Kennedy H.S., Paterson……..The game of the night in the Playaz sponsored Fallball league featured Kyle Anderson’s Reebok Back against the Gray Bees! The game didn’t live up to the hype as Anderson and fellow Senior Jerome Frink took control to lead Reebok to an easy win over the Bees 57-40! With a minimum of 8 D1 players on the court between the two teams the expectations were high but the show didn’t meet expectations! Frink led the scoring with 21 and the U.C.L.A. commit Anderson added 20! Senior Tariq Carey led the Gray Bees with 12 points,while senior Melvin Johnson finished with 11! In other action, the Hudson Hawks cruised past the Paramus Paladins 56-31 as Junior Mike Young led the scoring with 17! Paramus was led by Sophomore Jalen Hernandez with 10! The Somerset County’s Best easily beat the Paterson Spirits as Senior Dominic Hoffman scored 14 in the 49-33 win! Junior Xavier Fulmore led the Spirits with 10 points off the bench! In the final contest, Senior Chris Jones scored 21 points, Junior Joel Hernandez added 13 and Junior Shakir Lindsey added 11 as the Bergen Highwaymen beat St. Raymonds 57-43! Senior Daniel Dingle led the Ray’s with 14 points!

                                                  SINA DECOMMITS FROM ALABAMA 

  Junior Jaren Sina ranked the #1 Junior in the State in some sites has decommitted from his verbal to the University of Alabama! Saying that he still liked the school, “he wanted to test the waters to see what else was out there!” Alabama is still very much in the picture Sina said!  The Gill St. Bernard stud has had a strong A.A.U. season this summer and was still getting  alot of looks from other schools!  

Kennedy H.S.,Paterson….. The game of the night in The Playaz Club sponsored Fallball League belonged to the Bergen Comets and the Silk City Knights! The Comets late run down the stretch broke a tight contest and ignited a 62-56 win over the Knights! Sophomore Rashard Figures led a balanced attack with 17 points! Junior Gene Marshall(right) added 16 points and needed energy for the Comets, while Junior Chris Myers 12 points and Senior Mershan Monroe’s 8 points also were huge contributions in the game! The  Knights were led by Senior Sammy Singletary with 21 points as he has played well the whole Fall Season! Senior Gary Simpson scored 12 points while Senior Syquese Clyburn added 10! In other contests Senior Jamal Reed(left) scored 16 points as the Essex County Raiders blew out the Hawthorne Defenders 41-13! Also, Senior Abelo Yekeh scored 14 points and Junior Jarrett Hall added 12 points in the Essex County Terriors 47-27 win over the Englewood Force! Tyler Kearney led the Force with 14 points! And in the final contest the Sparta Minutemen defeated the Union City Players 44-38!  

    Seton Hall Prep’s dynamic combo guard Dallas Anglin has given a verbal to Hofstra University! He joins St. Anthony’s Jimmy Hall for the Class of 2012!  Anglin chose the Pride over Siena,St. Joe’s,Richmond,Penn State,St. Peter’s,Manhattan,Towson,Rice and Western Kentucky! Dallas based his decision on the love he felt Hofstra showed him throughout the recruiting process! Anglin is a 6’0 guard who has developed his point guard skills, can shoot the ball, put it on the floor and defend! But what makes Anglin special in Hoop Journals eyes is he possesses the “WOW” factor in his game! His athleticsm will make you use that word as he is as quick as anyone on the floor and has bigtime vertical! On a personal note, Hoop Journal would like to congratulate Dallas, his father and mother Kyle and Diane and his little brother Denver on his decision and nothing but the best in the future!