Brandon Gould

The season really got into full swing last week. Things are picking up even more this week with holidays tournaments, and there will be great games after the Christmas break.

When St. Rose guard Jayden Hodge took off on a breakaway and threw down a dunk against Rutgers Prep on Monday afternoon, it looked so explosive and fluid.

Essential Links Top 20 Scoreboard No. 12 Manasquan vs. St. John Vianney, 8:30 Statewide Schedule Thursday, Dec. 26

| Check out the lists below to see the overall season stat leaders in the state through Wednesday, Dec. 25, in five statistical categories: points, rebounds, assists, blocks and steals.

Essential Links Saturday, Dec. 28 Featured Games Newark Public Schools Final No. 18 Arts at Weequahic, 1:30

| Things are picking up even more this week with holiday tournaments and that includes the first event of the Big Jersey Basketball Series.

| Sophomore Logan Cleveland didn't have a second to waste or even a moment to think on Monday night at RWJBarnabas Health Arena.

| ESSENTIAL LINKS FEATURED COVERAGE JAN. 1, 2025 New Year's Jump Off at Paterson Kennedy

The touch on Brown commit Brady Loughlin 's shot was just a little off for the first three quarters on Wednesday night. Once he recalibrated, the 6-foot-5 senior guard was in a complete rhythm.

| If Hudson Catholic's resolution for the new year was to feature its top two senior guards more consistently and also raise the level of its defense, that aspiration was satisfied on Day One of 2025.