Tenafly………… Bergen Catholic looks like a team peaking at the right time as evidence by their 72-39 dismantling of Cresskill Highschool. Junior Mark Richards(pictured) was a man among boys down low as he scored 21 points and grabbed 9 rebounds. His inside play created open looks for his teammates. Junior Eric Flanagan scored 12 points with 7 rebounds. Junior Maurice Grant scored 8 points and grabbed 4 rebounds and the guard play of senior Sean McGuire ( 7pts,6 asts,4stls ) and sophomore Charles Wingate( 9pts, 3asts,3stls ) was too much for Cliffside Park to handle. Bergen has been playing well of late and plan on making noise as the Jamboree moves on. Cliffside Park got 8 points and 7 rebounds from senior Joe Koonce.

Tenafly………….. Andre Blackwood’s 21 points and 4 steals led Paramus Catholic to an easy 63-36 win over River Dell H.S. Blackwood( pictured)scored 12 of his points in the 1st half as PC took a 37-19 lead at the end of the half. All of the work came in the 2nd quarter as senior Jordan Wade scored all of his 7 points in the quarter along with junior Manny Hernandez who scored 6 points, 4 assists and 3 steals in the same stanza. The 2nd half was primarily running out the clock. River Dell got 10 points from senior Tom May.

Tenafly……….. # 16 seed Cresskill H.S. gave #1 seed St. Joseph’s H.S. problems through three quarters but the Green Knights finally kicked it in gear as senior Tony Efese( pictured ) proved to be the best player on the floor. Efese scored 19 points, grabbed 9 rebounds, blocked 4 shots, had 4 steals and punctuated his effort with 2 fast break two handed dunks in the 4th quarter to help Joe’s pull away late. Cresskill led 10-5 at the end of the 1st and trailed by one 16-15 at the end of the half. They were led by senior Reuben Torenberg who scored all 9 of his points in the 1st half. With the game tied to end the 3rd, Joe’s finally played a quality quarter outscoring Cresskill 17-8 in the 4th led by Efese. Senior Alex Aitkens had 7 points and 5 assists while junior Iyoha Agho also had 7 points with 5 rebounds. Cresskill was led by senior Tom Hasenstab with 10 points.