory over Kinnelon in the first round. Matt Ortiz and Scott Wills scored 15 points apiece for Wayne Hills and Torres added 10 points in the win. Sean Robbins scored 22 points to lead Kinnelon and Sean Walsh added seven.
After losing to West Orange in the first round of the Cranford Holiday Tournament, Wayne Valley (4-2) bounced back to defeat Roselle Park in the consolation game. Josh Rigoglioso had 15 points and 5 assists in the 72-58 loss to West Orange. Andrew Keane added 8 points and 12 rebounds. Liam Connors had 11 points and 4 boards. Freshmen Nick Guiliano had 8 points, 4 assists and 4 rebounds. Gary Choka added 8 points.
Connors exploded for 30 points and 10 rebounds in the 72-49 victory over Roselle Park. Choka and Rigoglioso had 9 points apiece. Guilano had 8 and Keane had 7. Rigoglioso and Guiliano had 6 assists each. Keane led the team with 11 rebounds.
Sanders Green scored 21 points to power DePaul to an 81-39 victory
over Christ the King (Queens, NY) in the Indian Hills Tournament in Oakland. Juwan Carter hit five 3-pointers to finish with 19 points for DePaul and Josh Marquez added 17 points in the win. Zahir Newell led Christ the King with 11 points and Marquis Tyrelle added nine points.
Andrew Keane had 12 points and 10 rebounds to lead Wayne Valley (3-1). Jordan Walode added 9 points and 4 rebounds. Liam Connors added 8 points and 4 rebounds. Josh Rigoglioso chipped in with 7 points and 4 assists. David Torres led Wayne Hills (1-3) with 12 points. Scott Wills added 10 points. Arris Hunt and Matt Ortiz had 6 and 5 points respectively. (photos to come)
DePaul took charge in the first half with a physical style of play Don
Bosco was unable to match. Juwuan Carter connected on two three-pointers
on his way to a team-high 11 points in the half. Senior guard Josh
Marquez had seven and was successful in pushing the pace. Click here to read more
Andrew Keane had 11 points and 6 rebounds and Liam Connors had 10 points and 5 rebounds for Valley (2-1). Josh Rigoglioso had 8 points and 7 assists. Gary Choka had 5 steals and 4 assists.
Behind Jordan Walode's 23 points off the bench, Wayne Valley (2-0) posted a 59-52 victory over Passaic Valley in Little Falls. Passaic Valley's Stefan Minic led all scorers with 28 points, 18 of
which came on 3-pointers. Liam Connors had 13 points for Wayne Valley. Andrew Keane had 10 points and 11 rebounds. Gary Choka added 9 points. Josh Rigoglioso had 10 assists.
Junior Liam Connors, starting in his first varsity game, torched West Milford for 31 points in the season opener. He also had five assists and five rebounds. Sophomore Kyle Greve, in his first varsity game, registered 18 points, four rebounds and four steals. Senior Andrew Keane, Valley's lone returning starter, added 17 points and 8 rebounds. Senior Josh Rigoglioso had 9 assists. Senior Gary Choka had 7 rebounds.
Arris Hunt led Wayne Hills to an opening day win over Fair Lawn with 16 points. Scott Wills chipped in with 12. Matt Ortiz and Nick Esarco added 8 and 6 points respectively.
Josh Marquez gave Sanders Green "The Look" and Green knew exactly what that meant. Green’s layup with eight seconds remaining, off a pass from his longtime teammate, was the difference in DePaul’s season-opening, 60-58 victory over Bergen Catholic on Friday night in Big North United Division boys basketball. Click here to read more
(Andew Keane of Wayne Valley vs. Arris Hunt of Wayne Hills in a regular season game last year)
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Wayne Hills - It would be easy to look at Wayne Hills' 9-14 record in 2011-12 and declare that it was a disappointing season. Records, though, can sometimes be misleading. Last season's Wayne
Hills boys' basketball team may illustrate that point perfectly. The
team lost four starters from 2010-11, yet still managed to put together a
solid season.
"We were very young and inexperienced last year and the
conference and the county, as always, was very strong," said third year
head coach Paul Palek. Click here to read more.
Wayne Valley - To the casual observer, it may seem like the 2012-13 Wayne
Valley boys' basketball team is in for a rebuilding year. Coming off a
stellar 2011-12 season boasting a 22-6 record and reaching the Section
I, Group IV semifinals, it would appear the Indians are hard-pressed in
repeating those efforts. It was Wayne
Valley's first 20-win season since 2008 and only the sixth in the
team's glorious 60-year history. The team's .846 winning percentage is
the best at Wayne Valley since the 1987 team went 20-4. Click here to read more.
DePaul - Exit Bart Ball. Enter Hagen Hoops.And that's what is percolating with the DePaul Catholic
boys' basketball team, a program transitioning from a change of coaches
and offensive and defensive philosophies. Click here to read more
Skiffo Drake ended the high school football season by venturing out of
the friendly confines of Wayne to take in the Pompton Lakes-Cedar Grove
State Final game. Pompton won, 28-13.
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Skiffo Drake ended the high school football season by venturing out of
the friendly confines of Wayne to take on the Montclair-Bloomfield
State Final game. Montclair won, 16-13 in double overtime.
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Skiffo Drake ended the high school football season by venturing out of the friendly confines of Wayne to take on the Summit-Palisades Park State Final game. Summit won, 30-0.
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Cristian Rodriguez scored a touchdown and rushed for a two point conversion, but Wayne Hills (No. 4, 6-5) still lost to top seeded Pascack Valley (10-0). Erik Martinez added a field goal.
Mike Manente caught two touchdown passes for Pascack Valley. The first was a four yard toss from Kyle Zenk. The second came on a 7 yard throw from Kyle Schneider with two minutes remaining to ice the game. Chris Garcia ran for Pascack Valley's other score. Zenk's 61 yard fumble return set up the score.
"We were at the 12 yard line and feeling pretty good (at that point)," said Hills coach Chris Olsen. "But the wrong kid picked up that fumble. He made a good return our of it. That hurt us."
