Knollwood School’s Lady Knights gather around coach Tara Mattison during a break in Saturday’s play. Below, Julie Anne Krasutsky takes it to the hoop against the Shrewsbury School’s Lady Tigers. (Click to enlarge)
For the second year in a row, the girls of Fair Haven’s Knollwood School rolled through the Red Kettle Classic tourney, held this weekend at the Salvation Army gym in Red Bank.
They defeated the St. James (Red Bank) Royals, 28 to 21 in the final, held Saturday.
The St. James boys also made it to the final, where they fell to the Shrewsbury Tigers, 31 to 20.
In the Friday night tournament openers, both the boys and girls of the Red Bank Middle School defeated crosstown rivals from the Red Bank Charter School.
Here are the players chosen for the all-tournament teams:
Girls
Jessica Scotti and Lily Gradl – RBCS
Kaylee Hartman, Sarena Dixon and Theora Taylor – RBMS
Grace Fallon – St. James
Rebecca Losch – Shrewsbury
Shea Brennan – Holy Cross
Catie Ebner and Grace Stant -Knollwood
Boys
Luis Acquire and James Cross – RBCS
Xaire Williams, Jessie Rodriquez, Scottie Reeves – RBMS
Connor Smith – St. James
Corey Martin & Jimmy Ferrogine – Shrewsbury
Pat Ruane Ruane -Holy Cross
Jimmy Purcell – Knollwood
Players selected won American Express gift cards, courtesty of the tourney sponsor United Teletech Financial.
