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Monday, January 30, 2012

Bergen County Jamboree
BOYS BASKETBALL:Lodi keeps its cool and keeps its winning streak in tact

Lodi's Vilson Gashi.

By Cory K. Doviak
NJS.com Editorial Director

OLD TAPPAN – It was anything but a ho-hum opening round game at the Bergen County Jamboree. There was a three-pointer released after the first half buzzer that counted, a free throw shot between periods that was the basketball equivalent of a do-over, Bergenfield had two starters on the floor playing with three fouls in the second quarter and one of them picked up his fourth before the first half ended. Some of the unique qualities of the game worked in Lodi's favor, others against it, but when it was all over the Rams were the only lower seed to win in the opening round, closing the game on a 20-1 run and pulling away for a 56-43 win on Sunday at Northern Valley/Old Tappan High School. “We have been underdogs all season. We started off 2-4 and and nobody was thinking too much about us. We didn't care. We are on a nine-game winning streak now and we are just confident. We knew we were going to win,” said Lodi senior Vitor Gashi, who has played in the Jambo three times in his four-year varsity career. MORE...

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