More than four dozen of the league’s top upperclassmen were showcased during the Greater Middlesex Conference Basketball Coaches Association’s annual senior charity all-star doubleheader.

Proceeds from the contests played at Old Bridge High School on Tuesday night generated $1,200 for The Marisa Tufaro Foundation, which was the beneficiary of this year’s event.

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In the girls game, Adriana Summersett of Saint Thomas Aquinas poured in 23 points to lead the West to an 81-75 victory over the East. In the boys game, the West used balanced scoring to defeat the East 114-104. Complete rosters from both games can be found below.

The all-star doubleheader has a decades-long tradition of giving back to the community and generating thousands of dollars for numerous charitable causes including the American Cancer Society, Team LeGrand, the Christopher and Dana Reeves Foundation, the Gene Haley Memorial Scholarship Fund, Fightstrong Foundation, individuals in medical crisis, and others.

The Greater Middlesex Conference Basketball Coaches Association has been among The Marisa Tufaro Foundation’s biggest supporters, donating more than $9,000 from five all-star doubleheaders to the nonprofit. Basketball teams from the conference also turned the league’s pod tournament during the pandemic-shortened 2021 season into a fundraiser for the foundation.

“We are eternally grateful to the Greater Middlesex Conference Basketball Coaches Association for selecting our nonprofit as the beneficiary of this year’s all-star doubleheader,” said Cyndi Tufaro, executive director of The Marisa Tufaro Foundation.

“Our foundation has been blessed beyond words with incredible support from the entire conference, which has helped us make a profound impact on the lives of countless children in need.

“We congratulate the players selected to represent their schools in the all-star doubleheader and wish them all the best in their future endeavors.”

Since its inception in July 2017, The Marisa Tufaro Foundation has donated more than $375,000 to fulfill its mission of assisting pediatric patients and other children in need throughout the greater Middlesex County area.

The nonprofit has also donated thousands of toys, nonperishable food items, winter jackets, baby supplies, school supplies and other items upon which it has placed no monetary value.

In addition, The Marisa Tufaro Foundation has awarded $33,000 in academic scholarships to 46 high school seniors (basketball players are among those recipients) and sent 27 elementary and middle school students to attend a weeklong summer art camp at Rutgers University’s Zimmerli Museum.

Marisa Tufaro survived six open-heart surgeries and a heart transplant before succumbing to a rare form of cancer in 2017 following a valiant battle. She was just 13 years old.

Despite being hospitalized for more than two years and maintaining hundreds of doctor’s appointments, Marisa Tufaro was an Edison Township Public Schools honor roll student involved in myriad extracurricular activities who lived a vibrant life that inspired.

Marisa is the daughter of former Home News Tribune and MyCentralJersey.com sportswriter Greg Tufaro and longtime Edison Township Public School educator Cyndi Tufaro.

GIRLS ALL-STAR ROSTERS

EAST

Calvary Christian: Rachel Schafer

Colonia: Isabel Gidado

East Brunswick: Rotem Barda

Monroe: Evangelina Francisco

New Brunswick: Kennadi Johnson

North Plainfield: Taylor Mooney

Old Bridge: Adrianna Miscigna

Piscataway Magnet: Debra Villacorta

Saint Thomas Aquinas: Adrianna Summersett

South Amboy: Emma Kalantsis

South Brunswick: Alexis Lease- Springer

Wardlaw-Hartridge: Italia Penevolpe

Woodbridge Magnet: Dhanashri Balamurugan

Coaches: Brian Hinz (Monroe), Tom Fogarty (Calvary Christian)

WEST

Carteret: Jahayshia Ledesma

East Brunswick Magnet: E’Myah Barte

Edison: Sakaiya Figueroa

Highland Park: Vanessa Kohler

J.P. Stevens: Chloe Chan

Metuchen: Kaitlyn Connors

Middlesex: Jess Devine

Mother Seton: Sasha Smyth

North Brunswick: Jayda Sharp

Perth Amboy: Nicaury Montano

South Plainfield: Stella Sweeney

Spotswood: Lizzie Calandruccio

Timothy Christian: Holly Medina

Coaches: Jordyn Cusick (Carteret), Kathy Glutz (Metuchen), Stewart Lester (Middlesex)

BOYS ALL-STAR ROSTERS

EAST

Carteret: Shane Castor

Colonia: Zach Smith

Edison: Dedrick Harvey

East Brunswick Magnet: Ramon Garcia

Metuchen: Jason Woods

Monroe: Logan Fotiadis

New Brunswick: Chris Moronta

North Plainfield: Aaron Potts

Perth Amboy: Jadiel Manzueta

Saint Joseph: Brayden Danchak

Somerset Tech: Kenny Ponteras

South Brunswick: Anish Vankadhara

Spotswood: Zeyad Elshazly

Timothy Christian: Jalen Fleming

Wardlaw-Hartridge: Al Bell

Woodbridge: Bryan Anderson

Coaches: Jose Rodriguez (Colonia), Dennis McNulty (Timothy Christian)

WEST

Dunellen: Ryan Hutchins

East Brunswick: Will Wheeler

Highland Park: Jayden Guadalupe

J.P. Stevens: Kerem Ozdemir

J.F. Kennedy: Nasir Borders

Middlesex: Owen Reynolds

North Brunswick: Tommy Koroma

Old Bridge: Krish Patel

Perth Amboy Magnet: Anthony Vega

Piscataway: Nate Davis

Piscataway Magnet: Joel Polynice

Saint Thomas Aquinas: Aiden Ur

Sayreville: Keithan Shuler

South Amboy: Alex Gantt

South Plainfield: Jordan Jones

Coaches: John Wojcik (Sayreville), Jared Goldstein (Middlesex)