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It had been almost two full years of unemployment for long-time football coach Chris Demarest, but the 44-year-old former Rutgers University assistant did not give up hope of landing another position. “I had faith all the way,” Demarest said. “God put me on the earth for one thing. Coaching is a calling and I’m very …

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Hudson Catholic gives Demarest a new startFormer Rutgers assistant gets new beginning as school’s grid coach/AD”

Winning has become an annual thing for a special group of North Bergen baseball players. After all, they won Little League championships at practically every age level, winning District 7 championships as 10-year-olds in 2006, 11-year-olds in 2007 and last year, won the District 7 and Section 2 titles en route to becoming the first …

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Another baseball title for talented North Bergen bunchCapture the District 6 13-year-old Babe Ruth title, head to state tourney”

As Rickey Henderson stood at the podium outside the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. last Sunday to accept his induction into the most prestigious of all Halls of Fame in sports, the thoughts flashed back 31 years ago, to when Henderson was just a 19-year-old kid, playing minor league baseball in of …

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Recalling a summer with ‘The Man of Steal’Newest Hall of Famer Henderson spent one memorable year in Jersey City”

When Major League Baseball announced its plan two years ago to help encourage youngsters to take part in the national pastime, a program called RBI (Rebuilding Baseball in the Inner-City), one of the cities targeted was Jersey City. After all, Jersey City had been a hotbed of baseball talent for ages, with a host of …

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RBI baseball tourney comes to Jersey CityTeams from major cities like New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore converge on area”

Barclays Invitational tournament ready to come to Liberty National In a month from now, all of the big names in professional golf will converge on Jersey City. Name the big time player, he’ll be there. Tiger Woods? Sure thing. Phil Mickelson? More than likely. Vijay Singh? Most definitely, because he’s the defending tournament champion. The …

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Wins first game in Section tourney in Lyndhurst as well Castaldi Garcia was away from coaching Little League baseball in West New York for a little while. After coaching youngsters for more than 10 years, Garcia decided to walk away and concentrate on coaching older players, taking on the rigors of coaching a travel team …

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Jersey City artist Lempa creates paintings on baseball cards, baseballs When Paul Lempa was growing up, art was always a part of his life. So was his affinity for sports. “I’ve always been artistic,” said Lempa, a Jersey City resident who was a standout basketball player at St. Peter’s Prep and New York University during …

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It was a sight that not a lot of people expected to see. Here was Willie Banks, the Jersey City native and former Major League Baseball pitcher, now all of 40 years old, wearing a baseball uniform once again. After four years being away entirely from professional baseball, Banks has resurfaced with the Newark Bears, …

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Jersey City’s Banks makes yet another comeback with Newark Bears”