PASSAIC COUNTY TOURNAMENT: Eastside Prevails Over DePaul For County”CHIP”!

Wayne Valley H.S., Wayne, N.J…… Senior DeAndre Noble Haywood and Eastside was not going to let what happened to them last year happen again! Last year the Ghosts let the County title slip away to Kennedy Highschool, but this year they were focused from the beginning to the end of the game as they beat DePaul 61-41! It marked Eastside’s 8th title and first one since 2004! Noble-Haywood(1500 WGHT player of game) scored 15 of his 26 points in the 1st half as nothing came less than 12 feet from the basket! The game was tight for two quarters as Eastside held a 27-21 halftime lead but scored the first 5 points of the 3rd quarter to take an 11 point lead! They then went up 37-23 on a”triple” from Junior Jetor Brown(9pts) and made DePaul chase the rest of the contest! Senior Ky’re Jackson didn’t put up big numbers but finished with 9 points and 9 rebounds and did a good job on DePaul Senior Davon Jacobs! Sophomore Juwuan Carter showed he will be a player to be reckoned with stepping up on the big stage to have 17 points,6 rebounds,4 steals and a breakaway dunk that tied the score early at 16 for DePaul! Junior Josh Marquez finished with 16 points for DePaul and Jacobs was held to 7 but grabbed 10 rebounds!