Ramapo College:  Teaneck seemed to have the answer this time. After losing to Kennedy earlier in the year 95-92 in overtime, the Highwaymen answer was going to be” make anyone on the Knights beat us except Shondel Stewart”. The star senior scored 42 in their first meeting and Teaneck felt they could not let that happen again. So they “held” him to 24 points and thought they had it figured. What they didn’t expect was the play Kennedy would get from senior Zahir Young, junior Dawon Lighty (#5 pictured with Young) and sophomore Sammy Singletary. Young, not known for his offense shocked Teaneck with 16 points and 5 assists and was his aggressive self on the defensive end with 7 steals. Lighty scored 15 and made two free throws with 12 seconds left to win the game for Kennedy 68-67. Singletary scored just 5 points but his defensive pressure, particularly against sharpshooting senior Kyle Steinbergin was key. Teaneck led most of the game behind the play of senior Jonathan Blue (pictured below ) who had 17 points, 10 rebounds and 4 blocked shots. he also got help from senior Travon King (14 pts., 6 rebs.), senior Owen Barnes (13 pts.,6asts., 3stls) and Steinbergin (17 pts., 4rebs., 3 stls.). But just like last time Teaneck had trouble with their possessions late. The last turnover leading to Lighty being fouled on a layup leading 67-66. He calmly knocked them both down to give Kennedy the lead. Young and Singletary’s on the ball defense gave Teaneck enough problems where they never got a good shot off at the end.

 Ramapo College: Matt Heskins ( pictured above)scored 15 points  and Sam Pressler scored 14 to help offset the play of Ramapo senior Donny Fletcher (pictured right) who scored 28 points and added 9 rebounds. With the score tied at 41 to start the 4th Hills pushed out to an early 4th quarter lead. 6’4 senior Chris Fonti (11 pts., 8 rebs) was a catalyst for
Hills with some tough putbacks.  Hills leading scorer Joe Brandl was held to 9 points but made his presence felt on the boards (7 rebs.) while dishing out 5 assists. Warren Hartman finished with 12 points. Junior guard Tyler Ward scored 6 points and handed out 6 assists to go with 3 steals.

  Ramapo College:  Mahwah H.S. made the plays down the stretch to beat Indian Hills H.S. 58-51 in a tough competitive contest. Senior Keith Zury( top right) and junior Mark Glicini(right) led the way for Mahwah with each getting key steals near the end of the game and Glicini knocking down his free throws late. Zury finished with 18 points, 6 rebounds and 4 steals while Glicini finished with 16 points and 3 steals. Mahwah also got help from senior Dan Deloof who had 7 points, 3steals but more importantly 10 rebounds. Indian Hills were led by Jason Chalmers’ 15 points and 8 rebounds and Ryan Van Grouw  with 12 points and 5 boards. Andrew Ballester added 10 for Indian Hills as they  had trouble making  shots late.