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Jersey Sports Zone is pleased to bring you statewide basketball coverage from 1.22. We’ve got three great boys games. Elizabeth remains unbeaten passing another test, Manasquan gets a season sweep of Shore rival Rumson-Fair Haven and Delsea gets a monster game from Javon Gordon in a South Jersey win at Cumberland. Watch all the highlights now! Elizabeth 68 Union Catholic 47 No. 9 in the current NJ Top 20, Elizabeth remained undefeated on the year with 68-47 victory over No. 15 Union Catholic. Despite taking the first matchup in a grueling triple overtime game, the Minutemen cruised to a W thanks to some great defense and a shining 14 point, 11 rebound performance from Senior Jesiah West. Jordan Price finished with 20 points while DJ Watkins added 13. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights: Manasquan 49 Rumson-Fair Haven 41 Alex Galvan had 22 points and 12 rebounds as the Warriors completed a regular season sweep of RFH and snapping the Bulldogs 10 game win streak. Brad McCabe added 13 points and 13 boards in the victory to give Manasquan a 14-2 record. JSZ has the highlights from this Shore Conference battle: Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of Rumson-Fair Haven is made possible by Gold Coast Cadillac Delsea 73 Cumberland 33 Javon Gordon scores 27 points to lead the Crusaders to a dominant road win. SNJ Today’s Mike Frankel has the highlights from South Jersey: Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of Delsea is made possible by NJM Insurance

As schools across the Garden State honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., JSZ is pleased to bring you statewide basketball coverage from 1/21. Check back in as we continue to post games throughout the evening! Marist 54 Woodbridge 43 Angelo Santiago led Marist with 18 points — 13 coming in the second half — to help the Royal Knights capture their seventh consecutive win this season. Under new head coach Ben Gamble, Marist has already equaled its win total of 10 games from a year ago. JSZ’s Jay Cook has the highlights from Long Branch’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Showcase: Trenton 62 Piscataway 53 Trenton picked up its fourth win in a row with a 62-53 victory over Piscataway in the MLK Round Ball Classic from New Brunswick high school. After trailing 21-18 after the first quarter, the Tornados outscored their opponent 17-8 in the second to take a 35-29 lead at halftime. Nassir Hodge was named MVP of the game for his 17 points and 5 rebounds as Trenton improves to 11-3 on the year. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights:  Sponsor! Thank you to Princeton Orthopaedic Associates for sponsoring our Trenton coverage! Long Branch 57 Lakewood 36 The Long Branch Green Wave defeated Lakewood in the last game of the MLK Scholarship Basketball Showcase at Long Branch High School on Monday. The Green Wave had two players score in the double digits: Marc Dennis and Devyn Blount. Dennis scored 12 and Blount scored 11. Blount also won the MVP award for his performance during the game against the Piners. JSZ’s Madison Bess has the highlights: Sponsor! Thank you to Rosario Realty for sponsoring our Long Branch coverage! Thank you to the Law Firm of Michael Inzelbuch for sponsoring our Lakewood coverage!

Make it seven years in a row for Point Boro. The Panthers continued their dual-meet dominance over crosstown rival Point Beach Friday night with a 41-26 win before a sold-out crowd at Memorial Middle School. Point Boro got six-point efforts from Billy Borowsky, Charles Latendorf, Nick Torre, Jack Bailey, Ty Bailey and Spencer Robinson to drive the win. JSZ’s Jay Cook has the highlights from an electric atmosphere in Point Pleasant: Match Results Point Pleasant Boro 41  Point Pleasant Beach 26 195: Liam Buday (Beach) d. Scott Franceschini 5-3 SV 220: Josh Henderson (Boro) d. Noah Ramos 2-1 2OT Hwt: Billy Borowsky (Boro) p. Connor Smith  106: Charles Latendorf (Boro) p. Michael Storino 113: Nick Torre (Boro) p. Jonah Bowers 120: Kip Lovgren (Beach) d. James Latendorf  2-0 126: Riley Simon (Beach) p. Lucas Sabo 132: Jesse Bowers (Beach) tf. Peter Karras  19-4 138: Jack Bailey (Boro) p. Macky Liotta  145: Ty Bailey (Boro) p. Anthony Luongo 152: Spencer Robinson (Boro) p. Lance White 160: Paul Franceschini (Boro) d. Jason Schulz  4-3 170: George Kaiafas (Beach) md. Andrew Witkowski 14-5 182: Jason Sherlock (Beach) p. Patrick Frawley Sponsor Alert! Jersey Sports Zone was able to be on-hand to capture this wild crosstown rivalry thanks to our Point Pleasant Beach sponsor, Peak – Coaching For Success!