This is the first time that Hills failed to make the final game since 2003 and only the second time since 1996. It's also Hills' lowest win total since 1994.
After an early exit with an ankle injury the last time Wayne Hills
played Pascack Valley seven weeks ago, Cristian Rodriguez is at full
strength as the Patriots travel to Bergen County on Friday night where
they will face the Indians in the North 1, Group 4 semifinal round. Click here to read more
On behalf of the entire WayneSports.com staff, good luck to our neighbors Pompton Lakes as they take on a very strong Saddle Brook team in the semifinals Saturday. Skiffo Drake slipped away from the friendly confines of Wayne last week to take in the Pompton Lakes-Verona quarterfinal game. The Cardinals looked awfully strong in beating a talented Verona team.
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The Wayne Boys Club Seniors (8th Grade) defeated Ridgewood, 21-14 in dramatic fashion Saturday night at Paramus High School to win the Bergen-Passaic Youth Football League (BPYFL). It was Wayne's first Senior level championship since 2009. Click here to read more
Kevin Olsen threw two touchdown passes to lead Wayne Hills to a 35-0
victory over Hackensack in the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 playoffs
in Wayne last night. Robby Schiller and Erik Moskal each scored for
Wayne Hills (6-4).
Joe Moreno scored three of DePaul's eight touchdowns in a 61-7 victory
over St. Joseph in Wayne. Moreno's first score was on a 5-yard fun,
followed by 40-yard TD run from Zach Bednarczyk, then Moreno again on a
15-yard run. Michael Oliva's 53-yard run was the only score for St.
Joseph of Metuchen. Bednarczyk would rush again for a score in the
second quarter, then throw for another to Riley Clark on a 14-yard pass.
Moreno's final score came in the third on a 14-yard run.
Section I, Group IV Quarterfinals: Hackensack (No. 5) at Wayne Hills (No. 4), 7 p.m. Section I, Group V Quarterfinals: Passaic Tech (No. 5) at Ridgewood (No. 4),7 p.m.
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Consolation Games
St. Josephs (Metuchen) at DePaul, TBA
West Orange at Wayne Valley, TBA
The Wayne Boys Club Seniors (8th Grade) defeated Wyckoff last Saturday night, 7-6 to advance to the Super Bowl of the Bergen-Passaic Junior Football League (BPJFL). They will take on Ridgewood Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Super Bowl at Paramus High School. Click here to read more.
Constant, stifling pressure backed up by energetic stick-to-stick
defense. West Morris Central was unyielding in refusing to allow Wayne Hills breathing room in any area of the field.
Sparked by two goals from junior forward Lindsay Roller, West Morris defeated second-seeded Wayne
Hills, 3-1, on Wednesday in the North 1, Group 3 field hockey
championship game. The Highlanders will play Warren Hills, a 4-1 winner
over South Plainfield, in a state semifinal Friday on neutral turf.
"We came out a little nervous and West Morris was pretty much poised and confident all the way through," Wayne
Hills first-year coach Tina Londino said. "They were getting to a lot
of the 50-50 balls and taking advantage of extra possessions and play in
our zone." Click here to read more
David Sorkenn made two saves in penalty kicks and Brett Lubben scored
the winner in the sixth round of penalty kicks as River Dell advanced
past Wayne Hills in the quarterfinals of the North Jersey, Section 1,
Group 3 tournament in Wayne. Sorkenn made nine saves for River Dell (9-6-2) and Lubben tied the game
at 1-1 with a penalty kick goal in the 70th minute. Grant Kelly made 21
saves for Wayne Hills (12-5) and Vince Han scored a goal in defeat.
Paramus Quarterback Steals The Show: Smith upstages Olsen
Kevin Olsen returned for Wayne Hills, but the quarterback who made the decisive plays wore Paramus blue.Spartans quarterback Tyler Smith scrambled for a key
late first down and connected with Darius House on a perfectly timed
hitch-and-go with 2:50 left to lead Paramus to a 24-17 victory over Wayne Hills on Friday.
Olsen, Wayne Hills'
6-foot-3 highly-touted senior quarterback, made a surprise return to the
field Friday night, playing for the first time since suffering a foot
injury in the season opener against Northern Highlands. He turned in an uneven performance, finishing 8-for-19
for 87 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions. He also was called
for three penalties, one intentional grounding in the end zone and two
personal fouls. Click Here To Read More Wayne Hills falls to Paramus; Olsen Returns at QB
It wasn't the comeback Kevin Olsen and the Wayne Hills football team envisioned, but it comes at a time when the Patriots need it the most. Olsen, the All-American quarterback who hasn't played since breaking a
bone in his foot against Northern Highlands in week one, returned to the
Wayne Hills' (5-4) lineup tonight against Paramus where the Patriots dropped a 24-17 setback in the regular-season finale. Click here to read more
Zach Bednarczyk threw for three touchdowns and ran for another to
lead DePaul to a 40-0 victory over Wayne Valley last night at Wayne Valley. Bednarczyk, who was 6-of-7 passing for 280 yards, opened the scoring
with a 50-yard pass to Riley Clark. After a 91-yard hookup with Joe
Moreno, Bednarczyk threw 76 yards to Clark and then ran for a 2-yard
touchdown to give DePaul a 27-0 lead.
Clark finished with three receptions for 154 yards. Marky Clark ran for a
14-yard touchdown and Joe Moreno reached the end zone on a 13-yard run
for DePaul.
Nickolette Driesse knows the end is near, even if she doesn’t really
want to acknowledge that every high school game she plays could be her
last. The Wayne
Hills girls soccer senior midfielder has a scholarship to North
Carolina in hand, and a bright future in college awaits, but Driesse
isn’t ready to let go of high school soccer, not when she’s having this
much fun. Click here to read more
The response was both timely and powerfully effective. Wayne Hills had been challenged and the Patriots answered the only way they know how – putting on intense offensive pressure.
