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!

Allendale, N.J…….. Hoop Journal caught two of the Jamboree games where Cresskill and Bergen Catholic advanced:

                                      CRESSKILL  47                       PASCACK VALLEY  45

    Cresskill trailed most of the game and needed a spark! Off the bench came Junior Tyler Jackson who was a starter most of the season! Jackson scored 18 points and hit a”triple” with 1:23 left to give them a 45-42 lead and made two free throws to clinch it! His energy was just what Cresskill needed in their 47-45 win! Junior Dominic Wilson added 8 points and put Cresskill up 40-39 with 3:20 left in the quarter for their first lead! Senior Rich Van Cleft added 8 points and 6 rebounds! Pascack Valley was led by Senior Glen Scalia who knocked down 6″triples” and scored 22 points and tried to answer by tying the game at 42 with 2:11 left! Cresskill will meet the winner of the Teaneck- Lodi game!

                                                BERGEN CATHOLIC  75            WOOD RIDGE  68  O.T.

      Bergen Catholic hung around just enough to steal a win from Wood Ridge 75-68 in overtime! Wood Ridge made 8 treys but could not make enough free throws to end the game! They finally opened the door where B.C. got a chance to tie as Junior P.J. Reed(right) went to the line with 1 second left in the contest and with ice in his veins sent the game into overtime by making two free throws to tie the game at 64! Reed then scored 6 of the 11 overtime points to lead them to the 75-68 win! Reed finished with 17 points and 8 rebounds and was complimented by his teammates! Sophomore Nadi Beciri scored 13 points, pulled down 7 boards and 3 blocks, Junior’s Taino Flores and Kyle Quiero each scored 9 points as Flores also had 5 assists and Senior Chuck Wingate was all over the floor on the offensive and defensive end, contributing 8 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals! Wood Ridge was led by Junior Gary Whritenour who made 5″triples” for a game high 22 points and Junior Mike Gibney with 20! The Blue Devils had to overcome the lost of Senior bigman Vin O’Bierne who took a hard foul and left with a swollen elbow in the 1st hal! His lost was critical, but Wood Ridge still played well enough to have a lead late and opportunities to pull the game out but their inconsistency at the line proved to be their undoing! Bergen Catholic will meet the winner of Tenafly vs. Ridgewood for the quarterfinals!

Hawthorne,New Jersey…..The question coming into this contest was whether Hawthorne Christian’s backcourt could handle Passaic’s pressure and take care of the basketball! Well the#6 seed Defenders answered that question with flying colors as they not only handled it but thoroughly outplayed the #11 seeded Passaic’s guards in their 57-35 win! Senior Nick Aust, Junior Jake Hart and Sophomore Chris Aust along with Senior Jamari Moss were near flawless in controlling the rock which gave Hawthorne Christian’s frontcourt a chance to take control in the middle! Senior Paul Little(right) and Sophomore Alex Thomas could not be stopped as Little scored 15 points and grabbed 18 rebounds and Thomas scored 14 points with 10 boards and 5 assists! Hawthorne Christian took a 33-18 lead into the half and did not let up in the 2nd half! They outrebounded Passaic 34-18 and Nick Aust(left) in particular made them pay by knocking down perimeter shots as he scored 13 points with 3″triples”! The lone bright spot for Passaic was Junior Rahsaan Johnson who scored 18 points and grabbed 7 rebounds! Hawthorne Christian will meet Wayne Valley in the quarterfinals next week!