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As you read this, the North Bergen Board of Education will have already appointed Czar Wiley, the 1996-97 Hudson Reporter Athlete of the Year, to be next North Bergen High School head football coach, replacing Jimmy Crane, who appointed just recently to replace the legendary Vince Ascolese. Ascolese had the job for the last 39 …

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Legendary St. Anthony boys’ basketball coach Bob Hurley is making a bold statement about his current team, which captured a record 27th NJSIAA state championship last Sunday. Hurley believes that his current Friars, winners of 30 straight this season and an astounding 63 consecutive overall throughout the last two years, is the best bunch of …

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The St. Peter’s Prep hockey season was not exactly going well in mid-January when the Marauders faced state-ranked power Don Bosco Prep. It was about to get even worse for junior forward and Marauders’ leading scorer Vinny Addeo. “We were playing them pretty even,” said Addeo, a native of Hoboken. “It was toward the end …

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It wasn’t that long ago, maybe 10 years ago or so, when Evan Rodriguez was just like the Lincoln School students he stood before last Tuesday. “I grew up just like you guys,” Rodriguez told the students of Lincoln School. Rodriguez, a North Bergen native who just finished his college football playing days at Temple …

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When the high school basketball season began in November, Lincoln girls’ basketball coach Tommy Best knew that he had the makings of a solid squad. But did Best ever think that his team could win 25 games, win the Hudson County Tournament title, the first county crown in 30 years, then go on to reach …

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With a smile on his face, standing inside his familiar turf — the ring at the World Boxing and Fitness Center in downtown Jersey City – Tomasz Adamek declared last week that he was back and perhaps better than ever. He is preparing for his first fight since losing to Vitali Klitschko for the WBC …

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It was a magical night in February of 1975. More than 4,000 people packed the Jersey City Armory to see the HCIAA boys’ basketball championship game between underdog Hudson Catholic and rising powerhouse St. Anthony. In the end, the Hawks from nearby McGinley Square upset the fabulous Friars, sending the Armory into a total frenzy …

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On Jan. 12, the Lincoln girls’ basketball team suffered a devastating 67-40 loss to Bayonne. It was the Lions’ chance to see if they could match up against the defending Hudson County champions and they fell hard, a game that definitely displayed Bayonne’s supremacy over everyone else. “They beat us bad,” Lincoln girls’ head coach …

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He was born with the name of Alexander Richardson, but the St. Peter’s Prep senior wrestler prefers to go by “Lenny.” However, if you ask Lenny Richardson how he got his different name, you won’t get a suitable answer. “I honestly don’t know,” Richardson said. “It comes from my family. All of the boys have …

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