Thursday night basketball on JSZ features three games from around New Jersey. Nery Rodriguez has the highlights of Roselle Catholic’s one point win over the Patrick School, Rich Chrampanis brings us Don Bosco Prep’s two point win at Bergen Catholic and Mike Frankel has Gloucester Catholic winning a South Jersey battle over Woodstown Roselle Catholic 62 The Patrick School 61 In one of the must see matchups of the basketball season No. 1 Roselle Catholic remained undefeated on the year with a thrilling 62-61 win over No. 7 The Patrick School. Early on it was the Celtics leading RC, but the Lions thanks to University of Kentucky commit Kahlil Whitney were able to take the lead late in the third quarter and then hold off TPS in the closing seconds of the fourth. Whitney had 25 points and 10 rebounds, Clemson commit Al-Amir Dawes finished with 19 points and 9 rebounds. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights:  Don Bosco Prep 56 Bergen Catholic 54 Kyle Maurer had 16 points including four first-half three-pointers to lead a Don Bosco barrage of ten long-range shots as the Ironmen make it four straight wins over their archrival. Myles Ruth added 12 points including an acrobatic putback in the 4th quarter. Don Bosco improves to 8-1 on the season. JSZ has the highlights from a sold-out gym in Ramsey: Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of Bergen Catholic is brought to you by Equinox Fitness Clubs Gloucester Catholic 71 Woodstown 62 Ryan Roney and Conor Regan combined for 43 points to give Gloucester Catholic its 10th win of the season. SNJ Today’s Mike Frankel has the highlights from South Jersey: Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of Gloucester Catholic is brought to you by NJM Insurance

Winning a JSZ Game Ball is hard enough for a school so It’s always exciting when our two  winners are also classmates. Camden Tech’s Chance Daniels and Damon Jones have been valuable assets to their teams in the 2018-2019 season. Daniels, who scored 15 points including five-three pointers against Highland Regional  is already over 100 points this season and Jones, who had 38 points against LEAP Academy is currently averaging 23.5 points a game. For their performances the fans have spoken and these Warriors are our NJM Insurance South Jersey game Ball winners. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez stopped by practice to present them with their awards: Take Our Poll Take Our Poll Sponsor! Thank you to NJM Insurance for sponsoring all of our South Jersey Game Ball presentations!

Jersey Sports Zone is pleased to bring you statewide basketball coverage from 1.16. Tonight’s menu features a big South Jersey showdown as Wildwood Catholic prevails in OT at St. Joe-Hammonton plus Bishop Ahr continues to pile up wins in the GMC Wildwood Catholic 78 St. Joe Hammonton 73 (OT) Jahlil White scored 29 points and Taj Thweatt added 20 points, 16 rebounds and 6 blocked shots to give the Crusaders a big overtime win on the road to improve to 12-1 on the season. Marcellus Ross had 34 points and 10 rebounds in a losing effort. SNJ Today’s Mike Frankel has the highlights from one of the top games of the season in South Jersey: Bishop Ahr 93 South River 64 Bishop Ahr picked up its sixth win in a row with a 93-64 win over Greater Middlesex Conference rival South River. The Trojans went on a 12-0 run to begin the game before eventually leading 50-31 at halftime. In the second half Bishop Ahr raised the differential as high as 30 points before pulling their starters going into the fourth. Quandry Adams had 20 points in the victory while Derrick Grant and Zayon Marsh dropped 16, Grant also grabs 16 rebounds. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights: Sponsor!  Thank you to Campozino restaurant for sponsoring our South River coverage!

Jersey Sports Zone will take you to Aspen Ice and Middletown Ice World for a pair of early-week hockey games. We’ll have highlights from the hard-fought tie between CBA and Delbarton plus Red Bank Catholic’s upset over Middletown North. Enjoy! Christian Brothers Academy 2 Delbarton 2 This is as even a game we’ve seen all season long. Both teams lit the lamp twice, both offenses ripped off 29 shots and both net-minders wrangled in 27 saves. Delbarton opened the game with goals from Tim Royse and James Falivene, then CBA responded with scores from Kyle Contessa and Gio Crepaldi in the 2nd period. JSZ’s Jay Cook has all the highlights from Randolph: Red Bank Catholic 4 Middletown North 3 Mario Flego’s shorthanded goal in the third period gave the Caseys a big road win in Shore Conference play. Justin Lidondici scored a pair of goals for the Caseys and Logan Gallagher’s one timer on a feed from Lidondici gave RBC a 3-2 lead at the end of two. Jonathan Miranda’s second goal of the game tied things up at 3. Flego had a magnificent move around the defender and a top shelf shot to give RBC the win. Watch the highlights of a game featuring some great goal scoring in Middletown: Sponsor Shoutout! Thanks to Playa Bowls of Red Bank for sponsoring JSZ’s coverage of Red Bank Catholic

Jersey Sports Zone and the New Jersey Devils are teaming up for the second consecutive year to honor the Garden State’s rich crop of hockey talent. NJ Devils defenseman Damon Severson met Adriana Crepaldi (Trinity Hall), Jack Werther (Marlboro), Demitri Forand (Middletown South) and Sam Charlat (Millburn) to recognize their next-level scores from December. The players were treated with a VIP experience, watched their goals on the largest in-arena scoreboard in the world and were treated with a timely scoring outburst from the Devils as they scored season-high eight goals in an 8-5 rout over the Chicago Blackhawks. JSZ’s Jay Cook has the story from The Rock here: The best scores captured by JSZ cameras have the chance to be selected as the top five goals of each month throughout the winter. Stay tuned for more of JSZ’s extensive New Jersey high school hockey coverage along with future polls to send your favorite goal-scorer to the Prudential Center!

