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2012 Shore Shoot-Out Tournament - Save the Date!!

 The 15th annual Central Jersey Hawks Shore Shootout is all set for 2012 - be sure to mark your calendars. The girls tournament will be held May 18, 19, and 20 while the boys tournament will be held June 1, 2, and 3. Be sure to check back here soon for more details.

Central Jersey Hawks Announce Tryouts for 2011-2012

Central Jersey Hawks Girls 4th Grade Tryouts
The newly formed 4th Grade CJ Hawk Girls Basketball Team will be hosting their inaugural tryout on Sunday March 4, 2012 at 1PM, Holmdel High School. All interested players should contact coach Tom Fontana at tfonz31@aol.com.

The Central Jersey Hawks (Chambers) is forming a NEW Showcase team for the 2012 AAU season. Players looking to play at the next level, please contact Coach Chambers at mbhoops10@aol.com for more information.

Recent Team Successes

BOYS TEAMS

The Central Jersey Hawks boys 3rd grade team (Bloom) captured the 2011 NJ District AAU Championship by defeating Asbury Park, ThaBallers, and the KBR Raptors, finishing 3-0 in pool play. In August, the team will travel to Disney's Wide World of Sports and compete for the National Championship.

 

 

 

GIRLS TEAMS

Central Jersey Hawks 4th grade girls team (Heitner) won their first 2011 NJ AAU Division 1 District Championship, defeating the Jersey Shore Elite in the finals held at Holmdel High School. With the victory, the team earned the opportunity to ESPN's Wide World of Sports complex in Orlando. Fl and compete for the AAU National Championship.

 

 

 

Central Jersey Hawks 5th grade girls team (Martorelli) won their second consecutive 2011 NJ AAU Division 1 District Championship, defeating the Ewing Ballers in the finals held at Holmdel High School. With the victory, the team will travel to Hampton, Va. in June to compete for the AAU National Championship.

 

 

 

July 1, 2011 - Central Jersey Hawks 5th Grade Girls Compete in the 2011 AAU National Tournament. The Central Jersey Hawks 5th girls team just returned from the 2011 AAU National Tournament in Hampton, Va. Playing against the best teams in the country, the girls competed against squads from Washington DC, Georgia, North Carolina, Indiana and Tennessee. The team went 3-4 overall, losing a close game in the Consolation Bracket semi-finals vs. the state champion Tennessee Trotter team. The Hawks leave Hampton as the 19th ranked 5th grade team in the country. Players traveling to Hampton were Camryn Allmers, Perri Clifton, Maddie Doring, Elena Hart, Tori Hyduke, Amy McGee, Marilou Quintana, Kate Ridoux, Kaleigh Remick and Phoebe Spernal. It was a very successful year for the team, compiling a 31-13 record vs. primarily 6th grade competition, winning the NJ district championship and competing in the Nationals.

 

Central Jersey Hawks 10th grade girls team (Gallagher) won their third NJ AAU Division 1 State Championship in the past 5 years. This year the team defeated the Jersey Shore Wildcats (twice) to capture the title. The win qualifies the team to play in the 2011 National AAU Championship in Disney. The team will also attend the USA Invitational Tournament at Penn State and the US Junior Nationals in Washington, DC.

 

 

 Class of 2011 Playing in College

Missy Repoli (SJV) - Colgate ... Arron Zimmerman (SJV) - American ... Jackie Kates (SJV) - Penn ... Katie O'Reilly (SJV) - Lehigh ... Meghan McGuinness (Middletown South) - Niagara ... Sarah Olson (Howell) - NJIT ... Olivia Gorczynski-Chestnut Hill College

Michael Rotando - Bloomfield College ... Patrick Lichtenstein - Bard College ... Kevin Furlong - FDU Madison ... Ryan Hess - St. Joseph's University ... Ryan Keegan - The College of New Jersey ... Kevin Donohue - Penn State Hazleton ... Zack Hoffman - Chestnut Hill College ... Ryan Gille - Ramapo College ... Cooper Calzonetti - Medaille College ... Ryan Belbey - Rochester Poly Institute ... Brandon Walsh - SUNY - Farmingdale ... Michael Marciano - Ursinus College ... Quinn Olsen - State College of Florida Manatee - Sarasota

2012 National Letters of Intent

Kasey Chambers- Monmouth University ... Samantha Clark- Fordham University

Current/Former Hawks In The News

Former Hawk Colgate Coach

Dave Klatsky joined the Colgate University men's basketball staff as the first assistant in May 2011 after spending four seasons as an assistant coach with the Stevens Institute of Technology. He was involved in practice planning, player development, scouting, game preparation, and many other facets of the program. Colgate is part of the Patriot League (Div 1) with Lehigh, Lafayette, Bucknell, Army, Navy, Holy Cross and American.

Dave Klatsky started on the Central Jersey Hawks AAU team for 8 years, winning 7 NJAAU State Championships, and 3 National AAU Finals. Another member of that Hawks' team, Andy Toole, is now the head coach of Robert Morris.

In his four seasons Klatsky helped guide the Ducks to a record of 76-35 overall and two Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference (ECAC) Metro Championships. The Ducks earned their second ECAC Metro championship last season after finishing 22-7 overall. During his first season on the staff in 2007-08, Klatsky helped guide the Ducks to an overall record of 23-6. Stevens finished the year ranked fifth in the NCAA East Region and shared the Empire 8 regular-season title with Ithaca College. The team also went on to win its first-ever ECAC Metro championship.

Klatsky owns a Bachelor of Science degree in economics with dual concentration in finance and accounting from the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School.

While at Penn, Klatsky helped the Quakers men’s basketball team earn berths to the NCAA Tournament in 1999-2000, 2001-02, and 2002-03. An Ivy League Academic Scholar-Athlete in 2000-01, Klatsky set Penn’s single-season assist record that same season. He led the Ivy League in assist-to-turnover ratio three straight seasons (2000-01, 2001-02, and 2002-03). Klatsky’s basketball career also includes a silver medal at the 2003 Jewish Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile. In addition to coaching at Stevens, Klatsky has worked the last five years as an equity market maker with Knight Capital Group, and 3 years prior worked on the NYSE floor as a trader for Merrill Lynch.

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