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When Eamonn Dwyer was just a young boy, he would spend a lot of his time as a ball boy for the Marist High School girls’ basketball team. His father, Rich, was always at the Marist gym, doing the public address announcing for the Lady Knights, coached by Rich’s long-time friend, the late Bill DeFazio. …

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It was a crowning achievement last March when North Bergen wrestler Anthony Giraldo won the NJSIAA state wrestling championship, becoming only the second Bruin wrestler and fifth all-time in Hudson County history to earn an overall state championship. Giraldo, then a junior at High Tech High School, put himself into position to become the only …

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The calendar year of 2013 brought a lot of excitement to Hudson County sports fans. But what were the ten best stories for the year? Let’s take a closer look: 1-Hoboken wins second straight state football title It was one thing for the Hoboken High School football team to win a state football championship in …

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After winning two consecutive Hudson County Tournament championships, the Lincoln High School girls’ basketball team is expected to keep the winning ways going. That’s asking a lot, considering that the Lions hadn’t won a county title for 30 years prior to 2011. But Lincoln’s program is definitely the elite organization in the county these days, …

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The Secaucus High School girls’ basketball team suffered its biggest loss even before the first game was played. Zoe Pero, who established herself as one of the premier inside players in Hudson County, earning Hudson Reporter All-Area Second Team honors, decided to transfer to St. John Vianney in Monmouth County just a few weeks before …

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Hudson Catholic had gone 37 years without winning a Hudson County championship. But now, the Hawks have won the last two county titles, adding two banners to the walls of the Joe “Rocky” Pope Memorial Gymnasium. Even though the Hawks lost some key players from last year’s county champs, like Hudson Reporter Player of the …

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You have to forgive Todd Decker if he has a bright smile across his face these days. It has nothing to do with the Christmas holidays approaching and the third-year St. Peter’s Prep head basketball coach just loving all the Christmas tunes plastered all over the radio. Nope, it has to do with the array …

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In years past, legendary Hall of Fame basketball coach Bob Hurley would refrain from singing praises about his St. Anthony basketball teams in the preseason. Hurley would much rather prefer to make people believe that his teams weren’t really that good, even though they were perennially atop the statewide and national rankings. One might think …

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Lou Taglieri vividly recalled the last time Hoboken played in an NJSIAA state championship game with a 10 a.m. kickoff. “It was in 2008 and it was a disaster trying to get the kids there,” said Taglieri, the Hoboken head coach. “The kids stayed up late, playing video games all night. They weren’t ready to …

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A little over a month ago, St. Peter’s Prep senior baseball standout T.J. Ward had the proverbial world on a string. Ward, the 2013 Hudson Reporter Player of the Year who batted .430 with 34 hits, four homers, 28 RBI, and 31 runs scored last season, leading the Marauders to a 26-4 record and the …

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