Wayne Hills Blows Out Manchester 63- 40! In Passaic County Tournament!

Haledon………It’s all about getting”Hot”at the right time in sports and particularly Highschool basketball! And Wayne Hills has gotten hot! After beating Wayne Valley and Passaic during the week, Hills came into the Passaic County Tournament prepared for Manchester which came into the game 14-4 and seeded 6th! Hills manhandled Manchester from the start,outscoring them 21-4 in the 2nd quarter and coasting the rest of the way to a 63-40 win! Wayne Hills who improved it’s record to 7-12 was unconscious from the perimeter! Senior Sam Pressler(pictured) led the way hitting 4″triples”in the game on his way to a game high 19 points! Senior Michael Driesse played a solid floor game scoring 17 points(2 triples) with 6 assists and 4 steals! Senior Peter Daibes, a 6’4 center who has signed a letter of intent to play football for Georgetown added 12 points(2 triples) and grabbed 6 rebounds and Senior Matt Heskins scored 10 points(2 triples) and had 4 assists! Wayne Hills will meet West Milford next Saturday in the quarterfinals at Kennedy Highschool! Manchester’s lone bright spot came from 6’5″ Senior Taquese Franklin who scored 18 points and grabbed 10 boards!

 

 

 Other Passaic County Tournament Scores:

 

Passaic Valley   63       Clifton  55

Dave Clough 23             Timothy Brown 17

 

West Milford  75           Eastern Christian  47

Luke Basket 14                Noah Ruitenberg  11

 

Kennedy  64                   Hawthorne Christian 58

Dawon Lighty 16           Paul Little  23

 

DePaul  68                     Lakeland  57

Juwann Carter  17         Scott Miller 23

Joshua Marquez 17

 

Eastside 69                     Pompton Lakes 41

DeAndre Noble 15         Greg Loporto  16

 

Wayne Valley  56            Passaic  41

Tom Larranga 19             Shakir Rhodes 9

 

Next Saturday’s Passaic County Matchups:

DePaul vs Kennedy  12:00pm

Wayne Valley  vs  Passaic Tech  1:30pm

Wayne Hills  vs   West Milford 3:00pm

Eastside vs Passaic Valley  4:30pm

 

Bergen County Jamboree Results @ Northern Highlands

 

Old Tappan  48      Bergen Catholic 41

Mike Matteo 16       Mark Richards 15

Shane McLaughlin 15

 

Pascack Valley 56      St. Joseph 49

Mike Miele 18             Iyoha Agho 14

Eric Buchsbaum 16

 

Pascack Hills  61         Ridgefield Park  44

Cole Dorfman 14         Nelson Mendez  24

Jared Shill  12

 

Paramus Catholic  78              St. Mary’s 56

Justin Harris 28                 Kyle Dadika  18

Manny Hernandez 16