#1 Seed Hudson Catholic will go against # 2 Seed St. Peters Prep for the Hudson County Championship at St. Peters University! This is a repeat of last year’s final which was won by Hudson Catholic!

THE MATCHUP:

#1 SEED  HUDSON CATHOLIC——- Hudson Catholic will try to repeat as County Champions after a 37 year drought that was ended last year! Led by Georgetown commit Reggie Cameron(right) the Hawks go into the game with a 26-1 record and are undefeated in the State! Robert Morris recruit Kavon Stewart, Sophomore Nassir Barrino and Senior Jared Hall gives Hudson one of the strongest backcourts in the State! Adelphi recruit Senior Kyle McLeggan, Junior Safee Sabur, Sophomore Adam Traore and Sophomore Sammy Friday man the frontcourt with Cameron! Hudson Catholic’s depth goes as far As Junior guards Med Fofana and JR Lynch have been major contributors throughout the year! 

#2 SEED  ST.PETERS PREP——St. Peters University commit Trevis Wyche(right) will lead Prep in this Championship battle! He and backcourt mate Junior Austin White are the main scorers in their offense! They have won 15 of their last 16 games! Junior Vic Jusino is getting better and better and playing tough upfront! Senior Sean Cummings, Junior Sean Ryan, Junior Matt Halchak and Freshman Najja Hunter will key the frontcourt for St. Peters Prep! 

Just as we expected, the two best teams in the County will be getting after it once again! # 1 Seed Eastside and # 2 Seed DePaul will play a rematch of last years Final in which Eastside walked away with the Title at Wayne Valley H.S.!!

THE MATCHUP:

#1 SEED  EASTSIDE—— Eastside comes in to this game with an 11 game winning streak with their only lost of the season coming from Teaneck! The Ghost will be lead by their backcourt of Senior’s Jetor Brown(right) and Tommy Rivera! Sophomore wing Asem Johnson had a career high 34 points in the Semi-finals against Passaic! The Ghost’s have a good size front line in 6’4 Senior Selwyn Rodriguez, 6’4 Junior Quincy Jones, 6’4 Quatt’ier Jackson and 6’6 Sophomore Marquel Sheffield and are even deeper with the help of Senior guard Whalik Watson! 

#2  SEED  DEPAUL—– DePaul are not very deep but their top three players were all key members of last years runner-up team! Senior Josh Marquez(right), Senior Sanders Green and Junior Juwaun Carter were all starters on last year’s team and all three have gotten become better players! Senior Tyler Hoskins, Sophomore Devon Shuster, Sophomore Donte Wise and Freshman Jordan Thomas will be key contributers and how they play may dictate the outcome!

#1 Seed Seton Hall Prep will go up against #3 Seed Newark Eastside at Essex County College Saturday at 5:00pm! They have met once this year with Prep winning 49-43 after trailing going into the 4th quarter 36-31! Outscored Eastside 18-7 to pull away!

THE MATCHUP:

#1 SEED  SETON HALL PREP—– Seton Hall Prep is led by Princeton bound recruit Spencer Weisz(right) the 6’5 do it all wing! He averages 17 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals a game and brings a high IQ to the contest! Senior Forward Tom Lacey is an athletic player that compliments Weisz well averaging 12.5 a game! Freshman Point Guard Temple Gibbs has been the key to their success handling the offense like a veteran player averaging 13.4 points a game with 4 assists! Junior Nasir Austin can  also cause problems for Newark Eastside as he can also run the offense! Prep is a patient team that runs a well drilled offense and if they can play at their pace will be hard to beat!

#3 SEED NEWARK EASTSIDE—– Newark Eastside has a lot of balance as they are led by Junior Ishmael SanogoPictured) who brings a double-double to the game! He averages 10,7 points and 11.2 rebounds a game! 6’7 Abdul Lewis(7.0pts, 6.7 rebs) and Senior Will Joyce( 7.8pts, 6.5 rebs) gives Newark Eastside a formidible front line! The backcourt is handled by Junior Akbar Hoffman( 8.1 pts), Senior Stephen McNair(5.5 pts, 1.7 stls) and Junior Jamar Gilbert( 5.9 pts, 1.3 stls) handle the backcourt! The Red Raiders already proved they can play with Prep as they are a good defensive team and also can play at a slow pace!