Jersey City, NJ……Hudson Catholic played their first game of the Hudson County Tournament and made it look easy as they defeated Kearny 110-43! The story was about Senior guard Jared Hall(pictured) who transferred from Newark Tech this season needing  18 points to reach 1,000 for his career! In the 4th quarter Hall made two free throws to finish with 19 points and reach the plateau! Hall led the scoring for the Hawks, while Senior Reggie Cameron added 18 and 8 rebounds, Senior Kavon Stewart had 8 points and 9 assists, Sophomore Adam Traore scored 14 points,Sophomore Nassir Barrino scored 13 points and Senior Kyle McLeggan scored 10 in a balanced scoring game! Senior Dylan Hoch led Kearny with 19!

In the last few days, we have had a couple of milestones! Shakir Lindsey(bottom), the spectacular Senior point guard for Teaneck went over the 1,000 point mark in a lost to Hackensack! Lindsey scored 33 points in the contest and late in the 4th quarter hit for the milestone! Wood-Ridge Senior wing Mike Gibney(right) became the 16th player in the Bergen and Passaic County area to score 2,000 points in his career! Gibney scored 29 points in a 97-91 overtime win over Garfield! It gave him 2,018 points to end the game! Hoop journal congratulates both players on their accomplishment!

Hackensack, N.J….. Junior Rashard Figures scored 39 points and dished out 5 assists as Hackensack won a close contest against Teaneck 88-84! Hackensack needed them all as Teaneck, despite playing without star player Joel Hernandez(ankle sprain) was in it the entire way! Figures(pictured) scored in a variety of ways as he hit 6″triples” made mid-range jumpers and got to the cup off the dribble! The Comets seemed to get a little cushion as they led 45-35 at the half, but Teaneck came out in the 3rd quarter and behind the play of their other star player Shakir Lindsey who finished with 33 points,6 assists and 6 rebounds valiantly came back taking a three point lead with 2:38 left in the quarter! Hackensack took the hit though and took the lead back, leading by two 64-62 at the end of the third! The 4th was just as exciting as the other three quarters as the game went back and forth until the end! The role players were key in the game for both teams as Senior Jamiek Moore(14 pts,9rebs), Senior Keon Lewis(10pts,3stls) and Senior Jason Smith(4pts,7rebs) came off the bench and gave a big effort on the glass as Moore and Senior Eugene Marshall were in foul trouble and keeping the ball alive on loose balls for Hackensack, while Teaneck got strong games from Senior Marcus Fulmore(15pts,7rebs), Junior Lavrone Green-Reels( 11pts) and Sophomore Cesar DeJesus(10pts)! The win sets the stage for some real fun if each team can make the Bergen County Jamboree finals! Hackensack got a win which was good for their psyche, while Teaneck will counter with” we played tough without our best player”! All this does is make the third game a charm!!