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DailyRecord.com Daily Record Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011 Page B3 good chance to get it. “There were about five of our play- ers and five of theirs all going for the ball,” Eric Fajardo said. “But somehow it got to me and I wasn’t about to let it squirt out.” After Josef Johnson blocked the punt on the next series, the ball once again headed to the end zone. Then it was Robert Fajardo’s chance to score. “I really didn’t realize that we did that back-to-back,” said the older Fajar- do, who scored his first career touch- down on the play. “I was just so hell bent on winning the game that I didn’t realize what we did. I wasn’t caring about scoring a touchdown. But it’s really awesome that we both scored.” The elder Fajardo reflected on the unique series of events. “It’s just so crazy, because everyone knows just how close we are,” Robert Fajardo said. “He’s my best friend and we do everything together. It’s some- thing we can talk about forever.” “It hit me right away that it was his first touchdown,” Eric Fajardo said. “It’s his senior year and he finally gets one. It’s a real special feeling.” And it was a day that certainly made another Fajardo very proud. “I am pretty sure that Dad (Roberto Fajardo) will never forget it,” Eric Fajardo said. “It was his best moment.” Delbarton head coach Brian Bowers is happy to have both brothers on his defense. “They’re both good football players and playmakers,” Bowers said. “I feel so good about what those kids did.” Lineman’s dream Jefferson offensive guard Dylan Pickard had the lineman’s dream Fri- day night in the Falcons’ impressive 9-0 whitewash of defending North 1, Group IV state champion Randolph — but Pickard was well prepared for his mo- ment. In the middle of the third quarter, Randolph’s talented do-everything player A.J. Garcia dropped back to punt, but the snap sailed way over his head. To Garcia’s credit, he raced back to scoop up the ball, avoided the rush and unleashed a punt that was a line drive. The ball didn’t get three feet off the ground, but it did speed its way down- field. Pickard, playing on the line, was ready for his moment. He snared the line drive as it hit him in the chest. “On a punt like that, we usually yell ‘poison’ to stay away from it,” said Pickard, a senior two-way lineman. “But I saw it coming right at me and I started thinking, ‘I’m going to take this.’ ” Pickard, who used to play fullback, didn’t hesitate. “It came right at me, so I said, ‘This is my moment right here,’ ” Pickard said. “I think I was still in shock that I had the ball.” Pickard took off and motored down the right sideline, taking on tacklers and churning his legs like a former fullback would do. When he was done, Pickard had a 35-yard punt return — yes, a guard with that long of a punt return. It wasn’t Devin Hester-quality, but it’s still the longest punt return by a Jefferson football player this season. “I never even thought of that,” Pickard said of owning the top punt return on his team. “I’m going to use that. It was an un- thinkable moment and felt good to do that in a varsity game.” Jefferson head coach Joe Mattessich wasn’t concerned that his lineman took off with a punt return. “It looked like a natural for him,” Mat- tessich said. “Dylan is the kind of kid who would do anything for the team. That was definitely a weird play, but he was ready for it. I wasn’t worried. He was good. He has good hands. It was like someone passed the ball to him and he took off.” Mattessich isn’t so sure he’ll put Pick- ard deep in punt return formation any- time soon. “I don’t think we’re ready for that,” he laughed. Committee performs West Morris might not have a player of the quality of Michael Burton (the 2009 All Daily Record Player of the Year) or Tom Cabarle (the 2010 Player of the Year honoree), but they certainly had a com- mittee of backs who fared well in the Wolfpack’s opening week 34-25 victory over West Orange. Three Wolfpack backs eclipsed the 100-yard milestone