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Bob Hurley was having a tough time keeping to himself what had become the one of the world’s worst kept secrets. The legendary St. Anthony High School basketball coach had known since a week ago Wednesday that he had gained enough consideration for induction into the Naismith National Basketball Hall of Fame, but was told …

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Memorable day for Hurley family in IndianapolisCoach Hurley gets Hall of Fame nod in city where Bobby became a star”

Last year the Hoboken High School baseball team stumbled and stammered to a 15-13 record, the highest loss total that veteran head coach Buddy Matthews had to endure in almost two decades. Now, the Red Wings will head to the bigger school division of the new-fangled North Jersey Tri-County Conference, playing all the larger enrollment …

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The Memorial High School baseball team, which is always perennially successful, won 23 games last year and captured the regular season championship in the final season of the HCIAA. Now the Tigers will play in the new-fangled North Jersey Tri-County Conference and will do so with a team that was downright ravaged last June by …

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Memorial’s baseball team looks to rebuild after massive graduation exodusDickinson’s Garcia signs with Seton Hall soccer; preseason Top Fives”

Chipper Benway spent three years as the head baseball coach at Union Hill High School, then joined forces with former Emerson coach Frank Clark last season as the coaching tandem with the new and unified Union City High School. Now, as Clark has left to pursue other administrative opportunities, Benway has been given the chance …

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New field, new league, new approach for Union City baseballFormer assistant coach Benway gets chance to lead Soaring Eagles”

Kevin Wendolowski knows that it’s never easy replacing a legend, so the challenge of taking over as head baseball coach at St. Peter’s Prep for long-time Marauder mentor Joe Urbanovich looms large as the 2010 high school baseball season begins this week. Urbanovich, the St. Peter’s Prep and Hudson County Sports Hall of Fame inductee, …

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Veteran North Bergen softball coach Tom Eagleson knew that he was going to have a solid squad this season, so he did the best thing to showcase the Bruins. He’s taking them to Disney World. Thanks to a major off-season fundraising campaign, the Bruins will head to Disney’s Wide World of Sports in Orlando next …

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North Bergen begins season as top Hudson softball squadThree to play in North-South grid classic; Hudson happenings at Felician”

Kevin Shaw admitted that he is a huge basketball fan. “Growing up in Chicago, I used to watch the Chicago Bulls games and Michael Jordan all the time,” said Shaw, a respected filmmaker and director. “I went to Michigan State and was obviously a big fan of the Spartans and [head coach] Tom Izzo. I …

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‘The Street Stops Here’: A perfect film about St. Anthony basketballDocumentary on Friars’ perfect season to air on PBS Wednesday”