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A week after winning the Ed Ford Memorial Hudson County Baseball Tournament, the Marist Royal Knights are now the last local baseball or softball team still alive in the NJSIAA state playoffs. One by one, the mighty fell in the state tournament. It’s a one-and-done mentality in the state playoffs. Lose and you go home …

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Morgan Spann never even gave track and field a thought before she enrolled at McNair Academic High School in Jersey City a little more than three years ago. “I just wanted to go out for a sport,” Spann said. “I liked running, so I decided to try track.” Little did Spann know that she would …

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It’s funny how the game of softball works some times. A year ago, North Bergen’s softball team was clearly the best team in Hudson County. It was the Bruins and then the rest. The Bruins steamrolled through the regular season. They owned a veteran lineup and had the best player in the county. It was …

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Although she’s one of the best all-around track and field athletes in Hudson County, Sarah Sisk has never had the chance to concentrate solely on her athleticism. “In my household, academics always came first,” said Sisk, who stands a chance to be the St. Dominic Academy Class of 2012 valedictorian in a week or so. …

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Marist head baseball coach Ron Hayward vividly recalled his lone chance of winning a Hudson County championship. It was 1998 and Hayward was a senior at Marist. “We lost to Memorial in the final,” Hayward said. “I never got another chance to win one.” Hayward took over the head coaching duties at his alma mater …

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The idea that little Weehawken High School could have a baseball team that actually is among the final four left standing in the Ed Ford Memorial Hudson County Tournament is beyond comprehension. We’re talking Weehawken here. Yes, that Weehawken, with the views of Manhattan and the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel. Sure, there might be …

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Ever since he was the odd man out of the two basketball coaches in the Union City high school merger four years ago, former Union Hill head coach Carlos Cueto was looking for the right opportunity to get back into coaching high school basketball. “I spent a lot of time with my kids,” Cueto said. …

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Kieran Purcell made history last year, when as a freshman at St. Peter’s Prep, he qualified for the NJSIAA Golf Tournament of Champions, becoming only the second Hudson County golfer to ever earn a berth to the T of C, joining former Prep golfer Andrew McGlynn, who qualified in 2008. So the pressure was definitely …

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After the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s controversies committee ruled last week that the North Bergen High School football team would get to keep the North Jersey Section 1, Group IV state championship the Bruins won last December, legendary head coach Vince Ascolese let out a sigh of relief. Because frankly, the months following …

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After reaching the Hudson County Tournament semifinals last year in shocking fashion, the Ferris High School softball team had high hopes and aspirations for the 2012 season. However, those dreams were quickly dashed when the Bulldogs limped out to an 0-7 start. “We started out very cold,” said Ferris head coach Mike Palughi, who was …

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