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There were thousands of media members packed into the Prudential Center in Newark five days before Super Bowl XLVIII would kick off at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford. And a sportswriter asked Denver Broncos defensive end Robert Ayers if he was disappointed that this year’s Super Bowl wasn’t being played in a warm weather location. …

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Pete Vincent didn’t have much time to think about the circumstances that got him his first head coaching position at Hudson Catholic High School. After all, Vincent, the assistant athletic director at New Jersey City University, went from being an assistant coach with the girls’ team at Marist, before that regime was let go at …

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The alarm clock rings every morning in Tarin Smith’s bedroom in the family home in Ocean Township at 5:30 a.m. in order to catch the 6:30 a.m. bus to north to Jersey City. The journey ends around 7:50 a.m., when Smith arrives in time for the first period at St. Anthony High School at 8:10 …

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St. Peter’s Prep veteran wrestling coach Anthony Verdi realized that this year might represent a chance of a lifetime for his program. With many of the Marauders’ regular roster returning from a season where they dominated the District 16 and Region 4 tournaments, Verdi figured that this would be a perfect time for the Marauders …

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The beginning of the boys’ high school basketball season wasn’t kind at all to the Tigers of Memorial High School. The Tigers suffered tough lopsided losses to St. Peter’s Prep by almost 40 points and Bayonne by 30. But the Tigers have enjoyed a huge resurgence over the last two weeks, winning four straight games …

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When Julia McClure arrived at Secaucus High School a little more than two years ago and became a part of the Patriots’ proud girls’ basketball program, she instantly had to adapt to the needs of the team. So McClure, who stands around 5-foot-7, was given the role of being a power forward. “I just had …

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After enjoying a highly successful playing career, eventually earning her place in the Hudson County Sports Hall of Fame, then, as a coach, leading her high school alma mater St. Anthony to the 2007 NJSIAA Non-Public B North state sectional championship, Cathy Meyers O’Callahan walked away from the game of basketball for a few years. …

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When a team loses six seniors, including three starters, to graduation, the expectations can’t be too high. However, North Bergen’s girls’ basketball team never seems to suffer, despite the losses that come with commencement exercises every June. The Bruins lost Doris Ilic, a Hudson Reporter All-Area First Team honoree last year. Ilic is now playing …

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Being from South Orange, it was easy for Austin White to simply go to Seton Hall Prep out of grade school. “I always wanted to go to Seton Hall Prep,” White said. “Ever since I first started playing basketball, that’s where I wanted to go.” White said that he spent “a very enjoyable freshman year” …

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He arrived with his family from the Dominican Republic when he was just 6 years old, a budding baseball player who didn’t even know what the game of football was all about. Now, Josue Matias is a national champion, a member of the Florida State football team that defeated Auburn in the Bowl Championship Series …

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