It’s time to honor great performances from New Jersey high school basketball with our JSZ Game Balls. We have polls for North, Central and South Jersey in both boys and girls categories. The polls are open now through Tuesday at 3:00 pm. We look forward to handing out 6 JSZ Game Balls every week and we’ll stop by mid-week practices or games to make a presentation. NJM South Jersey Game Ball Nominees Take Our Poll Take Our Poll Thanks to NJM Insurance for sponsoring JSZ’s South Jersey Game Balls Central Jersey Game Ball Nominees Take Our Poll Take Our Poll North Jersey Game Ball Nominees Take Our Poll Take Our Poll Coaches and fans – if you have a player that is worthy of nominating contact rich@jerseysportszone.com by Saturday evening

Jersey Sports Zone is excited to bring you Friday night basketball highlights from across the Garden State, including a rebound win by Carteret and Roselle Catholic continuing its undefeated season. Roselle Catholic 61 St. Mary (Eliz.) 47 It’s time to dub Kahlil Whitney, Josh Pierre-Louis and Cliff Omoruyi as New Jersey’s most talented Big Three on the hardwood. All three players helped Roselle Catholic continue their undefeated season by a display of athletic dunks, earth-shattering blocks and magic trick shots. JSZ’s Jay Cook has the highlights from Elizabeth: Carteret 76 South River 63 Following a close loss to crosstown rival Bishop Ahr, Carteret rebounded with a 76-63 divisional win over 7-2 South River. The Ramblers dominated early on taking a 40-25 lead at halftime and didn’t let up till the closing minutes of the fourth. Carteret snapped a 6 game win streak the Rams had coming into the matchup. Tim Ellis finished with 19 points while Starrell Hearns had 16 points and 19 rebounds. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights: Sponsor! Thank you to Campozino restaurant for sponsoring both our Carteret and South River coverage!

Jersey Sports Zone has Thursday night hoops around New Jersey. We’ve got Shore Conference wins for Middletown South and RBC, plus the Summit boys prevail up North and the Trenton Catholic girls show why they are ranked in the top 10. Red Bank Catholic 62 Manasquan 50 – Boys Basketball Charlie Gordinier had 21 points and 9 rebounds and John Duffy added 15 on five three-pointers to give RBC a home win in a battle of 9-1 squads. JSZ has the highlights from a big Shore Conference win in Red Bank for the Caseys: Thanks to Playa Bowls in Red Bank for allowing us to capture great moments from Red Bank Catholic all year long! Middletown South 51 Long Branch 45 – Boys Basketball Luke Albrecht and Jack Sheridan paced South with 12 points apiece as the Eagles have won four straight games. Middletown South took the lead for good early in the third quarter and was able to hold off the Green Wave. JSZ has the highlights from Shore Conference play in Middletown: Sponsor Shout Out! Jersey Sports Zone brings you great Shore Conference action thanks to our sponsor. Thank you to Rosario Realty (Long Branch) and Monmouth Building Center (Middletown South) for allowing us to showcase great high school athletes all year long Trenton Catholic 81 Northern Burlington 20 – Girls Basketball After suffering their first loss of the year No. 7 in the NJ Top 20, Trenton Catholic has rebounded with back to back wins. The Lady Mike’s held Northern Burlington to just four points in the first thanks to an impressive defensive performance. Naomi Shorts finished with 15 points while Gianna Hernandez-Boulden had 12. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights: Sponsor! Thank you to Princeton Orthopaedic Associates for sponsoring our Trenton Catholic coverage! Summit 48 Scotch Plains-Fanwood 43 –  Boys Basketball Malcolm Sidebottom dropped a game-high 16 points while Eric Baier chipped in with 11 points to pace Summit to their second divisional win this season. The Hilltoppers now sit at 8-1 on the season and have proven to be one of the better teams this year from the UCC. JSZ’s Jay Cook has the highlights from Scotch Plains: Sponsor Shoutout! Thanks to our loyal sponsors like Equinox Fitness, JSZ is able to bring you great highlights from Summit High School all season long.

We’ve got a 2,000 point moment in South Jersey, a Prep showdown between Blair and Hun plus an impressive win for the Morris Catholic girls. Watch the highlights from three NJ hoops games! Cape May Tech 55 Absegami 38 – Boys Basketball Josh Wright became the first player in Cape May Tech history and the 40th ever South Jersey basketball player to reach the 2,000-point plateau in a high school career. Wright led Cape May Tech with 29 points en route to a win on a historic night. JSZ’s Mike Frankel has the highlights and post-game reaction: Blair Academy 65 Hun 50 – HS Boys Prep Basketball Jordan Dingle scored 11 of his 17 points in the second quarter as the Bucs raced out to a 19-point halftime lead on the way to its 9th win of the season. Dexter Akanno had 12 and Jabri Abdur Rahim added 11 in the win. JSZ has the highlights from Princeton: Morris Catholic 65 Kinnelon 29 – Girls Basketball Morris Catholic defeated Kinnelon 65-29 on Wednesday night, improving their overall record to 6-3 for the season. Fey Idera scored the game-high 14 points for the Crusaders. JSZ’s Madison Bess has the highlights:

