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A popular occurrence on Facebook is the weekly “TBT,” for Throwback Thursdays, where people post pictures of yesteryear as a source of memories. Well, at a certain local high school, last week represented “Championship Thursday.” Hudson Catholic had a historic day last Thursday, when the school almost simultaneously captured the first-ever NJSIAA state sectional championships …

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When R.J. Cole left Newark Tech a few years ago to transfer to St. Anthony, he did so with two things in mind. “I was getting a chance to play for Coach [Bob] Hurley, a Hall of Fame coach, a great teacher,” Cole said. “And I knew that college coaches would be around and someone …

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With the Lincoln High School football team, the uniform No. 11 is a numeral that the players all covet to wear. It gives you a sense of importance, a place of prominence. Before the current season, junior wide receiver/defensive back Desmond Stevens believed that he should be the one to don the prestigious uniform jersey …

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Ashley Herrmann is a second grade teacher at Secaucus’ Clarendon School. Recently, the faculty at Clarendon got together to discuss the possibility of having visitors with interesting jobs coming to speak to the students. Herrmann immediately thought of her sister Brittany’s friend from Monmouth University named Pat Light. You see, Light has a very interesting …

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Ashley Herrmann is a second grade teacher at Secaucus’ Clarendon School. Recently, the faculty at Clarendon got together to discuss the possibility of having visitors with interesting jobs coming to speak to the students. Herrmann immediately thought of her sister Brittany’s friend from Monmouth University named Pat Light. You see, Light has a very interesting …

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After 25 straight weeks of writing about the Top 25 characters in the Hudson County sports world over the last 25 years, we have come down to No. 1 on the list. And is there any question as to who that might be? Of course, No. 1 of all local sports characters is the late …

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After 25 straight weeks of writing about the Top 25 characters in the Hudson County sports world over the last 25 years, we have come down to No. 1 on the list. And is there any question as to who that might be? Of course, No. 1 of all local sports characters is the late …

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Fahd Nasser went to McNair Academic a little more than three years ago to become a basketball star. Almost four years ago, Jasmin Lim enrolled at McNair with the hopes and dreams of becoming an engineer. Together, they have carved out a place in school history, because they now own a distinction for life. They …

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Fahd Nasser went to McNair Academic a little more than three years ago to become a basketball star. Almost four years ago, Jasmin Lim enrolled at McNair with the hopes and dreams of becoming an engineer. Together, they have carved out a place in school history, because they now own a distinction for life. They …

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