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The Great Hagueini has gone 6-1 with his NJSIAA state football playoff prognostications this year, so here goes with the final two. And remember, don’t use these selections for any monetary wagering, unless it’s for a pastrami on rye and a bottle of root beer with your Uncle Looie. Secaucus-Cedar Grove, North Jersey Section 2, …
It was always so close, yet so far. Located in the swamps of the Meadowlands, sitting less than a full mile from the town of Secaucus, Giants Stadium has stood majestically as a beacon, a guiding light of gridiron excellence since 1975. But throughout that time, the only way anyone from Secaucus was gaining entrance …
Continue reading “SCOREBOARD 12-6-2009
The longest journey finally becomes short for SecaucusSchool closest to Giants Stadium gets chance to play before it comes down”
For the past year, Christina Nicholas has tried to overcome the severe pain that shoots from her hip and feet. Sometimes, the talented McNair Academic junior distance runner is able to deal with the pain. Others, the pain is almost crippling. “It’s been extremely frustrating,” Nicholas said. “I try so hard to just feel good. …
Continue reading “ATHLETE OF THE WEEK 11-15-2009
McNair’s Nicholas overcomes injury to capture sectional XC title”
John Dunne didn’t hesitate a second when it was suggested that St. Peter’s College play a regular season game at 6 a.m. “In fact, we actually campaigned for it,” said the fourth-year head coach of the Peacocks, who will play college basketball’s first-ever sunrise contest Tuesday against Monmouth at Yanitelli Center, with the game to …
Continue reading “TASTY TIDBITS 11-15-2009
Rise and shine with the SPC PeacocksFirst-ever 6 a.m. contest provides challenge; grid playoff picks”
Gino DePinto already had a successful coaching career in boys’ high school soccer, long before he ever heard about the head coaching position at Secaucus High School for the girls’ program. After all, DePinto was the all-time leader in coaching wins at Belleville, collecting more than 120 victories there. He was also the head coach …
Continue reading “SCOREBOARD 11-15-2009
The miracle of Secaucus girls’ soccerUpstart Patriots head to state sectional title game for first time ever”
To simply say that Joe Impreveduto comes from a family lineage of standout athletes from Secaucus, well, you just better take your place in line. The list of relatives could stretch the borders of the entire town, from the Hackensack River to Hackensack Plank Road. “I think half the town is my family,” Impreveduto says …
Continue reading “ATHLETE OF THE WEEK 11-8-2009
Secaucus’ Impreveduto falls right into family line, has huge day against St. Mary’s”
It may go down as one of the best comeback stories in local cross country history. North Bergen’s Danny Rondon, who missed most of last indoor season and all of the outdoor season due to injury, continued his fine comeback by winning his second straight Hudson County Track Coaches Association championship last weekend at Bayonne …
Continue reading “TASTY TIDBITS 11-8-2009
Rondon repeats as county champ; Mahmood wins girls’ raceGrid playoff breakdown; realignment not working for local grid programs”
When Hudson Catholic High School announced last year that it was going to go co-educational to allow female students for the first time in the school’s 45-year history, it was not immediately known what it was going to mean for the athletic programs at the formerly all-boys Jersey City school located on McGinley Square. Meaning, …
Continue reading “SCOREBOARD 11-8-2009
Hudson Catholic volleyball: Instant successFirst-ever girls program earns berth to NJSIAA state playoffs, win first contest”
Ever since the use of an ineligible player cost the team three victories and a chance to earn a berth in the NJSIAA Non-Public Group 1 football playoffs last year, the St. Anthony Friars have been determined to put that misfortune far into ancient history. “We wanted to leave the past in the past,” said …
Continue reading “ATHLETE OF THE WEEK 11-1-2009
St. Anthony’s Sparkman gives team spark to first-ever playoff berth”
In a battle of Polish natives who both once called Jersey City home, reigning IBF cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek knocked out Andrew Golota in the fifth round of their “Battle of Poland” fight in their homeland of Poland last Saturday night. Because Adamek took the fight against Golota instead of defending his world title, the …
Continue reading “TASTY TIDBITS 11-1-2009
Adamek wins in Battle of PolandGrid state playoff update; early wakeup call for Peacocks”