North Jersey’s Top State Tourney Performances: March 5-March 15

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The last 10 days of NJ High School basketball for the season brought us highs and lows for so many outstanding competitors. We are going to highlight the top performances from the North in wins from the most competitive time of state tournament games in NJ.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='981852' first='Harmoni' last='Burgess'], [player_tooltip player_id='666727' first='Nilah' last='Rivera'] &amp; [player_tooltip player_id='601521' first='Niaja' last='Troutman'] - Arts</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>On their way to the Group 1 State Championship, these players made a monster impact. In their final three wins over University, Mountain Lakes &amp; New Providence, Harmoni averaged 15+ppg and 5rpg and Nilah averaged 16+ppg, 6spg, 5+apg and 4+rpg. Niaja had a 12 point 10 rebound double double against Mountain Lakes.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='835485' first='Addison' last='Keenan'] - Caldwell</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Caldwell fell to Manasquan in the Group 2 title game, but, in the North 2 Group 2 win over Madison and the North Group 2 win over Glen Rock, Addison averaged 24ppg, 5rpg, 4spg and 3apg with 7 3-pointers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='559820' first='Addy' last='Platt'] - Gill St. Bernard's</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Gill fell to Gloucester Catholic in the Non-Public B title game, but in the last two wins over Villa Walsh and Saddle River Day in the North Non-Public B Sectional, Addy averaged 19+ppg.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='832357' first='Shea' last='Sutter'] - Mountain Lakes</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Mountain Lakes lost to Arts in the North Group 1 final, but, in the North 1 Group 1 sectional final win over Pequannock, Shea had 27 points, 7 rebounds, 6 steals and 5 assists.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='601332' first='Annie' last='Conover'] &amp; [player_tooltip player_id='1202424' first='Addy' last='Fitzgerald'] - New Providence</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>New Providence's bid to repeat fell short against Arts in the Group 1 title game, but, in the Central Group 1 championship win over Bound Brook and the Central/South title game win over Wildwood, Annie averaged 24ppg, 6rpg, 5+spg and 4apg with 6 3-pointers while Addy averaged 15+ppg with 7 3-pointers.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">Nina Caunedo &amp; [player_tooltip player_id='789549' first='Sienna' last='Drullinsky'] - Old Tappan</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Old Tappan's Cinderella run fell short against Mooresetown in the Group 3 title game but in the North 1 Group 3 championship win over Teaneck and the North Group 3 win over Chatham, Nina averaged 15ppg with 9 3-pointers and Sienna averaged 19ppg, 8+rpg, 4apg and 3+spg with a double double against Teaneck.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='1232429' first='Charlotte' last='Hunzinger'] &amp; [player_tooltip player_id='1798172' first='Sadie' last='Salmon'] - Pingry</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Pingry fell to Morris Catholic in the North Non-Public A title game, but, in an upset win over IHA in the semifinal, Charlotte had a 14 point 10 rebound double double and Sadie had an 11 point 12 rebound double double.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='669307' first='Giada' last='Celetti'] - Saddle River Day</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Saddle River Day lost to Gill St. Bernard's in the North Non-Public B title game, but, in a win over Hudson Catholic in the semifinal, Giada had a 10 point 14 rebound double double.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='825463' first='Rhyan' last='Watt'] - West Orange</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the North 1 Group 4 championship game win over Morristown, Rhyan had 23 points, 5 rebounds and 4 steals.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:heading --> <h2 class="wp-block-heading">[player_tooltip player_id='739542' first='Mairin' last='Fowler'], [player_tooltip player_id='871374' first='Sophie' last='Lane'] &amp; [player_tooltip player_id='601333' first='Megan' last='Logan'] - Westfield</h2> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Westfield beat Bayonne in the North 2 Group 4 title game and West Orange in the North Group 4 championship before falling to Lenape in the Group 4 state championship. In the win over Bayonne, Mairin had a 12 rebound, 10 assist double double with 5 points and Megan had a 10 point 10 rebound double double with 5 blocks. Sophie had a double double in each game and averaged 17+ppg and 10+rpg.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->