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A year ago, Alain Ravelo was cut from the Weehawken High School varsity basketball team, relegated to a role on the junior varsity. “I was pretty upset,” Ravelo said. “I was mad that I wasn’t on the varsity.” Ravelo then approached Weehawken head coach Jake McNish. “He said to me, ‘What do I have to …

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It’s safe to say that Bob Hurley didn’t exactly ring in the new year of 2014 with a celebration. First, the legendary Hall of Fame St. Anthony basketball coach had to deal with a major flood in his downtown Jersey City condominium on New Year’s Eve, when his upstairs neighbor left the lights on a …

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Veteran St. Dominic Academy track and field coach John Nagel doesn’t usually like to have his distance runners compete in three events in the same meet, but he made an exception to the rule with talented sophomore Camille Bertholon at the Hudson County Track Coaches Association championships last week. “I’m not a big fan of …

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When Doris Ilic graduated last June from North Bergen High School, it left a huge void on the girls’ basketball team. Luckily for the Bruins, there was someone in place who could take over the leader role. “I felt like I had to be the next leader,” said North Bergen junior forward Icies Hammer. “I …

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The high school basketball season was slipping away from the Indians of Weehawken High School. Veteran coach Jake McNish was stuck with a major dilemma, as his team faced the crossroads of the season with a 4-8 record. “We just lost to McNair Academic, a team we beat by 30 earlier in the year,” said …

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The Hudson County Basketball Tournament will begin this weekend, after the committee convened Tuesday morning to decide the seeding. In the boys’ bracket, it was determined that two-time defending champion Hudson Catholic should be the No. 1 seed, followed by St. Peter’s Prep, then Bayonne and Marist. It’s the fourth seed that irked Snyder head …

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From the very first minute she arrived on the high school basketball scene as a freshman a little more than two years ago, Andie Lennon has been a rousing success. The Secaucus High School point guard scored 20 points in her high school debut, setting the tone for what would become a stellar career. “If …

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Two years ago, David Allen never gave a thought to becoming a football player. “I weighed 330 pounds and had high blood pressure,” Allen said. “I couldn’t play football because I was overweight and my health.” But something clicked inside Allen’s head. Thanks to the efforts of Union City head football coach Wilber Valdez and …

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His team had just won its 13th straight game, defeating Snyder, 62-41, yet Hudson Catholic boys’ basketball head coach Nick Mariniello was not pleased with the way his team performed. “I just don’t think we’re hitting on all cylinders just yet,” Mariniello said. “I know it’s late in the year, but we have to turn …

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It’s safe to say that Hannah Johnson really didn’t have a choice in becoming a basketball player. After all, her father, Charles “Mandy” Johnson, was a basketball superstar during his heyday in the 80s. One of the all-time greats to ever play at St. Anthony, Johnson went on to have a fine career at Marquette …

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