NORTH JERSEY INTERSCHOLASTIC CONFERENCE BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK Jaylene Ferrer, Elmwood Park, So. The sophomore was unreal against Lodi, scoring 31 points in her team's 41-32 win. That total was a new career-high for Ferrar, who scored 29 earlier this season...

Girls basketball: North Jersey Top 25 basketball rankings Immaculate Heart (20-1) Saddle River Day (18-3) Ramapo (21-3) Secaucus (17-2) NV/Old Tappan (15-6) Teaneck (15-8) Paramus Catholic (16-6) Hackensack (12-8) Cresskill (14-5) Westwood (15-7) River Dell (12-5)...

Top 25 Boys Basketball Rankings 25. Garfield (15-6) 24. Northern Highlands (10-9) 23. Cresskill (15-6) 22. Bogota (16-4) 21. Manchester (15-6) 20. Hasbrouck Heights (17-3) 19. Wayne Valley (12-8) 18. DePaul (9-11) 17. Ridgefield Park (15-7) 16. Dwight Morrow (15-7)...

Boys basketball ST. MARY 78, RIDGEFIELD 55 Leading scorers: (SM) Robbie Phillips 21, Andrew Sepp 17, Adrian Cristotamo 10. (R) Allen Melkonian 12, Jon Shaqiri 11.   Girls basketball Hudson County Tournament / First round WEEHAWKEN 38, DICKINSON 22 Leading scorers: (W)...

Boys basketball Bergen Invitational Tournament  Quarterfinals NV/DEMAREST 59, ELMWOOD PARK 58 Leading scorers: (D) Isaac Oliff-Lieberman 13, Chris LaRose 12, Aidan O'Conner 11. (EP) Nick Williams 21, Essam Assaf 14, Jeet Patel 12. Consolations NV/OLD TAPPAN 61,...

The winningest softball coach in North Jersey became the fourth member of the area girls basketball coaches' 600-win club this past Thursday. Jeff Horohonich's Saddle Brook team defeated Mary Help at home, 53-28, to improve to 17-3 on the season. Ashley Georgevich...

By Brandon Carusillo | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Top-seeded Emerson Boro earned five pins to edge second-seeded Kittatinny, 36-28, in the championship round of the NJSIAA/Rothman Orthopaedics North Jersey, Section 1, Group 1 tournament in Emerson Boro. Nick Babin...