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The 2014 Hudson Reporter All-Area baseball and softball teams represent the very best that Hudson County has to offer. It was certainly a year for pitching in the county, both in baseball and softball. Just the All-Area baseball pitching array features three players who will play NCAA Division I baseball in the fall. That alone …

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The idea was first unthinkable, then totally unimaginable. The NJSIAA Non-Public B baseball state championship game was slated for Saturday at Toms River North High School at 2 p.m. Hudson Catholic had its commencement exercises scheduled for the same day at 11 a.m. Now, when the powers-that-be on McGinley Square decided last year to hold …

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Jersey City lost one of its best volunteer coaches, when Charlie Straub died last week at the age of 70. Straub was a fixture at both Pershing Field and Dickinson High School sporting events. He was a long-time coach for both the Pershing Field Little League and Babe Ruth League. He donated his time to …

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Incredibly, almost unbelievably, Victor Guzman had a dream as a little boy, playing in the Greenville American Cal Ripken baseball league. “I dreamed that I would hit a home run to win a state championship,” said Guzman, the Hudson Catholic senior. “I seriously had that dream.” Last Saturday, Guzman and his Hawk teammates went to …

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Vinnie Johnson didn’t expect to be the head coach of the Hoboken High School softball program this season. Johnson, who has been a youth softball coach in the Hoboken Recreation department for ages, joined the staff at Hoboken High after the demise of the High Tech athletic programs four years ago. Johnson was content being …

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When the Hudson Catholic baseball team lost in the second round of the Ed “Faa” Ford Memorial Baseball Tournament to Kearny a few weeks ago, head coach Alberto Vasquez knew that his team had to shift gears. “We knew we shouldn’t have lost that game,” Vasquez said. “They scored five runs on swinging bunts in …

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By now, everyone knows the exploits of Minkah Fitzpatrick. If you don’t, well, you must be sleeping more than Rip Van Winkle or living in a cave with no means of social media, or regular media, for that matter. Fitzpatrick is the multi-talented football standout from St. Peter’s Prep. He’s ranked as the No.1 college …

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Secaucus High School used to have a dominant baseball program. You can look it up. Seriously, the Patriots were a perennial powerhouse. Led by former coach Tony Falco, they won the NJSIAA overall Group I state title in 1980 and were one win away from taking the Group II overall crown in 1983. Secaucus is …

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