in the win, namely Jon Ciccone (16 carries, 193 yards and two touchdowns), Joe DiBiasse (14 carries,114 yards, 2 TDs) and Jason Mackewicz (19 carries, 105 yards, one TD). No other team in the state had three running backs to go over 100 yards during the first week of the season. It may be a positive sign of balance for the Wolfpack for the future. Mount Olive’s delayed win Lost in the shuffle of the rainouts and postponements was Mount Olive’s 33-22 victory over Mendham on Sunday after- noon. The game was postponed from Friday night due to poor field conditions. New Marauder quarterback Garrett Schneider, a converted receiver, threw two touchdown passes to Justin Makis- mow and ran for a score himself in the win. For a team with just four returning starters, it was a good confidence booster for the Marauders, who qualified for the Group III playoffs last year, a year after going 1-9. Top rushing performances Ciccone, West Morris (16-193, two TDs); Zac Carter, Morristown (26-188 yards, four TDs); Nick Patterson, Morris Hills (13-183, 3 TDs); Pablo Rodriguez, Dover (11-182, 1 TD); Michael Tenned, Butler (8-176, 3 TDs); Corey Hiederan, Chatham (13-171, 1 TD); Cory Bell, Pope John (17-132, 1 TD); Cody Greenhagen, Morris Knolls (18-137, 3 TDs); DeBiasse, West Morris (14-114, 2 TDs); Tyler Ba- tesko, Mountain Lakes (21-114, 2 TDs); Mackewicz, West Morris (19-105, 1 TD); Isaac Spann, Boonton (15-105, 2 TDs). Player of the week Zac Carter, Morristown, senior RB: One of the lone holdovers from last year’s NJSIAA North 2, Group III state champi- onship team, Carter established himself as the Colonial’s go-to guy by rushing for 188 yards and four touchdowns in Morris- town’s thrilling 45-42 win over Seton Hall Prep Saturday. FOOTBALL Continued from Page B1 SCHEDULE TODAY CROSS COUNTRY NJAC Race at Greys- tone................................ 4 p.m. Newark Vocational at Sussex Tech................ 4 p.m. FIELD HOCKEY Mendham at Roxbury4 p.m. Montville at Morris Hills .............................. 4 p.m. Morris Knolls at Ran- dolph ............................. 4 p.m. Morristown at Parsip- pany Hills.................... 4 p.m. Mt. Olive at Jefferson 4 p.m. High Point at Sparta ...4 p.m. Vernon at Pope John...4 p.m. GIRLS GYMNASTICS Butler at Clifton...... 5:30 p.m. BOYS SOCCER Kittatinny at Wallkill Valley ...................... 3:45 p.m. Boonton at Morris- town-Beard................. 4 p.m. Butler at Mountain Pequannock at Madi- son ................................. 4 p.m. St. Elizabeth at Dover4 p.m. Sussex Tech at Somer- set Tech........................ 4 p.m. Wallkill Valley at Kitta- tinny.............................. 4 p.m. Whippany Park at Kinnelon ...................... 4 p.m. GIRLS TENNIS High Point at Newton .................................. 3:45 p.m. Kinnelon at Morris Hills .............................. 4 p.m. Mendham at Living- ston................................ 4 p.m. Morristown at Parsip- pany Hills.................... 4 p.m. Parsippany at Ran- dolph ............................. 4 p.m. Sparta at Vernon.4 p.m. St. Elizabeth at Lacor- daire.............................. 4 p.m. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Dover at Essex County Vocational (Newark)......... 4 p.m. Morris Hills at Whip- pany Park.................... 4 p.m. Morris Tech at Newark Tech............................... 4 p.m. Lakes ............................ 4 p.m. Chatham at Hanover Park............................... 4 p.m. Hackettstown at Ho- patcong ........................ 4 p.m. Kinnelon at Whippany Park............................... 4 p.m. Kittatinny at Wallkill Valley ........................... 4 p.m. Lenape Valley at New- ton.................................. 4 p.m. Madison at Pequannock ..... 4 p.m. Parsippany at Morris Catholic........................ 4 p.m. Somerset Tech at Sus- sex Tech....................... 4 p.m. GIRLS SOCCER Wallkill Valley at Kitta- tinny ........................ 3:45 p.m. Hanover Park at Chat- ham ............................... 4 p.m. Hopatcong at Hackett- stown ............................ 