Oradell.NJ……..Bergen Catholic rode the young legs of Freshman Gilberto Cue and overcame the great performances of Paramus Catholic duo Senior Kyle Menard and Junior Jalen Henriquez to pull off a triple overtime win 96-90! When a Freshman is your point guard you deal with the good and the bad and live with the results! Cue (pictured)had moments of brilliance and also showed signs that he is still a Freshman, but the one thing he is is Fearless! That and his talent helped lead Bergen Catholic to a game that at times seemed lost! Cue’s”triple”at the end of the 2nd overtime tied the game at 84 and he was involved in the first three buckets in the 3rd overtime to give BC the lead for good! He scored the first basket of the final overtime, then assisted on the next two baskets to Junior Nadi Beciri and Junior Brandon Johnson to give BC a 90-86 lead! Senior While Cue who finished with 11 points and 13 assists was doing it for Bergen, Paramus Catholic was by ear a two man show! Henriquez scored 36 points and was the main catalyst in the 1st half, while Menard added 34, taking over in stages of the 2nd half! Senior P.J Reed led the scoring for the Bergen Catholic scoring 21 points and pulling down 12 boards while Beciri scored 20 and Johnson who spurred a 3rd quarter comeback by scoring 11 straight points finished with 18 points!

Oradell,NJ……. The Bergen County Jamboree kicked off today and in the contests at Bergen Catholic, Mahwah, St.Mary’s and B.C. all prevailed!

                                                                     MAHWAH   51       DWIGHT-ENGLEWOOD  48

                Mahwah Senior Mike Leniw(right) was a difficult matchup for Dwight-Englewood and his presence was the main reason for the Thunderbird’s win! Leniw helped #16 seed Mahwah build a comfortable margin in the 3rd quarter, but picked up his 4th foul! When he sat, #17 seed Dwight-Englewood made their run in the 4th quarter,cutting the lead to 5 which brought Leniw back!He preceded to make a key and one play late, but by now the Bulldogs were in it and “triples” by Senior Keon Osbourne and Senior Austin James cut the lead to 49-48 and with the ball! They preceded to have it stolen by Mahwah Senior guard Matt Busch and Senior guard Greg Rozar made two free throws to give them the final score! A desperation shot was no good for Dwight-Englewood! Leniw led the scoring with 20 points, while Busch scored 12 points on 4″triples”! Senior Eric Mourkakos led Dwight-Englewood with 15 points, while James finished with 14 and Osbourne finished with 9 points and 8 rebounds! Unfortunately, Mahwah will now have to face top seeded Teaneck!

                                                                 ST. MARY’S  53     WALDWICK  49

#13 Waldwick led the entire way,but #20 St. Mary’s never quit and finally caught them 49-48 with 1:18 left in the game on a follow layup by Senior Connor Cucinnelli! Senior Josh Davis, Senior Shawn Johnson as well as Cuccinelli spurred the comeback! Davis(left) led St. Mary’s with 16 points and was tremendous defensively as he blocked 7 shots and grabbed 7 rebounds! Cucinnelli(right) finished with a double-double 13 points and 10 rebounds and Johnson(center) scored 15 points including some tough shots in the lane! Waldwick was led by Junior guard Doug Palmadessa who had an outstanding game finishing with 25  points! St. Mary’s will meet Westwood in the next round!

                                                                 BERGEN CATHOLIC  65    ELMWOOD PARK  51

Senior P.J. Reed scored 20 points and grabbed 11 rebounds to lead #15 Bergen Catholic to a 65-51 win over #18 Elmwood Park! B.C. led the entire way as they kept a double digit lead most of the way! Freshman guard Gilberto Cue  added 13 points and 5 assists and Junior Nadi Beciri finished with 9 points and 8 rebounds! Elmwood Park could never get it going consistently! Junior Ve’shawn Polite played with alot of energy for Elmwood Park scoring 18 points with 11 rebounds and the Senior tandem of Nick Smith and Andre Frasier scored 10 and 11 points respectively! Bergen Catholic will now meet the 2nd seeded Hackensack Comets in the next round!

  AT  BERGEN CATHOLIC               FIRST ROUND GAMES         SUNDAY,  JANUARY 27th

  #17  DWIGHT-ENGLEWOOD VS  #16  MAHWAH   11:30am

#20  ST. MARY  VS   #13  WALDWICK  1:15pm

#18  ELM WOOD PARK  VS  #15  BERGEN CATHOLIC  3:00pm

AT  OLD TAPPAN

#19  GARFIELD  VS   #14  PASCACK VALLEY 1:00pm

#23  SADDLE RIVER DAY  VS   #10 OLD TAPPAN  2:45pm

AT  BERGENFIELD 

#21  RIDGEFIELD  VS   # 12 WOOD RIDGE  1:00pm

# 22  BOGOTA  VS  #11 FORT LEE