Wayne, N.J…. Junior Zaheem Beal (right)scored 25 points as #8 seed Passaic County Tech beat #9 seed Morris Knolls 68-46 in a Group 4 State Playoff! Tech took an early 20-6 lead at the end of the 1st quarter and outscored Morris Knolls 19-9 in the 3rd quarter to take a 51-31 lead into the 4th! Beal was helped by the shooting of Junior Ernesto Regaldo who scored 16 points and dished out 4 assists, and Senior Kori Haggie who had a double-double with 13 points and 10 rebounds! Morris Knolls was led by Junior Hugo Jimenez with 12 points and Senior Brian O’Neil who scored 11 points! Passaic Tech will now meet #1 seed Hackensack Wednesday!

Englewood H.S.,Englewood,N.J…. 7th Seeded Englewood overcame a 16 point deficit in the 1st half to beat 10th Seeded Manchester 80-61 in the first round of the Group 2 States! Manchester ran out to a fast start and took a 30-14 lead early in the 2nd quarter, but Englewood came storming back to cut the deficit to 34-32 at the half! Englewood came out running in the 2nd half at one point outscoring Manchester 40-17! Junior Leon White(right) led Englewood with 27 points, including 5″triples” Junior Justin Iton scored 12 points and grabbed 8 rebounds, Junior Nelson Goodwater scored all 11 of his points in the 1st half to keep englewood close and Junior Julius Wingate scored 9 points and grabbed 11 rebounds! Manchester was led by Senior Jamir Williams with 19 points, Sophomore Jevon Rawls who scored 15 points and dished out 6 assists and Freshman Alex Morales who scored 10 points and pulled down 16 rebounds! Englewood will face #2 Seed Pascack Hills Wednesday! 

St. Peters University,Jersey City, N.J., Hudson Catholic used a total team effort to defeat St. Peters Prep 56-49 to win their second straight Hudson County Title! Senior Jared Hall scored 5 big points late in the game to help the Hawks pull away! He finished with 13 points! Senior Reggie Cameron(#5), the Georgetown commit scored 12 points, grabbed 7 rebounds and dished out 4 assists and Sophomore Nassir Barrino also scored 12 points, including a key”triple” to tie the score at 46! Junior Safee Suber scored 8 points and pulled down 6 rebounds and Robert Morris commit Kavon Stewart(left) dished out 6 assists! Hudson Catholic outscored Prep 16-6 in the 4th! They had to overcome the play of Prep’s guards Senior Trevis Wyche and Junior Austin White! Wyche finished with 19 points and White added 15! After a 37 year drought Hudson Catholic have now won two County “CHIPS” in a row!