After falling in the Non-Public A Tournament a season ago Camden Catholic has already began to build an impressive resume so far in 2019. The Irish have strung together a five game win streak and seem to be one of South Jersey’s teams to beat. That success can be partially credited to four year starter Babatunde Ajike. The 6’6 Senior has scored almost 100 points in six games played, in Camden Catholic’s latest game against Atlantic City Ajike dropped 27 in the 55-34 victory. The fans have voted an for this effort he is our first NJM Insurance South Jersey Game Ball winner of the 2018-2019 season! JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez stopped by practice to present Babatunde with his award: Take Our Poll Sponsor! A special thank you to NJM Insurance for sponsoring our South Jersey Game Ball presentations!

Middlesex’s Brianna Montajes won the Week 1 Central Girls Basketball Game Ball for her performance during the game against Metuchen. She scored 20 points and had 10 rebounds, as Middlesex defeated Metuchen 75-34. Check out Brianna’s full ceremony right now: Take Our Poll Thanks to everyone who voted. We’ll have 10 more Central Jersey nominees this Sunday on Jersey Sports Zone

Jersey Sports Zone is thrilled to bring you statewide ice hockey coverage from 1.7. We’ve got a barn burner in Red Bank between St. John Vianney and Rumson-Fair Haven plus a solid night on the ice for the Notre Dame Irish Saint John Vianney 5 Rumson-Fair Haven 3 Dom Troisi broke a 3-3 tie with a third period snipe and Jeremy Connor made 25 saves including a stellar glove save in the final two minutes to keep SJV unbeaten at 6-0-2. This was an exciting Shore Conference matchup and JSZ has all the action and post-game reaction from the Red Bank Armory: Thanks to Gold Coast Cadillac for sponsoring JSZ’s coverage of Rumson-Fair Haven all year long! Notre Dame 7 Hopewell Valley 3 Notre Dame snapped a three game win streak with a 7-3 win over Colonial Valley Conference rival Hopewell Valley. The Irish fell behind 2-1 in the first period but answered back with six consecutive goals. Ryan Nemic had 2 scores for Notre Dame. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights:  Sponsor! Thank you to Princeton Orthopaedic Associates for sponsoring both our Hopewell Valley and Notre Dame coverage. We look forward to bringing you more Fighting Irish and Bulldog athletics year-round!

JSZ has Saturday night hockey highlights from Mennen Arena as the Randolph Rams score a 5-1 win over Morristown-Beard in a matchup of two state ranked squads Randolph 5 Morristown-Beard 1 Five different Rams scored in a balanced attack as the Rams imrpoved to 11-1-1 with another quality win, this time over the #11 team in the state. JSZ has the highlights of Randolph’s impressive victory:

Jersey Sports Zone is pleased to bring you statewide basketball coverage to kick off the weekend. We’ll have highlights from a decisive win by the Saddle River Day girls; an always-exciting Mercer County showdown between Trenton and Nottingham; and a blowout win for the Holmdel Hornets. Stay tuned for the highlights! Saddle River Day 61 Manchester 52 Michigan-commit Michelle Sidor led the way for Saddle River Day with a game-high 23 points as the Rebels (9-0) overpowered fellow state-ranked Manchester (8-1). LIU-Brooklyn commit Jenna Jordan also poured in 21 points and 14 rebounds for Saddle River Day in the win. JSZ’s Jay Cook has all the highlights from Paterson: Hamilton 52 West Windsor-Plainsboro South 44 After beginning the year 0-3, Hamilton West has won two of their last three games. Despite facing a 4-2 West Windsor-Plainsboro South team the Hornets were able to physically out play their fellow Colonial Valley Conference opponent to win 52-44. Jack Buofford finished with 20 points for Hamilton. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights: Sponsor! Thank you to Princeton Orthopaedic Associates for sponsoring both our Hamilton West and West Windsor-Plainsboro South coverage! Holmdel 64 Shore Regional 31 Holmdel showed up with a big performance on the night where back-to-back Hornets state championship basketball teams from 1998 and 1999 were honored. Jack Giamanco lead the way with 20 points in a blowout win over Shore. JSZ’s Bryan DeNovellis has the highlights:

Rahway 49 Carteret 46 – Boys Basketball Rahway remained undefeated on the year with a nail biting 49-46 win over Carteret. After trailing by six to close out the first quarter, the Indians took a 23-21 lead at halftime. While still ahead by two with 4.5 seconds remaining Amari Thompson made a crucial steal to end the game as they improve to 6-0. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights:  Sponsor! Thank you to Campozino restaurant for sponsoring our Carteret coverage on JSZ! Roselle Catholic 82 Linden 44 – Boys Basketball Kahlil Whitney had 29 points as the Lions raced out to a 25-5 first quarter lead and never looked back on the way to a dominating win to reach 9-0. JSZ has the highlights from Roselle: Hillsborough 49 West Windsor-Plainsboro North 41 – Girls Basketball The Hillsborough Girls Basketball team won their fourth straight game on Thursday night, improving their overall record to 4-2. The Raiders had four players score eight points: Grace O’Connor, Olivia Gaspar, Peyton Quackenbush and Jill Stanton. JSZ’s Madison Bess has the highlights as well as post-game reactions: Sponsor! Thank you to Princeton Orthopaedic Associates for sponsoring our Hillsborough and West Windsor-Plainsboro North coverage on JSZ!

