Tuesday,
February 23, 2015
By The Unkown Ranker
NJS.com's Anonymous Source
(Records are through Sunday 02/22)
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1.
ST. ANTHONY (21-1) --
Continues to playing great basketball in beating Snyder, 64-40, Coastal Academy Grey, 67-53, and Holy Spirit, 71-30. |
MARKIS McDUFFIE |
LAST WEEK'S
RANKING: No. 1 |
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2.
HUDSON CATHOLIC (20-3) --
In their only game last week they beat St. Peter's Prep, 61-49. Play Union City on Wednesday. |
SAMMY FRIDAY |
LAST WEEK'S
RANKING: No. 2 |
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3.
EASTSIDE (19-6) --
The Ghosts defeated West Milford, 78-60, in advancing to the Passaic County title game on Saturday where they will meet Kennedy, a team they beat, 81-35, last week. Also beat Clifton, 53-22. |
SHAKUR JUISTON |
LAST WEEK'S
RANKING: No. 3 |
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4.
BERGEN CATHOLIC (16-6) --
The Crusaders make the third time the charm. After losing twice to St. Joseph in the regular season, they lead from start to finish behind Pierfrancesco Oliva's 22 points and Justin Salem’s 19 in a 66-51 win in the Bergen County Jamboree semifinals. They will meet Teaneck in the finas on Thursday at Ramapo College at 7 p.m. That game will be a rematch of the 2001 final won by BC. |
PIERFRANCESCO OLIVA |
LAST WEEK'S
RANKING: No. 4 |
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5.
TEANECK (17-7) --
Make it 9 straight wins for the Highwaymen as they knocked off top seed Don Bosco Prep, 56-49, and return to the Jamboree final where they will try and make it 5 straight titles. Leondre Washington scored 26, Tyler Dearing dropped in 12 and Ja'Quaye James hit biggest shot of the game, nailing a 3 after Bosco had cut the Teaneck lead to 1 with under 4 minutes left in game. Added a win over PV, 84-61. |
GEANI BANNERMAN |
LAST WEEK'S
RANKING: No. 7 |
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6.
DON BOSCO PREP (18-4) --
The Ironmen dropped their second game of the season to Teaneck, losing 56-49 in the Jamboree semis. Lonnie Rivera turned in great game with 21 points. Beat Northern Highlands, 57-46. |
BRANDON ANDERSON |
LAST WEEK'S
RANKING: No. 5 |
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7.
ST. JOSEPH REGIONAL (17-5) --
After beating Bergen Catholic earlier in the week, 71-64, the Crusaders completely bottled up Joe's in a 66-51 loss in the Jambo semis. Chauncey Hawkins topped the Green Knight with 16 points. Added win over Fair Lawn, 71-50, last week.
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JOSEPH RADI |
LAST WEEK'S
RANKING: No. 6 |
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8.
RAMAPO (19-4) --
Posted easy wins over Paramus (58-39) and Paramus Catholic
(64-50). |
PETER CARIDE |
LAST WEEK'S
RANKING: No. 9 |
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9.
BERGENFIELD (15-5) --
Lost to Tenafly in a league game, 46-43, and beat Bergen Tech, 84-40. |
LEONARD BOLLUSA |
LAST WEEK'S
RANKING: No. 8 |
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10.
WEST MILFORD (17-6) --
Suffered tough 78-60 loss to Eastside after leading for most of the first half. Knocked off Fair Lawn, 86-72, and edged past Passaic, 58-57 |
PAT BURKE |
LAST WEEK'S
RANKING: No. 10 |
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11.
MARIST (18-4) --
Beat Memorial 87-41, lost to solid Newark East Side team, 64-56, before beating Bishop Loughlin, 68-61 |
GENERIC LOGO |
LAST WEEK'S
RANKING: No. 14 |
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12.
PASSAIC VALLEY (18-6) --
Took down Lakeland 57-42, lost tough one to Old Tappan 61-55 and beat Passaic Tech 60-48. |
TITO RAM IREZ |
LAST WEEK'S
RANKING: No. 11 |
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13.
KENNEDY (16-8) --
Defeated Passaic, 68-59, got hammered by Eastside and will try to get redemption in county final Saturday. Beat Wayne Valley in the Passaic County semifinals, 53-47. |
ALPHONSO GEE |
LAST WEEK'S
RANKING: No. 13 |
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14.
WAYNE VALLEY (16-8) --
Started the week with a win over rival Wayne Hills, 67-42, but ended with losses to St. Mary’s of Elizabeth, 62-53, and Kennedy in county game on Saturday. |
ALEX KOKOS |
LAST WEEK'S
RANKING: No. 12 |
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15.
UNION CITY (17-6) --
The Soaring Eagles are getting hot at the right time as they won three games last week, Dwight Morrow (72-57), Middletown South (72-48) and Bayonne
(69-56). |
RAUL FERNANDEZ |
LAST WEEK'S
RANKING: No. 19 |
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16.
GARFIELD (19-3) --
Boilermakers return to the Top 20 after being out for four weeks. Big week started with 55-48 win over Cliffside Park followed by 60-54 win over Glen Rock and then beat Cresskill, 49-47. |
NED BAKIC |
LAST WEEK'S
RANKING: UNRANKED |
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17.
CRESSKILL (20-3) --
Beat Midland Park, 71-66, and then suffered the 2-point loss to Garfield. |
SEBASTIAN CASTANO |
LAST WEEK'S
RANKING: No. 15 |
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18.
HACKENSACK (14-9) --
Beat Ridgewood, 57-55, before getting drubbed by Bergen Catholic, 80-50. |
MJ RICHARDSON |
LAST WEEK'S
RANKING: No. 17 |
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19.
RAMSEY (20-2) --
Make it 14 out of their last 15 for the Rams after beating Ridgewood in overtime. 60-53, and beat Lakeland, 74-57. Their only loss in their streak has come against Jambo finalist Teaneck. |
MICHAEL PEPPER |
LAST WEEK'S
RANKING: No. 20 |
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20.
RIDGEWOOD (15-9) --
Lost a 2-pointer to Hackensack, beat Passaic Tech (59-55) and lost to Ramsey in overtime. |
TYLER PORFIDO |
LAST WEEK'S
RANKING: No. 16 |
ALSO RECEIVING UNKNOWN VOTES:
TENAFLY, WEEHAWKEN, ST. MARY, DICKINSON & MANCHESTER
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