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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”

The first Wednesday in February has become an annual ritual for local football players. It’s the day that the area’s best grid prospects put their autographs on collegiate national letters of intent, securing their places in college on full-ride scholarships. It’s a huge event at some local schools. It’s a chance for the schools to …

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National Signing Day celebrations at Prep, FerrisTrio of Marauders, Bulldog standout Worts put signatures to scholarship letters”

When he was growing up, first in Guttenberg, later in West New York, then back in Guttenberg again, Noel Allen wasn’t much of a basketball player. “I never played any organized basketball,” said Allen, a senior at North Bergen High School. “I wasn’t any good anyway. I was out of shape and never took it …

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North Bergen’s Allen: Late blooming scoring machine”

Local boxing champion Tomasz Adamek is apparently ready to take on the next challenge of his life. The Jersey City resident, who was the IBF world cruiserweight champion, has decided to surrender his belt to make the move up to heavyweight. Adamek, a native of Poland, will headline a card on Saturday, Feb. 6 at …

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Adamek prepares for first local heavyweight fightNorth Bergen crowns a new boxing champ; more legal woes for Hudson hoopsters”

When Nick Mariniello decided to take over the Hudson Catholic boys’ basketball program last year, he knew that he wanted to do things the right way. The Hoboken resident made a name for himself as the highly successful coach at Bloomfield Tech, leading that program to several NJSIAA state sectional titles and two trips to …

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Mariniello changes the face of Hudson Catholic hoopsFormer Bloomfield Tech coach already making strides in new job”

Sarah Sisk and Cecelia Sabbers are good friends. They have been for quite some time now, having both attended the same elementary school in Bayonne together. “When we were young, we played everything together,” Sisk said. “Basketball, softball, soccer, ran track. We were pretty good friends then and I thought we would stay close.” However, …

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SDA track standouts Sisk, Sabbers have special bond”