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The first seeds to St. Anthony High School’s latest national championship, giving the school one national crown in each of the last four decades, were actually planted a year or so ago, when the Friars suffered a stunning loss in triple overtime to Trenton Catholic in the NJSIAA Non-Public B state championship game. If one …

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Another national crown for fabulous FriarsRoad to St. Anthony’s latest conquest actually began exactly a year ago”

Readers of The Hudson Reporter were first introduced to Kyle Anderson five years ago, when the North Bergen native was just beginning his skyrocketing basketball career. In the Aug. 8, 2006 editions, it was noted that Anderson was already being considered among the top 12-year-old players in the county, that there was a service called …

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St. Anthony do-everything Anderson making his markLiving up to expectations placed upon North Bergen native years ago”

The tension was building inside the McIntyre Lounge inside Dineen Hall at St. Peter’s College Sunday afternoon, with the throng of basketball enthusiasts wondering where their beloved Peacocks were going in the NCAA Tournament. It was a celebration of sorts, because the Peacocks were headed to the Grand Dance, also known as March Madness, for …

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Peacocks ready to dance against PurdueHoboken legend Maguire passes; Union Hill reunion set”

Mike Brown was simply destined for greatness from the minute he emerged on the scene as a high school athlete at St. Peter’s Prep almost a decade ago. He was a sensational football player, the first-ever Marauder product to start every game and first four-time Hudson Reporter All-Area honoree. Brown was a scintillating running back, …

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Brown looks to move forward with life in pro footballFormer Prep standout and Reporter Athlete of Year makes amends for past problems”

When John Dunne took over as the head men’s basketball coach at St. Peter’s College in 2006, the first team he coached won all of five games. A year later, the Peacocks were vastly improved. They won six games. “It was very frustrating,” Dunne said referring to those first two seasons. “Of course, you question …

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When James Fox was a freshman at St. Peter’s Prep, he could have never even begun to fathom all he would achieve by the time he would become a senior. “It’s unbelievable,” Fox said. “I wouldn’t even have believed it myself.” Fox had a great football season for the Marauders, earning Hudson Reporter All-Area for …

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Prep’s Fox wins state wrestling championship, third in Hudson County historyMarauders have two grapplers earn state medals, while North Bergen has two”

PISCATAWAY — It was an event that brought out a throng of impressive people to the Rutgers Athletic Center. University of Kentucky head coach John Calipari was there. Noted “60 Minutes” correspondent Steve Croft, the man who gets all the interviews with President Barack Obama, was seated courtside, getting the entire lowdown for a feature …

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St. Anthony wins ‘Battle of the Titans’Friars defeat St. Pat’s; Prep falls to Seton Hall”

When Andrea Innis was still a budding basketball standout, attending grammar school in her native Secaucus, she used to go to a lot of the Secaucus High School girls’ basketball games and watch and admire players like Cory Roesing. “Growing up, I always watched the older girls and really admired them,” Innis said. “Cory Roesing …

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Secaucus’ Innis leaving a legacy of greatnessBecomes Patriots’ all-time scoring leader; grabs 1,000th rebound as well”

About two months ago or so, when things weren’t exactly going well for the St. Peter’s Prep basketball team, head coach Mike Kelly reminded the Marauders that it wasn’t exactly the end of the world. “I told them that they could accomplish the same things that last year’s team did, maybe even more,” Kelly said. …

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Make it a ‘four-peat’ for Prep hoop squadGlass wins M of C gold; host of wrestlers bound for Atlantic City”

Marc Brown knew early on that he wanted to become a college basketball coach like his legendary father, Charlie. “I was about 30 years old or so and still playing pro ball [in Europe] when I decided I knew what I wanted to do when my playing days were over,” Brown said. “I knew my …

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Like father, like sonYounger Brown leads NJCU to NCAA Division III tourney with NJAC title”