Ramapo College, Mahwah……. Don Bosco Prep and Teaneck advanced to the finals of the Bergen County Jamboree with wins Sunday!

                       Teaneck 59         Hackensack 37

Junior Chris Jones(right) led Teaneck with 16 points and they outscored Hackensack 20-7 in the 4th quarter to pull off a 59-37 win! Senior Danta Davis added 12 points and Sophomore Joel Hernandez had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds! Sophomore Eugene Marshall led the Comets with 12 points while Sophomore Chris Myers added 8! 

                      Don Bosco Prep 52       Pascack Valley 48

Freshman Paul Jorgenson hit a big shot late in the game and Junior Jemal Mosley(right) led the scoring with 20 points as Don Bosco Prep held on to a 52-48 victory! Leonte Carroo added 11 points for Prep! Eric Buchsbaum led Pascack Valley with 14 points while Joe DeCotiis contributed 11!

St. Peter’s College, Jersey City……….The Hudson County Tournament got their final two teams as St.Peter’s Prep and Marist proved victorious tonight!

                     St. Peter’s Prep 73         Memorial 60

St. Peter’s Prep, behind the play of Senior Stephon Whyatt and Senior bigman Keith Lumpkin held off Memorial 73-60 to advance to the Hudson County”Chip”! Whyatt(right) was the best player on the floor today, getting to the basket at will on his way to 30 points! The 6’9 Lumpkin(bottom right), a Rutgers commit for football scored 11 points, grabbed 13 rebounds and blocked 6 shots as he was an inside presence all day on defense and offense! Memorial made runs and gave a great effort behind the play of Senior’s David Almonte and Kermy Amparo who each scored 17 points in the contest! Senior point guard Kevin Walker and Sophomore guard Tre Bell each scored 10 points for St. Peter’s Prep!

                     Marist 62            Hudson Catholic 56   O.T.

Experience got youth as Marist beat Hudson Catholic 62-56 in overtime! Marist’s Senior laden squad stayed more poised down the stretch and more importantly held Hudson Catholic’s Sophomore Reggie Cameron scoreless down the stretch! It put the pressure on other player’s to come through and only Sophomore Kavon Stewart played up to his potential! Senior Marvin Williams(pictured) led Marist with 19 points, including a big jumper and some free throws late in the game! 6’6 Senior Jarryd Horsley added 12 points,8 rebounds and 2 blocked shots! Senior’s Jason Matthews 14 points and Senior Josh Treadwell’s 9 proved huge in the contest! Stewart sent the game to overtime by making one of two free throws to tie the game at 49 at the end of regulation, but Treadwell made a basket and then made a big”triple” to give Marist a lead they would not relinguish! Stewart finished with 17 points and 4 assists while Cameron finished with 15 points and 11 rebounds! Junior Grant Ellis added 10 points for Hudson Catholic! 

NOTE: Final will be played next Saturday at St.Peter’s College at 7:00pm 

Paterson……As much as things change,they still remain the same! After all was said and done Eastside H.S. and Kennedy H.S. will meet in the finals of the Passaic County Tournament! Eastside and Kennedy will be meeting in the finals against each other for the 5th time as Eastside will make it’s 17th final appearance and Kennedy will make it’s 16th since the tournament started in 1971:

                                  Eastside 59    West Milford  43

     West Milford started the game out on a 7-0 run and seemed ready to go toe to toe with Eastside! But usually in big games a player least expected comes up big! For the Ghosts that player was Senior Carl Barrett in Eastside’s 59-43 win! Barrett came off the bench and knocked down three huge “triples” to calm Eastside down and more importantly, made West Milford come out of their zone defense and play Eastside’s game! This gave Senior David Burgos and Junior DeAndre Noble the opportunity to put their stamp on the game, and they did it in style! Burgos scored 19 points and dished out 5 assists and took complete control of the game in the 4th quarter when they needed smart, heady plays to be made! Noble,who was the player of the game for 1500WGHT radio(pictured with commentator) has continued to play at a high level the last week or so as he scored 18 points and grabbed 14 big boards! Eastside also did a great job on West Milford’s All County guard Connor Healy as he was guarded primarily by Senior guard Nashian Brimley and held to 9 points by the Ghosts! Senior Tyler Coyle led West Milford with 14 points and Tyler Maurer added 9!

                                  Kennedy 39   Wayne Valley 26

     This game was not good for the eyes, but in Kennedy’s case a “W”is a”W”! And that’s what they got in their 39-26 win over Wayne Valley! This was the lowest combine scoring game in the history of the tournament and it was due to a combination of good defense and bad shooting! Senior Dawon Lighty was the leading scorer in the game with 13 points,11 coming from the foul line! He was 1500WGHT radio player of the game! Kennedy’s defense was impressive as they held Valley to 16 points over three quarters! Junior Gary Simpson was a spark for the Knights as he scored 7 points with 3 assists and 2 steals, while Junior Sammy Singletary and Senior Jhamir White each had 4 steals apiece!Wayne Valley was led by Senior Andrew Herasimtchuk with 8 points!

NOTES: Kennedy will be looking for it’s 11th tournament “chip” while Eastside will be lookking for it’s 8th next week! Game is Saturday Feb 26 at noon at Wayne Valley H.S.