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TASTY TIDBITS 07-19-2009 Stern out as Hudson Catholic AD, grid coachSad news about former Friar Rooney

On the surface, if Hudson Catholic High School was replacing Rob Stern strictly as a football coach, the move would look completely asinine. After all, Stern is the school’s most successful football coach ever, leading the Hawks to their only NJSIAA state playoff appearances. Just last December, he was literally three inches away from giving …

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SCOREBOARD 07-19-2009 Local boxing hero Gatti deadPeople recall Jersey City, Hoboken champ with tremendous heart, desire

It was only an hour or so after the news broke that Arturo Gatti – the former Jersey City and Hoboken resident who electrified boxing crowds with his never-say-die style – was found dead in a Brazil hotel room, when someone very close to Gatti predicted what might have happened in a cryptic phone call. …

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Local boxing hero Gatti deadPeople recall Jersey City, Hoboken champ with tremendous heart, desire”

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HUDSON REPORTER MALE ATHLETES OF THE YEAR

1991-1992 – Jason Casessa, Hoboken 1992-1993 – Alex Rodriguez, Secaucus 1993-1994 – Eduardo Gomez, Hoboken 1995-1996 – Rashard Casey, Hoboken 1996-1997 – Czar Wiley, North Bergen 1997-1998 – Koz Perez, North Bergen 1998-1999 – Mike Forcum, Hoboken 1999-2000 – Jonathan Robinson, Memorial 2001-2002 – Bryan Durango, Memorial 2002-2003 – Jason Blanks, Hoboken 2003-2004 – Danny …

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EXTRA INNINGS 07-12-2009 Prep’s Urbanovich reflects after retiringMore than three decades of success; District 7 tourney begins

Joe Urbanovich’s coaching career was all of two weeks old. In his early 20s, Urbanovich’s playing career at Villanova University had come to an end and he returned home to Jersey City to start a job as an assistant coach at, of all places, Hudson Catholic, the archrival of his alma mater, St. Peter’s Prep. …

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Prep’s Urbanovich reflects after retiringMore than three decades of success; District 7 tourney begins”

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TASTY TIDBITS 07-12-2009 Irish-American Baseball Hall of Fame welcomes LucasJoins immortals Garvey, O’Malley, Scully and O’Neill with induction

There he was – a blind guy no less – from Jersey City, standing with some of the greatest baseball people of all time, holding a plaque that said he was inducted into the Irish-American Baseball Hall of Fame. It’s safe to say that Ed Lucas is enjoying life these days. Lucas, the long-time director …

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Irish-American Baseball Hall of Fame welcomes LucasJoins immortals Garvey, O’Malley, Scully and O’Neill with induction”

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SCOREBOARD 07-12-2009 Kuzirian named Reporter Male Athlete of YearMemorial three-sport star fourth from school to receive honor

It was the summer of 2007 when Michael Kuzirian was faced with the toughest decision of his young life. At the time, Kuzirian had just completed his sophomore year at Palisades Park High School in nearby Bergen County, where he was competing in athletics and doing well as a student. But Kuzirian wasn’t happy with …

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Kuzirian named Reporter Male Athlete of YearMemorial three-sport star fourth from school to receive honor”

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Boxing night a rousing success
Locals shine at Schuetzen Park

It’s definitely safe to say that professional boxing is alive and well in Hudson County once again.If you need proof, there was Pound4Pound Promotions’ latest card at Schuetzen Park in North Bergen, which was held to a sold-out crowd of enthusiastic boxing fans last Thursday night. In fact, promoter John Lynch, who runs Pound4Pound with …

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TASTY TIDBITS 07-05-2009 Nivins finally gets the call from DallasFormer St. Anthony standout gets picked in second round; former Prep hockey star picked

As the NBA Draft moved on last Thursday night, Ahmad Nivins sat in his Jersey City home watching every single selection for more than four hours, and never heard his name called. One by one, all of the other prospective draftees were taken in the draft, guys that the former St. Anthony High School and …

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Nivins finally gets the call from DallasFormer St. Anthony standout gets picked in second round; former Prep hockey star picked”

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HUDSON REPORTER FEMALE ATHLETES OF THE YEAR

1994-1995-Cheri Selby, St. Dominic Academy 2000-2001-Tiffany Aciz, Secaucus 2003-2004-Mercedes Nunez, Memorial 2004-2005-Christine Capetola, St. Dominic Academy 2005-2006-Nicole Degenhardt, Secaucus 2006-2007-Leslie Njoku, McNair Academic & Cory Roesing, Secaucus 2007-2008-Jenna Totaro, Secaucus 2008-2009-Jennifer Mateo, Union City

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SCOREBOARD 07-05-2009 Union City’s Mateo earns Reporter Female Athlete of Year honorFirst-ever recipient from a Union City school overcomes size discrimination

If you ask Jennifer Mateo what her height and weight statistics are, the recent graduate of Union City High School will not hesitate to answer. “I stand about 5 foot tall, right on the money,” Mateo said. “And I weigh less than 100 pounds, probably around 95 pounds. A lot of people laugh when I …

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Union City’s Mateo earns Reporter Female Athlete of Year honorFirst-ever recipient from a Union City school overcomes size discrimination”