It will go down as an instant classic.
And in the end, it was Old Bridge celebrating its first-ever state title, as it knocked off Southern in three sets, denying the Rams of a three-peat. Story: s.nj.com/2xb6Y4X#njvolleyball
St. Augustine is your Non-Public champions. They defeated the one, two, and three seeds to do this.
I'm going to go out on a limb and say this is the most impressive run a team has ever had in a state tournament. Just incredible and you may never see this again.
One of the biggest upsets in state history is complete.
St. Augustine 3, Delbarton 2 as Enzo Fanelli ends it 11 seconds into overtime. An absolute stunner.
That said, I think Adam Schefter probably could’ve left out the “struggling in the NFL” aspect in this tweet. I can’t think of anything that is less important right now.
NJ High School hockey practice began today, which begins my favorite time of the year. Best of luck to all players, coaches, and teams. As for my role in coverage this season....I hope to be able to announce something pretty cool later this week. Stay tuned!
I just crunched the numbers- this past week, The Morris-Sussex Hockey Report received over 2,000 page views for all of my cup week content. For a small site focused on one area of the state, that is amazing!
Thank you so much to everyone who has followed along.
With that, I close the book on my seventh season of high school hockey coverage in NJ, and the third year of The Morris-Sussex Hockey Report.
It was a season like no other, but it was great to spend a lot of time at this rink for the last 2 months. See you in November!