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Tyrik Darby really didn’t have a choice whether or not to become an athlete. He simply had to continue the Darby family tradition that was established by his older brothers Aaron and Tyrell, both of whom were fine football players during their heyday at Lincoln High School in Jersey City. “They did a good job …

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The situation surrounding the St. Peter’s Prep basketball program is not a good one right now. Just a few months ago, the Marauders were one of the premier teams in the state, winning the NJSIAA Non-Public A North state sectional championship for the second straight year. The Marauders had a promising future, with top NCAA …

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Being a veteran of coaching Little League baseball for many years in Hoboken, Tony Montalvo knows when there’s the making of a good team that could make a run in the annual District 7 All-Star tournaments. So instead of trying to coach the 12-year-old All-Stars this year, Montalvo decided to take on the younger 10-year-old …

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The truth be told, Carolina Herrera always thought she would be a successful softball player. “I played basketball and softball my whole life,” said Herrera, the recent North Bergen High School graduate. “When I was in eighth grade, I always pictured myself as a softball player.” But when she enrolled at North Bergen, she joined …

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Katlyn Chookagian spends most of her time working as a bartender at Lulu’s, the nightclub inside the W Hotel in Hoboken. Four days a week, you’ll find Chookagian mixing cocktails at the popular bar in the Mile Square City. During the rest of her time, she’s busy training at the All-Star BJJ in Kenilworth, working …

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The NBA Draft was more than three hours old last Thursday night and Kyle Anderson was in a New York restaurant, still waiting to hear his name called. The former St. Anthony High School All-American and UCLA standout tried to keep a positive approach. “I thought I would end up somewhere between 15 and 20 …

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He wasn’t a great athlete at all, but he was important enough to have 55 or so former St. Peter’s Prep football players come back to Grand and Warren to participate in the Jerome Pedersen Memorial Football Classic, named after the former Prep do-everything who died tragically at the tender age of 27 in 2001. …

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Ronald Roberts has been a busy young man for the last month. The former St. Peter’s Prep basketball star and recent St. Joseph’s University grad has been traveling the country, attending one workout for an NBA team after another. It’s almost been a whirlwind journey. “I’ve been to 14 different teams,” said Roberts, who was …

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Before the Hoboken Babe Ruth baseball season began in April, veteran head coach Saul Rosado didn’t know how his Diamondbacks squad would fare. “I knew we had a young team,” Rosado said. “I thought it was going to be a rebuilding year. It was the youngest team I’ve ever had. My coaching staff and I …

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It’s not every day that a kid from Jersey City gets invited to visit the United States Military Academy in West Point, N.Y., much less receive an award named after the most decorated graduate in the school’s history. Eli Terry will be a senior at St. Anthony High School in the fall. He’s a standout …

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