4 p.m. Morris Catholic at Parsippany ................. 4 p.m. Morristown-Beard at Boonton........................ 4 p.m. Mountain Lakes at Butler ........................... 4 p.m. Newton at Lenape Valley ........................... 4 p.m. SUCCASUNNA — Be- fore every match, the Roxbury volleyball team gathers together in a huddle. The players ex- change words of encour- agement, put their hands together in the center and separate with a cry of “Nagy!” The Gaels are hon- oring their coach, Aman- da Nagy. She died from metastatic melanoma on Aug. 19 at age 32. Nagy had taught ac- counting at Roxbury for five years, and had been planning to return to school in the fall. Her husband, Chris Nagy, posted a final message on her CaringBridge journal, which quickly spread via Facebook through a com- munity which was already grieving. Nick Russo, a rising senior at Roxbury, had died the day before from complications following leukemia treatment. “Everyone was still in shock from that,” senior libero Brianna Kropp said. “I was ready for her to come back on the side- lines. ... It was never about winning and losing with her. It was always about doing your best and trying your hardest.” Roxbury opened its home season on Monday with a difficult 25-15, 26-24, 25-20 victory over Pope John. All three teams — varsity, junior varsity and freshmen — had matching blue and white uniforms and they had received gold shoe- laces with “NAGY” print- ed on them just before the match. Many of the play- ers also wore thin pink- trimmed black hair rib- bons with the letters “A” and “N” in silver. Beth Grasso, a guid- ance counselor at Black River Middle School in Chester, has taken over the program, hoping vol- leyball can help the play- ers heal in the same way it aided her during her mother's struggle with and eventual death from cancer two years ago. Grasso founded the West Morris volleyball team and led it to eight Morris County Tournament titles and the 2009 Group III championship. “They’re laughing and having fun,” Gaels athlet- ic director Alexis Korsak said, after watching the girls diving onto the gym floor during a preseason practice. “I need it to be fun for them.” Roxbury appeared to have the match won when a Pope John serve at match point hit the line. But it was so difficult to make a correct call, the officials decided to replay the point — and Lions junior Amy Kratzer put the ball down. The Lions seized the momentum and forced a decisive third game. The Gaels opened with another cry of “1-2-3, Nagy!” to buoy their spir- its. Said senior outside hitter Julia Tobescu, “An angel helped us out in that third game.” Pope John was rallying and pulled ahead by two points when a ball rico- cheted off the Roxbury gym ceiling and out of bounds. Junior middle hitter Taylor Kornmann followed up with a pair of kills and the Gaels did not trail again. Kornmann led Rox- bury with five kills, two blocks and seven aces. Kropp had nine digs, as did Pope John junior Amy Kratzer. Lions senior Alex Ratyniak added four kills. “It was pretty intense,” Tobescu said. “(Nagy) means the world to me. She’s just the best person I ever met.” Nagy was first diag- nosed with melanoma in situ in 2009, when she discovered a mole on her chest which was changing colors and shapes. A der- matologist removed that mole and another in Au- gust 2010. A few months later, Nagy’s right foot began to go numb. That numbness spread to her entire right side. An MRI in Decem- ber 2010 revealed two tumors on the parietal lobe of her brain. A PET scan before Christmas revealed five lesions: three brain tumors, a two-millimeter lesion on her right chest and anoth- er in her mouth. Nagy had a craniotomy on Jan. 12, 2011 to remove two of the tumors and was scheduled for cyberknife treatment for the third, which was inoperable. She also had months of chemotherapy, which she documented on Caring- Bridge. Though she lost her hair, Nagy maintained her bright smile and cheery attitude through- out the treatment. The Roxbury volley- ball teams