New Jersey County/Conference Tournament Recap Pt. 1

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>There's been quite a lot of county tournaments that are wrapping up across New Jersey this week, so we're going to do our best to recap as many of them as we can in this article. If we miss any, please let us know, but here's a recap of New Jersey's county basketball tournaments.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Tri-County Conference: Williamstown 70, Highland 38</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The TCC was Williamstown's to lose and what a performance the No. 1 seed put on in the tournament championship game on Friday, a dominant 32-point win over Highland. Behind 17 points from [player_tooltip player_id='414394' first='Alivia' last='Mauz'] and a 16-point, 14-rebound double-double from [player_tooltip player_id='397076' first='Iriona' last='Gravley'], the Braves took home the hardware and made a statement doing so. Mauz and Gravley combined for four blocks in the win.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Essex County: Montclair Immaculate 60, University 54</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Saturday was the [player_tooltip player_id='134648' first='Tyonna' last='Bailey'] show and what a show she put on for Montclair Immaculate, scoring 26-points in a six-point win over University. It was the second-straight Essex County Tournament title for Montclair Immaculate as we saw some fantastic performances from [player_tooltip player_id='583758' first='Nila' last='Giraud'], who put up 18 points and nine rebounds, and [player_tooltip player_id='406937' first='Brenae' last='Jones'], barely missing a double-double with eight points and 11 rebounds. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Passaic County: Paterson Eastside 50, Wayne Hills 39</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The No. 1 seed reigns supreme in Passaic County as Paterson Eastside took home the Passaic County Tournament title on Saturday with an 11-point win over Wayne Hills. The Ghosts had balanced scoring, with five players scoring seven points or more, but [player_tooltip player_id='325208' first='Siena' last='Shuster'] stole for Wayne Hills, putting up 17 points and 19 rebounds, one of the more impressive double-doubles of the season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Cape-Atlantic League: Mainland 46, Atlantic City 26</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Welcome the New Jersey girls basketball world to [player_tooltip player_id='588712' first='Sydney' last='Stokes'], who had herself a GAME for Mainland, who once again took home the hardware in the Cape-Atlantic League Tournament. Stokes finished with 17 points and 15 rebounds, adding three blocks to her double-double resume. [player_tooltip player_id='488762' first='Kasey' last='Bretones'] also finished with 12 points and [player_tooltip player_id='588708' first='Ava' last='Mazur'] put on a defensive masterclass with five steals.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Somerset County: Rutgers Prep 64, Gill St. Bernard's 39</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>There was really no other team that we thought would win the Somerset County Tournament with Rutgers Prep being as dominant as they currently are, but it was [player_tooltip player_id='325188' first='Zahra' last='Alexander'] who led the Argos in scoring with 21 points in the win. [player_tooltip player_id='321576' first='Katie' last='Ledden'] was great on both sides of the ball with 15 points and 10 rebounds, a great double-double for her. While [player_tooltip player_id='325201' first='Mikayla' last='Blakes'] scored just 11 points, she made up for it defensively with six rebounds, three blocks and six steals.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Hudson County: Bayonne 53, Secaucus 46</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>We saw some flat-out great basketball, an absolute dogfight between two great programs in Hudson County, with Bayonne pulling out a single-digit win. [player_tooltip player_id='333551' first='Janaya' last='Meyers'] led Bayonne in scoring with 16 points, equaling [player_tooltip player_id='407040' first='Alyssa' last='Craigwell'] from Secaucus, who scored 16 points with nine rebounds in the loss. [player_tooltip player_id='879026' first='McKenzie' last='Neal'] had 12 points to back Meyers up and for the Patriots, a great performance from Daniela Peschetti who had 13 points and five boards.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2>Burlington County: Lenape 41, Moorestown 28</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='404209' first='Kaitlyn' last='King'] showed up and showed out for Lenape in Friday's Burlington County Tournament final, scoring a game-high 15 points, shooting 6-of-7 from the line. [player_tooltip player_id='481500' first='Ava' last='Dougherty'] made herself known at the foul line in this game, going a perfect 8-of-8 as she finished with 11 points. Lenape ended up shooting 16-of-17 from the foul line in the win, a great all-around championship game performance.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->