On Saturday, 32 teams attended the fifth edition of East Brunswick High School's Funfest, hosted on IS-189A. Let's see how the teams did.
Millburn:
Led by 5th overall scorer Ben Hu, who put up 77 PPG on 10.83 G/N, Millburn C took first, losing only a 10 point game in the preliminary rounds to Tenafly A, and upsetting Millburn A in playoffs. The team put up 23.75 PPB en route to their win.
Millburn A, lead by top scorer Dean Ah Now's 95 powers and 156 PPG, took 3rd, losing only to Millburn C. They put up an impressive 25.07 PPB, and had at least ten powers in five games.
High Tech:
High Tech A took 2nd, losing to MCA A in prelims and a close final game against Millburn C. Frank Grabowski led the team with 80 PPG while putting up 24.68 PPB, and every team member put up at least 25 PPG.
High Tech's B team of underclassmen took two losses in a tough preliminary bracket that featured Millburn C and Tenafly A, but dominated in the afternoon, sweeping their three games behind 7th and 8th scorers Sidharth Srivastava and Max Brodsky. They put up the fifth highest PPB at 21.99.
Livingston: Livingston A took 4th, behind 2nd overall scorer Carolyn Meng's 99 PPG and the team's 23.65 PPB. They dominated in prelims before faltering in playoffs, losing the 3rd place game to Millburn A by just 45 points.
Livingston B took 9th, going 5-2 in prelims before stumbling to a 1-2 record in playoffs. Andrew Du led the team in scoring with 39.5 PPG, while the team had 20.99 PPB.
JP Stevens A: Underdog JP Stevens secured the final HSNCT berth by taking the 5th place game against Tenafly. 11th overall scorer Allen Wang led with 52.73 PPG, and the team finished with a respectable 20.69 PPB.
MCA A: MCA A was undefeated in prelims before faltering with an 0-3 record in playoffs, but they convincingly defeated Connecticut's Middlesex Middle in the 7th place game. Led by Sean Wang's 41.36 PPG, the team put up a 22.71 PPB for the tournament.
Tenafly A: Though forced to leave early from their 5th place match, Tenafly played well throughout much of the day, going 8-0 through 8 games before losing to two good teams in Livingston and High Tech. Juno Lee and Alex Slusarev led the team in scoring, with 51.36 and 40.91 PPG, respectively.
Other noteworthy performances came from St. Joe's A, who took 11th, and Middlesex County B, who took 12th. Pingry and Hightstown put up good performances with many new players, and look to improve throughout the season and going into next year.
Thank you to East Brunswick (especially Jeff, Atharva, and Jackson) for hosting a wonderful tournament, and thank you all for coming! We look forward to seeing you around as we move into a a month filled with tournaments!
By Carolyn Meng, Livingston