Curious choice for coach

CREATE Charter School in Jersey City is going to institute football for the first time this coming fall, and who have they hired to be the first coach there? None other than Bill Sullivan, who was the coach of the football program at St. Anthony in Jersey City, before he was fired this past fall for allegedly using an ineligible player, a kid believed to be an eighth grader.
Our sports columnist did not get a response from CREATE Director Steve Lipski by press time.
CREATE Charter also had to relinquish the HCIAA Seglio Division basketball title it won last February because the Crushers allegedly used an illegible player.
For more on this story, see Jim Hague’s sports column starting this Sunday! And watch this space for updates.

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