SPORTS WRAP
BY WILLIAM HATHAWAY, JR.
PHOTOS BY FELICIA LAGUERRE OWENS
This past weekend, the Prudential Center in Newark hosted the Winter Warfare boxing event sponsored by Prime Sports. Many local boxers from the tri-state area were on the card.
Those in attendance were treated to a women’s bout, in which Miyo Yoshida defeated Beata Dudek. In men’s action, Irvington resident Jean Pierre Valena beat Brooklyn native Dmitry Noskow in a 4 round junior middleweight bout. Fellow Irvingtonian Ghandi Romain defeated Benjamin Lampley in 2 rounds.
Brick City’s Keith “Tsunami” Colon Rodriguez hit Angelo Ramos with a 2nd Round TKO to win their cruiserweight division fight. In a four round welterweight battle, John Vallojo won a decision over Rommell Toran. In another welterweight fight, Emmanuel Etienne scored a 2nd Round TKO over Kevin Torian.
The main event for the evening saw 6’8” heavyweight Damian Knyba put his 14-0 record on the line against Andrzej Wawrzyk. In the third round, Knyba improved to 16-0 after scoring a knockout in the bout scheduled for 10 rounds.
In basketball action, this past week on the Seton Hall campus, the Lady Pirates continue their winning ways in a blowout over Butler 71-48 before a packed crowd at Walsh Gym. Faith Masonius scored 12 points, Savannah Catalon had 15 points, and Jada Eads added 11 points. They also won a big game on the road against DePaul 72-55. Masonius had 21 points, Catalon scored 15, and Eads dropped 18.
At the Prudential Center, the SHU men’s team had their struggles continue. Despite a strong comeback, the Pirates fell short to Providence 69-67. The Hall got 19 points from Prince Aligbe, 13 from Garwey Dual and Dylan Addae Wusu each. SHU is 6-15 on the season.
In Essex County high school basketball, I had a opportunity to check out the Orange High girls basketball team host an Essex County Tournament game. The Tornadoes beat Irvington 51-27. Sophomore Shamia Fryer led Orange with 22 points in the game along with 10 rebounds. OHS is 10-7 on the year with key wins over West Side, Technology and even Shabazz and Barringer. However, they would lose in the tournament to Science Park 70-30.
In boys action, Orange lost to Seton Hall Prep 79-48. Leading orange was Kysir Green with 22 points, with six 3-pointers. Seton Hall Prep got 18 points from Daniel Beazer while Anthony Gonzalez had 15 points and 8 rebounds. Despite the loss, OHS is 6-1 in the Super Essex Conference, including a 58-57 win over Columbia this past week. In other action, it was Arts High school beating Millburn 77-58, and University beating Central 80-36.
Finally, the NBA is reeling after big trades that saw Mavericks superstar Luka Doncic to the Lakers for Anthony Davis, and Kings star De’Aaron Fox shipped to the Spurs in a three team deal that had Zach LaVine sent to Fox’s former team and Kevin Huerter traded to the Bulls.
