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When Vin Ascolese was a little boy, perhaps eight years old or so, he told his friends that when he grew up, he was going to play on a state championship football team, become a high school All-American and go on to play college football at a Southeast Conference school. “I really did say that,” …

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First, it was a minor snowstorm that threw a wrench into the St. Anthony basketball schedule. Then, it was the unforeseen cancellation of an entire tournament. In any case, the unexpected loss of three regularly-scheduled games caused the St. Anthony basketball program, ranked No. 3 in the entire nation, to go searching far and wide …

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When Tony Pafumi entered the halls of St. Peter’s Prep three years ago, the school’s head wrestling coach Anthony Verdi knew that he had the makings of a good wrestler. “By the time he got to us, he already had a few years of wrestling under his belt,” Verdi said. “He was successful at the …

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At the end of the 2010-2011 high school basketball season, Dickinson head boys’ basketball coach Sean Drennan knew that he was headed for a new season of change. “We lost 11 seniors from last year’s team,” said Drennan, who lost standout scorer and Hudson Reporter First Team All-Area honoree Brent Burgess from that group of …

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The Newark Star-Ledger had an in-depth investigative article in last Sunday’s edition concerning what the paper alleged was illegal recruiting done by legendary North Bergen football coach Vince Ascolese. The recruiting charge is regarding two players on the Bruins’ recent state championship team who transferred to North Bergen and moved into apartments in a house …

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When the Hudson County Schools of Technology decided to end their athletic programs in July of 2010, Sybil Lynch thought her adolescent world was coming to an end. After all, Lynch had already established herself as a three-sport standout at High Tech High School in North Bergen. Lynch was beyond comfortable at High Tech. It …

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It’s hard to truly sum up what kind of a weekend Vin Ascolese just had. The North Bergen football standout certainly has had some memorable moments over the last few months, culminated by helping to lead his team to the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group IV state championship at MetLife Stadium in his legendary …

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Two years ago, the Friars of St. Anthony survived a scare at the Dan Finn Classic, falling behind St. Peter’s Prep in the fourth quarter by as many as nine points, before coming back to eventually win in overtime. Last year, during their undefeated national championship season, the Friars defeated the Marauders by 20 points …

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When Devin Garrido was just 6 years old, his father, Javier, brought him for the first time to compete in the North Bergen Recreation wrestling program. As it turned out, Devin really didn’t like it. Garrido was also a soccer player when he was younger, but found that sport wasn’t much to his liking as …

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The St. Peter’s Prep wrestling team created a slice of history last season, when senior James Fox became the first Marauder wrestler – and only the third in Hudson County history – to claim an NJSIAA state championship. Fox, now at Harvard, won the 189-pound state title, capping a brilliant undefeated season. “You can’t replace …

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