High Tech, Secaucus, N.J…… The Hudson County Tournament Semifinals took place tonight with big wins from St. Peters Prep and Marist!

ST. PETERS PREP 58 NORTH BERGEN 46

Junior Ray Ford(#4) scored 19 points with 7 rebounds and 3 steals and Senior Will White(#1) added 18 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals to lead St. Peters Prep to a 58-46 win over North Bergen! Sophomore Mark Armstrong chipped in 12 points with 5 steals and a very impressive dunk off the bounce to finish off North Bergen! North Bergen stayed in the game and fought to the end, but foul trouble on their two best players Junior DeAvion Ellis and Senior Francisco Paulino hurt them in the contest! Sophomore Eli Camacho led North Bergen with 10 points, while Ellis and Paulino had identical numbers with 9 points and 8 rebounds!

MARIST 55 HUDSON CATHOLIC 35

Junior Keith Mency(#5) went on a personal 8-0 run that put Marist ahead in the 2nd quarter and they never looked back in a 55-35 win over Hudson Catholic! With the score tied at 8 to end the 1st quarter, Mency converted on 8 straight points to push the lead to 16-8 and Marist slowly pulled away throughout! Mency finished with 13 points to lead Marist, while Sophomore Aiden Silas(#1) added 10! Junior Justin Glover and Senior Bryan Joseph each scored 6 for Hudson!

Secaucus, N.J….The N.J.I.C. Small School Tournament took place at Secaucus Highschool! Paterson Charter and Saddle River Day advance to the Finals!

PATERSON CHARTER 60 GARFIELD 53

Senior Troy Medlock scored 16 points and Senior Marquis Harris added 13 points and was tough on the defensive end to lead Paterson Charter to a 60-53 win! With Charter up two 34-32 Junior Jamir Bellfield came off the bench to give Charter stability as he scored 7 big points in the 3rd quarter to give PC a 44-34 lead over Garfield! Harris pulled off numerous offensive fouls against Garfield which helped stem Boilermaker runs! Senior Sadiki Miller and Senior Zahire Robinson each chipped in 9 points! Senior Elias Chery led Garfield with 19 points and Senior Nakie Graham added 15 points!

SADDLE RIVER 77 DWIGHT-ENGLEWOOD 64

Junior Sebastian Gianotti(#13) scored 23 points and Junior Sean O’Neill(#15) added 18 points to lead Saddle River Day to a 77-64 lead over Dwight-Englewood! D.E. led at the half 36-31, but Saddle River Day outscored them 24-9 in the 3rd quarter! SDR had to overcome the scoring of Sophomore David Mager who finished with 26 points! Senior Connor Cyran added 11 points and grabbed 8 rebounds and Freshman Richard Machado added 9 points and 8 assists for Saddle River Day! Sophomore Jayden Lemond scored 11 points with 8 assists and 8 rebounds for Dwight-Englewood! Saddle River Day will meet Paterson Charter Thursday at Secaucus H.S.

West Orange, N.J……Montclair Immaculate finally pulled off their quest as they defeated Seton Hall Prep 63-51 to win the Essex County Championship!