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NORTHJEEY GressMll. cairt cope with Glalboro9 size plished and proud of these but it would have been nice to win this one," said Rivard. forced Glassboro coach Kevin Timbers to assign a shadow to him in the second half. Glassboro led by as many as 20 points with six minutes to go before the rest of the Cresskill team finally caught fire. Andy Badurina and Wei Chung Wang hit three three-pointers as Cresskill drew within 12 at 65-53, after a 14-6 run with 2:32 to play.

Kreitz rimmed out on another three. But Tom Pi-cinich sneaked in to grab an offensive rebound, but lost his balance and couldn't hold it, ending Cresskill's last chance. "It was getting a little scary," said Timbers. "The momentum was beginning to shift," said Rivard. "But we couldn't get a call.

"They don't play better offense or defense than us, but it was like men against boys. We're trying to do the right thing, box out, take the charge, but they're just too big." Badurina, a sophomore who transferred from North Bergen early in the season, made six of 10 shots and had 16 points for the Cougars, while Wang finished with nine points. Most Valuable Player Torrey Brooks had 21 points, 10 rebounds, and seven assists for the winners, while Maurice Davis added 20 points and 10 rebounds and Woolfolk had 14 points and 14 rebounds. "I'm proud of what we accom By PAUL SCHWARTZ Correspondent PISCATAWAY A look at the starting lineups showed how difficult Cresskill's task would be at the Group 1 State championship Sunday night. Glassboro's first five were all taller than Cresskill's tallest player, and the Bulldogs had two reserves just as tall.

With a final rebounding margin of 54-19, it's amazing that Cresskill managed to stay as close as the 72-59 final score. And for most of the first three quarters, the Cougars were even closer. With (5-foot-l guard Garett Kreitz scoring 19 first-half points, Cresskill was within six points GROUP 1 OOYS with five minutes to go in the third period. But the next three minutes were a nightmare for the two-time State finalists, as Glassboro ripped off a 16-3 run to open a 50-31 lead. That left the Cougars as runners-up for the second straight season.

"We wanted to sag on defense and box out, and we needed a tightly called game by the officials," said Cresskill coach Marty Rivard. "We really needed a different type of a game, but they wouldn't call the charge or the over the top." Chris Phoenix, a 6-foot-2 sophomore, was the only Cougar to contend with Glassboro's enor Strong showings fall barely short -jyrtfjr- llzSii urn' Pi mous size advantage. But he had to leave the game with the score 34-28 after injuring his back when he was undercut earlier in the quarter. The next 3'a minutes saw four rebound baskets, three by Bobby Woolfolk, and 16 straight points in the paint by Glassboro to break open what had been a tight game. And the streak coincided with a cold streak by Kreitz, who made 11 of 26 shots for a game-high 27 points, but never got to the foul line in the game's final 30 minutes, despite averaging nearly 10 free throws in Cresskill's first 24 games.

"They were grabbing and holding me all game, and we didn't get a call," said Kreitz, who had 19 of Cresskill's first 21 points and By BOB KURLAND Staff Writer PISCATAWAY Surprising Teaneck failed in its quest to become the first Bergen County school to win a Group 4 boys basketball championship Sunday when it lost to Pis-cataway, 60-47. "I never thought we'd get this far," said Corey Goodall, who finished with 18 points and 10 rebounds. "So, getting here feels good but not winning feels bad." Goodall opened the game with a basket but it was the only lead the Highwaymen had all afternoon. It vanished when John Celestand led a nine-point run by the Chiefs. The Highwaymen (20-4) did battle back.

A three-pointer by Bian Wein and a tap-in by Goodall at the buzzer cut the score to 14-12. Piscataway's Pat Foya hit a short basket to open the second quarter, only to have Mike Nurse respond with a three-pointer, making the score 16-15. After a Piscataway miss, Tea-neck came down and Wein was fouled. He missed a pair of free throws. When Nurse grabbed the rebound of the second miss and sent it out to him, he missed a jumper.

"We should have gone ahead at that point," said coach Curtis March. "And if we did, there's no telling what would have happened." But Wein, who has had some big games for Teaneck, was out of sync Sunday. He was 3-for-10 from the field arid 3-for-9 from the foul line. "And he's our best foul shooter," March said. The Chiefs (22-1) then went to their secret weapon, John Yurkovich.

