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About five years ago, respected sportswriter Adrian Wojnarowski released a great book entitled “The Miracle of St. Anthony,” which captured the essence of the 2003-04 undefeated championship basketball season at St. Anthony High School. However, the real miracle might be taking place this season with this current crop of Friars. “Not a member of the …

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Friars continue remarkable seasonEven legendary coach Hurley never saw this success coming”

The NJSIAA District wrestling championships were held last weekend and several local wrestlers earned district gold. St. Peter’s Prep won the team title once again at District 16 and crowned four champions. Kevin Innis, the state’s top-ranked wrestler at 215 pounds, won his third straight district title. Alex Richardson (125) and Tony Pafumi (160) each …

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The most unlikely of District wrestling champs comes from WeehawkenGlass blazes at state Group meet; who’s the coach at Union City?”

If the truth can be told, the young man who is rapidly putting his name among the all-time track and field greats to come out of Snyder High School never really wanted to be a runner in the first place. Three years ago, Zamir Thomas entered Snyder for the first time, not knowing a single …

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Snyder’s Thomas sprints his way to state indoor track glory”

Last August, it seemed like a marriage made in scholastic heaven, the idea that former Rutgers assistant football coach Chris Demarest would be the perfect replacement to Rob Stern as Hudson Catholic’s new football coach and athletic director. “Chris has the right approach in terms of student/athletes,” said Hudson Catholic president Rev. Warren Hall at …

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Demarest out as Hudson Catholic grid coach, ADSt. Anthony gets help from NJSIAA, big win; impressive track performances”

For the last three seasons, the St. Peter’s Prep basketball program has definitely been on the rise. In 2008, the Marauders went from being the eighth seed in the HCIAA Coviello playoffs to winning the league championship. Last year, they steamrolled the county en route to a 23-3 record and the last-ever HCIAA crown, being …

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Prep basketball’s defining momentAfter three previous tries at getting the ‘big one,’ Marauders topple Oak Hill”

There was something about the sport of wrestling that appealed to Willie Rodriguez when he was in seventh grade. At the time, Union City Recreation had just started a wrestling program, and the small and slight-of-build Rodriguez thought it was a perfect sport to try. “I was too small to play football,” Rodriguez said. “I …

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100 reasons why Rodriguez is Union City wrestling starProgram’s first true standout approaches impressive milestone”

Gail Marquis has a unique way of handling of driving through Jersey City traffic. “When someone cuts me off when I’m driving on Kennedy Boulevard, I don’t flip them the bird,” Marquis told a room filled with Hudson County’s top student-athletes Tuesday afternoon. “I just say back, ‘Hey, I’m an Olympian.’ ” Marquis was one …

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The names that once wore Dickinson High School football uniforms read like gridiron royalty. There was Al Blozis, who went from being a Dickinson Ram to playing football at Georgetown University, eventually winning the national championship in the shot put in 1942 and 1943, before becoming an All-Pro lineman with the New York Giants. It’s …

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The end of an eraJersey City Board of Education pulls the plug on Dickinson football”

Chaquan Scott thought he had the world at the tips of his fingers. He was the toast of the Brooklyn schoolyards, another basketball wizard out of the famed Brownsville section. He was headed to Economic and Finance High School to become a star. “I played basketball every day in Brooklyn, even when it was cold …

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Dickinson’s little big manDespite being just 5-foot-9, Scott does everything big for Rams”