Indian Hills Christmas Tournament: St. Joe’s and Passaic Co. Tech Advance to “CHIP”

         St. Joseph Regional H.S. and Passaic County Tech advanced to the Indian Hills Christmas Tournament championship with tough wins:

                                                       St. Joseph H.S. – 62                     Bergen Catholic H.S. -59

             Senior guard Kai Dominguez scored 22 points and St. Joe’s played tenacious defense late to beat Bergen Catholic 62-59 and overcome the play of junior Mark Richards. Richards finished with 23 points and 11 rebounds, but Joe’s pressure on the BC  guards proved to be the difference late. Richards tied the game at 55 on a layup, but Dominguez layup and freethrows gave Joe’s the lead for good. Bergen had one last chance but Senior guard Mike Marchman picked the pocket of guard Sean McGuire to seal it. Tony Efese scored 8 points and grabbed 8 rebounds  and Marchman added 8 for Joe’s. Junior forward Eric Flanagan finished with 19 for Bergen , including 5 three’s.

                                                      Passaic Co. Tech – 71                      Hackensack H.S. – 67

                   Asaad Hinton scored 19 points to lead a balanced attack as Tech squeezed by Hackensack 71-67. Junior Xavier Nieves had 15 points and senior Terrell McDuffie added 13 for the Bulldogs. Hackensack were led by Mark Ellison and Terik Bridgeman with 17 points apiece and Bright Mensah with 15. Tech held high scoring guard Alex George- Sabater to 5 points in the contest. Tech will play St. Joe’s in the chip Wednesday and Hackensack will meet Bergen Catholic in the consolation game.