He came off the bench to hit a pair of three-pointers and a jump shot to send Piscataway off the Rutgers University court with a 30-22 lead. "I'd rather start, especially since I'm a senior," said Yurkovich. "But three games ago, Coach Paul Schoeb came to me and said he felt I could help more coming off the bench." And that's what he did. He made three of four shots from three-point range and wound up with 12 points, six rebounds, and a pair of steals. "We had heard about their other playere, but not him, and he killed us," said March, 7 Teaneck's Loren Rufino fighting for a loose ball as he is sandwiched by Piscataway's Kevin Mandel, right, and John Yurkovich, who came off the bench and was named the game's Most Valuable Player.

GLASSBORO 72. CRESSKILL 59 CRESSKILL Garell Kreitz 11-24 0-1 27, Andy Badurina 4-10 2-2 14, Chris DePinto Brandon Qulnn 0-4 4-4 4, Paul Schwartz Dom Ambrosini 0-0 0-0 0, Dan Badurina 0-0 0-0 0, Anthony lavarona Tom Plcinlch 1-1 1-2 3, Dove Allen Chris Terranova 0-0 0-0 0, Chris Pheonix 0-1 0-0 0, Wei Chung Wang 3-7 1-4 9, Kyle Murray 0-0 0-0 0. Mike Bogner 0-0 0-0 0, Keith Boran 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 21-48 8-13 59. GLASSBORO Maurice Davis 7-9 4-9 20, Bobby WboHolk 7-14 0-0 14, Donald Osbourne 2-9 0-0 4, Torrey Brooks 8-25 4-4 21, Tamyroo McGirt 2-4 3-4 7, Ross Wilmot 1-3 0-0 2, Jason Ballard 2-4 0-0 4, Stephen Thomas 0-1 0-0 0, Chad Wilmot 0-2 0-0 0, B.J.

Byard 0-2 0-0 0. Telils: 29-75 13-19 72. (a-S) Crosskill 15 8 14 22 59 (26-1) eiassbere 15 22 19 72 3-point fleW goals-CresskW 9-20 (Krletz 5-11, A. Badurina 2-2, Want 2-5, Qulnn 0-2), Glassboro 1-5 (Brooks 1-3, Osbourne 0-1, Davis 0-1). Total touts Cresskill 15, Glassboro 14.

Rebounds Cresskill 19 (Krietz 5), Glassboro 54 (Woolfolk 14). Assists Cresskill 8 (Qulnn 5), Glassboro 13, (Brooks 7). c- zzA fm IKI irimk MEL EVANS get byes PISCATAWAY Pater-son Catholic and Bergen Catholic drew the top two seeds in the boys Tournament of Champions and received byes in Tuesday's opening round. The TOC committee gave the Cougars 79 votes, followed by BC with 69, Orange 51, Piscataway 47, Middle Township 38, and Glassboro Orange will meet Glassboro 6 p.m. at Rutgers, followed by the Middle Township-Pis-cataway contest.

On Thursday, Paterson Catholic will face the Middle Township-Piscataway winner, followed by BC going against the Orange-Glassboro victor. Hiirhwavmen within one victory of a State championship. "It would have been nice to win this one," said Goodall, a senior forward who had a game-high 18 points and 10 rebounds. "But Teaneck has done a lot this year." PISCATAWAY 60. TEANECK 47 P'Srguson5-10 5-8 14, Bailey 1-4 0-0 2, Celestand 5-14 5-7 14, Foyah 3-4 4-4 10, Mandel 1-3 0-0 2, Yurkoyk 4-7 1-2 12, Shumate 1-3 McMiHen 0-2 0-0 0, Gllmore 0-0 0-0 0, Ybonoj 0-0 0-0 0, Strauss 0-4 0-0 0, Wilson 0-0 8-0 0.

Totals: 20-51 15-23 40. TEANECK Win 3-10 3-9 Nurse 4-10 5-5 15, Goods! 8-15 2-7 18, Rufino 1-2 0-0 2, Williams 8-4 2-2 2. Constantino 0-4 0-0 0, Bradley HHl Rodriguez 0-0 0-0 0, Pendleton 0-0 0-0 0, Thompson 0-0 0-0 0, Fisher 0-0 0-0 0, Sessams 0-0 0-0 0, Moorehead 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 14-47 12-23 47. 122-1) Piscataway 14 18 28 (2M) Teaneck 12 II 47 3-polnt field goals: Piscataway 5-12 (Yurkovich 3-4, Ferguson 1-3, Celestand 1-4, Bailey 0-1).

Teaneck 3-10 (Nurse 2-4, Wain 1-3, Constantlne 0-1). Total louts Piscataway 14, Teaneck 14. Rebounds Plscoteway 41 (Celestand 12), Teaneck 32 (Goodall 10). Assists Piscataway 8, (Celestand 3, Ferguson 3), Teaneck I (Nurse 2, Williams 2, Constantlne 2). Technical louts Piscataway bench, GoodaH JL By KEVIN T.

