Boys Basketball:
Pascack Valley 76, Paramus 54 (Thursday)
Pascack Valley has won games this year by doing a few things
well.
The first would be their defense. The Indians play solid man
to man while sometimes switching to zone to disrupt their opponent’s offensive
rhythm.
The second is being efficient on offense. Pascack Valley
doesn’t put up the most points, but they don’t turn the ball over and get easy
shots.
On Valentine’s Day, the Indians did neither of these things.
And still won by more than 20 points.
With the offensive explosion
that occurred on Thursday night, Pascack Valley rarely needed to play good
defense because they could score at will.
The scoring was done early and
often for the Indians, who scored 34 points in the first half. Despite the hot
shooting, PV only held a 7-point lead going into halftime.
The lead was extended in the
third quarter, thanks in part to Senior Kyle Schneider. Paramus did not have
anyone inside that could stop the big man. He would get the ball inside and either
get fouled or convert the layup. His strong play along with Ryan Onderdonk’s
barrage of threes helped Valley to a 18 point lead going into the fourth.
Pascack Valley added 20 more
points in the 4th, giving them a total of 76 points. Onderdonk led
the team with 24 points and Schneider added 21 in what was his best game on the
season.
With the state tournament
coming up, Pascack Valley cannot assume that they can now simply outscore their
opponents. Solid defense and efficient offense will be what propels the Indians
through the state tournament.
That being said, 76 points
wouldn’t hurt either.
Ridgefield Park 66, Pascack
Valley 64 (Friday)
Playing games on consecutive
days is never easy.
That is the predicament that
Pascack Valley was in on Friday night against Ridgefield Park. Since they
played the night before against Paramus, they had no time to prepare for what
was bound to be dogfight.
Pascack Valley rarely led
during the game, but always kept it close. After the first, they were down
19-17.
Pascack Valley continued to
score well in the second quarter. The main problem was their defense. The
Indians allowed 34 points in the half, something they aren’t accustom to doing.
With that being said, they only trailed by 6 at the half.
The Indians finally captured
their first lead of the game with 2 minutes left, giving them the 59-56
lead. They still held a 2-point lead with
1:23 to play and a win was looking promising.
However, with 40 seconds to go,
Ridgefield Park stuck a three to take a 62-64 lead. After a pair of free throws
12 seconds later, Ridgefield Park was up 3 and Pascack Valley had the ball.
As he has done all year, Ryan
Onderdonk stepped up and nailed a clutch 3 pointer, tying the game at 64 with 8
seconds to go.
For a reason that I am unaware
of, Pascack Valley decided to switch to zone on the final possession.
Consequently, someone missed their assignment and gave Ridgefield Park a
wide-open layup at the buzzer to win the game.
As upset as the Indians might
be, they have to look past this game. They only have a couple of games left and
need to make the most of them.
Record: 13-11
Next Game: Tuesday, February 19th at 7 PM against
Governor Livingston (Home)
Girls Basketball:
Paramus 41, Pascack Valley 30
(Thursday)
Pascack Valley 49, Midland
Park 35 (Saturday)
Record: 14-8
Next Game: Tuesday, February 19th at 4:15 PM against
Fair Lawn (Away)
Wrestling:
Pascack Valley 46, Butler 28
(Saturday)
Record: 14-9
Next Game:
Hockey:
Paramus 3, Pascack Valley 2
(Sunday)
Record: 10-9-1
Next Game: Tuesday, February 19 at 8 PM against Mountain Lakes
Track:
Senior standout Ben Malone competed in the annual Millrose
Games over the weekend. He competed in the High School mile and finished in
first place with a time of 4:12.
He will be running for Villanova in the fall.
Best of luck to him in the future.
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