Taking advantage of a late first-half goal after
denying a point-blank Northern Highlands attempt, the Patriots defeated
the Highlanders, 1-0, in a North 1, Group 3 state field hockey
tournament semifinal Friday. Second-seeded Wayne Hills moves on to the sectional final next week.
"This is a very special group of girls, we've really bonded and come together at exactly the right time of the season," said Wayne
Hills senior co-captain Elizabeth Yorey. "Everyone persevered and the
result is we are maintaining our focus and playing at a high level. It's
a special complete team feeling." Click here to read more
Wayne Valley put in the
extra effort to come back. But in the end, it was a late rally by Morris
Knolls that closed out the gritty Indians' season Tuesday. Click here to read more
Delaney Burns and Nicole Gullone each caged a goal as Wayne Hills
defeated Passaic Valley, 2-0, in the quarterfinals of the North Jersey,
Section 1, Group 3 tournament in Wayne. Elizabeth Yorey and Melanie
Cieucich each collected an assist and Christina Fabiano made four saves
to earn the shutout for Wayne Hills. Passaic Valley's Brianna Salvemini
made 10 saves.
Like so many other New Jerseyans, the WayneSports.com offices suffered damage from the wrath of Hurricane Sandy (See the view outside our offices above). We are up and running now, but there's no high school sports to report on (see below).
Sandy halts State Tournaments, high school sports
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With millions of people all across New Jersey still dealing with the
aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, the state has put high school sports on
hold for the time being. Click here to read more
Wayne Valley, winners of its first four games this season, lost to previously winless Teaneck. It was Valley's fourth straight loss and badly damages its playoff prospects. Valley currently occupies the 8th and final playoff spot. But Paramus (4-3), which trails Valley by three power points, still has a game left on the ledger. If Paramus beats Wayne Hills Friday, they will certainly leap frog Valley. Even if Paramus loses to Wayne Hills, they may earn enough residual power points to leap frog Valley.
Teaneck never trailed against Valley. They took the lead on the second play of the game, a 65-yard rush by Malik Lee, and never looked back. Devante Hicks added an 82 yard touchdown run Teaneck. Devaunte Locardia caught three touchdowns from Elijah Bethea (46, 10, 31 yards)
Valley's Anthony Landberg kept things close with 182 rushing yards and three touchdowns. Bethea led Teaneck with 213 passing yards.
Joe Moreno scored on rushes of 4 and 11 yards for DePaul (3-5). Terrell Vassell added a touchdown on an 11-yard strike from Zach Bednarczyk. Riley Clark kicked 40 and 29 yard field goals. Bednarczyk threw for 168 yards. Moreno compiled 111 rushing yards. DePaul needs winless Raritan to be St. John Vianney this coming weekend in order to qualify for the playoffs.
"It unlikely," says DePaul coach John McKenna. We've lost to the teams that are No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 (Don Bosco, Bergen Catholic, St. Joes, Paramus Catholic and Pascack Valley) in the (Bergen Record) Top 25. Name another team that had to do that!"
Wayne Hills (5-3) beat Passaic Tech (6-2) to clinch its 17th straight playoff berth and its 23rd playoff berth in head coach Chris Olsen's 26 years at Hills. The Patriots will probably be on the road in the playoffs, likely making tonight's game with PCT Olsen's last home game at Wayne Hills.
Cristian Rodriguez ran for two touchdowns to lead Wayne Hills'
offense.Rodriguez opened the scoring with a 1-yard run in the first quarter and added a 2-yard score in the second. Robby Schiller also broke off a 55-yard rushing touchdown in the first quarter. Schiller finished with 141 yards on 14 carries. Rodriguez ran for 76 yards. Justin DeGroat threw a 9-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter to Ryan Kardux.
For Passaic Tech, Jared Quintero connected with Marquise Hansford for a 40-yard touchdown pass.
Issac Williams and Thomas Jefferson rushed for a combined 1,538 yards and 16 touchdowns in the PCTs' first seven games. Hills limited them to a combined 54 yards on 14 carries.
"Our defense came out on fire," said Rodriguez. "They didn't let up much yardage until we put
in the [second string] at the end of the game. We stopped their offense
completely, the whole game."
"We feel real good about [reaching the playoffs] because I think our
history in the playoffs is pretty much as good as anybody's," said Chris
Olsen. "Now that we're in, I think our chances are as good as
anybody's. I don't think they wanted to be the team that didn't
make the playoffs, when expectations were so high in the preseason, and
rightfully so."
Cassandra Gerard caged the game-winning goal off an assist from Maria
Dentinger as Wayne Valley nipped North Hunterdon, 1-0, in the first
round of the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 tournament in Wayne. Alex Piekarz turned away four shots in the shutout for Wayne Valley
(13-6). Bridget Walsh made six saves for North Hunterdon (0-17-1).
Robby Schiller and Ed Moskal scored two touchdowns apiece to lead
Wayne Hills to a 28-0 victory over Passaic Valley yesterday in Little
Falls. Hills (4-3) likely needs to beat Passaic Tech (6-1) at home next Friday to qualify for the State Playoffs by the 8-game cutoff.
Against Passaic Valley, Moskal provided Wayne Hills with a 7-0 lead in the first quarter with
his 33-yard punt return. Schiller finished with 110 yards on 13 carries,
including a 51-yard burst in the third quarter that extended the lead
to 14-0. Justin DeGroat found Moskal with a 12-yard pass and Schiller
ran for a 23-yard touchdown to close out the scoring for Wayne Hills. Rob Levine had 9 tackles to lead the Hills defense.
After storming to a 4-0 start this season, Wayne Valley has lost it's third straight game to fall to 4-3. This makes Saturday's game with winless Teaneck crucial in assuring Wayne Valley a State playoff spot after the 8-game cutoff. Bobby Brown scored five touchdowns to lead Northern Highlands (4-3) past Valley.
