Morris County Minute: Highlighting 2030 Mount Olive Prospects

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The 2025 youth football regular season has been done in New Jersey for over a quarter of the calendar year, but with the Morris County Youth Football League releasing its All-Conference selections, it served as a much-welcomed shot in the arm for football diehards across the North Jersey County. Below is a look at some of the standouts from the Mount Olive Marauders Varsity (8th Grade) football team this past season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2058588"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-69b081f3e54bf"} --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>MCYFL Freedom All-Star Game selection</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Bats lefty in baseball, throws righty in football</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Scoring points and winning games is all that matters at the end of the day when determining if a football season was successful or not. While that's a responsibility shared by the entire team, nobody takes more scrutiny over it than QB1. So when MO [player_tooltip player_id='2058588' first='Louis' last='Iozzi'] was <em>not</em> named to an MCYFL All-Conference team, it's justifiable based off the season they had. However, if you look beyond the headlines, Iozzi is certainly a prospect that people around Morris County should know. Despite not being named All-Conference, he was an obvious <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/11/mcyfl-all-star-game-freedom-conference-standouts/" id="https://prepredzone.com/2025/11/mcyfl-all-star-game-freedom-conference-standouts/">standout</a> in the MCYFL All-Star Game and I went as far as including him in <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/12/nj-dime-dealers-10-morris-co-qbs-to-know-before-they-start-h-s/" id="https://prepredzone.com/2025/12/nj-dime-dealers-10-morris-co-qbs-to-know-before-they-start-h-s/">this writeup</a> highlight 2030 Morris County QBs to know ahead of high school. Iozzi is a stud athlete who has a ton of potential as a dual-threat QB, Defensive Back or possibly even Wide Receiver. With promising size, better in-game speed than many others in the county and superb hand-eye coordination -- keep an eye here.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2058643"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-69b081f3e554c"} --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Earned 2nd Team All-MCYFL Freedom Conference</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>MCYFL Freedom All-Star Game selection</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>From what I've seen on film, and in person at the MCYFL All-Star Game, where he was a clear <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/11/mcyfl-all-star-game-freedom-conference-standouts/" id="https://prepredzone.com/2025/11/mcyfl-all-star-game-freedom-conference-standouts/">standout in my opinion</a>, Longo is a pillar for this 2030 MO class. He's an athletic kid who plays both Running Back and Linebacker; He also doubles as one of the better 8th grade wrestlers in Morris County, finishing 14-2 on the season and placing 2nd in the Tri-County Youth Wrestling League. Look for him to make a name for himself over the next four years as a rangy Outside Linebacker, who will also make some plays at Running Back.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2059845"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"","_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations":1,"_player_evaluations":"field_62aba7547dc44"},"mode":"preview","alignText":"left","anchor":"acf-block-69b081f3e55af"} --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>Earned 1st Team All-MCYFL Freedom Conference</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:list --> <ul class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>MCYFL Freedom All-Star Game selection</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ul> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The current freshman group at Mount Olive High School (class of 2029) rewrote the record books during their youth career and had a lot of skill all over the field. The 2030 class is not nearly as deep at the skills, but it does do have a potential building block up front in [player_tooltip player_id='2059845' first='Jason' last='Hills']. Hills was the lone Marauder to earn a 1st Team All-Conference nod in 2025. He's self-reported at 5-foot-5 and 180-pounds, so the room for physical growth is obvious. However, he has long arms and can seemingly play any position along the O-Line and D-Line.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:acf/evaluation-block --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Additional 2030 Marauders of Note</span></h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Running Back/Defensive Back combo <strong><em>[player_tooltip player_id='2059047' first='Julian' last='Cherubin']</em></strong> was a bright spot this past season. He's a small back and will need to put on size (weight and height) in order to match the success he had on the youth level. As a RB he moved well in space and had pretty good speed on film. Defensively, he was selected for the MCYFL All-Star Game and <a href="https://prepredzone.com/2025/11/mcyfl-all-star-game-freedom-conference-standouts/" id="https://prepredzone.com/2025/11/mcyfl-all-star-game-freedom-conference-standouts/">had a decent day</a> as a Corner. As of this writeup <strong><em>Cherubin</em></strong> is unsure about where he'll be attending high school.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Another undersized kid who flashed at times for Mount Olive in 2025 was WR/DB <strong><em>Colin Young</em></strong>. At this point <strong><em>Young</em></strong> is as small, or smaller, than <strong><em>Cherubin</em></strong> and doesn't appear to be as explosive with the ball in his hands. The two-sport athlete was selected as one of the six MO kids for the MCYFL All-Star Game in November.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Rounding out this writeup is Offensive/Defensive Lineman <strong><em>Cooper Dahms</em></strong>. Dahms, like the others in this writeup was also selected for the MCYFL All-Star Game in November. He lists himself at 5-foot-10 and 150-pounds right now, and in still photos he does appear to be in the neighborhood of that size. In addition to football, he also doubles as a lacrosse player and has played for some of the top club programs in the state.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->