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As he begins his 17th year as the head football coach at Secaucus High School, Charlie Voorhees knows that his 16th campaign was a complete aberration. After all, the Patriots have been traditionally a strong and winning program even before Voorhees took over, long before Voorhees became the athletic director at the school. So for …

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He was born with the name Stefano Calderana, but don’t dare call him by that name. The new Memorial High School head football coach has always been known as Bear. “I guess I’ve been Bear since I was about a year old,” said Calderana, who was named as the Memorial head grid coach when former …

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Ray Marshall knew that taking over the Snyder High School football program was going to be a major challenge. After all, the Tigers are in the midst of a 29-game losing streak, dating back to Nov. 5, 2011. That’s almost four straight years of losing. The current members of the Snyder roster have never had …

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After enduring a 7-4 season a year ago, veteran Hoboken High School head football coach Lou Taglieri decided it was time for a change. And that change comes in new uniforms, a new offense and a new defense. The Hoboken program was traditionally a Delaware Wing-T offense, going back to the days when the legendary …

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The Weehawken High School football program is coming off a second consecutive 4-6 season. In years gone by, that mark would have been enough for a celebration in Weehawken, but as Zach Naszimento enters his fifth season as the Indians’ head coach — and athletic director, for that matter — winning four games just doesn’t …

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It is actually an old French proverb, dating back to 1100, but was translated into English way back in 1545. It’s a saying that has been used time and time again since, and can even apply to the 2015 version of the Dickinson High School football team. “Well, Rome wasn’t built in a day.” How …

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Even Rich Hansen knows there’s only one way to describe what the 2014 football season meant to the St. Peter’s Prep program. “It was a magical year,” said the veteran head coach of the Marauders. The Marauders won 11 games, including a 34-18 dismantling of Paramus Catholic in the cold December rain at MetLife Stadium …

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For almost three straight high school football seasons, the heart of Soaring Eagles of Union City remained practically intact. But now, most of those key players, like offensive lineman Steven Gonzalez (Penn State) and wide receiver/defensive back Daiquan Kelly (UMass), have graduated and moved on to college football. It’s left head coach Wilber Valdez to …

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The Hudson Catholic football team flirted with an undefeated record last year before finally finishing with a 7-3 record and a berth in the NJSIAA Non-Public Group 2 state playoffs, before falling to Immaculata. Now in his fourth year as the head coach at his alma mater, Lou Zampella wants to see his Hawk team …

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Simply put, the Lincoln High School football team enjoyed a spectacular 2014 season. The Lions won 10 games, captured the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic League-White Division title for the second straight year and advanced all the way to the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group II championship game in MetLife Stadium, falling in admirable fashion …

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