Luke Primerano ran for 134 yards, including a 61 yard touchdown, for Valley. He also passed for 120 yards. Anthony Landberg scored on rushes to 5 and 1 yards. He finished with 76 yards rushing and also had 3 catches. Christian Gilberti led Valley receivers with 4 catches. Dave Drozjock added 3 receptions.
Boys: Clifton 1, DePaul 0: After 89 minutes and 30 seconds of scoreless soccer, Clifton's Kevin Arce placed the ball 35 yards from DePaul's goal. (Click here to read more) Girls: Clifton 1, Wayne Hills 0: A year after watching Wayne Hills raise the Passaic County Tournament
championship plaque, Clifton told a tale of redemption in a 1-0 victory
over the defending champs to earn its second title in three years in the
Passaic County Tournament final yesterday at Wayne Valley in Wayne. (Click here to read more)
Joe Moreno carried 20 times for 154 yards and five touchdowns to lead
a potent ground game that sparked DePaul to a 73-40 victory over
Tenafly last night in Wayne. Moreno's effort led three backs to gain over 100 yards for DePaul.
Kareem Walker carried six times for 117 yards and three touchdowns and
Zach Bednarczyk had eight carries for 125 yards and two TDs for DePaul.
Walker scored on two 20-yard runs in the first quarter and Moreno ran for a touchdown to help DePaul open a 23-14 lead. Moreno ran for three TDs and Bednarczyk ran for a score to highlight a
27-point second quarter that left DePaul with a 50-26 halftime lead. Moreno, Orlando Barker and Walker added touchdown runs in the second
half for DePaul.
Steve Sobo threw four of his five touchdown passes to
Justin Waller and also ran for a touchdown for Tenafly.
Third-seeded Wayne Hills recorded 15 shots and defeated second-seeded
Wayne Valley, 3-1, in the semifinals of the Passaic County Tournament
in Wayne. Nickolette Driesse, Sarah Bendl, and Sabrina Sirni scored for Wayne
Hills (11-1-2), which also got nine saves from goalie Bjonda Ademi.
Becky Strummolo made 12 stops for Wayne Valley (9-2). Hills will play top-seeded Clifton next week in the final.
Luis Mendoza scored twice as top-seed DePaul defeated fourth-seeded Wayne Hills, 4-1, in Wayne to
advance to the championship round of the Passaic County Tournament.
Nick DiBiase added a goal and an assist for DePaul (11-1) and Eric
Klenofsky made six saves. Vince Han scored for Wayne Hills. Top seeded DePaul takes on Clifton (No. 2) in the final next weekend.
Delaney Burns scored the game-winning goal off a pass from Elizabeth
Yorey as Wayne Hills defeated Wayne Valley, 1-0, in overtime in the
semifinals of the Pasasic County Tournament in Wayne. Christina Fabiano
made 15 saves in the shutout for Wayne Hills (11-2-2). Wayne Valley
(10-5) out-shot Wayne Hills by five. Hills will take on top-seeded Lakeland in the final next week.
Zach Bednarczyk scored three touchdowns and Joe Moreno added two more for DePaul (2-4) in its 46-0 victory over Old
Tappan in Wayne. Moreno scored on a 15-yard run in the first quarter and caught a five-yard pass from Bednarczyk in the second quarter.Bednarczyk ran for two scores in the second quarter, one from 24 yards out and the other from 27 yards out. Bednarczyk also threw a two point conversion to Matt Greff. Steve Speidel, Kareem Walker and Marky Clark also had touchdown rushes.
Bednarczyk led the way with 165 yards rushing and 100 yards passing. Moreno tacked on 161 yards rushing.
Justin DeGroat fired off a touchdown to Preston Quinn (9 yards) and two to Erik Moskal (10 and 19 yards). Erik Martinez was succesful on all three PAT attempts. Hills fell to 3-3. Unbeaten Pascack Valley was led by Kyle Schneider, who threw for 202 yards.
Luke Primerano ran for 135 yards, threw for 105 and had two touchdown rushes for Wayne Valley (4-2). Anthony Biondi had 5 catches for 61 yards. Elvis Romero had 7 tackles. Frank Law had 6 tackles, including a sack. John Rondi had 6 tackles as well.
Tyler Smith passed for two scores and ran for another for Paramus. Matt Tozzi also ran for two touchdowns.
T.J. Olsen, the son of former Wayne Hills star Greg Olsen and his
wife, Kara, was delivered along with his twin sister by Caesarean
section late Tuesday afternoon in Charlotte, N.C. Now comes the harder part for the Carolina Panthers tight end, his
wife and the rest of their family. T.J. Olsen was born with a defective
heart and will need three open-heart surgeries to survive. The first of
those surgeries is scheduled for Saturday in Charlotte. Click here to read more
Kyle Keegan, Matt Cossari and Tyler Kulscar scored for Hills (No. 4, 7-1). Goalie Grant Kelly earned the shutout. Rodolfo Mercurio had 5 saves for Valley (No. 5, 4-3-2).
Zach Bednarczyk threw touchdown passes to Matt Greff (7 yards) and Justin Nelson (39 yards), but DePaul still lost. Steve Speidel added a 53 yard touchdown rush. Bergen Catholic's male enrollement is double DePaul's male enrollement.
Justin DeGroat threw for 203 yards and two touchdown passes (14 and 17 yards) to Matt Schunke to spark
Wayne Hills (3-2) to a 28-6 victory over Teaneck yesterday in Wayne. Christian Rodriguez and Erik Martinez added touchdown runs of 6 and 2 yards, respectively. Rodriguez finished with 158 rushing yards. Erik Moskal caught 8 of DeGroat's passes for 139 yards. Martinez was true on all four PAT's. For Teaneck, Devaunte Locadia caught a 13-yard touchdown pass from Elijah Bethea.