Happy New Year, Jersey Sports Zone fans! What better way to kick off 2019 then with some basketball? JSZ has coverage of Roselle Catholic’s high-flying win over Montclair Immaculate, plus two upset wins from St. Joe’s (Mont.) and Bergen Catholic over state-ranked opponents. Stay tuned throughout the night for the highlights from the New Year’s Jump Off held at Don Bosco Tech Academy! Roselle Catholic 72 Montclair Immaculate 60 Kentucky-commit Kahlil Whitney and UNLV-commit Josh Pierre-Louis combined to score 43 in a dominant, explosive win over Montclair Immaculate Tuesday night. The Roselle Catholic Lions are playing fantastic basketball and now welcome another new piece to the lineup: 6-11 forward Cliff Omoyuri. JSZ’s Jay Cook has the highlights from Paterson: Bergen Catholic 49 Gill St. Bernard’s 48 Zach Freemantle scored 11 points and hauled in 13 rebounds to help Bergen Catholic win the battle of unbeatens in Paterson. Gill St. Bernard’s had a 27-21 halftime lead, but the Crusaders built a 49-44 lead in the 4th quarter following a Matt Zona hoop and foul. The Knights had a chance to win at the buzzer, but Bergen Catholic’s made a strong defensive stand to win the game. JSZ has the highlights of this top five showdown at Don Bosco Tech: Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of Bergen Catholic is brought to you by Equinox Fitness Clubs. They are the reason we could bring you this big Crusaders win on New Year’s Day! St. Joe-Montvale 61 Hudson Catholic 57 (OT) Nazir Williams scored a career-high 26 points including the go-ahead three-pointer in overtime to give the Green Knights the lead for good as St. Joe-Montvale upsets the #11 ranked team in the latest state polls. St. Joe rallied from six points down in the final three minutes to force overtime. JSZ has the highlights and post-game reaction from Don Bosco Tech

We’ve got three Saturday holiday tournament championships from Gill St. Bernard’s, Matawan and the John Wall Invitational in Raleigh plus a semifinal showdown between Middletown South and Red Bank Catholic at the WOBM Christmas Classic. Gill St. Bernard’s 76 Montclair Immaculate 53 – Jingle Bells Jubilee Paul Mulcahy is on an absolute tear. The Class of 2019 Rutgers commit couldn’t be off to a better start in his senior season after opening the year averaging a triple-double (20-10-10) through eight games. Mulcahy led the charge for his Gill St. Bernard’s Knights as they routed Montclair Immaculate in Paterson. JSZ’s Jay Cook has all the highlights from Don Bosco Tech Academy: Ranney 63 South Central (NC) 58 – John Wall Invitational Bryan Antoine scored 24 points including his 2000th career point and Scottie Lewis added 23 as the Panthers outscored South Central and North Carolina commit Day’Ron Sharpe 22-15 in the 4th quarter to win the TJ Warren division of the John Wall Invitational. JSZ has the highlights from Raleigh, North Carolina: Matawan 52 Old Bridge 50 (OT) – Husky Holiday Classic John Beukers blocked three straight shots in overtime and Ethan Okelo scored the game’s only basket in the extra session to give the host school the Husky Holiday Classic title and handing Old Bridge their first loss of the season. Beukers finished with 11 points, 16 rebounds and 7 blocked shots. JSZ has the highlights and post-game reaction from Matawan: Red Bank Catholic 75 Middletown South 59 – WOBM Christmas Classic Semifinal Red Bank Catholic defeated Middletown South in the WOBM Christmas Classic Semifinal on Saturday night. The Caseys advanced to tomorrow night’s final and will take on Marlboro. RBC’s John Duffy played an incredible game, scoring 26 points. JSZ’s Madison Bess was in Toms River with the story as well as post-game reactions from Red Bank Catholic: Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of Red Bank Catholic is made possible by Playa Bowls of Red Bank! Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of Middletown South is made possible by Monmouth Building Center in Shrewsbury!

