Kennedy H.S., Paterson,N.J….. In the Playaz sponsored Fall Ball League St. Benedicts and St. Anthony had a tough battle tonight and in the end Benedicts, behind  Sophomore Isaiah Briscoe(16pts), Pittsburgh commit Mike Young(13pts) and Syracuse commit Tyler Ennis(11pts) edged St. Anthony 49-45! Georgetown commit Reggie Cameron(27pts), Robert Morris commit Kavon Stewart(15pts right), Junior Safee Abdul-Sabur(13pts) and Sophomore Nassir Barrino(13pts) led Hudson Catholic to a 82-65 win over Teaneck who got a strong performance from Senior Shakir Lindsey(27pts)! Newark Eastside beat Pope John 47-20 as Senior Akbar Hoffman led the scoring with 15 points! In the finale, Florida Atlantic commit Chris Jenkins scored 17 points and Top 100 recruit Austin Colbert scored all 12 of his points in the second half as Gill St. Bernards overcame a halftime deficit to beat Kennedy 55-47

FEATURE: The St. Ants- St. Bennies game was high level from both teams, especially on the defensive end! St. Ant’s Temple commit Josh Brown(right) might be the best defender in the State! Newark Eastside’s Hoffman(left) is one of the most underrated players in the area! when he’s under control is as good as it gets! Gill St. Bernards played without Freshman sensation Tyus Battle! They are making up for the graduation of Dom Hoffman and Alex Mottola and have found it with Jenkins and Colbert! Teaneck’s Lindsey is a show in itself as he puts constant pressure on the opposing defense and has an assortment of ways to score! Senior Marcus Fulmore is showing signs of being a major contributor for the Highwaymen! Kennedy’s Hassan Townes seems like he will be the main guy to give Freshman Alphons Gee support as they will have to be very aggressive due to their lack of size!

Kennedy H.S., Paterson,N.J…… In the Playaz sponsored FallBall League games played tonight Paramus Catholic beat DePaul 44-42 as Junior Jalen Henriquez and Senior Kyle Menard each scored 19 points! Junior Stefen Minic scored 17 points to lead Passaic Valley to a 42-33 win over Christ The King(Newark)! Elmwood Park defeated Eastern Christian 50-39 as Senior Nick Smith(right) scored 21 points and Junior Veshawn Polite added 15 and in the last game Bergen Catholic beat Wood Ridge in O.T. 52-50!

FEATURE: Over the course of the Monday FallBall League, Smith has been one of the most solid players in the gym game after game! He has knocked down the jump shot consistently and been physical under the boards!At the same time he is getting it done on the gridiron for Elmwood Park! His teammate, Polite has shown tremendous athleticism finishing a play off tonight with a strong two-hand dunk down the lane! P.C.’s Henriquez(left) also has been playing well, proving to be a big time second half scorer. he scored 15 of his 19 in the contest including the go ahead layup with 1:00 left! Passaic Valley is already showing that they will be relying heavily on Junior wing Minic(right) to put up big numbers for them this coming season! Minic also has shown more athletic moves on the floor, getting above the rim on several plays! Very impressed with Freshman guard Jihad Wright for P.V.! A tough cerebral player,he will be looking for playing time from the start this season! WoodRidge Senior Mike Gibney was having a strong game already scoring 21 points before going down with a slight sprained ankle in the middle of the second half! 

Kennedy H.S., Paterson,N.J….. In the Playaz sponsored Wednesday Fallball League, St. Anthony edged Teaneck 52-49 as Senior Aaron Ariri scored 14 points and overcome Teaneck Senior Joel Hernandez who scored 20 points in the game! Hudson Catholic started the game slowly, falling behind 14-0 to Newark Eastside to start the game but regrouping to win 53-42! Georgetown commit Reggie Cameron and Robert Morris commit Kavon Stewart combined for 32 points for Hudson Catholic! St. Benedicts beat Gill St. Bernard 75-61 as Isaiah Briscoe(right) made his Fallball debut by scoring 22 points! Gill St. Bernards Northwestern commit Jaren Sina finished with 26 points! Kennedy got it’s first win by defeating Pope John 51-31! Freshman Alfonso Gee led the Knights with 24 points! Pope John played without Senior sensation Jermaine Lawrence for the second straight week!

FEATURES: With the talent of Freshman’s Bryce Aiken(Pope John) and Tyus Battle(Gill St. Bernard) on display Gee made it a point not to forget him! the 5’10 point played an inspired game to lead his young squad to the win! Benedicts showed a lot of talent with Briscoe back as Syracuse commit Tyler Ennis scored 17 and Pittsburgh commit Mike Young added 18 to give them a triple threat! Battle again showed his talent scoring 18 points in their loss! Newark Eastside’s Akbar Hoffman played well scoring 13 points as Newark Eastside will be a very good team this year! Hudson Catholic Senior Kyle McGleggan had the play of the night throwing down a dunk over a defender on a fastbreak!!