Luke Primerano passed for 89 yards and ran for a 17 yard touchdown, but Wayne Valley (4-1) still lost its first game of the season. The other score came on a Billy Crank to Anthony Biondi 25 yard scoring strike. Biondi caught 3 passes for 70 yards. Dave Drozjock also had three receptions. Crank finished with 60 yards passing. Elvis Romero led the defense with 8 tackles, including three sacks. Justin Walker had 6 tackles, including 1 sack. Pavle Knezevic had 5 tackles, including 1 sack. Anthony Lovecchio threw a 15 yard touchdown to Neil O'Connor and a 72 yard touchdown to Logan Schulte. Lovecchio also ran for a touchdown. Ramapo registered 9 sacks.
Ramapo led 10-7 at the half, but exploded for five second half touchdowns. Ramapo has now outscored its five opponents, 204-47 this season. Wayne Valley hadn't allowed more than 17 points in any of its first four games. Valley's leading rusher and middle linebacker Anthony Landberg did not play due to a shoulder injury.
"This was absolutely huge," said Schulte. "We knew Wayne Valley was a great team. We studied them, practiced well and brought our A game."
Luke Primerano threw for 167 yards, including a 51 yard touchdown pass to Anthony Biondi, to lead Wayne Valley (4-0). The senior also tacked on 41 rushing yards.
Anthony Landberg ran for 100 yards and two touchdowns (1 & 5 yards). Alan Yennie and Billy Crank ran for touchdowns. James Clarke recovered a blocked punt in the end zone for another score. Biondi finished with 3 catches for 84 yards. Dave Drozjock had four catches for 67 yards. Christian Gilberti booted five extra points.
Both Pavle Knezevic and Elvis Romero had 8 tackles, including 2 sacks. Justin Walker had 7 tackles, including 1 sack. Frank Law had 6 tackles, including 1 sack. Andrew Monteyne added 6 tackles.
“I thought we played with intensity and both our (offensive and
defensive) lines were awesome," Landberg said. "Without them, we wouldn’t be the team we
are. They were blowing people off the ball all day.”
The lone bright spot for Passaic Valley came after a sack by Michael
Melegrano forced a punt and Cesar Concepcion came through the line to
block the kick. Concepcion recovered the ball in the end zone for a
touchdown, but the PAT attempt hit the upright and the Indians
maintained a one-point lead.
Next Friday night Valley travels to Franklin Lakes
to play Ramapo, which has outscored its four opponents by an 159-34
margin. It will be a battle of the unbeatens.
“We know we’re a really good team, but
we want to find out just how good we are next Friday,” said Romero. “We played really well today, but we still feel our
best game is yet to come.”
Christian Rodriguez' rushed for 86 yards and scored a two yard touchdown. Erik Moskal caught a 10 yard touchdown pass from Justin DeGroat. Ricky Jeune scored for St. Joes on an 80 yard pass from Spencer Aukamp. Jeune also scored on a 30 yard interception return. St. Joes is a nationally ranked private school power. It's roster includes includes players from all over New Jersey and parts of New York. The Hills roster includes players in Wayne, north of Ratzer Road.
The football rivalry between Passaic Valley and Wayne Valley has taken place, with a brief three-year exception in the early 1980's, since 1952. This Saturday afternoon, the two teams will meet in Little Falls in a 1 p.m. kickoff for the 61st time. Click here to read more.
DePaul took a 21-20 lead into the fourth quarter, but could not hold on. Joe Moreno ran for touchdowns of 5 and 1 yards. Steve Speidel ran in from 3 yards out. Riley Clark caught a 3 yard scoring toss from Zach Bednarczyk. DePaul fell to 1-3.
Don Bosco Prep has double the male enrollment of DePaul. That was on full display Friday night as Bosco soundly defeated DePaul. Zach Bednarczyk ran for a 22-yard touchdown and threw a TD pass to Riley Clark to make it 27-14. From that point on, it was all Bosco.
In the first half, Frank Nutile threw two touchdown passes, one each to
Isaiah Hill and Elijah Hanks. Hanks also ran for a 51-yard score in the
second half. Don Bosco Prep returned three interceptions for touchdowns in the second
half, including a 102-yard TD return by Mike D'Alessandro,
Wayne Hills (2-1) tallied six rushing touchdowns in a 49-0 victory against Tenafly in Wayne Hills. Cristian Rodriguez led the way with three rushing scores, and he
finished with 102 yards on 13 carries. He added 108 punt return yards.
Robby Schiller found the end zone
twice on runs of 3 and 9 yards. Craig Kuhnlein finished the scoring
with 21-yard run in the fourth quarter. Justin DeGroat threw for 88 yards.
Wayne Hills also scored on a 62-yard interception return by Nick
Trentacosta in the second quarter. He finished with seven tackles, the
interception and a forced fumble. Erik Martinez connected on all seven extra point attempts.
Wayne Valley (3-0) is off to its best start since 2007, when they ultimately went 11-1. Luke Primerano threw touchdown passes to Dave Drozjock (41 yards), Matt Hester (6 yards) and Anthony Biondi (11 yards).
Valley also got touchdown runs from Alan Yennie (19 yards), Anthony Landberg (22 yards), and Erhan Guven (2 yards). Jacob Anderson recorded a sack for a safety. John Rondi scored on a 6 yard blocked punt return.
Landberg finished with 105 rushing yards. Primerano threw for 88 yards and ran for 52 yard. Pavle Knezevic had 8 tackles. Anderson had 6 tackles, including 2.5 sacks. Guven added 6 spills. Justin Walker had 5 tackles, including a sack. Ryan Mac Donald had 4 tackles, a fumble recovery and an interception. Matt Koropsak had 4 tackles and a fumble recovery. Christian Gilberti kicked seven extra points.
Naiam Reed threw two touchdown passes to Davon Stowe (75 yards and 37 yards).
As the Wayne Valley football team marched toward the Wayne Valley football field for its game with Wayne Hills, it may have appeared to some that the wrong team showed up. Valley, ordinarily, wears dark blue uniforms, with light blue trim. But the team marching toward the field wore light blue uniforms, with dark blue trim.
"We're going with three uniforms this year (dark blue, light blue and white)," head coach Brian O'Connor said. "These (light blue) are our 'Big Game' uniforms."
