Black River Boys Net County Soccer Championship to Top Dominant Season

Finishing its 2014 season in championship fashion may have come as a surprise to some, but for the Black River Middle School boys soccer team, it was just the icing on a cakewalk of a season.

Taking down Denville by a score of 5-2, Black River took home the title in the Greater Morris County Middle School Group III Championship game last weekend.

Thanks to a hot start by eighth grader Irvin Hernandez, who notched his sixth hat trick of the season, Black River jumped out to a 5-0 lead and never looked back. Seventh grader James Jeffs and eighth grader Kevin Rios also scored in the title tilt.

The trophy comes after a brilliant 14-1 campaign that saw Black River net 60 goals – an average of four per contest – while only allowing eight on defense, or slightly more than a half-goal per game average.

The team is led by coach Kevin Cullen.

Pictured: 2014 Black River Middle School boys soccer team. Photo Courtesy Black River Middle School.