Busy Saturday

Saturday was one of those days that sports fans truly love. Local high school supporters had their choice of sports and games that they could go watch. In the Suburban Trends coverage area alone there were two Passaic County Girls Soccer Semifinal games, two Passaic County Field Hockey Semifinal games, a Passaic County Boys Soccer Semifinal game, a Morris County Volleyball quarterfinal game and two regular season football games.

Here is a quick look at what happened on a very busy October 18. For a complete recap of the games make sure to pick up the Wednesday, October 22 edition of the Suburban Trends.

Passaic County Field Hockey Tournament
The jinx that Wayne Hills has over West Milford in the semifinals of the Passaic County Field Hockey Tournament continued on Saturday afternoon as the Patriots knocked off the Highlanders 3-1. It is the fourth straight year that Wayne Hills kept the Highlanders from reaching the championship game.
In the second game of the double header Danielle Allan scored early in the first half and late in the second half to lead Pompton Lakes to a 3-0 win over Wayne Valley. The top seeded Cardinals will now play the second seeded Patriots next Saturday in the tournament’s championship game.

Passaic County Girls Soccer Tournament
One week after upsetting the top seeded Lady Mustangs of Clifton the West Milford girls soccer team saw their run in the Passaic County Tournament come to an end on Saturday when they lost to Wayne Valley 2-0. The Indians scored single goals in each half as they dominated play to pick up the win.
The second semifinal game between second seeded Lakeland and third seeded DePaul was a game that no one will forget anytime soon. It was also a game that no one wanted to see come to an end and for a while it didn’t. After 100 minutes of scoreless play and a round of penalty kicks a winner had yet to be determined. Then in the second round of PK’s the Lady Lancers pulled out the victory outscoring the Spartans 3-2 to get the well earned victory.

Passaic County Boys Soccer Tournament
At halftime of their Passaic County semifinal game against top seeded Clifton the fourth seeded Cardinals of Pompton Lakes must have felt that they were on top of the world. Through the teams first 13 games the Cardinals were a perfect 13-0 and had allowed only two goals all season. At the break of Saturday’s game the Cardinals had a 4-0 lead over the Mustangs with just 40 minutes of play keeping them from picking up a monumental upset. The dream came to a sudden end though as Clifton fired in four second half goals, then another one in overtime to pick up the stunning 5-4 victory.

Morris County Girls Volleyball Tournament
The seventh seeded Lady Colts of Kinnelon proved to be no match for the Chatham Cougars. The second seeded team beat Kinnelon 25-11 and 25-18.

Regular Season Football
Saturday afternoon the Kinnelon football team took another step towards securing a playoff berth when they beat Morristown-Beard 26-0. The win helps Kinnelon improve to 5-0 on the season heading into next week’s huge contest with Verona who is 5-1 after yesterday’s 30-0 win over Pingry.
In the last game of the busy afternoon and evening, the Lakeland football team took the field in what promised to be a fast-paced high scoring game with the Orange Tornadoes. By the time the game ended, all the promises had been broken as it was the Lancers defense that stole the show limiting the powerful Orange offense. With the 10-0 win the Lancers improved to 6-0 on the season going into next Saturday’s contest at Caldwell.

Next weekend should be just as busy for the local sports fans (and writers) as the Lakeland girls soccer team and the Pompton Lakes field hockey squads will be battling for county crowns. The Butler, Kinnelon, Lakeland, Pompton Lakes and West Milford football teams will also be in action.

Make sure to come back to the Suburban Trends sports blog and we will keep you informed on what is going on.