And for Wayne Valley, it doesn't get anymore 'Big Game' then it does when they take on Wayne Hills. The two schools have only played each other seven times previously. Valley beat Hills in the first ever meeting (the 1991 State Sectional Finals), but hasn't beaten Hills since (the entire series is listed below). Until now!
Valley (2-0) defeated Hills (1-1) Friday in front of 10,000 spectators, 23-17. It was Hills' first loss to a public school team since they lost to Ramapo in the 2009 final. It was Hills' first loss to a public school team, other than Ramapo, since 2004. That year, Hills lost Demarest and Ramapo.
"This was a huge game on our schedule and Hills played great, as we expected," said junior running back/linebacker Anthony Landberg. "Last year's loss to Hills broke our season. Now we're going in the right direction. It's all good things from here."
Valley surged to a 23-0 advantage by halftime, and then staved off a furious Hills rally to secure the victory. Landberg grinded out 74 rushing yards, scoring on a one yard plunge to start off the scoring. James Clarke recovered a muffed punt on the one yard line to set up Landberg's TD. Luke Primerano ran for a 6-yard touchdown and threw a 38-yard scoring strike to Anthony Biondi. Primerano finished with 97 yards passing and 32 yards rushing. Christian Gilberti drilled a 31 yard field goal.
Frank Law and Elvis Romero had 8 tackles and a 1 sack each. Gilberti and John Rondi had 7 tackles and 1 fumble recovery each. Primerano also had 7 tackles. Hills did not register a single first down in the first half.
Hills comeback bid featured touchdown rushes from Christian Rodriguez (3 yards) and Robby Schiller (19 yards). Erik Martinez drilled a 31 yard field goal.
"We'll enjoy this one, but not for long," O'Connor said. "We're 2-0. And this win in particular shows our remaining opponents that Wayne Valley is for real."
"We didn't deserve to win. We were just outplayed and we made too many mistakes and that had nothing to do with our quarterback," Hills coach Chris Olsen said in reference to the broken foot suffered by his son Kevin Olsen last week. Junior Justin DeGroat started in Kevin Olsen's stead. "You've got to play a whole game and we didn't do it. Wayne Valley played a better game. They deserved to win and we deserved to lose."
The Series (Hills leads 6-2) 1991: State Sectional Final: Valley 7, Hills 0 (at Valley) 2001: State Sectional Semifinal: Hills 41, Valley 6 (at Hills) 2007: State Sectional Final: Hills 27, Valley 7 (at the Meadowlands) 2009: Regular Season: Hills 7, Valley 0 (at Valley) 2010: Regular Season: Hills 21, Valley 16 (at Hills) 2010: State Sectional Quarterfinals: Hills 48, Valley 0 (at Hills) 2011: Regular Season: Hills 41, Valley 0 (at Valley) 2012: Regular Season: Valley 23, Hills 17 (at Valley)
Police, school district to beef up security at Hills-Valley football game (Source: The Bergen Record)
Tensions appear on rise at district's 2 school.
Police presence will be beefed up for a football game tonight between traditional rivals Wayne
Hills and Wayne Valley high schools in response to reignited tensions
over an assault of two students by eight football players nearly a year
ago, the township police chief said on Thursday. Click here to read more
When the Wayne Valley
and Wayne Hills football teams storm the field for Friday night's tussle
at Wayne Valley High School, a chorus of cheers are sure to rain down
from both sets of bleachers.
Fans on the home side, most likely, will be decked out in
Valley-blue, while fans on the away side, will be donned in
Hills-maroon. The game annually attracts thousands of attendees. At least
one of those attendees tomorrow will be neutral - clad in neither
Valley-blue nor Hills-maroon.
"I guess I'll have to hang out at the refreshment stand," said Mike Miello, Wayne Township's new district-wide athletic director. Click here to read more
Wayne Hills' All American QB Kevin Olsen out 6-8 weeks after breaking a bone in his right foot in last night's win over Northern Highlands. Click here to read the Wayne Today story. It includes quotes from Hills coach Chris Olsen to follow.
Joe Lennon, the dean of Passaic County
baseball coaches, has decided to step down from his head coaching post
at DePaul Catholic after 24 seasons. Lennon confirmed the news this
morning after informing school principal Father Michael Donovan on
Tuesday. Click here to read more
Quarterback Luke Primerano ran for 134 yards and passed for 64 to lead Wayne Valley. He scored on a one yard sneak. Anthony Landberg rushed for 100 yards, including a 26 yard touchdown. Pat Benson (pictured above) scored on a 90 yard kickoff return and added 51 ground yards.
Landberg and Elvis Romero had 8 tackles apiece. John Rondi had 7 tackles. Romero, Rondi and Paul Knezevic had sacks. Dave Drozjock and Jacob Anderson had interceptions.
Joe Moreno rushed for 220 yards and touchdowns of 8, 15, 12 and 45 yards. Marky Clark added 124 rushing yards and scored on a 40 yard rush.
"Both Moreno and Clark play defense, so it's going to be good to be able to rotate them," head coach John McKenna said. "That'll keep fresh legs out there."
Zach Bednarczyk threw for 79 yards and passes for 62 yards.
Robby Schiller ran for 218 yards and scored on runs of 21 and 24 yards to lead Hills. Kevin Olsen threw for 120 yards and tossed two touchdowns to Ryan Kardux (5 and 4 yards). Olsen also ran for a 10 yard score. Christian Rodriguez raced for 114 yards and scored on runs of 16 and 2 yards. Justin Hogan added a 2 yard touchdown run. Erik Martinez was true on all 8 extra point attempts. Bobby Brown scored for Northern Highlands.
Since 2005, the Wayne
Valley football team is unquestionably among the top public school
programs in the state. The team's 46-25 (.647) record and five playoff
appearances certainly puts the team in the upper echelon. Unfortunately
for Wayne Valley, though, last year's 3-7 teams did not exactly help the
cause. Click here to read more
Just when it appears that the Wayne
Hills football team is finally abandoning its signature running game
for its high-profile passing game, think again. Not even an All-American
quarterback is enough reason for veteran head coach Chris Olsen to
change his approach. Click here to read more.