will host Kill Cancer Night on Oct. 20, when West Morris visits. The players from both schools will be gathering sponsors who will give money for every kill. The Gaels are planning to donate the proceeds in Nagy’s name. A memorial schol- arship has also been es- tablished at Roxbury. “It’s already very dif- ferent, but it’s still good- ,”senior opposite Tia Thompson said. “She’d be very proud of us.” Jane Havsy: 973-428-6682; jhavsy@ njpressmedia.com GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Before each game, Roxbury girls volleyball coach Beth Grasso and her players honor former coach Amanda Nagy who died of cancer in August. RICH SCHULTZ/FOR NJ PRESS MEDIA Fond farewell to a friend Roxbury continues to honor former girls volleyball coach By Jane Havsy Staff Writer Sara Patterson of Roxbury sets a shot during a match against Pope John on Monday. RICH SCHULTZ/FOR NJ PRESS MEDIA BOYS SOCCER Mendham 1, Roxbury 0 Mendham (1-0) 0 1 — 1 Roxbury (0-1) 0 0 — 0 GOALS/Assists: WMMH - J. Cellitti (H. Spanier) 22:00. SAVES: (M) Robertiello 5; (R) CASTANHEIRA 4. SHOTS: Mend- ham 6-5. Mt. Olive 4, Jefferson 1 Mt. Olive (1-0) 3 1 — 4 Jefferson (0-1) 1 0 — 1 GOALS: (MO) Wank 1, Peterson 1, Usma- nov 1; (J) Johnson 1. ASSISTS: (MO) Cerda 1; (J) Montague 1. Vernon 6, Pope John 2 Vernon (1-0) 2 4 — 6 Pope John (0-1) 1 1 — 2 GOALS: (V) Goetchius 2, Caballero 1, Ciani 1, English 1, Montero 1; (PJ) Lagg 2. ASSISTS: (V) Baines 2, Canal 1, English 1, Goetchius 1. SAVES: (V) Wiedmann 6; (PJ) Golembioski 4. GIRLS VOLLEYBALL Mendham 2, Jefferson 0 GAME SCORES: 25-14, 25-21 West Morris 2, Montville 0 GAME SCORES: 25-12, 25-11 Parsippany 2, Dover 0 RECORDS: Parsippany (2-0), Dover (0-2).
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good chance to get it.“There were about five of our play-
ers and five of theirs all going for theball,” Eric Fajardo said. “But somehowit got to me and I wasn’t about to let itsquirt out.”
After Josef Johnson blocked thepunt on the next series, the ball onceagain headed to the end zone. Then itwas Robert Fajardo’s chance to score.
“I really didn’t realize that we didthat back-to-back,” said the older Fajar-do, who scored his first career touch-down on the play. “I was just so hellbent on winning the game that I didn’trealize what we did. I wasn’t caringabout scoring a touchdown. But it’sreally awesome that we both scored.”
The elder Fajardo reflected on theunique series of events.
“It’s just so crazy, because everyoneknows just how close we are,” RobertFajardo said. “He’s my best friend andwe do everything together. It’s some-thing we can talk about forever.”
“It hit me right away that it was hisfirst touchdown,” Eric Fajardo said.“It’s his senior year and he finally getsone. It’s a real special feeling.”
And it was a day that certainly madeanother Fajardo very proud.
“I am pretty sure that Dad (RobertoFajardo) will never forget it,” EricFajardo said. “It was his best moment.”
Delbarton head coach Brian Bowersis happy to have both brothers on hisdefense.
“They’re both good football playersand playmakers,” Bowers said. “I feelso good about what those kids did.”
Lineman’s dream
Jefferson offensive guard DylanPickard had the lineman’s dream Fri-day night in the Falcons’ impressive 9-0whitewash of defending North 1, GroupIV state champion Randolph — butPickard was well prepared for his mo-ment.
In the middle of the third quarter,Randolph’s talented do-everythingplayer A.J. Garcia dropped back topunt, but the snap sailed way over hishead.
To Garcia’s credit, he raced back toscoop up the ball, avoided the rush andunleashed a punt that was a line drive.The ball didn’t get three feet off theground, but it did speed its way down-field.
Pickard, playing on the line, wasready for his moment. He snared theline drive as it hit him in the chest.
“On a punt like that, we usually yell‘poison’ to stay away from it,” saidPickard, a senior two-way lineman.“But I saw it coming right at me and Istarted thinking, ‘I’m going to takethis.’ ”
Pickard, who used to play fullback,didn’t hesitate.
