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The Hudson County boys’ soccer tournament championship game should be a fine one with two evenly matched teams. Top-seeded North Bergen, with a 12-3-1 record, will face second-seeded St. Peter’s Prep, with a 13-3-1 record, Sunday at Harrison High School at 2 p.m. The game was originally scheduled for Caven Point Cochrane Stadium, but was …

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There was never any doubt what Johnathan Lewis’ role would eventually be at St. Peter’s Prep. From the minute Lewis enrolled at Grand and Warren, he was going to replace Brandon Wimbush, the former all-everything quarterback with the Marauders. It wasn’t going to be an easy task for Lewis, considering Wimbush was only the New …

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There’s no question that Giovanna Noguera loves sports. “Ever since I was young, I played sports,” Noguera said. “I played soccer, basketball, softball. I wasn’t very good, but I played. I was also involved in a lot of clubs. I didn’t think much of track.” But then, as a senior at North Bergen High School, …

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The Secaucus High School football team snapped a two-game losing streak with a resounding 45-13 victory over Ridgefield last Friday night. That alone isn’t newsworthy. But what it is impressive about the Patriots’ win is the way they got to the lopsided win. The Patriots gained a total of 484 yards rushing, easily the highest …

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Bernard Shivers makes no bones about what he sees himself as. “I’m a baseball player,” said Shivers, the St. Anthony High School junior who pitched the Friars to victory over Hudson Catholic in the first round of the NJSIAA Non-Public B state tournament last spring. “I love baseball. I love hitting. I love the pace …

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