Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
JAVELIN COMPETITOR – Bayonne resident and recent St. Dominic Academy graduate Shannon Hester will attend Loyola University in New Orleans as a cross country and the javelin athlete. She earned her second consecutive trip to nationals and improved by more than ten feet, throwing 102 feet. For the past two years, Hester was first in …
The calendar year of 1969 was gigantic in terms of American history. Richard Nixon was sworn in as the 37th President of the United States. The man Nixon served as vice president, Dwight David Eisenhower, the 34th President, died. The brother of the 35th president, Massachusetts Sen. Edward “Ted” Kennedy, drove his car into the …
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For the second straight year, the St. Peter’s Prep football community rallied together on a recent Saturday afternoon to remember the legacy of Jerome Pederson, affectionately known as “Gee,” the valuable do-everything for the Prep athletic department for several years until his untimely death from a massive aneurysm at the age of 27 in March, …
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For many years, Ben “Popo” Sierra was a dedicated youth baseball coach, watching and monitoring the progress of hundreds of boys, including his own son, Ben, Jr., who developed into a fine high school player at Dickinson High School and later Bloomfield College. “He had a great run,” Sierra said of his son, who has …
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Base Awards QUESTION: In high school, baseball and softball, batter-runner hits ground ball to shortstop who fields ball and makes a one hop throw to first base person. As batter-runner touches first base, thrown ball bounces off first base person and ball enters dead ball territory. Umpire awards batter-runner second base. Offensive coach argues award …
Nicolas Oresko School Junior Women’s Softball Champions had an undefeated season that included players from left Elyse Sanchez, Maggie Boyle, Victoria Elia, Tatyana Lazareva, Arrianna Martinez, Stephanie Galano, Alyssa Domingues, and Miriam Bechay. Not pictured are Paige Pfleger, Nicole King, Mary Megali, and Jesse Semeniak.
With a team that included Mathew McCabe, Oren Elasbat, Jack Nichols, Edwin Dejesus, Jaime Colon and Julian Perez, Stop & Shop defeated Houlihans 8-3 in the best-of-three series to win the Major Division Little League Championship. Stop & Shop, managed by Bob Deczynski, was 10-5 on the season. Houlihans, managed by Tom Kessler, was 5-10-1 …
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U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced a Senate Resolution congratulating the United States Women’s National Team on their victory in the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup. “As a proud senator from New Jersey, home to four extraordinary members of the World Cup championship team – Carli Lloyd, Christie Rampone, Tobin Heath …
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With a team that included Mathew McCabe, Oren Elasbat, Jack Nichols, Edwin Dejesus, Jaime Colon and Julian Perez, Stop & Shop defeated Houlihans 8-3 in the best-of-three series to win the Major Division Little League Championship. Stop & Shop, managed by Bob Deczynski, was 10-5 on the season. Houlihans, managed by Tom Kessler, was 5-10-1 …
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The 100 or so kids who were attending a free football camp at Jersey City’s Caven Point Cochrane Field on the Ed “Faa” Ford Memorial Complex had no idea that they were in the presence of college football royalty. After all, the man wearing a weather-battered T-shirt and baseball camp didn’t appear like much. He’s …
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