Haversford School, Philadelphia, Pa……… The Philadephia Juniors showed off an abundance of athletic ability,but the one thing they could not do was match the shooting of the New Jersey team as they connected on 11 “triples” in the game and had 6 players in double figures as they steamrolled Philly 114-90! In a total team effort Hudson Catholic’s Reggie Cameron led the assault, scoring 22 points(3 triples) and pulling down 9 boards! Princeton Day’s Davon Reed added 19 points(2 triples), Gill St.Bernards Jaren Sina scored 14 points(3 triples) and dished out 4 assists, Hudson Catholic’s Kavon Stewart  had a double-double with 13 points and 10 assists and Hudson Catholic’s Mike Young and Teaneck’s Joel Hernandez each scored 11 in the game! St. Anthony’s  duo of Hallice Cooke and Josh Brown each also played well scoring 8 and 7 points respectively with Cooke knocking down another 2″triples”! Philly was led by Roman Catholic’s Britton Lee with 16 points,Neuman Goretti’s Johnny Davis 14 points and St. Joseph Prep’s Miles Overton’s 13! Jersey led from the start getting three straight “triples” from Cameron, Sina and Reed to begin the contest and it was a foregone conclusion the rest of the way! Cameron(right) and Overton( with Kyrie Irving and Wayne Ellington) were their teams respective M.V.P.’s!

Haverford School, Philadelphia, Pa………. The Jersey Sophomore’s took a 20-19 lead into the 2nd quarter and stayed in it at the half, down a point 42-41! But in the second half, Philly took over and opened the game up for a 93-77 victory in the 9th annual Eddie Griffin Challenge! Neuman Goretti’s Jaquan Newton led the way for Philadelphia, scoring 21 points with 4 assists! Newton got to the basket and either finished or found an open teammate underneath! Most times he found Roman Catholic’s Basil Thompson(18 pts) or Friere Charter’s Jahyde Gardiner(10 pts,8rebs)! Jersey’s scoring was coming from Hackensack H.S. swingman Rashard Figures who finished with 21 points, including 3 “triples”! Jersey also got tremendous efforts from Newark Eastside’s Ismael Sanogo who finished with 10 points and 9 rebounds and Hawthorne Christian’s Alex Thomas who rolled triple 7’s in points,rebounds and blocked shots( falling one block shy of a tie with Andrew Bynum for the E.B.C. record)! Newton(right) and Figures(pictured with J.R. Smith and Wayne Ellington) were voted M.V.P.’s of the game for their prospective teams! 

Kennedy H.S. Paterson, N.J………. The Playaz 16’s and The Kings St. 15’s were winners in The Playaz Club sponsored We Got Next Tournament! The Playaz(right) won decisively in the “Chip” beating the Albany Athlete’s Only team 63-38 as Marques Townes led the scoring with 17 points, while Alex Thomas, Rashard Figures and Isaiah Briscoe all added 9 points in the victory! Isaiah Bodere led Albany with 12 points! Briscoe was voted the tournament’s Most Valuable Player putting up big numbers most of the weekend! The King St. 15’s and the Playaz 15’s got in to a real battle for the” Chip” as the game went back and forth the entire contest! In the end, King St(left). overcame a 25 point effort from the Playaz superb guard Nassir Barrino to hang on to a 60-57 win! Kelly Hogan led the effort for Kings St. with 20 and 15 from Justin Salem! The Playaz Marquel Sheffield also played well, scoring 10 points and pulling down 12 rebounds including many putbacks! Nick Brooks also finished with 10 for the Playaz!