Toms River, N.J……. St. Joseph Metuchen moves to the Tournament Of Champions with a convincing 77-68 victory over Seton Hall Prep! Senior Quenton DeCosey(right) poured in 30 points and grabbed 8 rebounds to lead St. Joe’s as they won their first ever State Championship in the Non Public A ! The Temple bound DeCosey had help from Senior Dan Brix who’s headed to Stonehill scored 19 points, while Freshman phenom Karl Towns added 12 points,8 rebounds and 6 blocked shots! St.Joe’s took a 40-24 lead at the half and held on in the 2nd half as Prep cut the lead down a few times but Joe’s held on! Seton Hall Prep was led by Senior Dallas Anglin with 23 points and 3 steals and Senior Stephon Mosley with 23 points and 10 rebounds!

NOTE:  While Hoop Journal would like to acknowledge Senior’s Zahki Davis, Stephon Mosley, Elijah Brown, Kelly Willoughby, Nadir Jackson and friend to Journal Jabe Koribanics, Hoop Journal would like to extend a special acknowledgement to Senior Dallas Anglin! Dallas(right) is one of those guys in the click for the Journal! He is part of the family. but besides that Dallas can play! An absolutely off the charts athlete he has become much more than a 5’10 guy who can jump out the gym! He is a complete ball player who has a money jump shot, can put the ball on the floor and defend with the best of them! He has done enough to earn a scholarship to Hofstra University! In his highschool career he has reached the 1,000 point plateau, improved his shooting range enough to drain nearly 70 “triples” in his senior season and do a whole lot of winning for Seton Hall Prep in the two years he was there! But what sets Dallas apart from alot of kids is his support system! You can’t get two better parents than his father Kyle and mother Diane not to mention his younger brother Denver! Whether it was AAU Basketball or his Highschool games Dallas has always had someone there to support him! They have raised a great individual and a kid that has the drive to be a success on and off the court! It has been a pleasure to watch his growth as a player and a person! Hoop Journal wishes nothing but the best for Dallas in all his future endeavors! He knows we will be watching!

  Most of the time an acknowledgement is made to a Senior Player who is about to embark on his adulthood, whether that be continuing his basketball career or looking ahead to other endeavors, but in the process of seeing all these players, the one constant through the changes is the Head Coach! So it is also important when a Coach has decided to step down to give him his due! This acknowledgement goes out to DePaul Head Coach Bart Fazio! For 30 years Coach Fazio has walked the sidelines of games, screaming at his players, making sarcastic remarks to referees or just throwing one liners at people close to his bench! Coach is one of Hoop Journal’s favorites and it’s not just because of his coaching! Talking to Coach makes you know that despite who you feel he should be playing or what offense or defense he should be running, the truth is Coach Fazio is teaching life lessons! It goes beyond the court! Bart Fazio started his career in 1979 at Wallington H.S. and he will tell you with the talent he had he was not that sucessful, but he caught the coaching bug! He did 2 years there then moved on to Passaic H.S. in 1984-85 where he spent 7 years there! Then in 1991 he found his dream job at DePaul Catholic where he spent 21 years to this day! He found true success there winning 2 Passaic County Titles and 7 League Titles! But as he has told Hoop Journal, the wins were good but they weren’t the most important thing, although like any competitive coach he Will tell you about a few big games he has won in his career! “It was all about the kids”! Fazio finishes his coaching career at 452-242! As impressive a resume as there is around! It has been a pleasure to cover this gentleman and he will be sorely missed! Maybe he can sit with us a few times next season! Congratulations to you Coach Fazio and good luck to your wife Carolyn(pictured with him) and your chidren Michael and Stephanie and your future grandchild! They are truly going to need it!!!!!!! Here’s to your peaceful retirement!

Rutgers University, N.J…… DePaul played to win, but unfortunately they came up short in their 67-59 lost to Seton Hall Prep! It gave Seton Hall Prep the North Non-Public A championship! Junior Josh Marquez scored 30 points and Senior Davon Jacobs added 18 points and 9 rebounds for DePaul, but Junior Spencer Weicz scored 23 points with 6 rebounds and 4 assists and Senior Stephon Mosley added 16 and was 9 for 12 from the free throw line to lead Prep! DePaul got as close as 4 three times late in the 4th quarter! Once at 52-48 with 3:48 left on a follow up by Jacobs, another at 2:40 on a “triple” from Marquez and again with 2:01 left on another Jacobs follow, but Weicz hit a runner to make it 59-53 and DePaul never got closer! Senior Dallas Anglin added 12 points for Seton Hall Prep with 3″triples”! Picture: Mosley and Weicz at postgame after win!

NOTE:  Hoop Journal would like to acknowledge the highschool career of Senior Mas Aronson and Davon Jacobs! Mas has been a great role player for DePaul who will have a future on the football field! Aronson was known for making clutch three pointers or making a big steal! He is a true leader who gives his all on the court at all times! Here is hoping for the best to Mas and his family on his future endeavors! One of the hardest working players that this website has witnessed Davon(right) will be taking his relentless style to the football field as he has a scholarship at Rutgers! Davon is a special individual who has done it his own way and been very successful doing it that way! He has done enough on the basketball court to leave as a 1,000 point scorer for DePaul and it’s just a guess that this school may never have a 6′ center with that motor in the history of the school! He will be nothing but a positive for the Rutgers program and his future is large! A close kid to Hoop Journal, Davon is a well rounded person who has great parents, especially his dad Rick who is a great friend to the Journal! We wish nothing but the best for Davon in the future!