Kennedy H.S., Paterson,N.J….. In the Playaz sponsored FallBall League St. Benedicts beat Hudson Catholic 79-74 as Syracuse commit Tyler Ennis(19pts), Isaiah Briscoe(18) and Pittsburgh commit Mike Young(16) combined for 55 points! Sophomore Nassir Barrino led Hudson Catholic with 22 points! St. Anthony routed Gill St. Bernards 57-33 behind Temple commit Josh Brown’s 17 points and Oregon St. commit Hallice Cooke who scored 14 points with 4 “triples”! Northwestern commit Jaren Sina scored 22 of Gill St. Bernards 33 as he made 6 treys in the contest! Newark Eastside upended Kennedy 50-27 behind Senior Will Joyce(left) who led Newark Eastside in scoring with 16! The player of the night honors had to go to Teaneck Senior Joel Hernandez! Hernandez(right) went off for 43 points in their 74-61 win over Pope John!

FEATURE: Some big name players were missing in action tonight as Pope John’s Jermaine Lawrence, St. Anthony Kendall Brooks and Gill St. Bernard’s Austin Colbert and Freshman Tyus Battle all missed games tonight! On the plus side, Junior Ismael Sanogo finally laced them up for Newark Eastside!

Kennedy H.S., Paterson,N.J…….The Playaz sponsored FallBall League had four games tonight! Bergen Catholic, behind 13 points from Junior Brandon Johnson beat Eastern Christian 63-36, Paramus Catholic defeated Elmwood Park 49-42 as Junior Kareem Coston scored 13 points and Senior Kyle Menard added 10! DePaul beat Christ The King(Newark)39-29 as Senior Josh Marquez scored 13 to lead DePaul, and in the final contest Passaic Valley and WoodRidge shot the three ball all night and in the end Freshman Jihad Wright’s(right) 24 points, including 4 triples helped P.V. to a 62-61 win over WoodRidge!

FEATURE:  Bergen Catholic seems to always find a shooter and it looks like Johnson will be another one! The lefty has a smooth stroke! Paramus Catholic’s Coston played strong at the point and seems to be looking for major minutes this upcoming season! Elmwood Park Senior Andre Frazier will be a tough player to defend this year! Despite being about 5’7 he has a strong body and can knock down the open perimeter shot! Finished with 16 tonight! WoodRidge Senior Gary Whritenour,the premier three point shooter in area made 6 of them in their lost tonight!

Kennedy H.S.,  Paterson, N.J…… In the Playaz sponsored “We Got Next” Tournament the Playaz 16’s took control of a close game late to beat the Brooklyn Badgers 66-55 and in an even tougher contest the Gaucho’s 15’s outlasted the Playaz 15’s 89-86 in overtime!

                                                                  PLAYAZ 16’s   66                 BROOKLYN BADGERS  55

       Nassir Barrino led a balanced attack as they took a close game and pulled away late to give the Playaz 16’s the “Chip”! Barrino(pictured right) scored 19 points and controlled the tempo throughout! He had a strong weekend and finished as the Tournament M.V.P.! Cesar DeJesusLeft) who was voted the Game M.V.P. added 17 points for the Playaz and Nick Brooks who also had a good weekend finished with all 12 of his points in the 2nd half! Jair Bolden(Center)  led the Badgers with 20 points and was given the Sportsmanship Trophy! Marvin Prochet scored 15 for the Badgers! the Playaz reached the finals by beating Wayne Pal 60-34 behind Brooks’ 16 points and Sammy Friday and Ahmad Baker’s 10 points apiece! Brooklyn reached the finals by beating the Gauchos 16’s 48-45 in overtime as Bolden and Prochet combined for 30 of the 48 points! Kai Mitchell led the Cho’s in scoring with 13!

                                                                          GAUCHOS 15’s  89              PLAYAZ 15’s  86    OT.

             Back and forth this  game went with both teams making heroic plays! In the end Ray Salnave’s bucket and free throw proved to be the difference in overtime! The Cho’s Mark Martin(pictured left) who was the Tournament M.V.P. was spectacular in the contest as he scored 32 points on an assortment of moves, including a tough spin move in the lane late that kept the game close! Salnave(Game M.V.P.right) finished the game with 18 and point guard Georgie Pena added 17! Alphonso Gee led the Playaz with all 15 of his points coming in the second half, while Pat Andree had 14, Jagan Mosley added 11 and Gilberto Cue and  Nhyrique Smith each scored 10! The Chos reached the Finals by defeating New Heights 60-55 as Martin scored 20 points! New Heights were led by Baron Goodrich with 18! The Playaz made it to the Finals by defeating Jersey City Boys Club 68-61 as Pat Andreewho was Tournament Sportsman award(picture middle) led the scoring with 20! James Scott led the Boys Club with 16!

Notes: Despite the loss the Playaz seemed to have come up with a few additions that look like they will be a plus! Cue and Mosley both had impressive weekends for the Playaz! Mosley showed a strong ability to finish plays late and seems to have enough talent to end up as a go to player!!