CZERWINSKI Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK Fair Lawn's Wade Ransom came close. Passaic came closer. Ransom finished strong, bowling a 668 to finish third in the individual competition Sunday the New Jersey State Interscho-lastic Athletic Association Bowling Championships at Carolier Lanes. STATE BOWLiriG 'The Indians (2,835) stumbled" slighty in the third game and had to settle for a second-place finish in the boys team standings, trailing only new state champion Westfield Sparta's Stosh Wierczhowicz won the boys title with a 693 series while Jennifer Russo of North Brunswick won the girls title with a 675. Pennsauken won the girls team title with a 2,583.

"We had a shot," Passaic coach Len Domino said. "We could have won this thing. Nick Kanoc had some problems in the third though. His ball was crossing over and he wasn't finding the pocket. It was a difficult shot.

The lanes were tough." The Indians trailed Westfield by 97 pins heading into the final game. Westfield started the day hot with a 1,029, but slipped to a 963 in the second game. It bowled a 923 in the third game. Passaic started the day with an 881 and rolled a 1,014 in the second game. The Indians bowled a 940 in the third game to finish 80 pins shy of the title.

Kanoc, who had games of 202 arid 189, bowled a 145 in the third game for Passaic. Shayne Thomas, who had games of 163 and 176, rolled a 149 in the third game. Jason Rybak led the Indians with a 625 series, including a high-game of 246. not going to cry over sec ond in the states," Domino said. "There were only 14 teams from the whole state here, and we finished second.

We had a very good showing." Ransom also had a very good showing bowling anchor for the Cutters. The "Bear," as he's known, rolled games of 226, 193, and 249 and looked as if he would catch Wierczhowicz in the third game. VMy confidence was really working today after that great weekend we had last week," said At Careller Urn, Mm Brunswick BOYS imoivibuU. RESULTS 1. stosh Wierczhowicz, Sparta 2.

Jonathon Matunas, CBA 3. Wade Ransom, Fair Lawn Otter fMshors John Asbatv, OePaut Darryl Milchman, Midland Park Sal Maggkwe, Don Bosco 201-207-188596 HICK Ronuc roj Mike Laufer, Fair Lawnl75-178 Rery Lockowlti, Rlvar Del Tom Church, Fair Lawn TEAM RESULTS Jay Smith Dan Maslno Shawn McNamara, Malt Maslno Greg Rhodes 174-52 186-12-120-41 180-177-223-580 209-147-181537 19-201-19S 597 194-201-10-555 248-237-161 64 W2J-HWB-HIS Nick Kanoc 202-189-145-534 2rrV Rwrfrai 199-214-20O-613 Thomas 13-17-149-488 Jaton RySik 168-211-246-425 jason KYoan M1.W14.94S-26H fhrh'2 182-16-179-547 SE2 o2T Y'- Swi? Ik? I W9-W7-376 Len K(cz 147147 Mike MabaW wti-iiii 945-2784; Union CathoHc '7 Sm ftars Mum i VfeV ill" v. stop their three-point shooters and Goodall underneath," Celestand said. "We could play better offense," said Celestand, who was 5-for-16 from the floor. "But defensively we played very well." Both coaches felt good about their clubs.

"This is great," said Schoeb. "We're the first team at Piscataway in any sport to win a State title." And March, who in his second season took Teaneck farther than any other team in the school's history, could bask in the knowledge that the club won 20 games, took the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League Pacific championship, and became only the second Bergen County school Hackensack was the other to reach the Croup 4 championship game. "This is great for our program, and, with two starters back Maurice Williams and Nurse, plus a good freshman team, we'll be in good shape next season," March said. round further than the 1980 Teaneck team that featured Tony Campbell, now with the National Basketball Association's Dallas Mavericks. Proud that a team that was not supposed to advance to the Group 4, Section 1 final could knock off North Bergen, Ferris, and Hackensack to claim the sectional title, then upset Montclair, 71-57, in Thursday's State semifinal to reach the championship.

"We're definitely satisfied," said Wein, a senior forward center who scored 10 points Sunday. "We worked really hard for it. We tried really hard." Teaneck tried Sunday, but its seven-man rotation was out of sync early and never was able to recover. Nevertheless, a Teaneck tank that was supposed to run dry several games earlier ran the 'K 7 V7. JASON RYBAK Leads Passaic with 625 series i i Ransom, referring to 'air Lawn dominating victory in the North-j em Sectionals.

