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.
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Brown and Tommy Rivera completely dominated the contest in Eastside’s 65-41 win over Kennedy! Brown(right) was special from the floor shooting 11 of 15, including 4″triples” and scoring 22 of his 27 points in the 1st half and probably could have gotten more if the game had not been so out of reach! Rivera(left) didn’t put up the scoring numbers but was the catalyst on nearly every play as he had 11 dimes, with most coming in the 1st half and his 5’9 frame grabbed 5 rebounds and turned them into transiton points! Kennedy which is usually a good perimeter shooting team was stone cold in the 1st half and fell behind 41-18! To make matters worse they only could score 3 points in the 3rd to fall behind 59-21 going into the 4th quarter! Sophomore Asem Johnson scored 11 points for Eastside and 
Junior Quincy Jones scored 10! The game was also the debut of 6’6 Sophomore Marquel Sheffield(bottom right) who became eligible after sitting the mandatory 30 days in a transfer! Sheffield came off the bench and made his presence felt right away, pulling down 6 rebounds but more importantly blocking 5 shots! His presence in the paint will help Eastside tremendously going into the Counties and the States! Senior Hassan Townes led Kennedy with 9 points and 5 steals, while Senior Justin Kimchen had 11 points! Freshman stud Alphonso Gee was held to 4 points by the Ghosts in the game!!