Hudson Catholic, Jersey City, N.J….. Senior Reggie Cameron scored 21 of his 24 points in the 2nd half  and Senior Kavon Stewart had a double-double with 10 points and 10 assists to lead Hudson Catholic past Newark Academy 73-47 in the Non-Public B quarterfinal round state game! Senior Jared Hall chipped in 12 points and Senior Kyle McLeggan added 11! Sophomore Nassir Barrino scored 8 points and dished out 4 dimes in the contest! Newark Academy was led by Elron Robinson with 16 points and Ryan McDonnell with 14 points! Hudson Catholic will move into the semi-finals against Montclair Kimberley!

Hackensack Middle School, Hackensack,N.J…. Playing on a neutral site due to wrestling in their home arena, #1 Seed Hackensack made it’s middle school home as they turned a 9-9 1st quarter into a 91-49 rout over Passaic County Tech in the quarterfinals of the Group 4 North States! Junior Rashard Figures started the explosion by scoring 15 of his 19 points in the 1st half! Hackensack took a 33-22 halftime lead and took off in the second half outscoring Tech 58-27 in the 2nd half! During the process of the game, Hackensack had two players reach milestones! Senior Chris Myers(bottom left) scored his 1,000th point in the 2nd quarter and his teammate Senior Eugene Marshall(right) scored his 1,000th point early in the 4th quarter! Marshall finished with 28 points and Myers finished with 10 points,9 assists and 4 steals! Hackensack got bigtime play from Senior Jason Smith who came off the bench to score 8 points,grab 11 rebounds and dished out 4 assists! the Comets even got little used Senior joey Diaz in the game late and he responded with 13 points with 3″triples” that brought the fans to their feet! PCT was led by Senior guard Isaac Williams with 16 points and Junior Victavious Mitchell with 10! Hackensack will meet Kennedy Friday night in a semifinal machup!

St. Joseph H.S., Montvale, N.J….  Senior Kyle Menard scored 28 points and Junior Kareem Coston scored 24 points to lead#10 Seeded Paramus Catholic past #7 Seeded St. Joseph 72 -68 in a North A Non-Public State game! Menard(#3) was a tough guard for St. Joe’s as he go
t to the basket strong and knocked down “triples” for much of the game! But the critical moment of the game was with almost 3 minutes left in the 4th and Paramus Catholic up 3 Menard picked up his 5th foul and was out so Paramus Catholic had to find a way to hold on! That’s when Coston(#2) took over and got help from his teammates Senior Marquis Watson, Senior Jordan McCain,Senior Tyler Iozia and Freshman Marlon Ebanks down the stretch! Coston went 3 for 4 from the foul line down the stretch and made a tough layup and Ebanks probably hit the biggest shot of the game with a no-no yes “triple” from the corner! 

Watson finished the game with 3 steals and 10 rebounds! St. Joe’s was led by Junior Quai Jefferson with 16 points and Junior Connor Fitzpatrick with 15! Paramus Catholic moves on to play #2 Seed St. Peters Prep Thursday!!