"I couldn't wait for this day to get here. Who wanted 1 to be in school this week waiting for this? "There was no letdown. I knew I was coming in here and that today would be my day. I rolled a 226 in the first game and that gave me even more confidence. "I was very nervous, but I managed to keep my head in there when I was bowling.

We didn't win as a team and I would have much rather gotten that, but this was nice We didn't have a lot of practice time before the match. That probably would have given me even more confidence. We needed a little time to find our marks, but after the fifth or sixth ball I figured it out." Wierczhowicz, 17, bowled well throughout the day with games of 267, 221, and 205. He rolled strikes in the first eight frames of the opening game and appeared headed for a 300 before missing in the ninth frame. "I was nervous," he said.

"Especially after throwing the first eight in the first game. It had me shaken up. I was getting the ball to do the work for me. The lanes were dry today and that's better for me. I swing the ball out there very hard and that makes for a more comfortable shot.

"I didn't want to freeze up under the pressure, though, especially after the first game. You really have to forget about it and continue. I was actually surprised I bowled close to a 700. 1 would have been happy with a 600. There are a lot of people here who throw a big hook and that kind of intimidates me, so I wasn't expecting a lot." Bros.

Academy 857-855-851-253; Brick 851-871-804252; Seton HaH Prep 778-877-744-2399. GIRLS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1. Jennifer Russo, No. Bruns 1 Ellen Elchenlaub, Crnfrd 3. Paltl Dunleavy, Pnnskn Other flalshtrs Leigh Ann LaFlesh, Caldwell Adonna Stevens, Hackensack Melissa Renzo, Clifton Courtney Leidler, Pasceck Villey Kim Hushes, Immaculate Heart Gina Roberto, Clifton TEAM SCORES t.

Petmautea Terl Kallch Jill Pletorlnen Kathy Tharrington Nicole Brocchi Pattl Dunleaw 194-475 155-200-144-51 129-184-14843 159-154-188-503 174-15-183-524 852454-875-251) K-aNowack BHSES Abby Tuckermen KLuLuHS Stephanie Dlessner tilS Rosalyn SellareW JO- 38 -r I'liiaiM Kim Newell 7 TVS Holly Funkhouser 73- 35- 68-476 Kelly Sivlerman JJJ- 82 5505 Mother" Woodbrldge 804-795-7852384; Lokewood 757-833-7742344; Gloucester Catholic 724-773-828-2325; Bishop AHR 721-723-7872231; Paramus Catholic 773-499-7472219; South Plalnfleld 742-725-7042191; Clifton 742-733-708-2183; North Bergen 477-782-457-2114; Carteret 444-702-709-2077. Yurkovich's outstanding contributions earned him Most Valuable Player honors. "They were the best defensive team I've seen in my years of coaching," said March. "Their help-and-recover defense was the best. And when we had easy shots, we didn't make them." The Highwaymen made 34 percent of their attempts and were 12-for-23 from the free-throw line.

"I think we left our game at Upsala the site of a victory over Montclair," March said. "We played tight the entire game." Despite being outplayed, Teaneck hung in. A fast-break layup by Goodall made the score 42-36 early in the fourth quarter. Again, Celestand took charge. He scored five points in a seven-point run and the Chiefs had a 13-point lead.

Celestand, a 6-foot-3 speedy point guard, recorded 12 rebounds, 16 points, three assists, and three steals. "We went into the game knowing we'd have to sey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group 4 State final Sunday at the Rutgers athletic center. Understandably, the Highwaymen (20-4) were less than excited after Sunday's final buzzer. During a postgame group photo, none of the Highwaymen smiled even a little bit, except for second-year coach Curtis March. "Like everybody's been saying, 'You got and I'm proud of my kids for March said.

Proud that a team that was good in all phases of the game but excelled at none, and started a sophomore (Mike Nurse) and a junior (Maurice Williams) in the backcourt, could win 20 games and the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League Pacific Division title. Proud that a team that lacked a big-name player could ad- Highwaymen showed dedication early By GREG MATTURA Correspondent PISCATAWAY Brian Wein, Corey Goodall, and several Teaneck teammates decided a predawn run would be a good way to prepare for the boys basketball season. So during the fall, the Highwaymen met twice a week for a 5 a.m. jog. "We had to get up pretty early, and it showed how much the team wanted it," said Wein.

"And it helped us out." "It helped us, and it showed during the season, because late in the year a lot of players hit the wall," Goodall said. It helped Teaneck break new ground, as the 1993-94 Highwaymen became the first in the program's history to reach a State final. "It was exciting to play for a State championship," Wein said after Teaneck's 60-47 loss to Piscataway in the New Jer.