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SCOREBOARD Believe it or not, Snyder headed to postseason
Tigers earn first NJSIAA state playoff berth in 26 years

The year was 1990. Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years in a South African prison. Driving Miss Daisy won the Academy Award for Best Picture. J.K. Rowling started writing her first Harry Potter book. Pokemon was created. Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence and pop star Iggy Azalea were born. And the Snyder High School football …

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SCOREBOARD Believe it or not, Snyder headed to postseason
Tigers earn first NJSIAA state playoff berth in 26 years

The year was 1990. Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years in a South African prison. Driving Miss Daisy won the Academy Award for Best Picture. J.K. Rowling started writing her first Harry Potter book. Pokemon was created. Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence and pop star Iggy Azalea were born. And the Snyder High School football …

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TASTY TIDBITSUnion City’s girls XC make it a ‘three-peat’
Memorial boys repeat; Character No. 2

Before Scott Emmerling took over the girls’ cross country program at Union City High School, there was barely a program. One year, there were six girls that competed – not even enough to field a full team for scoring purposes. But Emmerling, a product of the Palisades Park program headed by the legendary Frank Donahue, …

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Memorial boys repeat; Character No. 2

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TASTY TIDBITSUnion City’s girls XC make it a ‘three-peat’
Memorial boys repeat; Character No. 2

Before Scott Emmerling took over the girls’ cross country program at Union City High School, there was barely a program. One year, there were six girls that competed – not even enough to field a full team for scoring purposes. But Emmerling, a product of the Palisades Park program headed by the legendary Frank Donahue, …

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Memorial boys repeat; Character No. 2

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Hudson Catholic’s Taha getting a kick out of life

After spending the first two years of his high school life at East Orange Campus High School, Pape Taha (pronounced POPPY) wanted a change. “I didn’t play soccer there, because I was going to concentrate on my studies,” Taha said. “But I wanted to play.” Although Taha didn’t play at East Orange, he was very …

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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Hudson Catholic’s Taha getting a kick out of life

After spending the first two years of his high school life at East Orange Campus High School, Pape Taha (pronounced POPPY) wanted a change. “I didn’t play soccer there, because I was going to concentrate on my studies,” Taha said. “But I wanted to play.” Although Taha didn’t play at East Orange, he was very …

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Ask the Ump!

UMPIRES QUESTION: In high school, baseball and softball, the batter tries to check his / her swing at a pitch but carries the barrel of the bat past the body. Is this a strike or a ball? ANSWER: The plate umpire must use judgment on whether the batter’s movement was an actual attempt to swing …

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Serve and Spike

BALL CONTACT QUESTION: In high school volleyball, front row players Case and Dodd on Team (A) both go up for a block as ball contacts the wrists of both players. Is this a legal contact? Is this a double hit? Does contact count as a first hit? ANSWER: Legal play as this is considered a …

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