Motorcade for Parsippany Hills football champs

The Parsippany Hills High School football team drove through the competition this season on the way to its first state sectional championship.

Sunday, it will drive through the township on its way to a final salute.

Parsippany Mayor James Barberio announced Wednesday that the Vikings will be honored with a motorcade that will wind through neighborhoods near its home field before ending at the high school parking lot, where a cheering crowd is expected to greet them.

The Vikings secured their first-ever state title with a thrilling 20-13 victory over top-seeded Cranford in the NJSIAA North 2 Group III championship Sunday at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford.

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The motorcade will begin at 11 a.m. at Jannarone Park on Walsh Drive. It will proceed down Interpace Parkway and head south on Cherry Hill Road to Route 202 South. From there, it will turn right onto Sedgefield Drive, left onto Ferncliff, right onto Highland, right onto Moraine Road, left on Tarn Drive and right onto Route 53.

The motorcade will conclude with a right turn onto Brooklawn Drive, a left onto Glen Cove Road and into the high school parking lot off Rita Drive. The public is invited to attend the event free of charge.

"The hearts of township residents are bursting with pride," Barberio stated in a release announcing the event. "We admire these young champions who have represented Parsippany with such determination and dignity. They have carried themselves with pride and respect and exemplify our highest traditions of good sportsmanship."

Visit Parsippany.net for more details.

Staff Writer William Westhoven: 973-428-6627; wwesthoven@dailyrecord.com.