The monster division created by the Big North Conference, larger than
life by most football standards, is gnashing its teeth and awaiting
DePaul Catholic. When alerted of his fate, Big Green head coach John McKenna deadpanned: "Hey, it is what it is." Click here to read more
A Wayne Hills football
player, who was among nine players charged last season in a
controversial assault and the only one to be cleared, has filed a
federal suit seeking at least $15 million in damages for false arrest
and violation of his constitutional rights. Plaintiff Troy Zaffino of Wayne
names as defendants in his civil suit the Township of Wayne; Wayne
Police Department; Wayne Board of Education and its individual officers
and trustees; Mayor Christopher P. Vergano; Police Chief John Reardon;
Capt. James Clarke; Wayne Interim Superintendant of Schools Michael
Roth; and as-yet unidentified police officers. Click here to read more.
Chris Olsen is treating his last season as Wayne Hills’ football coach just the way he treated his first 25 years on the job.One of the most polarizing figures in the history of New
Jersey high school sports simply wants himself and his assistants to
prepare his players as (Click here to read more)
Wayne Valley head coach Brian O'Connor (right) inducted
four former Indians into the team Hall of Fame at Friday's Beefsteak at the Wayne PAL. The inductees were Ray Holcomb (1965-67), Brewer Cummings (1986-88),
Mike Loniewski (1995-97), and Jake Pluta (1992-1994).
The old football adage is that if a team has two quarterbacks, it really doesn't have one.
That wasn't true for DePaul last season, when the Spartans
effectively employed a two-quarterback system. Zach Bednarczyk and
Travis Bligh, both sophomores, split time behind center and led DePaul
to an 8-2 record. Click here to read more
The DePaul boys soccer team has forgotten last year's breakthrough
season. It's pushed aside memories of hoisting the first trophy in
program history and instead is focusing on bigger things for its encore
performance. Click here to read more
Kyle Hughes has been around the Wayne Valley boys soccer program long enough to know that expectations never change. Faces do, but exceptions don't.
"Wayne Valley has always been a (Click here to read more)
In a case that heightened awareness of the risks of youth sports, a Wayne
family whose son was left brain damaged after being hit in the chest by
a line drive during a Little League baseball game in 2006 accepted a
$14.5 million settlement Wednesday from an aluminum bat maker. The family of Steven Domalewski, now 19, said they agreed to the offer so their son, (Click here to read more)
It was as though the DePaul Catholic boys' soccer team rehearsed the
script. The constant player movement, coupled with short, crisp passes
landing at the (Click here to read more)
The bond began to develop in mid-July, as 22 Wayne
Valley players sitting on sofas and talking inside the dormitories at
The College of New Jersey, started becoming closer as friends and
teammates. Now, a month after the group returned from soccer camp
closer than ever, the bond has become a backbone for the Indians as they
try to win their first title in five years.
"I think we're going to go very far this year because we're becoming more of a team than the other years," Wayne Valley senior captain Bari Nedick said "It's a family. We're all (Click here to read more)
Wayne Valley head
football coach Brian O'Connor recently announced that four former
players will be inducted into the program's Hall of Fame. The new inductees - Ray Holcomb (1965-67), Brewer Cummings (1986-88),
Jake Pluta (1992-1994) and Mike Loniewski (1995-97) - will be honored at
an induction dinner on Friday, August 31 at the Wayne PAL. Click here to read more
As an outside defender, Wayne Hills senior Mike Walton doesn’t get many opportunities to shine — unless it’s time for a penalty kick. Walton, 17, is the Patriots’ first call when it’s time to line up a spot kick from (Click here to read more)
On behalf of the entire WayneSports.com staff, congratulations to the Parsippany-Troy Hills Little League for advancing to the World Series in Williamsport, PA! Represent! Keep making North Jersey proud!
The Wayne Valley High School Hall of Fame is looking for a few new inductees.
The high school’s football team and coach Brian O’Connor are seeking nominations for the team’s Hall of Fame Class of 2012. Click here to read more
A former Wayne Hills High
School football player arrested in a controversial assault case last
fall has waived his first appearance in municipal court Thursday on a
second arrest that could jeopardize his status in a special probation
program. Click here to read more
Wayne had bases loaded and no outs in the sixth inning, but couldn't score the tying run as they suffered an elimination loss. They are only the 8th Wayne team since 1958 to make it to the Little League World Series State Sectionals.
Kevin Woll homered in the fifth inning to lift the Wayne National team to victory. Wayne advanced to the Sectionals by winning the District 2 championship. They are 1-1 in the Sectionals. They play again tonight against Somerset Hills in Piscataway.
Andrew Monaghan, the only adult among nine Wayne
Hills football players arrested on assault charges last fall, has been
arrested again, possibly endangering a pre-trial agreement that granted
him special probation. Click here to read more.
Wayne ace Chris Gerard
tossed three innings of no-hit ball before being removed after 48
pitches. Wayne will take on Sparta, which lost to Parsippany-Troy Hills 13-2, today in an elimination game at 8:15 p.m. Click Here To Read More
The Wayne Little League National team won the District 2 Championship by defeating Pequannock in the final in West Milford. The Wayne Little League was founded in 1958. This is only the eighth time that Wayne has won the District crown (1962, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1980, 2005, 2009, 2012). Wayne now moves onto the State Sectional Tournament which starts Monday in Piscataway.
Michael Miello was hired as the new interim district athletic director. The Board of Education approved Miello’s hiring at a meeting Thursday night. Click here to read more
The long-awaited decision on who will assume the new district wide athletic director position in Wayne Township will be unveiled at Thursday's Board of Education session. River Edge resident and football coaching legend Mike Miello has been proposed to the Wayne Public Schools Board of Education for the position and the Board is expected to approve his hiring in Thursday's meeting. Click here to read more
Joe Jordan had a team full of dejected West Milford baseball players May 19.
