Our Digital Archive from 2000 – 2016
After winning the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group I state championship for the second straight year last December, this time in heart-stopping action at Kean University, winning on a touchdown in the closing seconds, the Hoboken High School football team wasted little time in a pursuit of history. “It was an exciting time, winning …
In most football seasons at Weehawken High School, four wins would be a cause for celebration and perhaps even a victory parade. But the culture has definitely changed since Zach Naszimento took over the Indians’ grid program. Ready for what Naszimento has to say about last year’s 4-6 campaign? “It was a disappointment,” said Naszimento, …
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The Union City High School football team had a brilliant campaign in 2013, posting a 9-2 record and advancing to the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group V semifinals before falling to eventual state champion Montclair. With most of the key players from last year’s team returning, the Soaring Eagles have set their sights high …
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His name first appeared in the pages of the Hudson Reporter as a member of the 2004 West New York National Little League team that captured the District 7 12-year-old Little League All-Star tournament championship. Back then, Kermy Amparo was the team’s “resident speedster,” an outfielder who had the unique ability to throw with both …
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The Patriots of Secaucus High School won six football games in 2013 and qualified for the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group I state playoffs. It was the 13th appearance in the state playoffs in head coach Charlie Voorhee’s 15-year career. Remarkably, Voorhees begins his 16th year as the head coach of the Patriots. It …
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It’s safe to say that Nick Siniscalchi has always been around sports. The Hoboken native’s parents, Guy and Stacy, have been very supportive of Nick, who is set to become an eighth grader at Hoboken Catholic Academy. But 13-year-old Nick has also had a head start in the sports world, because his grandfather is legendary …
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The sun had just begun to rise over Union City’s Roosevelt Stadium complex last Monday morning around 6 a.m. when the Soaring Eagles football team was set to hold their first official day of football camp. But before the Soaring Eagles took the field on the roof of the high school, head coach Wilber Valdez …
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Two years ago, the Jackie Robinson Little League 18-and-under All-Star team won the Major League Baseball RBI (Rebuilding Baseball in the Inner-City) World Series championship in Minneapolis. So when head coach Ron Hayward, the head baseball coach and athletic director at Marist High School, took the Robinson All-Stars back to the RBI World Series last …
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Wearing the bull’s eye is something that the St. Peter’s Prep football program has become accustomed to. Every other Hudson County team wants to knock the Marauders off, but none have been able to since 2000. It’s an amazing 14-year run of dominance within the confines of the Marauders’ home base. The feeling is also …
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Ever since he began playing basketball as a youngster in Jersey City, Alex Mirabel always dreamed of becoming a basketball coach someday. “I had a lot of good coaches growing up,” Mirabel said. “When I played for the Jersey City Bondsmen, I had Donald Copeland, Sr. who really fueled my passion for basketball. When I …
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