Following a 5-1 start to the season, the Southern Regional ice hockey team rode a roller coaster for the remainder of the regular season. Still, the Rams received the eighth seed and a bye for the first round of the NJSIAA Public B tournament.

Christopher Laureigh scored a hat trick during the Southern ice hockey team’s 4-1 victory over Princeton in the NJSIAA Public B tournament last week, but the Rams’ season ended against Randolph in the quarterfinals on March 2. (Photo by David Biggy)

After a 4-1 victory over ninth-seeded Princeton last week, the Rams ran into one of the better teams in the state on Monday, March 2, and their season screeched to a halt with a 6-0 loss to powerful Randolph, the tourney’s top seed.