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SCHEDULES FOR THE BOYS BRACKETS
ARE
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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.
Highlights
3 National AAU Championships
44 NJ AAU Association Championships
21 Sweet 16 appearances in National AAU
125 Former Hawks playing in the NCAA
22 boys and girls teams from U10 thru Open Division