The Essex County Basketball Tournaments kicked off Thursday with Preliminary Round Action. Here’s the results;

Girls:

North Star Academy (30) at Verona (15), 4:30. Verona won 56-17.

North 13th St Tech (27) at Newark Academy (18), 4:00. Newark Academy won 61-38

Belleville (26) at Mt St Dominic Academy (19), 4:00. Mt St Dominic won 33-28

Livingston (29) at Bloomfield Tech (16). Bloomfield Tech won 31-25

  Technology (28) at Irvington (17). Irvington won 50-25

 Caldwell (23) at Newark Collegiate (22). Newark Collegiate won 50-30

 Central (24) at Glen Ridge (21). Glen Ridge won 59-27

Golda Och (25) at Immaculate Conception (20). Golda Och won 54-51

Boys:

Gold Och Academy (36) at Caldwell (33), 4:00. Golda Och won 34-32

Belleville (37) at Science Park (32), 4:00. Science Park won 48-45

Montclair Kimberley (25) at West Essex (20), 7:00. West Essex won 54-33

Technology (39) at Shabazz (30), 4:00. Shabazz won 82-31

West Caldwell Tech (35) at North Star Academy (39), W. Caldwell won 46-39

Newark Academy (38) at North 13th St Tech (31). North 13th St won 51-35

Newark Collegiate (29) at Weequahic (16). Weequahic won 85-47

Shabazz (30) at West Orange (15). West Orange won 68-45

American History (27) at East Orange Campus (18). East Orange won 66-54

Arts (26) at Bloomfield Tech (19). Bloomfield Tech won 70-58

 W. Caldwell Tech (35) at Verona (11). Verona won 71-29

  Livingston (28) at Newark Tech (17). Newark Tech won 97-57

  Nutley (23) at Irvington (22). Nutley won 68-64

   No. 13th St Tech (31) at University (14). University won 82-63

   Science Park (37) at Montclair (13). Montclair won 54-43

   Cedar Grove (24) at Glen Ridge (21). Glen Ridge won 55-44

    Golda Och (36) at Christ the King (12). Christ the King won 50-39