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Morris routs Sussex in 2nd half
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| Deadlocked 39-39 at the halftime break, Morris County opened the second
half with a 19-1 and coasted to a 89-68 victory over Sussex County in the annual Sussex-Essex Senior Boys Basketball
Showcase at Hopatcong High School on Wednesday, March 27, 2008. Morris Hills' Adam Katz picked up the MVP accolades
after distributing a game-high 14 assists and adding six points. |
| Katz, a 5-6, 145 speedster, finished his career as a Scarlet Knight with
1372 points, having scored 492 as a senior when he was selected a 1st Team All-Star by both the Iron Hills Conference
and Morris County coaches. A four-year varsity letterwinner in both basketball and soccer, Katz will continue his
academic/athletic career on the campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University in Florham Park, playing for the Jersey
Devils of the NCAA Division III Middle Atlantic Conference. |
| Mount Olive's Russell Holloway led all players, netting 17 points after
finishing the year with a 17.1 average. Chatham's Billy Oliver, a 6-8, 210-pound power forward who averaged a double-double
of 18 points and 12 rebounds this season, chipped in with a 13-point performance for the winners. Pope John's Sam
Mushman, selected by the New Jersey Herald as its Player of the Year, topped the Sussex scoring column when
he pumped a dozen points through the iron. Delbarton's Patrick Sullivan, selected Player of the Year by the Daily
Record, was unavailable as he was attending the Green Wave's Sports Banquet. |
| Pope John's Brandon Bays, selected as member of the Sussex squad, was sidelined
by an injury. The 5-10, 180-pound guard was a three-year monogram winner for the Lions for will attend Bucknell
University. He stands out in the classroom, maintaining a GPA of 4.5 and is a member of the National Honor Society. |
| Morris County All-Stars: Coach: John-Paul Duphiney (Morris
Catholic); Kevin Ahearn (Roxbury) 1-0-0-2; J.J. Boylan (Morris
Knolls) 1-0-0-2; Nick Buonforte (Peqannock) 1-0-1-3; Darnell Evans (Madison) 0-1-0-3; Dan Gutman (Mount Olive)
4-0-0-8; Russell Holloway (Mount Olive) 2-3-4-17; Adam Katz (Morris Hills) 2-0-2-6; Colin Larmond (Morristown-Beard)
4-0-0-8; Billy Oliver (Chatham) 5-1-0-13; Sean Pauls (Morris Knolls) 2-0-0-4; Greg Solimine (Parsippany Hills)
2-0-0-4; Josh Tolajian (Chatham) 1-2-0-8; Tim Williams (Morris Catholic) 3-0-2-8; Tariz Yaqoobi (Parsippany) 0-1-0-3 |
| Sussex County All-Stars: Coach: Joe DeGennaro (Jefferson) & Mark Young
(Pope John); Brandon Bays (Pope John) Injured; Ryan Carroll (Kittatinny) 1-1-1-6; Jed Carter (Newton) 3-0-0-6;
Jack Champion (Jefferson) 0-1-0-3; Dave Crawn (Newton) 2-2-0-10; Alex Decker (High Point) 1-0-1-3; Paul Didzbanis
(Wallkill Valley) 2-0-1-5; John Fugger (Lenape Valley) 2-0-0-4; Jon Hiland (Jefferson) 0-0-0-0; David Jacob (Vernon)
0-2-0-6; J.P. McCabe (Pope John) 1-0-0-3; Sam Mushman (Pope John) 4-1-1-12; Scott Paul (Newton) 2-0-0-4; Dan Sledgeski
(Vernon) 1-0-0-2; Greg Williamson (Sparta) 1-0-0-2 |
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