Morris/Sussex boys tennis 2025 team-by-team preview capsules

NJAC-Independence

Boonton

Coach: Gregory LaPointe, fifth season

Last season: 1-13

Returnees: Sr. Matthew Ribardo, Sr. Scott Soukup, Sr. Micah Gursoy, Sr. Alex Bordzol, Jr. Anthony MacLaren, Jr. Babur Ceynek, Jr. Adrian Calderon, Jr. James Lobb, Jr. Daniel Cortegana, So. Daniel Van Hoven.

Newcomers: Fr. Aiden Taylor, Fr. Aiden Emmel, Fr. Christopher Calderon.

Outlook: Boonton hopes to compete in the NJAC-Independence.

Kinnelon

Coach: Mark Landzert, fifth season

Last season: 9-8

Returnees: Sr. Henry Evans, Sr. Dylan Whitehead, So. Samuel Baldino, So. Maxwell Halasnik.

Newcomers: Sr. Owen Fernstrom, So. Noah Owens, So. Holden Wood, So. John Sprague.

Outlook: Kinnelon expects to compete in the NJAC-Independence, and hopes to advance to the North 1, Group 1 final.

Madison

Coach: Anton Carrera, fourth season

Last season: 10-11

Returnees: Sr. Broderick Dineen, Sr. Dashiell James, Sr. Luke Cimino, Sr. Scott Sullivan, Jr. Bryce Carey, Jr. Chris Lee.

Newcomers: So. Raphael Joiris, Fr. Charlie Bibbee.

Outlook: Senior-led Madison expects to succeed.

Pequannock

Coach: Brandon Horetsky, fifth season

Last season: 9-8

Returning letter-winners: Jr. Ryan Moore, Jr. Russell Eddeh, Jr. Mike D'Amico, Jr. Julien Palmieri, Jr. Evan Pera, So. Gio Tutarashvili.

Newcomers: Jr. Joe Rosenthal, So. Troy Rednar, So. Ben Carpenter.

Outlook: Experienced players will power Pequannock.

NJAC-Liberty

Hanover Park

Coach: Tara Geisser, 12th season

Last season: 12-3, 8-0 NJAC-Independence champion

Returnees: So. Ari Litinski.

Outlook: Hanover Park is rebuilding after graduating six varsity players.

Morristown Beard

Coach: Brett Michel, 14th season

Last season: 10-4, 8-0 NJAC-Liberty champion

Returnees: Sr. Griffin Halper, Sr. Ryan Horowitz, Sr. Nathan Soos, Jr. Jack Thompson.

Newcomers: Fr. Liam Hong, Fr. Alexander Kothari, Fr. Nathan Chen.

Outlook: Morristown Beard hopes to be successful again, despite the graduation of five starters.

Mountain Lakes

Coach: Ryan Price, third season

Last season: 12-7

Returnees: Sr. Jonathan Barnett, Sr. Deagan O'Shaughnessy, Sr. Ivan Lee, Sr. Harry Joelsson, Jr. Rohan Reddy, So. Thomas Berei.

Newcomers: So. Caleb Sbar, Fr. Arthur Chen.

Outlook: Veteran Mountain Lakes hopes to advance to the North 2, Group 1 final.

Parsippany

Coach: Michael Miller, 10th season

Last season: 9-7

Returnees: Sr. Krish Pipalia, Sr. Yug Rojividaya, Jr. Chester Braun, Jr. Rev Vanchinayagam, Jr. Aditya Pulliwar, Jr. Chad Lee, So. Sid Narayana.

Newcomers: Fr. Anish Gupta.

Outlook: The Red Hawks are replacing five starters.

NJAC-American

Chatham

Coach: James Cai, 12th season

Last season: 17-4, 11-1 NJAC-American co-champion

Returnees: Sr. Garrett Feher, Jr. Davis Zhang, Jr. Aidan Wong, Jr. Chris Allen, Jr. Grayson Rivera, So. Ranvir Iyengar.

Newcomers: Fr. Roger Lin, Fr. Tyler Lasky.

Outlook: Chatham expects to compete for the NJAC-American, Morris County and sectional titles.

Delbarton

Coach: John Thompson, 33rd season

Last season: 17-8, 11-1 NJAC-American co-champion; Morris County Tournament champion

Returnees: Sr. Dylan Scarpati, Sr. Andrew McDavitt, Jr. Hugh Weldon, Jr. Alex Choi, Jr. Chase Eagan, So. Connor Pertusi.

Newcomers: Sr. Hudson Bonetti, Sr. Jack Libreti, Jr. Lucas Nevistich, Fr. Braydon Bonetti, Fr. Makayo Cheung.

Outlook: Deep, experienced Delbarton hopes to earn its 22nd MCT title in the last 23 seasons.

Montville

Coach: Richard Mosera, second season

Last season: 6-16

Returnees: Sr. Ryan Wortman, Sr. Abhay Nagar, Sr. Josh Marchant, Jr. Eric Davis.

Newcomers: Fr. Arsh Chandawalla, Fr. Rishab Panchal.

Outlook: Montville hopes to advance to at least the North 1, Group 2 quarterfinals.

Morris Hills

Coach: Meaghan Barger, ninth season

Last season: 13-7

Returnees:Sr. Veer Gupta, Sr. Yash Gupta, Sr. Samarth Desai, Sr. Dharm Desai, Sr. Aarav Patel, Sr. Sarath Shayam, Sr. Sheil Shah, Sr. Vihas Veggalam.

Newcomers: Fr. Yuma Nahakara.

