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Josue Matias had no idea that he will become a part of history this week, when the National Football League Draft is taking place in Chicago. Matias will be in his Union City home with his family, doing what they always do. “We’ll probably have some sort of a barbecue,” Matias said. But Matias, the …

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They walked off the field last November after suffering a heartbreaking loss to Dunellen in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group I semifinals, ending a streak of seven straight playoff wins stretched over three seasons. There was not going to be a “three-peat” this time for the Red Wings of Hoboken High School. The …

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Chalk this one up as a “Ripley’s Believe It or Not” moment. St. Peter’s Prep standout football player Corey Caddle, headed to Fordham University on a grid scholarship, only became a football player at the urging of one of the most famed baseball legends in Hudson County history. The late Ed “Faa” Ford, who ran …

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The Hoboken High School softball team lost their first two games of the season in non-descript fashion to Hudson Catholic and Kearny. The Red Wings pretty much slept through those two setbacks, scoring a total of four runs. “We didn’t hit,” said second-year Hoboken head coach Vinnie Johnson. “So we lost. It was that simple.” …

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Devell Jones has enjoyed a lot of memorable moments during his high school career, both as a student at University Charter and a football player at Lincoln. On June 27, Jones will get one more chance to represent both schools and Jersey City, when he plays for the North All-Stars in the 37th Annual New …

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Roberto Garcia was only 10 years old, when his world came crashing down around him. Living in his native Weslaco, Texas, young Garcia witnessed as his father, Rafael, shot his mother to death, then turned the gun on himself. Although Garcia had two older brothers, he felt very alone. “I went from house to house,” …

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Before the 2015 high school baseball season began two weeks ago, spirits were high at Memorial. The Tigers finished the 2014 season on a high note, winning 15 games and advancing to the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group IV quarterfinals, losing in a heartbreaker to Bloomfield, 2-1. There were a lot of talented and …

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The recent St. Peter’s University Athletic Hall of Fame celebration brought about a real rarity at Harvard on the Boulevard. Not only did the school honor its most famous basketball alumnus in Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame inductee Bob Hurley with a long overdue induction, but the night also brought back the last four men …

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Chipper Benway would like to think that his Union City baseball team should be improved over the team that won 16 games last year, including a late-season upset of then No. 3 state-ranked St. Peter’s Prep. “But that’s yet to be determined,” said Benway, whose team has started off 2-2, with losses to Prep and …

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It was a dream season for the Hudson Catholic baseball team last spring, a 20-7 campaign culminating in the NJSIAA Non-Public B state championship on the very same day that the seniors graduated. It was a wild ride, with graduation taking place in the morning, then the Hawks changing on the fly, packing up and …

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