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It had been a long time since North Bergen crowned a state sectional champion in track and field. That was before last weekend, when the Bruins had two athletes earn gold medals at the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group IV championships at Randolph High School. Alex Ortega claimed the gold medal in the 400-meter …

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After you’ve already won five NJSIAA state sectional track and field championships in your lifetime, what does one do for an encore? Well, if you’re the talented Brittany Gibson, you simply go out and win three more. That’s what the McNair Academic High School junior did last weekend, winning the 1,600 and 3,200-meter run gold …

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Needless to say, the last few months haven’t been so kind to Marist head baseball coach and school athletic director Ron Hayward. Last October, Hayward was planning to take a trip to Maryland to watch his son play in an elite youth baseball tournament. “I felt tired all the time,” Hayward recalled. “I felt fatigued. …

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Khalil Wilkes was trying hard to avoid watching the recent NFL Draft. The former St. Peter’s Prep standout, who recently ended his brilliant collegiate career at Stanford with an appearance in the Rose Bowl, believed that he wasn’t going to hear his name get selected in the draft. “I told myself that I was not …

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Zemora Matthews just likes to be busy. The Lincoln High School student is someone who is constantly on the go. “Zamora has incredible energy,” said Pat Robinson, Matthews’ track and field coach at Lincoln. “She just likes to go and go and go. She always wants to do something. She’s just the kind of person …

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It was a golden opportunity for the Union City High School baseball program, getting a chance to play a state-ranked opponent in a professional setting. “We don’t get chances like that every day,” said Union City head coach Chipper Benway. “Our kids come from a socio-economic background that doesn’t afford them a chance like that. …

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The Hudson Catholic softball program has made major strides this season, posting a 16-4 record and advancing to the Hudson County Tournament semifinals. Jenna Wendolowski, the former Holy Family Academy and Centenary College standout, was already a guidance counselor at the school when she was asked to take over the program after the resignation of …

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Kieran Purcell had already established himself as being one of the best golfers, if not the very best, in the history of St. Peter’s Prep. After all, Purcell became only the second golfer in the school’s history to qualify for the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions when he was a freshman. So essentially, Purcell raised the …

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Tyrik Darby was convinced his high school football career was over. The Lincoln High School senior, who already signed with Southern Connecticut to play football there in the fall, knew of the New Jersey Scholastic Coaches Association’s North-South All-Star Classic, primarily because former Lincoln star Ronald Butler played in the game a few years ago. …

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What are the odds that two North Bergen natives, both in the field of professional competitive fighting, would end up training in the same location in Florida of all places? That’s what happened last week in Coconut Creek, Fla., at the America’s Top Team training facility, where boxer Danny McDermott caught up with former two-time …

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