This has been a very trying time for Highschool athletics! With the pandemic that is facing the State it has been difficult to have the normal events that we have always been use to such as the Playaz Basketball Club and Paterson Recreation sponsored FallBall Basketball League! But in a different format it will go on starting Monday Sept.14th!

The difference will be it will take place outside at Glenfield Park 119 Bloomfield Av Montclair, N.J.! Games will be played on two Courts on Monday’s and Wednesday’s at 5:15 6:15 and 7:15! Both days have an assortment of solid teams competing! Mondays teams consist of Montclair, Newark Tech, Union, Barringer, Clifton, Hackensack, St. Mary’s(Ruth.), Newark Central, DePaul, Bloomfield,Teaneck and Paterson Charter! The Wednesday’s lineup has Gill St. Bernard, Columbia, Immaculate, Morris Catholic, Saint Patrick, St. Peters Prep, Paterson Kennedy, Bergen Catholic, Hudson Catholic, Paterson Eastside, Don Bosco Prep and Newark Eastside!

Bloomfield, N.J……After trailing at the half, Irvington came out strong in the 3rd quarter to outscore Ramapo 24-12 and go on to win 68-57 and in the process become The Group 3 North Champions! Senior Kymani Dunbar started the game with a steal and dunk and finished the game with 25 points, 9 rebounds and 3 steals and Senior Karriem Thomas added 19 points for Irvington! Senior Moses Pierre scored 13 of his 15 points for Irvington and also pulled down 13 rebounds! Senior Max Pernetti led Ramapo with 18 points and 9 rebounds,while Junior Jason Keith added 16 points, Senior Chris Valvano chipped in 12 points and Junior Collin McKenna finished with 9 points and 3 blocked shots!

Paterson, N.J….. #1 Seed Kennedy came out with a purpose and was not to be denied as they jumped on #3 Seed Ridgewood early and never let up, winning going away 74-44 and in the process became the first Knight’s team to win the North 1 Group 4 Sectional Title since 1998! Senior Deishon Harrison led the way for Kennedy with 23 points, 5 assists and 4 steals and Senior Mark Heber scored 14 of his 20 points in the first half as Kennedy exploded to a 43-18 halftime lead! Ridgewood scored the first 4 points of the game, but behind Sophomore Jay’Quan Briggs and Heber Kennedy erased the small lead quickly and extended it to 24-12 after the first quarter! Briggs finished with 10 points, 8 of them coming in the first half! Senior Jared Powers led Ridgewood with 16 points and Senior Tristan Wennersten added 12 points and 8 rebounds! Kennedy will face Elizabeth at the Dunn Center in Elizabeth on Thursday!