RANDOLPH — Randolph soccer coach George Mousis has been keeping a big secret from his team for the past few weeks. As the Rams reached the NJSIAA North 1, Group 3 final, Mousis kept joking that he wasn't happy with who the Morris County Boys Soccer Coaches Association had selected for Player of the Year.
But the secret is finally out. Randolph midfielder R.J. Dougherty received the award on Nov. 25.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementWith Mousis standing nearby, Dougherty wryly said, "He still might not be happy."
Dougherty had seven goals and nine assists for the Rams, who also reached the Morris County Tournament final.
"The biggest thing is consistency," he said. "I take pride in every game, performing at my best. ... We had more of a connection and a united goal. Everyone wanted the best for each other and the best for the team."
Chatham boys soccer #1 Jack Paone and #3 Braden Faust and Mount Olive #25 Cristiano Bivona during an NJAC-American game, Chatham, N.J., Sept. 9, 2025.MCT champion Chatham was named the Team of the Year, and team leader Mark Maka is his peers' selection as Coach of the Year. The Cougars did not allow a goal in their four MCT matches, defeating Randolph, 1-0, in the final.
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementChatham midfielder Jack Keltz, center back Brendan Faust and goalkeeper Jack Paone were all named to the Morris County coaches' first team, in recognition of the squad allowing only 0.7 goals per game.
Paone and Faust, Madison's Andrew Haviland and Justin Macrina, Matias Gonzalez of Dover, and Delbarton's Owen Miller have all been invited to play for North 2 in the statewide senior all-star game on Dec. 3.
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"We had a great year as a team," said Maka, a Chatham High School guidance counselor who just wrapped up his 13th season as head coach. "The senior group I had this year is fantastic. We had great leadership. They put so much work in."
AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisement∎ Rich Vasquez, who guided Madison to its first NJSIAA Group title since 1996, has been named United Soccer Coaches' New Jersey small-school Coach of the Year.
"High school soccer pressure is different," Morris Knolls coach and MCBSCA president Mike Mugavero said. "Club players don't walk into school the next morning with 1,500 people knowing exactly how last night's game went. But you do. Your classmates know. Your teachers know. Your entire school knows. You carry that responsibility — the joy of big wins and the consequences of tough losses — in front of the entire community. That pressure is real, and you embraced it."
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First team
Robert Dougherty, Randolph senior; Andrei Nitulescu, Randolph junior; Braydon Faust, Chatham senior; Dylan Mazzarella, Delbarton junior; Matias Gonzalez, Dover senior; Leonardo Belloni, Morris Hills junior; Ryan Hoffelder, Chatham senior; Justin Macrina, Madison senior; Chris Pintado, Mount Olive senior; Jake Keltz, Chatham senior; Yusef Qasemi, Parsippany seinor; Owen Miller, Delbarton senior; Anthony Delgado, Morris Knolls senior; Andrew Haviland, Madison senior; Jayden Diaz, Dover senior; Gavin Vichengrad, Randolph senior goalkeeper; Jack Paone, Chatham senior goalkeeper
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Marco Mannino, Chatham senior; Bryan Valdes, Dover senior; Hashem Husseini, Whippany Park senior; John Martinez, Morristown junior; Ramy Youssef, Mount Olive senior; Teddy McLaud, Mendham junior; Jake Rubin, Randolph senior; Rocco Rizzitello, Whippany Park senior; Gui Dos Santos, Madison senior; Peter Lines, Delbarton senior; German Mendoza-Fajardo, Parsippany Hills senior; Sam Mauceri, Montville junior; Pasquale Buttadauro, Montville; Gavin Raiz, Morristown senior; Alessio Garrido, Boonton junior; Angelo D'Asti, Morris Knolls senior goalkeeper; Rowan Baines, Montville sophomore goalkeeper
Third team
Teo Valianatos, Mendham senior; Owen Fraser, Chatham senior; Matt Homsany, Mount Olive junior; Henry Kovacs, Delbarton senior; Skanda Damaraju, Delbarton senior; Thomas Becht, Morris Knolls senior; Tyler Gordimer, Morris Hills senior; Tyler Wills, Mountain Lakes senior; Ethan Vintimilla, Pequannock senior; Moses Asumadu, Hanover Park junior; Nolan Keane, Madison senior; Cesar Aguilar, Dover junior; Mouhamed Sarr, Parsippany junior; Leo Dimitrakiou, Kinnelon junior; Sairam Balaji, Parsippany sophomore; Cal Regan, Madison goalkeeper; Pavel Armas, Boonton goalkeeper
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Boonton: Ardi Dauti, Jaciel Lagos; Butler: Andrew Combs, Oscar Zacharski; Chatham: Brooks Loftin, Emmet Stitely; Delbarton: Franco Piarulli, Cortland Martin; Dover: Sebastian Molina, Kevin Vides; Hanover Park: Jack Galante, Chase Sugg; Jefferson: Matias Munoz, Sebastian Prendez; Kinnelon: David Loza, Matt Weiss; Madison: Jake Witte, Liam Goldberg; Mendham: Kaiden Reed, Nick Zawadiwsky; Montville: Matt Chiocariello, Cian Guinnelly; Morris Catholic: Matthew Bondarowicz, Jack Simitreski; Morris Hills: Juan Foronda, Sebastian Ortiz; Morris Knolls: Jackson Robinson, Ben Priestner; Morris Tech: Olin Lilburn, Levi Salsberg; Morristown: Noah Van Zile, Frank Serrano; Morristown Beard: Aiden Conway, Bryce Cicchino; Mount Olive: Justin Mazurcyk, Cristiano Bivona; Mountain Lakes: Rohan Reddy, Mark Holynskyj; Parsippany: Isaac Da Silva, Christian Castano; Parsippany Hills: Wu Agyejum, T.K. Saldarini; Pequannock: Gavin Visscher, Nolan Casey; Randolph: Felipe Pesa, Julian Hernandez; Roxbury: Aiden Jachera, Kevin McGlynn; West Morris: Dylan Caceres, J.P. Huff; Whippany Park: Matthew Rusin, Michael Bimonte
This article originally appeared on Morristown Daily Record: Morris County NJ boys soccer player, team coach of year named
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