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!

Kennedy H.S. N.J………The Coaches Versus Cancer Classic began it’s weekend with two games on Friday! Don Bosco Prep and Teaneck ended up victorious!

                                          DON BOSCO PREP  69             LINDEN  60    O.T.

   Don Bosco Prep and Linden played a close game with each side having a chance to pull off the win! Linden kept a slight lead in the 2nd half after a 30 all halftime score! Linden took a 49-46 lead with 37 seconds left, when Senior John Landro knocked down a “triple” to tie the game! After Linden couldn’t convert on the final play, Prep took over in overtime! Senior Jemal Moseley started the O.T. with a “triple”, then Senior bigman Dajon Toddman raised the roof with a alley-oop off a pass from Senior Leonte Carroo! He was fouled on the play and pushed the lead to 56-49 as their was a technical foul call against Linden! That stretch clinched the game for Prep! D.B.P. had four players reach double figures as Moseley and Carroo each scored 14 points and Toddman and Sophomore Paul Jorgenson each scored 11 points! Toddman(pictured) was the difference in the contest as his contribution on the defensive end as well as on offense was key! He finished with 11 rebounds and 4 blocked shots and changed numerous other shots! Carroo also grabbed 9 rebounds! Linden was led by Senior Shakir Phelps who scored 19 points and grabbed 7 rebounds! Sophomore Juwan Jones added 9 points!

                                                              TEANECK  59             KENNEDY  54

   Two of the top players in Northern New Jersey competed in this game and each more than showed his wares! Teaneck’s Chris Jones scored 25 points in the game and Kennedy’s Sammy Singletary scored 30 points and pulled down 10 rebounds as the contest was close throughout but Jones just had a few more horses with him! Kennedy led 28-22 at the end of the first half but Jones, Junior Joel Hernandez and Junior Neville Fincher made their presence felt in the 3rd quarter! Senior Jamaar Ellerbee played well for Kennedy scoring 16 points, including 4″triples”! Jones scored 5 straight points to end the 3rd quarter and give Teaneck a 41-36 lead! Kennedy battled as Singletary continued to go hard,but they just could not get over the hump! Hernandez finished with 13 points and 7 rebounds and Fincher had a double-double with 10 points and 10 rebounds!

NOTE: All proceeds from the games go to various Cancer facilities to help cure this dreaded disease! More action Saturday and Sunday at Kennedy Highschool!

St.Peters Prep, Jersey City, N.J……… They may not be #1 in Hudson County,that title would go to St.Anthony,but Hudson Catholic made a strong case for being a solid #2 and a true top team in the State in beating St. Peters Prep 59-43 in a hostile and enthusiastic environment! The Hawks got contributions from a number of players, led by their Junior’s Mike Young, Kavon Stewart and Reggie Cameron! Young(left) in particular, was a man amongst boys at points of the game! He finished with 16 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocked shots and excited the crowd with a few power dunks! Stewart(right) was the best guard on the court scoring 13 points with 11 assists and Cameron(center) contributed 13 points and 11 boards! Senior Grant Ellis, the Iona commit made his presence felt scoring 7 points and grabbing 6 rebounds! He also made a crucial “triple” in the contest! St.Peters Prep had a 15-14 lead at the end of the 1st quarter, but two buckets by Young and a”triple” by Cameron gave Hudson the lead in the 2nd quarter and they never relinguished it! Prep cut the lead to 7 in the 4th quarter but a Kavon Stewart layup plus the foul and another one from Freshman Nassir Barrino upped the lead to double digits! Prep played hard and did not give up as they got good performances from Senior Tyrone O’Garro(13pts,6rebs), Junior Sean Cummings(10pts) and Junior Trevis Wyche(10pts,5asts)!