“It came right at me, so I said, ‘Thisis my moment right here,’ ” Pickardsaid. “I think I was still in shock that Ihad the ball.”
Pickard took off and motored downthe right sideline, taking on tacklersand churning his legs like a formerfullback would do.
When he was done, Pickard had a35-yard punt return — yes, a guardwith that long of a punt return. It wasn’tDevin Hester-quality, but it’s still thelongest punt return by a Jefferson
football player this season.“I never even thought of that,” Pickard
said of owning the top punt return on histeam.
“I’m going to use that. It was an un-thinkable moment and felt good to do thatin a varsity game.”
Jefferson head coach Joe Mattessichwasn’t concerned that his lineman tookoff with a punt return.
“It looked like a natural for him,” Mat-tessich said. “Dylan is the kind of kid whowould do anything for the team. That wasdefinitely a weird play, but he was readyfor it. I wasn’t worried. He was good. Hehas good hands. It was like someonepassed the ball to him and he took off.”
Mattessich isn’t so sure he’ll put Pick-ard deep in punt return formation any-time soon.
“I don’t think we’re ready for that,” helaughed.
Committee performs
West Morris might not have a player ofthe quality of Michael Burton (the 2009All Daily Record Player of the Year) orTom Cabarle (the 2010 Player of the Yearhonoree), but they certainly had a com-mittee of backs who fared well in theWolfpack’s opening week 34-25 victoryover West Orange.
Three Wolfpack backs eclipsed the100-yard milestone in the win, namely JonCiccone (16 carries, 193 yards and twotouchdowns), Joe DiBiasse (14 carries, 114yards, 2 TDs) and Jason Mackewicz (19carries, 105 yards, one TD).
No other team in the state had threerunning backs to go over 100 yards duringthe first week of the season. It may be apositive sign of balance for the Wolfpackfor the future.
Mount Olive’s delayed win
Lost in the shuffle of the rainouts andpostponements was Mount Olive’s 33-22victory over Mendham on Sunday after-noon. The game was postponed fromFriday night due to poor field conditions.
New Marauder quarterback GarrettSchneider, a converted receiver, threwtwo touchdown passes to Justin Makis-mow and ran for a score himself in thewin.
For a team with just four returningstarters, it was a good confidence boosterfor the Marauders, who qualified for theGroup III playoffs last year, a year aftergoing 1-9.
Top rushing performances
Ciccone, West Morris (16-193, twoTDs); Zac Carter, Morristown (26-188yards, four TDs); Nick Patterson, MorrisHills (13-183, 3 TDs); Pablo Rodriguez,Dover (11-182, 1 TD); Michael Tenned,Butler (8-176, 3 TDs); Corey Hiederan,Chatham (13-171, 1 TD); Cory Bell, PopeJohn (17-132, 1 TD); Cody Greenhagen,Morris Knolls (18-137, 3 TDs); DeBiasse,West Morris (14-114, 2 TDs); Tyler Ba-tesko, Mountain Lakes (21-114, 2 TDs);Mackewicz, West Morris (19-105, 1 TD);Isaac Spann, Boonton (15-105, 2 TDs).
Player of the week
Zac Carter, Morristown, senior RB:One of the lone holdovers from last year’sNJSIAA North 2, Group III state champi-onship team, Carter established himselfas the Colonial’s go-to guy by rushing for188 yards and four touchdowns in Morris-town’s thrilling 45-42 win over Seton HallPrep Saturday.
FOOTBALLContinued from Page B1
SCHEDULE
TODAYCROSS COUNTRY
NJAC Race at Greys-tone................................4 p.m.
Newark Vocational atSussex Tech................4 p.m.FIELD HOCKEY
Mendham at Roxbury4p.m.
Montville at MorrisHills ..............................4 p.m.
Morris Knolls at Ran-dolph.............................4 p.m.
Morristown at Parsip-pany Hills....................4 p.m.
Mt. Olive at Jefferson 4p.m.
High Point at Sparta ...4p.m.
