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Brian Meeney begins his fourth season as the head football coach at Memorial High School this weekend and he knows that this is a big season for the Tigers. “The bottom line is that we have kids who played varsity as freshmen and this is now their fourth year of varsity football,” Meeney said. “They …

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In each of the last three seasons, Wilbur Valdez was sure that his Ferris High School football team did the right thing. The Bulldogs worked hard, practiced hard and played hard, posting more wins than they had defeats – which was an abnormality at all the Jersey City public schools, but became a reality at …

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Ferris looks to get past playoff disappointmentsBulldogs face better schedule, better chance of Group III berth”

Robert Hampton is a huge music buff. The head coach of the Lincoln High School football team can rattle off recording artists and the years of their greatest hits faster than Casey Kasem. So that’s why Hampton is calling upon his music knowledge to refer to his team’s hopes and chances this season. “We don’t …

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When you ask the St. Anthony High School football players about what happened last year, they don’t even want to utter a word about it. “Actually, I really don’t like talking about it,” said junior running back David Coleman, who entered the Hudson County high school football scene with a huge splash last September with …

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After playing a predominantly easy schedule, thanks to the constraints of the old HCIAA regulations, for over a decade, the St. Peter’s Prep football team will take on a host of challenges in the regular season that begin next Sunday at Rutgers Stadium. When the Marauders take on nationally-ranked St. Joseph’s Prep of Philadelphia to …

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New league, new schedule, same goals for MaraudersPrep has size, skill and talent to make state title run”

His relentless pursuit to the football has no peers in Hudson County. His tackle total last year raised eyebrows from many in complete disbelief, only to be later told and shown that the number was indeed reality. He has a chance to become the first NCAA Division I football product from his school in over …

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For most of this time, Ziggy Rozalski is a very busy and successful businessman. He owns a burgeoning auto body shop in downtown Jersey City and also has a variety of real estate holdings, including the World Fitness Center and Gym on Division Street. But there’s another sidelight to Rozalski’s life, namely one of being …

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A clash of the Polish titans: Golota vs. AdamekJersey City’s Rozalski sets up dream fight in native land”

Although he had been ill for about a week, Ed Lucas wasn’t about to miss his favorite day of the year on Monday, namely the St. Joseph’s School for the Blind’s annual fundraiser, the Gene Michael Celebrity Charity Golf Classic. Lucas, the Jersey City native who has been blind since childhood and serves as the …

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St. Joseph’s School for Blind golf classic brings out baseball’s bestMichael picks up lead after Rizzuto started event almost 20 years ago”

Howie Heatherly took his regular place at third base last Sunday morning for the Bergen Yankees of the “League of Their Own,” a baseball league for players 40 years old and older. The temperature was rising with every pitch, rising into the 90 degree range, but the Union City native was still out there, handling …

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Union City native Heatherly still going strong at 63
Snyder assistant softball coach thrives in Bergen County baseball league”

In a stunning move, David Majewski resigned last Monday as the head softball coach at St. Dominic Academy, ending a 10-year run where Majewski guided the SDA program to become one of the finest in Hudson County. Majewski won 190 games in his 10-year career at St. Dominic and led the Blue Devils to five …

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Majewski resigns as SDA softball coach”