Some holiday tournament games get in, but others aren’t so lucky due to winter storm

The Manville Holiday Basketball Tournament got all four games in, but the Butch Kowal Holiday Tournament up at Rahway was not so lucky.

Manville’s activities got started early, with North Plainfield’s boys beating Dunellen in the opening game, which tipped off at 9 am, while the host Mustang boys followed it up with a tense win over Highland Park. You can read our recap of the Manville game here.

The girls were next, at 1 and 3 pm, and those got in nicely.

But the night games at Rahway? Not so much.

According to a report on TAPintoRahway, the two late boys games – Perth Amboy vs. Scotch Plains-Fanwood at 6, and Carteret vs. host Rahway at 7:30 – were moved to Saturday, with the exact same tip-off times.

The three-day event is a round-robin with set matchups, so there’s no advantage to having played Friday, or disadvantage to playing Saturday. After the two rescheduled games, the Butch Kowal Holiday Tournament will move on to a full Day Two of activities on Sunday.

Sunday’s games include Scotch Plains-Fanwood against Roselle at 1 pm, Carteret vs. Matawan at 2:30, Westfield against Rumson-Fair Haven at 4 pm, and Perth Amboy playing Rahway in the 5:30 finale.

Things wrap up Tuesday with four more contests: Scotch Plains-Fanwood vs. Matawan at 1:30 pm, Carteret against Westfield at 3 pm, Perth Amboy taking on Roselle at 4:30, and a 6 pm tip for host Rahway in the final game of the event against Rumson-Fair-Haven.

Also, all of Saturday’s slate at the Cougar Holiday Classic at Montgomery were rescheduled to Sunday, per Montgomery AD and boys’ basketball coach Kris Grundy, who tweeted about the change just before 2:00 Friday afternoon.

You can find full schedules of holiday tournaments for the boys here, and for the girls here. Those schedules will be updated as we get more information.

Here are Friday’s results for the games that did get played on both the boys’ and girls’ sides, followed by brief recaps on the girls’ Holiday Hoopfest at Paterson Kennedy.

BOYS’ BASKETBALL

Manville Holiday Basketball Tournament at Manville HS
North Plainfield 56, Dunellen 32
Manville 48, Highland Park 46
Dunellen and Highland Park will play in Monday’s 3 pm Consolation Game, while Manville and North Plainfield square off for the Championship at 7 pm.

Butch Kowal Holiday Tournament at Rahway HS
Rumson-Fair Haven 64, Roselle 54
Westfield 66, Matawan 34
Perth Amboy vs. Scotch Plains-Fanwood (moved to 6 pm Saturday)
Carteret vs. Rahway (moved to 7:30 pm Saturday)

GIRLS’ BASKETBALL

FRIDAY 12/26

Manville Holiday Basketball Tournament at Manville HS
Manville 50, Dunellen 25
Middlesex 69, Highland Park 49
Dunellen will play Highland Park in Monday’s 1 pm Consolation Game; Manville and Middlesex will play in the Championship Game at 5 pm.

Holiday Hoopfest at Paterson Kennedy HS
Immaculata 59, Roselle Catholic 49
Franklin 71, Saddle River Day 39
Bayonne 68, Immaculate Heart 42
West Orange 47, Gill St. Bernard’s 45

Immaculata: The Spartans got their first win of the season, improving to 1-5, with a 59-58 win over Roselle Catholic (1-4) in a game that saw 17 combined three-pointers. Immaculata was led by juniors Alexa Regan (25 points, 4 treys) and Rhaiyna Brown (16 points, three treys). Next up, the Spartans get Bayonne (4-1) on Sunday, a 5:10 pm tip-off, the last game of the day.

Franklin: The Warriors (1-3) got a huge win over Saddle River Day (3-2), picking up their first victory of the season as well. Aleah Sunkins scored a double-double of 21-points, 18 rebounds, leading Franklin in both categories. They Warriors will open Sunday’s slate back up north at 1:10 pm when they play Immaculate Heart (3-1).

Gill St. Bernard’s: In a battle of state Top 20 squads, the Knights (ranked 9th, 2-3), got edged by West Orange (ranked 14th, 4-1). In a game that was knotted at 20-all at the half, Gill was down four heading into the final period and lost by two. They’ll face Roselle Catholic (1-4) in Sunday’s 3:50 pm game.