Vernon at Pope John ...4p.m.GIRLS GYMNASTICS
Butler at Clifton......5:30p.m.BOYS SOCCER
Kittatinny at WallkillValley......................3:45 p.m.
Boonton at Morris-town-Beard.................4 p.m.
Butler at Mountain
Pequannock at Madi-son .................................4 p.m.
St. Elizabeth at Dover4p.m.
Sussex Tech at Somer-set Tech........................4 p.m.
Wallkill Valley at Kitta-tinny..............................4 p.m.
Whippany Park atKinnelon......................4 p.m.GIRLS TENNIS
High Point at Newton..................................3:45 p.m.
Kinnelon at MorrisHills ..............................4 p.m.
Mendham at Living-ston................................4 p.m.
Morristown at Parsip-pany Hills....................4 p.m.
Parsippany at Ran-dolph.............................4 p.m.
Sparta at Vernon.4 p.m.St. Elizabeth at Lacor-
daire..............................4 p.m.GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Dover at Essex CountyVocational (Newark).........4p.m.
Morris Hills at Whip-pany Park....................4 p.m.
Morris Tech at NewarkTech...............................4 p.m.
Lakes ............................4 p.m.Chatham at Hanover
Park...............................4 p.m.Hackettstown at Ho-
patcong ........................4 p.m.Kinnelon at Whippany
Park...............................4 p.m.Kittatinny at Wallkill
Valley ...........................4 p.m.Lenape Valley at New-
ton..................................4 p.m.Madisonat Pequannock.....4 p.m.Parsippany at Morris
Catholic........................4 p.m.Somerset Tech at Sus-
sex Tech.......................4 p.m.GIRLS SOCCER
Wallkill Valley at Kitta-tinny ........................3:45 p.m.
Hanover Park at Chat-ham ...............................4 p.m.
Hopatcong at Hackett-stown ............................4 p.m.
Morris Catholic atParsippany .................4 p.m.
Morristown-Beard atBoonton........................4 p.m.
Mountain Lakes atButler ...........................4 p.m.
Newton at LenapeValley ...........................4 p.m.
SUCCASUNNA — Be-fore every match, theRoxbury volleyball teamgathers together in ahuddle. The players ex-change words of encour-agement, put their handstogether in the center andseparate with a cry of“Nagy!”
The Gaels are hon-oring their coach, Aman-da Nagy. She died frommetastatic melanoma onAug. 19 at age 32.
Nagy had taught ac-counting at Roxbury forfive years, and had beenplanning to return toschool in the fall. Herhusband, Chris Nagy,posted a final message onher CaringBridge journal,which quickly spread viaFacebook through a com-munity which was alreadygrieving.
Nick Russo, a risingsenior at Roxbury, haddied the day before fromcomplications followingleukemia treatment.
“Everyone was still inshock from that,” seniorlibero Brianna Kroppsaid. “I was ready for herto come back on the side-lines. ... It was neverabout winning and losingwith her. It was alwaysabout doing your best andtrying your hardest.”
Roxbury opened itshome season on Mondaywith a difficult 25-15,26-24, 25-20 victory overPope John. All threeteams — varsity, juniorvarsity and freshmen —had matching blue andwhite uniforms and theyhad received gold shoe-laces with “NAGY” print-ed on them just before thematch. Many of the play-ers also wore thin pink-trimmed black hair rib-bons with the letters “A”and “N” in silver.
Beth Grasso, a guid-ance counselor at Black
River Middle School inChester, has taken overthe program, hoping vol-leyball can help the play-ers heal in the same wayit aided her during hermother's struggle withand eventual death fromcancer two years ago.Grasso founded the WestMorris volleyball teamand led it to eight MorrisCounty Tournament titlesand the 2009 Group IIIchampionship.
“They’re laughing andhaving fun,” Gaels athlet-ic director Alexis Korsaksaid, after watching thegirls diving onto the gymfloor during a preseasonpractice. “I need it to befun for them.”