The holiday tournament action continues. Jersey Sports Zone has coverage from Red Bank Regional’s Holiday Buc Classic, the semifinals from the Husky Classic at Matawan and the second annual Winter Joust hosted by St. John Vianney. Stay tuned for all the highlights tonight! Matawan 54 Carteret 53 – Huskies Holiday Classic Semifinal In the last semifinal match up of the Huskies Holiday Classic, Matawan prevails late in the fourth quarter on a shot from Ethan Okelo to take down Carteret 54-53. The Huskies win an exciting three point battle that saw multiple lead changes in the second half. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights:  Sponsor! Thank you to Campozino for sponsoring our Carteret coverage, we look forward to bringing you more Rambler highlights all year long! Old Bridge 49 Edison 45 – Huskies Holiday Classic Semifinal Greater Middlesex Conference rivals Old Bridge and Edison gave fans at the Huskies Holiday Classic an exciting semifinal showdown. After a big third quarter that saw Old Bridge go ahead 39-28 enter the fourth, the Eagles slowly began to make their comeback. Edison would come within three in the closing seconds of regulation, but Sean Williams for the Knights would sink a free throw to seal the game. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights: Monmouth Regional 66 Middletown North 46 – Albert E. Martin Buc Classic Kerron Holley and Dan Forsman paced a balanced attack with 14 points each as the Falcons raced out to a 15-point halftime lead and survived a furious comeback attempt by the Lions to pull away in the fourth quarter. North’s Rob Higgins was held to 17 points after scoring 30 or more points in the first four games of his senior season. JSZ has highlights and post-game reaction from Little Silver: Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of Monmouth Regional is brought to you by Monmouth Building Center. They are the reason we had this big win by the Falcons! Red Bank Regional 49 Sayreville 36 – Albert E. Martin Buc Classic Matt Weidman poured in 16 points to lead RBR to the semifinals of their winter tournament. Red Bank Regional will face Monmouth Regional in the semifinals. JSZ has the highlights from the Bucs home floor Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of Red Bank Regional is brought to you by Ryser’s Landscape Supply in Little Silver Notre Dame 65 Saint John Vianney 55 – Albert E. Martin Buc Classic Mike Kane led five Notre Dame players in double figures with 16 as the Irish advance to the semifinals and a matchup with Bishop Ahr. JSZ has the highlights from the quarterfinals of the Buc Classic in Little Silver: Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of Notre Dame High School is made possible by Princeton Orthopaedic Associates St. Rose 50 The Patrick School 36 – Winter Joust Showcase Brynn Farrell (23 points) and Lauren Lithgow (15 points) took over for St. Rose to outscore The Patrick School by themselves in a statement win. The Purple Roses overcame a slow start in the first quarter and never looked back. JSZ’s Jay Cook has all the highlights from Holmdel: Sponsor Shoutout! Thanks to great partners like RYPT (Reach Your Potential Training), Jersey Sports Zone can bring you great highlights from the St. Rose girls basketball team. Rumson-Fair Haven 53 Gill St. Bernard’s 45 – Winter Joust Showcase Rumson-Fair Haven is ready for the JSZ Three-Point Challenge! The Bulldogs showcased their long-range sharpshooting by hitting 12 three-pointers and rolling to a 53-45 win over Gill St. Bernard’s. Lucy Adams, Grace Munt, Sophia Passalaqua and Cortland McBarron each had 3 three-balls in the win. JSZ’s Jay Cook has the highlights from Holmdel: Sponsor Shoutout! Gold Coast Cadillac sponsors Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of all RFH athletics and they are the reason JSZ was at this win over Gill St. Bernard’s.

Welcome to the wild holiday tournament time in New Jersey athletics. Jersey Sports Zone has boys and girls basketball plus some hockey as we kick off an exciting week of high school coverage from around the state. Rutgers Prep 52 Ramapo 43 – Jingle Bells Jubilee Rutgers Prep employed a stingy second-half defense and held Ramapo to 13 points in the third and fourth quarters as they rolled to a 52-43 win. Star sophomore Trey Patterson and Kaylen Oweh each scored 13 points to lead the Argonauts in scoring. JSZ’s Jay Cook has the highlights from Don Bosco Tech in Paterson: Carteret 63 Union 58 – Huskies Holiday Classic  After suffering back to back losses Carteret kicked off the Huskies Holiday Classic from Matawan high school with an 63-58 overtime win against Union. Malik Austin’s five field goals led the Ramblers with 21 points. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights:  Sponsor! Thank you to Campozino restaurant for sponsoring our Carteret coverage! Montclair Immaculate 87 Dwight Morrow 58 – Jingle Bells Jubilee Elijah Everett and Zion Bethea combined for 35 points to help propel Montclair Immaculate’s blowout 87-58 blowout over Dwight Morrow. The Lions have no seniors on their team but expect them to be in the conversation among the state’s best all season long. JSZ’s Jay Cook has the highlights from Don Bosco Tech in Paterson: Matawan 69 Freehold Borough 46 – Huskies Holiday Classic Matawan picked up its third win in a row with a 69-46 victory over Freehold Boro. The Huskies were led by Quincy Wathington who scored 21 points including five 3-pointers. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights: Sponsor! Thank you to Playa Bowls of Freehold Raceway Mall for sponsoring our Freehold Borough coverage! Trenton Catholic 72 Trinity Hall 35 – Stuart Invitational Tournament Trenton Catholic defeated Trinity Hall on the first day of the Stuart Invitational Basketball Tournament in Princeton. Trenton Catholic had four players hit double digits in points: Wisdom Maddox, Maniya Custis, Leianya Massenat and Ciara Bailey. They will take on Bishop Ahr on Thursday for the second day of the tournament. JSZ’s Madison Bess was has the highlights from Princeton: Thank you to Trinity Hall for sponsoring our Trinity Hall coverage! Thank you to Princeton Orthopaedic Associates for sponsoring our Trenton Catholic coverage!

