Garfield, NJ……… Senior Nick Simone(right) scored 15 points and grabbed 7 rebounds and Junior Tim Nolan(left) scored 13 points,dished out 7 dimes and they got plenty of help from their friends as Ridgewood got it from everyone in their win over Garfield 67-43! Ridgewood opened the game up through their second unit as they took a 13-11 1st quarter lead and extended it to 33-21 at the half! Ridgewood caused havoc on Garfield’s offense,creating an abundance of turnovers! They extended the lead in the 3rd by outscoring Garfield 21-13 in the quarter to push the lead to 54-34! Garfield came into the game with a 7-1 record, while Ridgewood came in at 4-4! You couldn’t tell!  Senior Chris Solis(8 rebounds) and Junior Jon Davila( 7 points) were especially involved as Ridgewood’s top ten players all scored in the contest! Junior Corrie Brown led Garfield with 17 points and 5 assists and Junior Kevin Buron finished with 12!

Wayne, NJ…..Passaic Tech out shot Wayne Valley 10-2 from the three line as they pulled away in the 2nd half for a 67-44 win! Junior guard Victavious Mitchell(right) made 5 of 6″triples” for the game as he scored 15 points and also 4 steals! Senior guard Isaac Williams(left) paced the scoring with 19 and Junior guard Zaheem Beal scored 10 points with 3 blocked shots! Junior Brevon Brevard was the key distributor for Tech as he had 7 dimes in the game! Wayne Valley led after the 1st 15-14 and was only down one at the half 24-23 as Junior Liam Connors had 14 points at the half! Tech outscored WV 24-8 in the 3rd to take control of the game as Mitchell and Beal each hit a couple more treys in the quarter to help push the lead!! Connors was held to 3 2nd half points to finish with 17 for the game with 7 rebounds! Senior Andrew Keene scored 8 points with 9 boards and Senior Josh Rigolioso had 6 assists for Wayne Valley! Passaic Tech improved to 7-4 for the season!

Little Falls,NJ….  Passaic Valley will go as far as their young players take them! Tonight they showed what kind of future they can have! Junior wing Stefan Minic(right) led P.V. with 27 points, including 6“triples”, Freshman point guard Jihad Wright(left) scored 8 points, dished out 9 dimes to go with 5 steals and 6’8 Sophomore Shawn Ulrich scored 10 points and greabbed 9 boards despite being in foul trouble for stretches of the game! This trio has a chance to make noise as the season goes on, especially as Wright gains experience! P.V.took a 33-21 lead at the end of the 1st half and never really looked back! Indian Hills played without their best player Ryan Warnet due to a sprained ankle and the Hornets took advantage! Junior Dan Cirrincione came off the bench for Ulrich and scored 9 points and pulled down 8 rebounds and Junior Alex Pezzino hit 3″triples” to help keep the pressure on Indian Hills! Hills was led by Junior Matt Jensen with 16 points and Senior Robbie Cariddi with 14!