The seeds and schedule for the 50th annual Passaic County Tournament were released.
The top four seeds were given byes into the quarterfinals.
THE PRE-TOURNAMENT SKINNY
Paterson Kennedy over Clifton
PRE-TOURNAMENT PICK -
Paterson Kennedy over Paterson Charter
THE SCHEDULE
PLAY IN GAMES
By January 30, 2020
14th seeded Passaic ASA topped 19th seeded Paterson ASA 52-32. Fr. Eusebio Veras scored 18.
18th seeded Hawthorne Christian upset 15th seeded Eastern Christian 48-42. Chris Eelman scored 15
16th seeded West Milford trimmed 17th seeded Pompton Lakes 77-73. 6 foot 4 Sr. Kevin DeRaffle had 34.
PRELIMINARY ROUND
By February 1, 2020
11th seeded Hawthorne shut down Paterson ASA 64-36. 6 foot 3 Sr. Shane Rooney tallied 20.
10th seeded Passaic Tech edged Hawthorne Christian 49-48. 6 foot Sr. Jeremiah Monroe scored 15.
12th seeded Clifton topped 13th seeded Lakeland 67-48. 6 foot 4 Sr. Ed Perez netted 19.
9th seeded Wayne Hills shut down West Milford 60-44. 6 foot 3 Sr. Brett Wood had 11
OPENING ROUND
By February 8, 2020
7th seeded Manchester dropped Passaic Tech 61-49. So. Jashair Rosa went for 33.
6th seeded Paterson Eastside halted Hawthorne 63-60. 5 foot 6 Sr. Daizon Pauldo scored 19 with 4 treys
5th seeded Passaic clipped Clifton 75-59. 6 foot 2 Jr. Antrell Monroe tallied 20.
8th seeded Passaic Valley climbed past Wayne Hills 65-50. So. Angel Rodriguez had 19.
QUARTERFINALS
By February 15, 2020
2nd seeded Paterson Charter beat Manchester 59-55. 5 foot 7 Sr. Marquis Harris had 15
Paterson Eastside downed 3rd seeded Depaul 50-46. 6 foot 2 So. O'Shamair Majette tallied 22.
Passaic upset 4th seeded Wayne Valley 54-35. 5 foot 8 Sr. Camron Sylvester tallied 21
top seeded Paterson Kennedy shut down Passaic Valley 86-37. 6 foot So. Jayquan Briggs scored 15.
SEMIFINALS
February 22, 2020
at Paterson Kennedy 3 & 4:30
Paterson Eastside edged Paterson Charter 59-56
Paterson Kennedy beat Passaic 63-52. 5 foot 10 Sr. Deishon Harrison had 22. 6 foot 1 Jr. Levi Holton and 5 foot 11 Fr. Preston Brown divided 24 for Eastside
FINAL
February 29, 2020
at Wayne Valley
Paterson Kennedy got past Paterson Eastside 84-50. Harrison scored 18.
NJHOOPS.COM ALL PASSAIC COUNTY TOURNAMENT TEAM
Deishon Harrison
5 foot 10 Sr.
Paterson Kennedy
Levi Holton
6 foot 1 Jr.
Paterson Eastside
Mark Heber
6 foot 1 Sr.
Paterson Kennedy
O'Shamair Majette
6 foot 2 So.
Paterson Eastside
6 foot 1 Sr.
Paterson Kennedy
LAST YEAR:
Paterson Kennedy edged Clifton 48-45. 6 foot 6 Sr. Avante Gilbert and 6 foot 3 Sr. Jahmir Tyrell both had 10.
TWO YEARS AGO
Wayne Hills upset Paterson Kennedy 55-51. 6 foot 1 Sr. Justin Wills went for 20. Colon contributed 22 for Kennedy.
THREE YEARS AGO
Due to the investigation of ineligible players at Paterson Eastside, they pulled out of the tournament and Paterson Kennedy was declared the winners
FOUR YEARS AGO
2nd seeded Paterson Eastside edged 4th seeded Wayne Valley 49-46. 5-foot-9 Jr. Nhazir Smith tallied 19. 5-foot-11 Sr. Nick Giuliano scored 20 for Wayne Valley.
FIVE YEARS AGO
The championship game was not held and Paterson Eastside was awarded the title because Paterson Kennedy was disqualified due to having an ineligible player sitting on their bench during the semifinals.
Passaic County Tournament Results/All Tournament 2019
2018 Passaic County Tournament Wrap/All Tournament Team
2017 Passaic County Tournament Wrap/All Tournament Team