The Moorestown Quakers defeated Notre Dame on Friday night, improving their overall record to 3-0 for the season. Senior Jagger Zrada played a big role in the Moorestown victory, scoring 22 points for his team. The comeback came in the third quarter when the Quakers scored 27 points. JSZ’s Madison Bess has the Friday night highlights from Lawrenceville:

Three games on the Thursday JSZ menu highlighted by an amazing comeback by St. Mary’s Elizabeth, a career night for Roselle Catholic’s Josh Pierre-Louis and the Rumson-Fair Haven Bulldogs rained down threes against rival RBC! St. Mary’s (Elizabeth) 84 Trenton Catholic 72 In one of the best regular season games you’ll see all year a Top 20 matchup between No. 13 St. Mary’s (Elizabeth) and 15th ranked Trenton Catholic lives up to the hype. TCA leading for most of the game went ahead by 21 points to begin the fourth quarter. St. Mary’s slowly clawed their way back and in the closing seconds when trailing by two a missed free throw was recovered by Jay Solano and converted to tie the game which sent the Hilltoppers to overtime. However, one extra quarter wasn’t enough between these two as St. Mary’s would have to pull away in the second overtime. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights: Sponsor! Thank you to Princeton Orthopaedic Associates for sponsoring our Trenton Catholic coverage! Rumson-Fair Haven 67 Red Bank Catholic 41 Jackson McCarthy had 33 points and 14 rebounds and Ian O’Connor had a monster double-double of his own with 20 points and 17 boards as RFH bounces back from a loss to Manasquan with a big rivalry win at home. JSZ has the highlights from a dazzling shooting display from three-point range: Two great sponsors are the reason we can bring you highlights from RFH and RBC. Thanks to Playa Bowls and Gold Coast Cadillac for their support of Jersey Sports Zone Roselle Catholic 69 Union 59 Josh Pierre-Louis scored a career high 25 points as the Lions improved to 4-0 despite not having Kahlil Whitney in the lineup. Whitney suffered an injury during Roselle Catholic’s win at the Barclays Center in the Kyrie Irving Invitational. JSZ has the highlights of Pierre-Louis and company from Thursday afternoon in Roselle:

Spotswood 72 Carteret 54 In a battle of two undefeated teams Spotswood remained perfect on the year with a 72-54 victory over Carteret. After two quarters of play the score was tied at 34-34 heading into halftime. Spotswood started to pull away in the second half thanks to Matt Vento who would finish the night with 23 points. The Chargers improve to 3-0 on the season. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights:  Sponsor! Thank you to Campozino Restaurant for sponsoring our Carteret coverage ! We look forward to bringing you more Rambler athletics year-round.

Keyport High School’s Gigi Piccini scored her 1,000th point early on in the season during her game against Ranney on Tuesday night. This was the Red Raider’s second game of the season. Piccini scored her 1,000th point on a free throw, and scored 10 total points during the Red Raiders 47-24 win over Ranney. JSZ’s Madison Bess has the full story:

The Middletown South hockey team went full throttle on the road in Woodbridge. The Eagles erupted for 11 goals in two periods during a Monday afternoon showdown with Colonia. Demetri Forand paced Middletown South with his first career hat trick while Nate Block (2 G, 2 A) was all over the ice. JSZ’s Jay Cook has the highlights from the Woodbridge Community Center:  Sponsor Shoutout! Thanks to Monmouth Building Center in Shrewsbury, Jersey Sports Zone is able to be on hand and capture great moments from all Middletown South athletics. 

Livingston 3 Westfield 2 Jacob Fuhrman scored a pair of goals and Matt McLaughlin had a goal and an assist as the Lancers picked up their first win of the season.  Westfield rallied from 3-1 down to get within a goal on a Will Gamba shot from the point and it appeared they drew even in the final 90 seconds, but Dylan Howard’s goal off his leg was ruled no goal.  Watch the dramatic ending and all the highlights from Codey Arena: Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of Westfield is made possible by Assemblyman Jon Bramnick

