The Essex County Boys, and Girls Basketball Tournaments completed their Quarterfinals on Saturday and now move on to next weekend’s Semifinal Round. In the boy’s tournament the top four seeds have advanced. The semifinals will be played Friday evening, February 14th at West Orange High School. East Side, seeded 1st defeated Montclair Kimberley (9) and will meet Newark Tech (4) who defeated 12th seeded Bloomfield. Game time is 6pm. The other match-up shall be Seton Hall (2), the winner over University (7), against the 3rd seed, Columbia, who defeated Newark Vocational (6). Tip-off is scheduled for 8pm.
On the Girls side, it was top-seeded Shabazz easing by West Essex (8) and now set to face the 5th seed, Weequahic, the victor over Bloomfield Tech (4). Montclair, the 2nd seed, defeated Newark Academy (10) and will take on East Orange Campus (3) the winner over close rival Orange (11). The Girls Semifinals will be contested on Saturday afternoon at Weequahic’s court with Montclair vs East Orange at 1pm, followed by Weequahic vs. Shabazz at 3pm.