The top-seeded Highlanders had their sights set on becoming the first team in school history to win the Passaic County tournament, but ninth-seeded Clifton came to their home field and eliminated them in the quarterfinals. That loss was their fourth straight and West Milford’s once-promising season appeared headed toward a frustrating conclusion. Click here to read more
Wayne Hills coach Fran Rella realized that even after a 50-minute rain delay Saturday at Passaic Tech that there was no pitcher he’d rather have on the mound than Chris Amato. Click here to read more
Source: The Bergen Record
The DePaul Spartans are right where they expected they’d be all along.
DePaul senior Sean Jones getting mobbed by his teammates after he cracked a home run, one of two he hit on the day, during Saturday afternoon’s Passaic tournament semifinals.
The defending Passaic County champions put on a spectacular offensive demonstration in the tournament semifinals Saturday to defeat Hawthorne, 15-4, and earn a shot to win back-to-back county titles for the first time in school history. Click here to read more
Steve Addesso batted in two runs and earned the win with 7 strikeouts. Jason Avedissian had three hits and knocked in a run. Chris Amato, Eric Moskal, Justin Avedissian and Marc Imbimbo had one RBI apiece.
Wayne Valley was planning for the worst. Wayne Valley’s Madison Galligan belting a two-run home run in the fourth inning of the North 1, Group 4 quarterfinals. The Indians had no idea how long the weather would hold out Thursday. The fact that the No. 4 seed was even playing against No. 5 Ridgewood in the quarterfinals of the North 1, Group 4 softball tournament was because their home field has artificial turf and it had stopped raining for a few hours. Click here to read more
As the final seconds ticked down on their high school careers, Wayne Valley seniors Steve Adwar and Mac Peters met behind the Indians bench for one final hug. Their heads were held high and their smiles wide as can be as they approached each other with their helmets off, both captains knowing their legacy was already intact. Click here to read more
In a stunning result that sent ripples across the state, Steve Adwar scored the winning goal with 1:50 left in overtime Tuesday to lift 17th-seeded Wayne Valley to a 9-8 win over top-seeded and defending Group 3 state champion Moorestown in second-round boys lacrosse play in Moorestown. Click here to read more
This time there was no need for Clifton coach Joe Rivera and his players to apologize for a win against Wayne Valley. Clifton’s Ryan Hariton (12) celebrating with Joe DeJesus after Hariton, who had tripled in the go-ahead run, scored in the eighth inning as the Mustangs beat Wayne Valley, 4-2, at William Paterson in the North 1, Group 4 tournament. the Ten days after Wayne Valley forfeited its first-round Passaic County tournament victory over Clifton, the Mustangs eliminated Wayne Valley from the North 1, Group 4 tournament Tuesday in conventional fashion at William Paterson. Click here to read more
Mark Guarino knocked in both runs for Wayne Hills (18-6). Chris Amato struck out 8 Lakeland batters. He helped his cause with two singles. Justin Avedissian, Steve Addesso and Michael Abate had hits. Joe Gilligan had Lakeland's RBI.
A shoulder injury has prevented DePaul’s Sean Jones from playing right field most of his senior season.
Sean Jones of DePaul following through on his hit that gave the Spartans their first lead Saturday against Pompton Lakes. It hasn’t hurt his swing. Jones showed again Saturday why he is one of North Jersey’s best hitters. Click here to read more.
Wayne Hills' junior quarterback Kevin Olsen verbally committed to the University of Miami earlier today. The Wayne Hills' junior quarterback, known for his solid decision making under pressure, gave a non-binding verbal commitment to play football at the University of Miami. Olsen's decision ends months of speculation on where he'll be spending his collegiate career and comes a day after Miami offensive coordinator Jedd Fisch paid a visit to the Wayne area on Thursday. Click here to read more
The Wayne Valley baseball team's quest for a fifth Passaic County Tournament semifinal appearance in the last six years came to a grinding and heartbreaking halt Saturday when they lost to ninth-seeded Clifton in the opening round.
It was, however, far from your typical loss.
Wayne Valley (12-9), the eighth seed, walked off the field seemingly triumphant with what appeared to be a 3-2 victory. But two days later, though, Clifton was declared the winner.
Wayne Valley, it turned out, inadvertently violated one of the NJSIAA's rules for innings limits Saturday, when standout pitcher Brian Kokos exceeded 10 innings within in a four-day period. Mathematically, the senior right-hander had thrown 16 pitches too many. Click here to read more
DePaul softball players celebrate their victory with trophies in hand after beating Lakeland, 9-3, in Saturday afternoon’s Passaic County tournament final. The top-seeded Spartans defeated second-seeded Lakeland, 9-3, Saturday afternoon in the Passaic County tournament championship game, earning their first crown since 2004. Click here to read more.
According to Steve Adwar, Wayne Valley is now "a lacrosse school." And after Saturday night, that statement would be pretty tough to argue. As Adwar prepared for his Passaic County boys lacrosse tournament final, he watched the Wayne Valley girls team put the finishing touches on its first county championship.
Hours later, the lightning-quick and athletic Adwar was the catalyst behind the boys team's first Passaic County title, with four goals, as the fourth-seeded Indians upset top-seeded Lakeland, 12-5, outscoring the Lancers, 6-1, in the fourth quarter after a back-and-forth first three quarters.
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DePaul 10, Kennedy 0: Mike Sweeney and Nick Fondacaro had three RBI apiece as DePaul advanced. Mike Lembo knock in two runs. Fondacaro allowed just two hits.
Wayne Hills 10, Eastside 0: Erik Moskal and Steve Addesso had two RBI apiece to lead Hills. Chris Amato held Eastside to just two hits.
Wayne Valley 3, Clifton 2: Wayne Valley may have to forfeit. Pitcher Brian Kokos exceeded his innings limit (Source: The Bergen Record) - - - Click here for more details.
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