Saddle River Day Clinches Eighth Consecutive Bergen County Girls Basketball Title with a Thrilling Victory

FAIR LAWN — No. 8 was neither inevitable nor easy. Yet Saddle River Day still managed to extend its unprecedented streak of Bergen County girls basketball championships Wednesday night. The top-seeded Rebels held off third-seeded Teaneck, 50-47, in the closest final of the eight in a row they have won. Saddle River Day senior Cristina Parrella scored 20 of her 22 points in the second half, when the Highwaywomen tied it twice and took the lead once. They were within one point with 10.5 seconds remaining before Julianna Almeida sank a pair of free throws to provide the final margin....