It was a season in which Seton Hall Prep earned its record 21st Essex County Tournament title, Shabazz captured an overall Group 1 state championship and East Orange Campus won a North 1, Group 4 state sectional crown after being a runner-up in the section the previous two seasons.
Those top teams all featured standout players, including guards Anthony Gonzalez and Infinite Sincere-Amen Ra for SHP, four of the star guards from Shabazz in Anthony Blackmon, Elijah Colon, Christian Gray and Zaim Barnes, and the irrepressible James Roberts of EOC who are among the stars featured on the Essex County coaches’ all-Super Essex Conference first team selections from the loop’s six different divisions following the recently-completed 2025-2026 season.
Here are the coaches’ choices for the First Team in each of those six divisions, while there were also second team and honorable mention selections made for each as well.
Coaches All-Super Essex Conference First Team Selections:
American Division:
Gerald Edwell, Payne Tech
James Roberts, East Orange Campus
Anthony Gonzalez, Seton Hall Prep
Infinite Sincere-Amen Ra, Seton Hall Prep
MJ Postell, St. Benedict’s
Daniel Hinkov, St. Benedict’s
Ilijah Adams, Newark Tech
Va’saun Harper, Newark Tech
Tyshaun Boyd, Arts
Liberty Division:
Jayden Solomon, Newark Collegiate
Alieu Kelleh, Newark Collegiate
Joey Diorio, Caldwell
Aiden Nienstadt, Caldwell
Jayvon Rogers, Columbia
Matthew Synsmir, Columbia
Amari Delacruz, East Side
Ahmad Cook, West Side
Colonial Division:
Chace Redler, Millburn
Chase Plotkin, Millburn
AJ Cruz, Bloomfield
Sean Perrotta, Bloomfield
Sage Kornreich, Livingston
Jayden Bermudez, Irvington
Mason Determann, Montclair
La’Mear Singletary, Montclair
Independence Division:
Gaetano Iavarone, West Essex
Jaedyn Cannon, Science Park
Ryan Law, Glen Ridge
Yaside Sanou, University
Jaden Then, West Orange
Emmanuel Yirenkyi, North Star Academy
Nathaniel Adah, North Star Academy
Liam Feder, Glen Ridge
SEC-Freedom:
Jermaine Russell, Cedar Grove
Ben Herman, Verona
Christian Gray, Shabazz
Anthony Blackmon, Shabazz
Zaim Barnes, Shabazz
Elijah Colon, Shabazz
Naquan Copeland, West Caldwell Tech
Khalil Shah-Brown, MKA
SEC-National:
Khayere Hurd, Newark Lab
Frederick Guerrero, Barringer
Adrian Christopher Edwards, Barringer
Dom Bok, Nutley
Tim Gordon, Nutley
Kevon Kamara, Bard
Avery Cherilus Rogers, Weequahic
Ekaou Harris, Weequahic
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