James D'Angelo was on fire as the Wolfpack slid past West Side.

The number seven seed West Morris Wolfpack and number ten seed West Side Newark Roughriders faced off Monday night in the first round of the state tournament. It was a back and forth game full of excitement, but in the end the Wolfpack pulled away a 58-49 victory.
The Roughriders came out behind the hot hand of Kajh Neely who had West Side’s first six points behind two three pointers. The Wolfpack were forced to take an early timeout with 3:52 left in the first down 11-2. This score did not sit well with captains James D’Angelo and Tim Drzewinski who came out with passion in their eyes. At the end of the first quarter the two leaders pulled within three trailing 17-14.

The Wolfpack run did not stop in the first, but also continued into the second quarter. The game seemed like a three point shoot out for a while, and the competitors were D’Angelo and Neely. Neely won the battle in the first half hitting three three pointers while D’Angelo hit two. The two Wolfpack captains combined for eighteen of the Pack’s twenty eight points in the first half. West Morris also acquired physical minutes from senior captain Ed McCracken who pulled down almost every board for the Wolfpack. Derek Kambour also contributed with two points and good defense. The Roughriders received quality minutes from Demond Taylor who produced four points in the first half. As the seconds dwindled off the clock in the second quarter Chicquell Berger knocked down a three to bring his team within one  ...Read More

Randolph used an 11-2 spurt in the final two and a half minutes to break a 46 all tie to defeat Roxbury, 57-48, in an NJAC-American matchup Tuesday night in Randolph. An enormous crowd from each school was on hand to watch Kyle Aiken score 18 points &Mike Grillo score 12 on their senior night. Michael Giordano, who sank four 3s, and Angelo Mangiro led the Gaels with 12 apiece. Phil Desmond also added 11 for Roxbury.

The Rams came out hitting on all cylinders to start this game, quickly jumping out 9-3 before you could blink. A pair of Colin McMahon jumpers in the final minute made the score 19-9 Rams after a quarter. Roxbury's offense woke up in the second, receiving 6 from Desmond. A Mangiro layup with 3 minutes remaining in the half put the Gaels up 30-28. A Desmond left wing jumper as time expired put the Gaels up 32-28 at the half.

Midway through the third quarter, Roxbury held a 40-36 lead. Desmond had a breakaway to the hoop after a steal but was rejected by Aiken going up to the basket. Not only did Aiken keep the ball in play, he went coast to coast until finding a wide open Kevin Farrell on the block to make it 40-38. Randolph regained the lead after three quarters of play, 42-41. A Mangiro layup with two & a half minutes to go evened the game at 46. On the ensuing possession, Randolph's Tunde Agunbiade hit a foul liner jumper to put the Rams up 2. After a Farrell free throw and a missed 3 pointer by Roxbury, Aiken flew up the court once m  ...Read More

After being down 24-11 at one point, Roxbury went on a 44-21 run to close out the game as the Gaels defaeted West Morris 55-45 at home in a non-conference game last night. 10 different players scored for Roxbury, led by Phil Desmond with 14. James D'Angelo sunk four 3s as he led all scorers with 27 points for West Morris. This was the second time the teams met this season, the first being on January 5th, a 50-44 win for the Gaels.

The first quarter was all Wolfpack. D'Angelo had sunk a pair of 3s in the first 3 minutes and the score was 8-1 West Morris right out of the gate. Roxbury struggled mightily from the field in the opening quarter, with the only field goal being a Ryan Kelley trifecta.with 45 seconds left. A D'Angelo steal led to a lay-up at the buzzer making the score 17-6 West Morris at the end of one. A Tom Cabarle jumper would expand the Wolfpack to 13 in the second, but Roxbury went on an 11-0 run capped of by a Angelo Mangiro 3 point play to bring the score back to 24-22. The Pack would lead 26-22 at the break.

With 4 minutes remaining in the third, Roxbury's Michael Giordano gave Roxbury its first lead at 30-29 after sinking a 3 in the corner. The teams traded buckets for the rest of the quarter as the Gaels led 40-36 going into the 4th quarter. A 7-0 run by Roxbury to start the 4th pretty much capped the game. Another Giordano rainmaker made it 47-36 with 6 minutes remaining. West Morris would draw no closer than 6 the rest of the way.
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West Morris guard Derek Kambour scores an easy two points on Senior Night.

Stemming from last year’s game between West Morris and Mount Olive where the cheering sections spilled out into the parking lot everyone was expecting a loud and intense match up. Yet this year the only team getting excited was the Wolfpack as they grabbed a 69-46 victory over the Marauders.

The game began with a ceremony for all the Wolfpack seniors before their last ever regular season home game in the blue and white uniforms. The seniors met with their parents at mid court and thanked them for four years of support, and each family took a picture with each other in order to remember the upperclassmen’s last game. The Wolfpack starting line up had a different look to it Tuesday night, but it was just as effective. The Wolfpack starting line up consisted of Tim Drezwinski, Ed McCracken, Derek Kambour, Adam Brochu, and Chris Donovan. These seniors played the whole first quarter together, and it looked like they had been playing together for four years as they jumped out to a 15-10 lead after the first quarter.

At the start of the second quarter the trio of junior starters took the floor, and looked as if they had been playing the first quarter as they scorched the nets. D’Angelo, Cabarle, and Nolan combined for thirteen of the Wolfpack’s thirty three points in the first half. It is only right that the seniors out do the juniors on senior night as the five starters provided nineteen points. The other point came from junior Chris Gaudio who knocked down a free th  ...Read More

The West Morris starters rest and regroup while shutting down crosstown rival Mendham.

There was much hype going into the rivalry game between West Morris Mendham and West Morris Central, and Ryan McElwaine’s warm up tape only increased the intensity. Both teams were getting pumped and warming up with severe effort while the cheering sections were going crazy, but the West Morris Wolfpack fans kept on cheering their team to a 68-47 upset victory over the 18-2 Minutemen.

The Wolfpack came out of the gates with everything they had trying to avenge their last blowout loss to Mendham during a winter tournament, and proved to be successful. West Morris Central got off to a 7-0 run to start the game by converting on Mendham misses and turnovers.

After a loose ball Tim Drezwinski dove to the ground, and after obtaining the ball called a time out with 1:08 left in the first and a 9-4 lead. Not only were the Wolfpack playing tough, but also smart. Scoring for the Minutemen was almost non-existent in the first quarter due to a hounding 2-3 zone by the Wolfpack.

As time was expiring to end the first quarter Tom Cabarle drove to the lane, and put up an acrobatic lay-up as the buzzer went off to take a 13-5 lead.

As the second quarter began Mendham’s stars Caleb DeMoss and Tore Vicarisi began to heat up. DeMoss hit a three pointer and Vicarisi had seven points. The two players combined for thirteen of the Minutemen’s twenty two points in the first half. Mendham also received great contribution from and Collin O’Donnel who came off the bench hit  ...Read More