Paterson……… Right now Kennedy is playing inspired basketball and they continued their run in a 58-51 win over Montclair in a North 1 Group 4 State semifinal game! Senior Dawon Lighty and Senior Jhamir White both are playing like it could be their last game and are playing with a sense of purpose! Lighty had 19 points while White had 15 points,6 assists and 5 rebounds! But while these guys are doing their thing, the key to the success they are having is that of Senior Center Kaheem Davis(right) who had a personal block party! While Davis scored 8 points and grabbed 6 rebounds it was his intimidation on the defensive end that gave Montclair all they could handle! Davis blocked 8 shots in the game! Kennedy led 41-23 after the 3rd, but Montclair would not go away, cutting the lead to as low as 6 in the 4th! But Montclair spent too much time fouling the wrong person in White who sank 4 of his 5 free throws late and making 11 of 12 free throw for the game! Junior Sammy Singletary added 11 points for the Knights! Montclair was led by Kabir West with 13 points and Chinua Young with 12! Kennedy will now play it’s cross town rival Eastside for the 4th time this season for the Sectional title!

Roxbury……..Senior David Burgos looked like a Division 1 point guard tonight as he led Eastside to the finals of the North 1 Group 4 State Sectionals with a 55-41 win over Roxbury! Roxbury was the higher seed at #4 and went into the 2nd quarter with a 9-8 lead! But the #9 seeded Ghosts locked down defensively in the 2nd as they held Roxbury to 1 point in the quarter and took a 16-10 lead into the half! Eastside controlled the game the rest of the way as Burgos(right) took over the game and was a true floor general scoring a game high 17 points,dished out 7 assists and getting 4 steals! He took total control of the game! Najee Seabrooks added 10 points and Ky’re Jackson chipped in 9! Eastside will now play it’s cross town rival Eastside for the 4th time this season!

Jersey City……… Ex Paterson Catholic teammates met in the quarterfinals of the Non-Public North B State game and the big brothers took their baby brothers to school! Senior Myles Mack and Junior Kyle Anderson showed Hudson Catholic Sophomore’s Reggie Cameron and Kavon Stewart what it is like to play on the big stage! Anderson(right) scored 14 points and Mack(left) scored 11 as St. Anthony humbled Hudson Catholic 68-35! Cameron and Stewart were held to 4 and 5 points respectively in the contest! Senior Lucious Jones scored 14 points and grabbed 7 rebounds for St. Anthony while Junior Grant Ellis led Hudson with 14 points and Sophomore Raekwon Kelly added 9! With the win by St. Patricks it is getting closer to the mythical showdown with St. Anthony! St. Pat’s will play Gill St. Bernard and St. Anthony will face Oratory in the semis!