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Ranney Hosts 17th Annual Panther Classic Basketball Tournament

A little bit of snow wasn’t enough to keep the Ranney School basketball program from hosting its 17th Annual Panther Classic Basketball Tournament on January 7th and 8th, 2011. A spirited tradition since 1994, this year’s Panther Classic featured Varsity boys’ and girls’ teams from United Christian Academy, Calvary Academy, Doane Academy and Ranney School, and saw ultimate victory from Ranney School’s girls’ team and Doane Academy’s boys’ team.
 
The tournament began on Friday afternoon, with games between Ranney School and New Jersey United Christian Academy of Cream Ridge. The Lady Panthers defeated United Christian, 63-30, during a well-played first-round match. During the win, Alexa Volpe ’12 earned 16 points, Madison Pflaster ’13 netted 14 and Brynn Bresnahan ’13 added 13 for Ranney.
 
Following the Lady Panthers, Ranney’s Varsity boys’ basketball team also took on United Christian Academy, with hopes of duplicating the girls’ victory. Holding its opponent to six points in the first half, the Panthers rallied in their best shooting match of the year, with eight three-pointers and 75 percent success at the free-throw line. The Panthers’ lead scorer in the 56-20 victory over United Christian was Neil Amin ’12, who had four three-pointers in the first half and earned a season-high 20 points for Ranney. He was followed by seniors Adarsh Parikh with 11 points throughout the game and Parth Amin with eight. In addition, Omar Hozayen’13 and Evan Glazman ’12 contributed six points each for Ranney in the win as well.
 
Along with Ranney, the girls’ team from Calvary Academy also qualified for final tournament play with a 37-29 victory against Doane Academy. A Panther Classic Championship game was then held on Saturday, January 8. While tremendous defensive effort and offensive hustle on part of the Lady Panthers resulted in a 10-point lead at the half, Calvary managed to outscore Ranney 7-2 in the third quarter. With the score 20-15 with 12 seconds left in the game, center Rachel Burstiner ’13 scored two points during a one-and-one to put Ranney up 22-15. In the end, Ranney defeated Calvary Academy, 22-17. Brynn Bresnahan lead the Lady Panthers with 10 points throughout the match and was named Tournament MVP. Meanwhile, Alexa Volpe and Rachel Burstiner were named to the Classic’s All-Tournament team. Lead scorer for Calvary Academy was Chris Brown with six points in their loss.
 
Aside from Ranney, the boys’ team from Doane also qualified for the tournament’s championship game following a 47-42 win over Calvary. Down by nine at halftime, the Panthers were unable to regain control of their game and fell 58-35 to Doane. Once again, Neil Amin lead the Panthers in scoring with 14 points. In addition Adarsh Parikh had seven, and Evan Glazman earned four points and saw his best rebounding game of the season. Stephen Marshall of Doane Academy was named MVP of the tournament. Both Adarsh Parikh and Neil Amin of Ranney and Davis Graham and McKel Hyppolite of Doane were named to the All-Tournament team.
 
Now with its third consecutive Panther Classic Championship title, Ranney’s Varsity girls’ basketball team, lead by Head Coach and Athletic Director Thomas Moriau, has much to look forward to at next season’s tournament!


This news story appeared in the Community Reporter on February 3, 2011. To view the article, please click here.
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