COACHES VS CANCER AT KENNEDY HS RESULTS: Hawthorne Christian, Wayne Valley, Tenafly, Passaic, Teaneck, Englewood, West Milford And Passaic Valley Win

Kennedy HS,Paterson,NJ…..After a security problem that caused postponements Friday, the Saturday games came off with no problems and their was plenty of action!!!

 

 

 

                                                            HAWTHORNE CHRISTIAN  50     EASTERN CHRISTIAN  34

 

    Junior Alex Thomas(right) was a problem for Eastern Christian the entire contest as he dominated the inside with an assortment of drop steps, short jumpers and dunks while finishing with 25 points,10 rebounds and 3 blocked shots in Hawthorne Christian’s 50-34 win! when Eastern Christian did double down Junior Jake Hart made them pay by hitting on 3″triples” to keep the defense honest! He finished the game with 11 points and Junior A.J. Newell added 10! Eastern Christian was led by Senior Keith Ring with 13 points and Senior Cleveland McDaniel with 11!

 

 

 

 

                                                            WAYNE VALLEY  65       NORTH BERGEN  59

 

Senior Andrew Keane(right) had a double-double with 21 points and 11 rebounds, Senior guard Josh Rigolioso scored 20 points with 4″triples” and Junior Liam Connors chipped in 18 points as they scored 59 of  Wayne Valley’s 65 points as they beat North Bergen 65-59! North Bergen trailed by as much as 14 but began to press to get back in the game! WV was able to overcome it on a couple of full court passes to Connor for layups and Rigolioso made 4 of 6 free throws late to help keep North Bergen at bay! Senior Alex Gil led North Bergen with 19 points and Sophomore Logan Santiago who looked impressive came off the bench to score 15!

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                   TENAFLY  49         WAYNE HILLS  46

 

            Senior Kyle Hiok(right)i scored 25 points and Senior Yaniv Cotten scored 16 points as Tenafly squeaked out a close win over Wayne Hills 49-46! Tenafly held a 1o point lead 38-28 at the end of the 3rd and held off Wayne Hills late run! Hills got good games from Junior Scott Wills with 20 points and Senior Arris Hunt who scored 14 points and grabbed 11 rebounds! 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                       PASSAIC  60       DICKINSON  49

 

Senior Rashaan Johnson scored 20 points, snatched 14 rebounds and controlled the interior as Passaic manhandled a 10-4 Dickinson squad 60-49! 7 of Johnson’s 14 rebounds were on the offensive end! Senior guard Aziah Miller finished with 15 points, Senior Matt Cancel came off the bench to score 10 and Senior Gervon Williams added 9 points,5 assists and 4 steals for the Indians! It was the fifth win in a row for Passaic! Dickinson was led by Senior Duane Jameswith 9 points and 8 rebounds!

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                 TEANECK  75               ST. JOSEPH  70

 

St. Joseph gave Teaneck all it could handle and led at the half 34-32! Teaneck came out and scored 30 points in the 3rd quarter to take a 62-47 lead and it seemed as if the game was over! But St. Joe’s came back and got as close as 74-70 on a layup by Junior Quai Jefferson with 24 seconds left! The Highwaymen held on for a 75- 70 win! Senior Shakir Lindsey and Senior Joel Hernandez did their usual with 21 and 18 points respectively, but it was the play of Senior Marcus Fulmore that was the difference! Fulmore(right) scored 19 points and pulled down 12 rebounds to help offset the play of Senior Pat Mensah who had 27 points and 9 rebounds and Junior Kiy Hester who scored 23 points, including 5″triples” and 3 steals for Joe’s! Junior Lavrone Green-Reels came off the bench and hit 3 key”triples”!

 

 

 

 

                                                         ENGLEWOOD   66     LAKELAND   54

 

      Junior Sidney Dawkins scored 19 points and Senior Leon White scored 17 to lead Englewood to a 66-54 win over an improved Lakeland team! Englewood led most of the game and thwarted any run Lakeland tried to make! The Lancers were led by Senior Ian Rohde with 14!

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEST MILFORD  89     WOOD RIDGE 82

 

Senior Mike Otero scored 31 points as West Milford surprised Wood Ridge 89-82! Senior Mike Gibney scored 28 and Senior Gary Whritenour added 24!

 

 

PASSAIC VALLEY  54     BERGEN CATHOLIC  50

 

Junior Stefan Minic led Passaic Valley with 16 points and Freshman Jihad Wright hit key free throws down the stretch as the Hornets shocked Bergen Catholic 54-50! The Crusaders seemed to have the game under control, but P.V. made a run late! Junior Matej Jurcevic finished with 18 points and Senior P.J. Reed added 13 for B.C.