SCOREBOARD Believe it or not, Snyder headed to postseason
Tigers earn first NJSIAA state playoff berth in 26 years

The year was 1990. Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years in a South African prison. Driving Miss Daisy won the Academy Award for Best Picture. J.K. Rowling started writing her first Harry Potter book. Pokemon was created. Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence and pop star Iggy Azalea were born. And the Snyder High School football …

Tigers earn first NJSIAA state playoff berth in 26 years

SCOREBOARD Believe it or not, Snyder headed to postseason
Tigers earn first NJSIAA state playoff berth in 26 years

The year was 1990. Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years in a South African prison. Driving Miss Daisy won the Academy Award for Best Picture. J.K. Rowling started writing her first Harry Potter book. Pokemon was created. Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence and pop star Iggy Azalea were born. And the Snyder High School football …

Tigers earn first NJSIAA state playoff berth in 26 years

SCOREBOARD Believe it or not, Snyder headed to postseason
Tigers earn first NJSIAA state playoff berth in 26 years

The year was 1990. Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years in a South African prison. Driving Miss Daisy won the Academy Award for Best Picture. J.K. Rowling started writing her first Harry Potter book. Pokemon was created. Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence and pop star Iggy Azalea were born. And the Snyder High School football …

Tigers earn first NJSIAA state playoff berth in 26 years

TASTY TIDBITSUnion City’s girls XC make it a ‘three-peat’
Memorial boys repeat; Character No. 2

Before Scott Emmerling took over the girls’ cross country program at Union City High School, there was barely a program. One year, there were six girls that competed – not even enough to field a full team for scoring purposes. But Emmerling, a product of the Palisades Park program headed by the legendary Frank Donahue, …

Memorial boys repeat; Character No. 2

TASTY TIDBITSUnion City’s girls XC make it a ‘three-peat’
Memorial boys repeat; Character No. 2

Before Scott Emmerling took over the girls’ cross country program at Union City High School, there was barely a program. One year, there were six girls that competed – not even enough to field a full team for scoring purposes. But Emmerling, a product of the Palisades Park program headed by the legendary Frank Donahue, …

Memorial boys repeat; Character No. 2

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Hudson Catholic’s Taha getting a kick out of life

After spending the first two years of his high school life at East Orange Campus High School, Pape Taha (pronounced POPPY) wanted a change. “I didn’t play soccer there, because I was going to concentrate on my studies,” Taha said. “But I wanted to play.” Although Taha didn’t play at East Orange, he was very …

Hudson Catholic’s Taha getting a kick out of life

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
Hudson Catholic’s Taha getting a kick out of life

After spending the first two years of his high school life at East Orange Campus High School, Pape Taha (pronounced POPPY) wanted a change. “I didn’t play soccer there, because I was going to concentrate on my studies,” Taha said. “But I wanted to play.” Although Taha didn’t play at East Orange, he was very …

Hudson Catholic’s Taha getting a kick out of life

SCOREBOARDPrep’s soccer team erases demons
Wins Hudson County Tourney title; first since 2011

Josh Jantas was asked if he knew his St. Peter’s Prep soccer team had the makings of a champion this season. “Sure,” said Jantas, in his ninth year as the head coach at his alma mater. “But I thought we had the making of a county champion the last four years.” But in each of …

Wins Hudson County Tourney title; first since 2011

TASTY TIDBITSMourning the loss of coaching legend Moore
State playoff football update, Character No. 3; top grid performances; top fives

The news came down late Wednesday night that local football great and coaching legend Jackie Moore had passed away at the age of 81. Moore first gained notoriety as a player at the old St. Michael’s of Union City, where he was paired with his good friend Lou Cordileone, who went on to play at …

State playoff football update, Character No. 3; top grid performances; top fives

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
NB’s Drouet emerges as Bruin standout

When Mike Guasconi took over as the head football coach at North Bergen High School last spring¸ he knew he was inheriting some talented players, in particular a youngster with whom he became familiar during his days as the principal at Kennedy School, a young man named David Drouet. “We talked from time to time …

NB’s Drouet emerges as Bruin standout