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Quarterfinals are set

March 8, 2007 on 11:36 am | In analysis | 1 Comment

Terrific action all over the state last night, so let’s take a look.

Ridge 2, Princeton 1 (OT) : Trenton Times
Little Tigers should feel better about this exit than last year’s loss.

Chatham 2, Montgomery 1
Cougars find a way to get it done in the only game I got wrong.

Morris Knolls 2, Mendham 0 : Daily Record
Closer than the score, and Josh Ofner played. Crazy. Three words I didn’t expect to say this year. Bizarre situation.
Bridgewater-Raritan 3, Hopewell Valley 0 : Trenton Times | Courier-News
HoVal plays respectably but loses cool and class down the stretch (not for the first time). Bigg props to the Bridgewater goalie.

Watchung Hills 4, Ramapo 0 : Bergen Record
Didn’t surprise me at all. These teams had been going this way for several weeks now. Props to Watchung Hills for a heckuva season, and don’t rule out a quarterfinal upset.

CBA 2, St. John Vianney 1 (OT) : Asbury Park Press
Forget the game and Matt Deering standing on his head. I can’t hold my tongue anymore about the CBA uniforms. What were they thinking!? It looks like they got hold of those old ParHills uniforms. And since when is black a CBA color? Yikes.

Quarterfinal analysis :
Coming late tonight or tomorrow morning, I hope. It won’t be too sophisticated, but these neutral-site, non-Continental Airlines Arena games are my favorite part of the season.