BERGEN COUNTY JAMBOREE: Tenafly, Dwight Englewood, Hackensack And Teaneck Advance To Quarters!

Tenafly, N.J……. In the Jamboree games at Tenafly Highschool Teaneck, Tenafly, Hackensack and Teaneck all were victorious:

                                       DWIGHT-ENGLEWOOD  57            PASCACK HILLS  55

    Pascack Hills jumped in front 10-0 early and Dwight Englewood spent the rest of the game chasing! Finally. late in the contest the Bulldogs evened the game before pulling out a 57-55 victory! Senior Wesley Dickinson(pictured) refused to let D-E lose as he scored 23 points,pulled down 10 rebounds and blocked 7 shots and at times brought the ball up the court! Junior Keion Osbourne hit a three with 3:05 left to tie the game at 55, and each team took turns missing shots that would have given them the lead! This went on until there was 17 seconds left in the game and Dickinson’s put back off a missed layup gave them what eventually would be the winning bucket! Pascack Hills got an outstanding game out of Senior Jared Shill who scored 25 points with 7 rebounds and 4 steals! Pascack got the last shot, but Dickinson’s final block clinched the game! Osbourne was big for Dwight Englewood with 16 points, 7 rebounds and 2 steals! Dwight Englewood will meet Don Bosco Prep in the Quarters! 

                                           TENAFLY  51               RIDGEWOOD  47

     Senior Chris Orozco scored 20 points and Junior Kyle Hioki(bottom) scored 16 points, including 5 huge”triples” as Tenafly pulled out a tough 51-47 win over Ridgewood! Hioki hit a big three late and Orozco(right) made clutch free throws late to hold the Maroon’s off! Ridgewood took a 38-33 lead into the 4th quarter but could not find the basket until 3:47 seconds left! Senior Stefan Senguin tried to keep Ridgewood in it by hitting a”triple” and getting to the bucket on a layup, but Junior Steve Sabo hit two hit a jump shot late to  give Tenafly a 44-42 game! Senguin finished with 14 points while Senior Evan Bartlik added 13! Ridgewood took a big loss in the game when Senior Alex Cohen hurt his shoulder and could not return! His presence was missed! Tenafly will now meet Bergen Catholic in Quarters!

                                                HACKENSACK  78                      GARFIELD  50

   Sophomore Rashard Figures scored 29 points, including 17 in the 3rd quarter as Hackensack dominated Garfield 78-50! Haclensack’s pressure defense gave Garfield fits as they turned the ball over 13 times in the 1st half! Ahead 39-24 entering the 3rd Hackensack went on a 17-0 run as Figures(right) scored 10 of the points! The lead was doubled in less than 4 minutes! Junior Eugene Marshall added 15 points for the Comets and Junior Chris Myers scored 9 points and dished out 6 assists! Senior Josh LeClerc led Garfield with 18 points and Junior Damon Godbolt added 12 points! Hackensack will meet Paramus Catholic in the Quarters!

                                                           TEANECK  100             LODI  52

      Junior Donat Gashi gave it his all, but an individual was just not going to be enough for Teaneck as they had five players in double figures and coasted to a 100-52 win over Lodi! Gashi made 8″triples” to score 28 points for Lodi, but Senior Chris Jones had 25 points and Junior Joel Hernandez(pictured) scored 24 to lead the Highwayman! Junior Neville Fincher scored 12 points with 7 rebounds and 7 blocked shots, Junior Shakir Lindsey added 12 points and 8 assists and Junior Marcus Fulmore came off the bench and scored 11 points, including 3 “triples”! Teaneck led in the 1st 18-14 as Gashi had 12 of Garfield’s points, but Jones and Hernandez kept the pressure on and Teaneck took a 43-23 lead at the half! Teaneck will now meet Cresskill in the Quarters!