After months of conversation and planning, girls wrestling in the Garden State has finally arrived. A pair of Shore Conference teams — Jackson Memorial and Manalapan — took part in the first-ever girls wrestling match Friday night before a packed house at Manalapan High School.  The excitement was through the roof. Coaches and wrestlers from both programs said afterwards they hoped to have kickstarted some momentum into more girls coming out for wrestling. The latest numbers show about 125 girls will wrestle throughout the season.  Jersey Sports Zone was on hand and captured every big moment from each match throughout the evening: Match Results Jackson Memorial 30 Manalapan 21 161: Abby Stanburry (JM) p. Ruba Chakra Abou 3:13. 185: Alley Meyer (JM) p. Olivia Delgado 1:44. 225: Jordyn Katz (JM) p. Samantha Albujar :56. 100: Trinity Valentin Walczak (M) by forfeit. 111: Julia Manolas (M) p. Gianna Tandari 1:02. 118: Avery Meyers (JM) p. Alexandra Urbanek 5:40. 127: Angelina Vitola (M) d. Kayla Gregory 5-3. 136: Brandi Rado (JM) p. Alyssa Curcio 1:00. 147: Jess Johnson (M) p. Skyelar Smith 1:03. Exhibition Bout Sabrina Maniscalco (M) d. Shannon Stroud 6-3. More Girls Wrestling Coverage Jersey Sports Zone sat down with coaches and wrestlers prior to the 2018-2019 season to gauge the interest of girls wrestling across the state. The results? Astounding. Watch our feature from July that gets into the nuts and bolts about how girls wrestling in New Jersey can take off:

JSZ brings you three more games from the New Jersey high school ice headlined by a top-10 showdown in West Orange between Seton Hall Prep and Morristown-Beard.  We’ve also got Morris Knolls and Madison along with a Wednesday night Shore Conference showdown between Manalapan and Red Bank Catholic. Seton Hall Prep 10 Morristown-Beard 4 Phil Feinberg had four goals and Thomas Colucci had a five point night on a goal and four assists as the Pirates broke a 3-3 tie with a 7-goal outburst in the third period at Codey Arena.   JSZ has the highlights of this top-10 battle:   Manalapan 4 Red Bank Catholic 2 Manalapan’s freshman goaltender John Fox stopped 29 of 31 shots as he protected the Braves in a 4-2 win against Red Bank Catholic at The Armory. Fox’s great performance was aided by Ryan Mazza and Andrew Rutherford, who both scored twice in this one. JSZ’s Jay Cook has the highlights: Sponsor Shoutout! Jersey Sports Zone’s coverage of all Red Bank Catholic athletics is brought to you by Playa Bowls of Red Bank.             Morris Knolls 3 Madison 2  Morris Knolls’ Jacob Walsh had himself a night with two goals and one assist. Four goals were scored in the first period, and the second period went on to be scoreless. However, Morris Knolls’ Sean Murray broke the tie in the third period on a power play. The Golden Eagles walked out of Mennen Arena with a 3-2 win. JSZ’s Madison Bess has the highlights and post-game reactions from Morris Knolls:  

Nothing like a pair of ties to start the week! Jersey Sports Zone has coverage of two games which ended in draws from Codey Arena and the Red Bank Armory as the third week of the hockey season rolls along. Millburn 1 Montclair 1 Talk about stellar goalie play. Millburn’s Eli Nadell and Montclair’s Lucas Podvey combined for 51 saves as the Millers and Mounties played to a draw in their second game against each other this season. Will Schiffenhaus put Montclair up 1-0 early in the 3rd period but Ryan Potechin scored the equalizer less than a minute later. JSZ’s Jay Cook has the highlights from West Orange: Marlboro 2 Rumson-Fair Haven 2 The Mustangs rally from 2-0 down early in the third period thanks to goals from Justin Solovey and Jack Werther to earn a tie against Rumson-Fair Haven.  RFH goalie Ronan Hickey was outstanding in net with 36 saves.  JSZ has the highlights from an exciting Monday night matchup at the Red Bank Armory: Thanks to Gold Coast Cadillac for supporting JSZ’s coverage of Rumson-Fair Haven High School

Hun 70 Soleburry (PA) 58  After a 4-19 record last season the Hun School of Princeton was looking towards a few new additions to help solve their problems. Luckily for them they made the right call getting Ocean Township graduate Andrew Seager. In Saturday’s Peddie School Invitational Tournament game against Solebury (PA), Seager stepped up big time with a 33 point performance that featured defense, a three point game and a couple dunks to help the Raiders walk away with a 70-58 victory. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights: Thank you to Princeton Orthopaedic Associates for sponsoring our Hun School coverage!

Jersey Sports Zone brings you back-to-back games from Morris County on Thursday as we have coverage of Morristown-Beard’s shutout over Chatham and a hard-fought win by a tough Morris Knolls squad, all at Mennen Arena. Morristown-Beard 5 Chatham 0 Seth Kaplan led the way for Morristown-Beard with a three-point game (2 G, 1 A) as the Crimson get back to their winning ways after a 13-2 loss to Princeton Day earlier this week. Connor Tartaglione and Nick Vantassell also lit the lamp. JSZ’s Jay Cook has the highlights: Morris Knolls 3 Jefferson (Sparta) 2  After having a three game win streak snapped to begin the season Morris Knolls bounced back with a victory against Jefferson (Sparta). The first period would be scoreless thanks to some physical play, however the Golden Eagles would strike in the second. Jason Kwestel scored to put the first goal on the board and following a Jefferson score Sean Murray would give Morris Knolls the lead once again. JSZ’s Nery Rodriguez has the highlights: