The Mendham Township Middle School defeated The Peck School in the finals of the Morris County championship at Delbarton on Thursday. The victory caps the first ever undefeated season for MTMS.
Peck set the tone early as they jumped out to a 2-0 lead early in the first period. Mendham countered with goals by Ryan Ford, Mathew Graziano and Jack Anderson. Davis Bell scored on a nifty move midway through the second quarter and Jack Anderson scored again to put Mendham up 5-3 going into half time. Peck came out strong once again to open the second half and scored two quick goals knotting the game at five all.
Conner Marone, Kohl Shaffer and Garret Samuelson provided much of the offense for Peck and Chris Colon, as usual, anchored Peck’s defense with stellar play. Mendham’s defense came up huge down the stretch with tremendous performances by David Herman, Reid Randolph and Mathew Martini. David Metzger played lights out at goalie.
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With three minutes left in regulation and Mendham down one, Jack Anderson scored on a beautiful feed from Mikey Long to send the game into overtime. With less than a minute left in overtime, Davis Bell found Jack Anderson who scored the game winner.
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