Coaches Vs. Cancer Classic Revue: Wood Ridge, Indian Hills And St. Joseph Wins!

Kennedy H.S. Paterson, N.J….. The Saturday games were cancelled due to snow, but the Sunday games took place and the eventual winners were Wood Ridge, Indian Hills and St. Joseph:

                                              WOOD RIDGE  70            UNION CITY  64

  Wood Ridge’s trio of Senior Vin O’Bierne, Junior Gary Whritenour and Junior Mike Gibney proved to be too much for a game Union City in their 70-64 win! Gibney(right) made 5″triples” enroute to 26 points, while Whritenour(left) made 4 treys on his way to 21 and O’Bieirne(center) scored 19 points and pulled down 11 rebounds! It was a good contest as Union City matched Wood Ridge for four quarters! Senior Sayvon Williams led Union City with 15 points and 6 assists and got help from Junior Johnny Rodriguez(10pts,11rebs) and Junior Louie Salazano(11pts)! Junior Jamal Agurto hit a “triple”with 1:18 left but Gibney’s”triple” gave Wood Ridge the lead for good 67-64!

                                            INDIAN HILLS  55          PASSAIC VALLEY 50  O.T.

           In a slight upset, Indian Hills beat Passaic Valley 55-50 in overtime coming from a 10 point deficit to send the game into an extra session and pull off the win! Sophomore Ryan Warnet led Indian Hills with 25 points and Junior Robbie Cariddi tied the game with 4 seconds left with a”triple” to make it 47 all! Passaic Valley led most of the game , but got into major foul trouble and lost a few regulars late in the game! Senior Jamir Lennon led P.V. with 17 points and Senior Onajide Olajide finished with 9 points and 8 rebounds!

                                                    ST.JOSEPH  69              PASSAIC  62

          Senior Terrence McNair scored 19 points and grabbed 9 rebounds and Junior Pat Mensah(pictured) added 16 points with 7 rebounds and 3 assists as they maintained a lead most of the way and went on to defeat Passaic 69-62! Junior Ryan Rivera came off the bench to score 13 points for the Green Knights! St. Joseph took a 32 -20 halftime lead  Passaic cut the lead a few times,but could never get over the hump! Passaic was led by Senior Michael Brown with 26 points and Junior Rahsaan Johnson with 15 points and 13 rebounds!

NOTE: Please continue to donate and contribute to the fight for a cure for all types of Cancer and a special shout out to Coach Jim Ring of Kennedy and his family for putting on this event and bringing it to the forefront!