The Playaz And Unique Select Capture We Got Next Tournament!
Paterson, N.J……. Newark Tech’s Jared Hall(right) led The Playaz in the We Got Next Tournament championship game for 10th graders with 22 points as The Playaz defeated Izod 52-46. The guard hit 5 treys in the contest including a 4 point play with 46 seconds to go! St. Benedict’s Mike Young added 11 while Kavon Stewart and Reggie Cameron, both from Hudson Catholic chipped in 8 points apiece. Izod was led by Life’s Center guard Matt Johnson with 10 points and St. Anthony’s guard Hallice Cooke added 8. 
Hall was chosen M.V.P. in the game. The Playaz reached the chip by defeating the N.J. Pirates 63-52 as Stewart led them with 14 and Cameron scored 11. That help overcome the good play of fellow Hudson Catholic teammate Raekwon Kelly who led all scorers with 20. Izod made it to the chip with a 72- 64 win over D.C. Assault. Cody Jenkins of St. Anthonys had 15, Cooke had 13 while another St. Anthony’s player Josh Brown(pictured) added 12. Notes: The Playaz team and the Izod team possess some of the best sophomores in the state. Austin Colbert and the Playaz Shacore Edwards are considered the # 1 and 2 players in the state, while Brown, Young, Stewart and Cameron are all in the top ten! Jenkins and Cooke showed well, while Hall, Jordan Arthur and Joel Hernandez of The Playaz proved to be elite level players!
Unique Select- 57 N.Y. Gauchos- 54
The Unique Select of Long Island won the 9th grade version of the We Got Next Tournament beating The Gauchos of the Bronx 57-54! Bishop Lou
ghlin’s Elijah Boone went off for 29 with 23 of his points coming in the second half. Nick King led the Gauchos with 11 points in a highly contested game. Boone (pictured)was voted M.V.P. Select reached the finals by defeating the L&L Rebels of Pennsylvania 63-34 behind Boone’s 21 points. The Gauchos reached the chip by beating The Playaz 9th grade team 67-61! Chris Robinson led the Chos with 15, while King added 12. Nassir Barrino led the Playaz with 21!
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