Chiefs fall to Roxbury Mike Tobin flipped a game-high 19 points into the bucket but the Chiefs were beaten 46-35 by Roxbury in the title game of their own tourney. Tobin led all scores with 25 points when the Chiefs edged Mount Olive 50-48 in the semifinals with Pat Coote chipping in with 10 points. Sparta defeated Wayne Hills 73-42 as Chris McCann netted 16 of his game-high 21 points in the first half to fuel the Spartans’ surge to a 38-25 lead at intermission. Ken McFarlane chipped in with a dozen points and grabbed six rebounds. Patriots edge Voorhees Lenape Valley went 2-1 in the Hopatcong Holiday Tournament as the Patriots edged Voorhees in the final consolation game to up their overall record to 3-3. Trailing 19-13 after one quarter, the Patriots rallied behind the 1-2 scoring punch of Keith Flaherty who dented the cords with a game-high 24 points and Andrew Ciampaglio who tickled the twine with 20 points. Two days earlier LVR trounced Butler 62-30 as Ciampaglio scored 19 points and Chris Carl was runnerup with 16. Newton comes back for a win Following three straight setbacks to start the season, Newton rebounded with back-to-back victories to capture the championship plaque in the North Warren Christmas Tournament on Thursday by defeating the host Patriots in Blairstown by a score of 59-47. The Braves went on a 20-8 run in the second quarter to open up a 35-20 by advantage by the halftime break. Bobby Jackson deposited a team-high 19 points into the basket while Matt Fortunato tallied 18 and Dan Ehehalt flipped 10 through the cords. The Braves recorded their first “W” in defeating Pius X (PA) 84-71 in the opening round as Ehehalt and Jackson netted 18 points apiece with Fortunato chipping in with 13 and Dan DiMarzo adding 10. Vernon captures Rotary crown Vernon surged to a 2-4 lead after eight minutes and went on to defeat Delaware Valley (PA) 64-58 in the championship game of the Milford/Matamoras Rotary Tournament on Friday night in Milford, PA. Jeff Moen netted a game-high 16 points, eight of which came at crunch time as he was named the tourney MVP. Charles Drinkard chipped in with a dozen points and Nick Siris added 11 as the Vikings upped their record to 4-2. In a 72-51 victory over Patuxent (MD), the defending champions, in the semifinals Moen drilled a game-high 25 points through the cords and was chosen the SCIL/Richards and Summers Player of the Week. In the opening round 65-52 triumph over Port Jervis (NY), Jeremy Palimieri tallied a game-high 17 points coming off the bench while Siris added 13 and Moen tallied nine. Wallkill rolls over Kinnelon Mike Hern claimed his third straight MVP trophy when Wallkill Valley rolled to a 58-49 victory over Kinnelon in the championship contest of the Ranger Holiday Tournament on Thursday. Hern, who was chosen the Wallkill Valley Athlete of the Week while his teammates Joe Byrne and Paul Pallazzolla were named to the all-tourney team. Jefferson fall to Parsippany Jefferson lost to Parsippany Hills 55-50 in the championship game of the Morris Knolls Holiday Tournament played in Denville. Quemal Seji and B.J. Stokes scored 18 points apiece for the Falcons while Patrick McCarney tallied six points, grabbed five rebounds, picked off a pair of steals and blocked two shots. In a 58-47 victory over Morris Knolls in the semifinals, Seji turned in a double-double, pumping a game-high 20 points through the rim, including a pair of treys while pulling down 10 rebounds. Stokes chipped in with 14 points and just missed a double-double when he grabbed nine boards.