Tag: Jim Hague

When Jason Hendricks stepped off the field at Rutgers Stadium last December, after his Hudson Catholic football team suffered a heart-wrenching 7-0 loss to Holy Cross in the NJSIAA Non-Public Group II state championship game, he probably thought that he had played in his final high school football game. Hendricks, the 2008 Hudson Reporter Most …

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Hendricks, Wilkes earn All-Star bidsBeefsteak tribute to Hurley; HCIAA playoff preview”

There was a time in Fabian Roman’s life when he considered himself to be more of a shortstop than a flame-throwing pitcher. In fact, when the Marist High School senior was younger, Roman didn’t even like being a hurler. He wanted to make a name for himself with a bat in his hand and a …

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Marist’s Roman emerges as county’s best pitching aceRoyal Knight hurler handles being object of affection”

It was around Christmas time when Bob Hurley knew that the end was near, that Sister Mary Alan Barszczewski, affectionately known simply as Sister Alan, was nearing the end of her long six-year battle with cancer. “Since she slid really badly and was suffering, we had been praying since Christmas that God would take her,” …

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St. Anthony loses a giant Sister Alan truly epitomized heart and soul of school”

The high school basketball season came to an end in Hudson County on Wednesday night, when the last team standing, St. Anthony, lost in the NJSIAA Parochial B North finale to St. Patrick’s of Elizabeth, who most certainly will be the team to unseat the Friars as the Tournament of Champions victor. In this corner’s …

Continue reading “SCOREBOARD 03-15-09High school basketball season can’t end fast enough Arrests, transfers, denials, all plague Hudson hoops campaign”

The losing ways were continuing with the St. Peter’s College men’s basketball program and the Peacocks were spiraling toward oblivion for yet another season. The Peacocks had lost eight of nine games and were headed in the wrong direction. The seasonal mark stood at 5-15. For a program that won all of five games two …

Continue reading “TASTY TIDBITS 02-22-09SPC shows hope with three straight winsBoxing card featuring local fighters; HCIAA predictions”

After winning all 32 of their games last year, culminating in the mythical national championship, there’s no way anyone could have expected a repeat performance from the Friars of St. Anthony. Seasons like the one the Friars enjoyed last year don’t come along every day. Sure, St. Anthony had enjoyed undefeated national championship years before, …

Continue reading “SCOREBOARD 02-15-09Not your typical St. Anthony basketball season After undefeated national championship year, Friars struggle with new lineup”

There was a recent column written in the local daily that stated that St. Peter’s Prep had actually dethroned St. Anthony as the best local boys’ basketball team. Not taking anything away from the Marauders’ fine win over Seton Hall Prep at the Dan Finn Classic last Saturday afternoon, but the Marauders cannot and will …

Continue reading “TASTY TIDBITS 01/25/09The absurdity of a better local team than the Friars Espinal rolls perfection; McNair Academic opts out of new league for hoops”

There apparently was a nasty fight that broke out in the stands during the final stages of the third quarter of the Hoboken-High Tech boys’ basketball game last Friday night. Apparently, there were four men who surrounded a former High Tech player and demanded a bag, which contained sneakers. When the former High Tech player …

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