Little Falls…… In the Passaic County vs. North New Jersey Challenge, Kennedy and Passaic County Tech got wins, while Passaic Valley lost a heartbreaker that went to the end!

                            Kennedy 76                 Don Bosco Prep 71

       Kennedy came back from a 10-0 deficit to start the game and beat Don Bosco Prep 76-71 behind the outstanding play of Senior guards Jhamir White and Dawon Lighty! The two combined for 41 points and gave Prep fits throughout! White(far right) had 21 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists while Lighty(right) finished with 20 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists! Kennedy turned the game into its pace and forced Prep to go more up tempo than it likes! Junior Sammy Singletary added 13 points for Kennedy and Senior Kaheem Davis scored 10 points and grabbed 7 rebounds! Don Bosco Prep was led by Junior guard Jemal Mosley with 19 points, 6 assists and 6 rebounds! Leonte Carroo added 13 points and 11 rebounds! 

                        Delbarton  60                  Passaic Valley  55

 Passaic Valley played a tough game and had chances to win in their 60-55 loss to Delbarton, but they didn’t have an answer for Senior Dean Brierley(right) and his 31 points and 12 rebounds and the big “triple” late in the game by Senior guard Wade Morgan( 10pts,4asts)! Nick DiCristina led the Hornets with 18 points and 3 steals! Dave Clough finished with 12 points and 5 rebounds while Olumide Onajide added 8 points and 10 rebounds! 

                 Passaic County Tech  66          Bloomfield Tech 45 

Sophomore Isaac Williams scored a career high 23 points as P.C.T. took it to Bloomfield Tech 66- 45!     

Little Falls……. Right now, Passaic Valley is playing as good as any team in Northern New Jersey as witnesssed by the dismantling of a talented Eastside H.S. 66-50! The Hornets controlled the game from the opening tap and flat outplayed the Ghosts! Junior Olumide Olajide(right) was the energy kid of the night, scoring 15 points and grabbing 12 rebounds while Senior Dave Clough(bottom right) added 16 points and 6 boards and Senior Tom Gaccione scored 14 points and grabbed 6 rebounds! Eastside never got their fast break going in the game as Valley kept the pace methodical! They also outrebounded the Ghosts 30 to 15! The Ghosts got 21 points from Junior DeAndre Noble and 16 from Senior Dave Burgos! Many of their points came when the game was already decided!

Wayne……..The guard play proved to be the difference in a 75-69  Passaic County Tech win over an always tough Don Bosco Prep team! The quartet of Senior’s Brandon James#1, Xavier Nieves#2, Junior Assaad Hinton and Sophomore Isaac Williams#3 keyed the attack as they put pressure on Prep’s guards and continually were on the attack mode offensively! All scored in double figures, led by James 21 points! Nieves finished with a strong stat line with 13 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 blocks and 2 steals! Williams had 13 points, while Hinton finished with 9 points, 6 rebounds and 4 steals! Tech went on a 7-0 run to start the 4th quarter 61-53, but Prep, behind the play of guard Jamel Mosley(17pts,4asts), Selwyn Maxwell(17pts,4asts), Paddy Quinn(15pts,5treys) and Leonte Carroo(9pts,7rebs) came roaring back! The game wasn’t decided until Williams hit a few free throws late and Prep missed a couple! 6’5 Shaquille Scott was strong underneath with 12 rebounds!