Roxbury appeared tohave the match won whena Pope John serve atmatch point hit the line.But it was so difficult tomake a correct call, theofficials decided to replaythe point — and Lionsjunior Amy Kratzer putthe ball down. The Lionsseized the momentum andforced a decisive thirdgame.
The Gaels opened withanother cry of “1-2-3,Nagy!” to buoy their spir-its.
Said senior outsidehitter Julia Tobescu, “Anangel helped us out in thatthird game.”
Pope John was rallyingand pulled ahead by twopoints when a ball rico-cheted off the Roxburygym ceiling and out ofbounds. Junior middlehitter Taylor Kornmannfollowed up with a pair ofkills and the Gaels did nottrail again.
Kornmann led Rox-bury with five kills, twoblocks and seven aces.Kropp had nine digs, asdid Pope John junior AmyKratzer. Lions senior AlexRatyniak added four kills.
“It was pretty intense,”Tobescu said. “(Nagy)means the world to me.
She’s just the best personI ever met.”
Nagy was first diag-nosed with melanoma insitu in 2009, when shediscovered a mole on herchest which was changingcolors and shapes. A der-matologist removed thatmole and another in Au-gust 2010.
A few months later,Nagy’s right foot began togo numb. That numbnessspread to her entire rightside. An MRI in Decem-ber 2010 revealed twotumors on the parietallobe of her brain. A PETscan before Christmasrevealed five lesions:three brain tumors, atwo-millimeter lesion onher right chest and anoth-er in her mouth.
Nagy had a craniotomyon Jan. 12, 2011 to removetwo of the tumors and wasscheduled for cyberknifetreatment for the third,which was inoperable.She also had months ofchemotherapy, which shedocumented on Caring-Bridge. Though she losther hair, Nagy maintainedher bright smile andcheery attitude through-out the treatment.
The Roxbury volley-ball teams will host KillCancer Night on Oct. 20,when West Morris visits.The players from bothschools will be gatheringsponsors who will givemoney for every kill. TheGaels are planning todonate the proceeds inNagy’s name.
A memorial schol-arship has also been es-tablished at Roxbury.
“It’s already very dif-ferent, but it’s still good-,”senior opposite TiaThompson said. “She’d bevery proud of us.”
Jane Havsy: 973-428-6682;[email protected]
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Before each game, Roxbury girls volleyball coach Beth Grasso and her players honorformer coach Amanda Nagy who died of cancer in August. RICH SCHULTZ/FOR NJ PRESS MEDIA
Fond farewellto a friendRoxbury continues to honorformer girls volleyball coachBy Jane HavsyStaff Writer
Sara Patterson of Roxbury sets a shot during a match against Pope John on Monday. RICH
SCHULTZ/FOR NJ PRESS MEDIA
BOYS SOCCER
Mendham 1, Roxbury 0
Mendham (1-0) 0 1 — 1Roxbury (0-1) 0 0 — 0
GOALS/Assists: WMMH - J. Cellitti (H.Spanier) 22:00. SAVES: (M) Robertiello5; (R) CASTANHEIRA 4. SHOTS: Mend-ham 6-5.
Mt. Olive 4, Jefferson 1Mt. Olive (1-0) 3 1 — 4Jefferson (0-1) 1 0 — 1
GOALS: (MO) Wank 1, Peterson 1, Usma-nov 1; (J) Johnson 1. ASSISTS: (MO)Cerda 1; (J) Montague 1.Vernon 6, Pope John 2
Vernon (1-0) 2 4 — 6Pope John (0-1) 1 1 — 2
GOALS: (V) Goetchius 2, Caballero 1,
Ciani 1, English 1, Montero 1; (PJ) Lagg 2.ASSISTS: (V) Baines 2, Canal 1, English1, Goetchius 1. SAVES: (V) Wiedmann 6;(PJ) Golembioski 4.
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
Mendham 2, Jefferson 0
GAME SCORES: 25-14, 25-21
West Morris 2, Montville 0GAME SCORES: 25-12, 25-11
Parsippany 2, Dover 0RECORDS: Parsippany (2-0), Dover
(0-2).
