Bergen County Jamboree: Bergen Catholic And Cresskill Advance to Quarterfinals!

Allendale, N.J…….. Hoop Journal caught two of the Jamboree games where Cresskill and Bergen Catholic advanced:

                                      CRESSKILL  47                       PASCACK VALLEY  45

    Cresskill trailed most of the game and needed a spark! Off the bench came Junior Tyler Jackson who was a starter most of the season! Jackson scored 18 points and hit a”triple” with 1:23 left to give them a 45-42 lead and made two free throws to clinch it! His energy was just what Cresskill needed in their 47-45 win! Junior Dominic Wilson added 8 points and put Cresskill up 40-39 with 3:20 left in the quarter for their first lead! Senior Rich Van Cleft added 8 points and 6 rebounds! Pascack Valley was led by Senior Glen Scalia who knocked down 6″triples” and scored 22 points and tried to answer by tying the game at 42 with 2:11 left! Cresskill will meet the winner of the Teaneck- Lodi game!

                                                BERGEN CATHOLIC  75            WOOD RIDGE  68  O.T.

      Bergen Catholic hung around just enough to steal a win from Wood Ridge 75-68 in overtime! Wood Ridge made 8 treys but could not make enough free throws to end the game! They finally opened the door where B.C. got a chance to tie as Junior P.J. Reed(right) went to the line with 1 second left in the contest and with ice in his veins sent the game into overtime by making two free throws to tie the game at 64! Reed then scored 6 of the 11 overtime points to lead them to the 75-68 win! Reed finished with 17 points and 8 rebounds and was complimented by his teammates! Sophomore Nadi Beciri scored 13 points, pulled down 7 boards and 3 blocks, Junior’s Taino Flores and Kyle Quiero each scored 9 points as Flores also had 5 assists and Senior Chuck Wingate was all over the floor on the offensive and defensive end, contributing 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals! Wood Ridge was led by Junior Gary Whritenour who made 5″triples” for a game high 22 points and Junior Mike Gibney with 20! The Blue Devils had to overcome the lost of Senior bigman Vin O’Bierne who took a hard foul and left with a swollen elbow in the 1st hal! His lost was critical, but Wood Ridge still played well enough to have a lead late and opportunities to pull the game out but their inconsistency at the line proved to be their undoing! Bergen Catholic will meet the winner of Tenafly vs. Ridgewood for the quarterfinals!