Story By: Mike(Bandaid) Mincey

Wayne,NJ…..  Passaic Tech went into hostile territory at DePaul and came away with a 64-59 victory! Senior Isaac Williams(pictured) scored 23 points to lead the Bulldogs as they kept a close lead most of the game, leading 47-38 to end the 3rd! DePaul finally tied it with 40 seconds, but a turnover and a couple buckets pulled it off for Tech! DePaul was led by Sanders Green with 24 points and Junior Juwuan Carter added 19!

Englewood,NJ….. In the second day of the Dwight Morrow Basketball Showcase St. Joseph, Passaic Valley and St. John The Baptist of Long Island ended up victorious!

                                       PASSAIC VALLEY   64                           CHRIST THE KING (NEWARK) 43

Junior Stefan Minic hit 7″triples” in scoring 27 points and 6’6 Sophomore Shawn  Ulrich had a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds as Passaic Valley defeated Christ the King of Newark 64- 43! Minic hit 5 of his treys in the 1st half as P.V. took a 42-22 lead into the half! Christ the King is a team made up of Sophomores and Freshmans who are working hard to get better! Freshman Yvens Monfleury was particularly good as he scored 23 points with 6 rebounds! He and Minic were players of the game for their particular teams!

                                                    ST. JOHNS THE BAPTIST(LONG ISLAND)  84        WOOD RIDGE  61

St. Johns The Baptist matched one of the highest scoring teams in New Jersey shot for shot and pulled away with a 84-61 win over Wood Ridge! Sophomore guard Tavon Ginyard made 5″triples” and scored 31 points on an assortment of shots! Senior guard Charles Joyner Jr. scored 17 points and 5 steals to help his backcourt mate create havoc for Wood Ridge!6’6 Junior Kyle Williams scored 13 points with 4 blocked shots and Senior Charles Lloyd scored 11 with 11 rebounds for St. Johns! The Blue Devils are usually a very good shooting team but could not consistently knock down shots in the contest as St. johns ended up taking a 45-25 halftime lead and although Wood Ridge cut it to 13 a few times could never get totally back in it! Senior Mike Gibney scored 15 points, Senior Gary Whritenour finished with 14 and Senior C.J Madalena scored 11 with 7 rebounds! Ginyard and Gibney were players of the game for their respective teams!

                              ST. JOSEPH  71             DWIGHT MORROW-ENGLEWOOD  62

When you play St. Joseph and it becomes a physical contest, 9 times out of 10 Joe’s is going to out play their opponent and in this case it’s exactly what happened!Senior Pat Mensah led St. Joe’s in scoring with 23 points, while Junior Mark Fossati who was voted North Jersey Defensive Player Of The Year in football scored 16 points with 7 rebounds! They were more physical than Englewood and it eventually wore them down!Junior Quai Jefferson added 10 points and 3 steals for St.Joe’s! Englewood got 17 points from Sophomore Sidney Dawkins and 10 points from Junior Nelson Goodwater! The game was close at the half with St. Joe’s up 35-32! But the game became more of a St. Joe’s type game in the 2nd half and they slowly began to take control, moving out to a 51-42 lead at the end of the 3rd! Mensah and Dawkins were players of the game for their respective teams!

Englewood,NJ….Hoop Journal covered the Dwight Morrrow Basketball Showcase ran by Dwight Morrow Coach Ozzie Osbourne and witnessed three games live and had the results of all five! At the end of the night Hawthorne Christian, Saddle River Day,Kennedy,St.Mary of Rutherford and DePaul all ended up victorious!

                                                         KENNEDY 52             MONSIGNOR SCANLON H. S.(NY) 49

       Freshman Alphonso Gee scored 18 points and Senior Shervon St.Louis grabbed 17 rebounds to lead Kennedy to an exciting 52-49 win over Monsignor Scanlon of New York! with Kennedy ahead 25-22 at the half, they started the 3rd quarter on a 8-0 run to seem to take control of the contest! Mut Scanlon would not go away and took the lead 42-41 on a layup by Freshman George Pena with 5:10 left in the 4th! At that point it was a back and forth game the rest of the way! Kennedy went 5 of 6 from the fouline at the end of the game as Gee made two, Senior Justin Kinchen hit two and Senior Hassan Townes made one! Townes finished with 12 points for the Knights! Pena led Scanlon with 14 points, while Senior John Dewey added 12 points to go with 8 dimes! Gee and Pena were voted players of the game respectively!( Pena and Gee with Coach Ozzie)

                                                                                        ST. MARY 52          INDIAN HILLS  48

St. Mary had a 30-14 halftime lead and took as much as a 19 point lead in the 2nd half. but Indian Hills fought back to tie the game at 46 on a bucket plus a foul from Junior Noah Menner! St. Mary regrouped and won the game down the stretch behind the play of Senior point guard Shawn Johnson who went 4 for 5 from the foulline to pull it out! Senior Josh Davis led St. Mary with 19 points, Junior Keith Bacote scored 12 points and 9 rebounds and Johnson contributed 11 points, 8 dimes and 4 steals! Indian Hills was led by Junior Matt Jensen with 15 points and Senior Robbie Cariddi scored 12! Jensen and Davis were voted players of the game for their respective teams!

                                                         DEPAUL  67               CRESSKILL 47

Senior Tyler Hoskins could not miss in DePaul’s 67-47 win over Cresskill! Constantly left alone, Hoskins made them pay time after time! He hit 6″triples” and scored 23 points in the game! Junior Juwaun Carter added 15 points with 8 rebounds, Senior Sanders Green scored 11 points with 4 steals and Freshman Jordan Thomas finished with 12 for DePaul! Cresskill was led by Senior Dominick Wilson with 19 points and Senior Alex DeCandia with 14 points and 9 rebounds! Hoskins and Wilson were players of the game for their respective squads! Hoskins was also DePaul’s Academic award winner!

                        SADDLE RIVER DAY  63                VALLEY STREAM CENTRAL(NY)  52

Saddle River Day got 28 points from Junior Greg King and 9 points apiece from Junior Chris Cosgrove and Sophomore Alex Stein as they defeated Valley Stream Central 63-52! Valley Stream was led by Senior Lwimba Mukuka with 18 points and 14 points from Senior Xavier Grier! King and Mukuka were the players of the game for their respective teams!

In the last contest, Hawthorne Christian defeated West Milford  53-43!!!! As mentioned each team also has an Academic Award Winner which is the essence of the Showcase in the eyes of Coach Osbourne!!!!!