Outlook: Veer Gupta is believed to be the first Morris Hills boy to qualify for a MCT final.

Randolph

Coach: Dan DiNozzi, ninth season

Last season: 14-6, 9-0 NJAC-National champion

Returnees: Sr. Drew Weinroth, Jr. Rohan Gupta, So. Kaushik Kanugula.

Newcomers: Sr. Cristopher Cerulo, Sr. Nathan Kvares, Jr. Siddarth Vadal.

Outlook: Randolph's singles lineup returns.

West Morris

Coach: Maximilian Tsien, first season

Last season: 10-8

Returning letter-winners: Sr. Alex Trezza, Jr. Marvin Du, Jr. Justin Du.

Newcomers: Jr. Jay Tadinada, So. Antonio Capone, Fr. Enzo Hoerning, Fr. Kevin Moore.

Outlook: West Morris hopes to contend for MCT and sectional titles.

NJAC-National

Morris Knolls

Coach: Mike Mugavero, seventh season

Last season: 4-12

Returnees: Sr. Marek Kazik, Sr. Eric Alexander, Jr. Anay Gondha, Jr. Jack Whitney, Jr. Aniket Parikh, So. Vir Patel.

Newcomers: So. Kristian Kipp, Fr. Jacobo Dussan.

Outlook: Veteran Morris Knolls hopes to improve.

Morristown

Coach: Lance Lieberman, 15th season

Last season: 10-8

Returnees: Sr. Shriram Vasudevan, Sr. Aidan Orbeta, Sr. Dylan Troup, Jr. Alper Kumlu, Jr. Charlie Beyer, So. Jackson Starcher.

Newcomers: Jr. Ryan Ho, Fr. Sagar Jhaveri, Fr. Alex Koon, Fr. Simon Beyer.

Outlook: Veteran Morristown should continue its winning tradition.

Mount Olive

Coach: Daniel Grzywacz, 17th season

Last season: 5-16

Returnees: Sr. Pratyay Mohapatra, Sr. Rishon Pudota, Sr. Kevin Karram, Sr. Thomaz Honda, Sr. Robert Cahill, Jr. Aksah Gopal.

Newcomers: Fr. Sachin Vijayabharathi, Fr. Bhuvan Varatharajan.

Outlook: The Marauders hope to build from last spring.

Parsippany Hills

Coach: Dave Bongiovanni, fifth season

Last season: 3-12

Returnees: Sr. Alan Saravanan, Sr. Krupa Uthanumallian, Jr. Dev Shah.

Newcomers: Jr. Eli Hannig, Jr. Manny Hannig.

Outlook: Parsippany Hills has revamped its lineup.

Pope John

Coach: Christopher Peterson, second season

Last season: 6-5

Returnees: Sr. Sebastian Rondon, Sr. Jack Sacchiero, Sr. Vincent Notarnicola, Jr. William Franco, So. Jaden Alphonse.

Newcomers: Fr. Aidan Cavanagh, Fr. Matthew Sincaglia, Fr. Robert Daly.

Outlook: The Lions hope to qualify all their players for Hunterdon/Warren/Sussex and improve last spring's final record.

Roxbury

Coach: Rob Doyle, third season

Last season: 0-17

Returnees: Sr. Aidan Boccher, Sr. Dylan Olmsted, Sr. Vinny Romano, Jr. Dylan Aretz, Jr. Ethan Kendig, So. Dom DeMarco, So. Max Napeloni.

Outlook: Roxbury has added a junior varsity program and significantly boosted participation.

NJAC-Colonial

High Point

Coach: Jesse Strehl, fifth season

Last season: 7-7

Returning letter-winners: Sr. Leo Castillo, Sr. Zach Sprung, Sr. Sam Faillace.

Newcomers: Sr. Alec Sekelsky, Sr. Thomas Guether, Fr. Ethan Sprung, Fr. Niko Thornton, Fr. Chase Longberg, Fr. Owen Castillo.

Outlook: High Point hopes to improve.

Lenape Valley

Coach: Cameron Hosler, first season

Last season: 4-10

Returnees: Sr. Sean Palermo, So. Noah DeKnight, So. Jacob Schnetzer.

Newcomers: Fr. Patrick DiStefano.

Outlook: Led by sophomores, the Patriots hope to improve.

Newton

Coach: Michael Muller, second season

Last season: 9-5

Returning letter-winners: Jr. Jack Boffa, Jr. Ryan Marschall.

Newcomers: Sr. Matt Miranda, Jr. Justin Evanski, Jr. Pawel Macikowski, Jr. Tyler Ramos-Womack, So. Diego Pena, So. Mari Faines, So. Nasen Cruz.

Outlook: The Braves hope to remain competitive in the NJAC-Colonial despite significant graduation losses.

Vernon

Coach: Ray Loughren, seventh season

Last season: 3-10

Returning letter-winners: Sr. Michael Onysko-Koch.

Newcomers: Sr. Ben Crooks.

Outlook: Vernon is enjoying the new courts.

Wallkill Valley

Coach: Diane Brown, 16th season

Last season: 12-6

Returning letter-winners: Sr. Aiden Ehlberg, Sr. Tim Choi, Jr. Jeremy Rockwell.

Newcomers: Sr. Jared Lee, Sr. Noah DeRenzo, Sr. Curtis Jones, Jr. Josh Muro, So. Daniel DeFinis, So. Luke Nathan, So. Tristen Askew.

Outlook: The Rangers expect to improve.

This article originally appeared on Morristown Daily Record: NJ high school tennis: 2025 Morris/Sussex boys team previews

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