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No. 24 Newtown pulled off another upset, knocking off No. 8 South Bronx, to advance to the PSAL Class A quarterfinals

 The 24th-seeded Newtown Pioneers have Cinderella written all over them.

The team didn’t have a home gym for almost the entire year. The leading scorer, Jonathan Douglas, was a bit role player a season ago, scoring in single figures. The center, Ricky Rodriguez, didn’t even play until the season was almost entirely over because of academic ineligibility. He was only recently inserted into the starting lineup. Read more..

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Guard Dashaun Wiggins scored 34 points to lead Wings Academy past South Bronx, 103-84, in the Bronx borough semifinals

Dashaun Wiggins was still licking his wounds days after one of the worst losses of his young career, when his spirits were suddenly lifted.

He was heading back to his apartment in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx when he ran into Julio Gonzalez, a local boxing trainer Wiggins spars with during the summer to stay in shape. Gonzalez heard of the lopsided defeat, a 23-point blowout to John F. Kennedy on Jan. 22, and offered his advice.

“Sometimes a good boxer needs to get knocked out,” Gonzalez said. Read more..

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             No. 1 John F. Kennedy and guard Jeffrey Arzu have won 11 straight entering the Bronx borough playoffs

   You can call this the John F. Kennedy Invitational. The top-seeded Knights are the clear-cut favorite. Of any of the four borough tournaments, them not winning would be the biggest surprise.

That’s not an indictment of the other seven participants; it’s praise for Kennedy.

No. 2 Wings Academy has righted the ship recently, playing better on the defensive end. No. 3 Truman got better as the year went on and No. 4 Lehman has a dynamic inside-out duo in center Armand (Big Baby) Thomas and guard Aaron Barnes. Class A high-scoring entrants South Bronx, Evander Childs and Taft could make trouble for the higher seeds as well.

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Six players scored in double figures for Wings Academy, who improved to 14-2 in Bronx AA, in a 101-39 victory over James Monroe. Dylan Ennis and Drimir Ferguson led Wings with 21 points apiece.

East New York Transit Tech 73, South Shore 55: Joshua Lambert (19 points) led the Express to their sixth win in Brooklyn AA. Sigbert Guy Jr. chipped in 15 points as well for Transit Tech.

Food & Finance 55, Frederick Douglass 51: Yunus Hopkinson and Craig Anderson led the way for Food & Finance with 14 points each. The loss drops Frederick Douglass to 0-13 in Manhattan AA.

Cardozo 62, Campus Magnet 49: At Cardozo, Ryan Rhoomes led the Queens AA-leading Judges with 16 points. Sasha Clarida paced Campus Magnet with 21.

Thomas Edison 81, Long Island City 76: Isiah Stokley scored 34 points for Edison, who bounced back from a loss to Cardozo on Monday. Long Island City was led by a 29-point effort from Kaseem Harris.

Forest Hills 71, Beach Channel 64: Sophomore forward Maurice Harkless led the Rangers with 28 points to improve to 13-4 in Queens AA.

Bryant 55, Flushing 53: At Flushing, Joany Bustamante scored 20 points and Allson Reynold chipped in with 17 points for Bryant, who dropped Flushing to 2-15. Read more..

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Automotive improved to 5-0 in Brooklyn A West with an 89-44 demolition of Secondary School for Law, Journalism and Research on Monday. Jonathan Delacruz led the Pistons with 16 points and Eli Richardson and Clareld Stabler had 12 apiece.

Coach Will Stasiuk is enjoying the ride. Automotive was expected to return 13 players, but only seven have showed. A few have been injured and others quit. It has made them a small team: Richardson, a 6-foot-5 center, is their tallest player.

“I’m pleasantly surprised with how well we’re playing this year,” Stasiuk said. Read more..

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