Scotttie Lewis--Ranney School--One of the most athletic players in the Country, with tremendous upside, the #13 ranked player in the Country by Rivals.com has committed to Florida!
Eastside Cruises Past St. Josephs 57-35!
Paterson, N.J………Senior DeAndre Noble-Haywood led Eastside with 19 points, but this game belonged to Senior Ky’re Jackson! From the outset, Jackson(pictured) was a problem for St. Joseph in Eastside’s 57-35 win! He dominated the glass early and helped get the Ghosts off as his work led to easy buckets for his teammates! Eastside’s defense created a number of turnovers and gave them a 29-15 lead at the half! St. Joe’s never presented a problem the rest of the game! Jackson finished with 14 points,14 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 blocked shots! Junior Quattier Jackson added 8 points for Eastside and Junior Jetor Brown added 7 points as the Ghosts went 12 deep in the game and got contributions from everyone! Junior Ricky Jeune led St. Joseph with 8 points!
Paramus Catholic Beats DePaul 68-56!
Paramus, N.J……..Paramus Catholic is getting used to it’s transfer kids that are now eligible and from the looks of things, they have definitely upgraded as was proven in their 68-56 win over DePaul! Senior Mike Alford and Junior’s Kyle Menard and Anthony Rafes all sat the 30 days and now add more scoring and depth for P.C. Menard, out of Rockland County, New York particularly is a big time talent! He and Sophomore Jalen Henriquez led P.C. on the offensive end and Senior Vaughn Dudley provided the spark on the defensive end! Henriquez(left) led the scoring with 16 points and Menard(right) scored 15 points with 3 dimes and 3 blocked shots! Dudley had 4 steals to go with his 8 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists! Paramus Catholic took the lead early and led 32-22 at the end of the first half! DePaul cut the lead to 6 early in 3rd but could not get any closer the rest of the game! Alford scored 5 points with 3 assists and Rafes added 6 points and 4 boards for P.C. DePaul was led by Junior Joshua Marquez with 20 points, Senior Davon Jacobs with 13 points and 13 rebounds and Sophomore Juwuan Carter who went 10 for 11 from the foul line for all his points and grabbed 6 rebounds! Paramus Catholic also got good games from Freshman Marquel Sheffield and Senior Darius Christmas off the bench!
HOOP JOURNAL: In The Lane With: Sammy Singletary- Kennedy Highschool.
In a Series of Profiles, Hoop Journal would like to acknowledge Kennedy H.S. all everything Senior guard Sammy Singletary! At the time of this post Sammy is the North Jersey leading scorer at 24.8 points a game, and Kennedy needs every bucket from him! The thing with Sammy is he can also defend! He’s from the same line of defender that the Knight’s have had in their past! Whatever his team needs this year he is more than willing to do and it’s that kind of attitude that let’s you know Singletary will be playing somewhere on the College level next season!
FUN FACTS: Hgt: 6’1 Wgt: 164
NICKNAME: “Muta” D.O.B.: Feb. 27, 1994
PARENTS: Sammy And Cheryl Singletary
SIBLINGS: Diamond Singletary And Isaiah Singletary
WHO INSPIRES YOU(NON BASKETBALL): My Brother D’Quan
FAVORITE BASKETBALL TEAM: Miami Heat
FAVORITE BASKETBALL PLAYER: Dwayne Wade
FAVORITE ALL-TIME SNEAKER: Most Jordan’s
FAVORITE ARTIST: Young Jeezy
HOTTEST SONG ON IPOD: Supa Freak by: Young Jeezy
HIGHSCHOOL GOALS: To repeat as County Champs and be the next 1,000 point scorer at Kennedy! And to graduate!
FUTURE GOALS: To attend College next year and play ball!
SOMETHING PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO KNOW ABOUT YOU: Nothing
FAVORITE COLLEGE TEAM: Duke
COLLEGE INTEREST(SCHOOLS): Felician, Bloomfield, Rutgers-Newark, William Paterson and Ramapo College