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Veteran Secaucus cross country coach Stan Fryczynski will be the first one to tell you. “I’ve been coaching for a long time,” Fryczynski said. That’s an understatement. The Hudson County Hall of Famer and former Secaucus athletic director has been involved with cross country and track and field since the early 1970s, way before disco, …

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It had to be the toughest thing for the Marist football program to do collectively do. Just three days after learning about the sudden death of freshman defensive tackle Kylin Polhill, the Royal Knights had to take on Ferris. “It was real hard,” said senior running back D’Ondre Robinson, the team’s leader. “It was actually …

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There was a time when changing the head football coach at Hudson Catholic became an annual affair. There was the highly successful Rob Stern, but he departed after the 2008 state playoff run. But in succession, there was Chris Demarest in 2009 and the former Rutgers assistant coach who led the Hawks to a 2-8 …

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A 14-year-old freshman football player from Marist High School collapsed playing basketball Monday and died last Tuesday morning, school officials confirmed. Kylin Polhill, a 6-foot-1, 290-pound defensive tackle, was apparently playing basketball at a Newark grammar school when he collapsed and died a day later. Autopsy results were still pending Tuesday night. Polhill never played …

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It was one of the most freak injuries ever. Hoboken was facing Dumont in a preseason football scrimmage. Red Wings’ placekicker Jacob Fermaint lined up to attempt a field goal. Josh Mercado, not even the regular holder, was poised to hold the ball for Fermaint. Incredibly, disaster struck. Instead of kicking the football, Fermaint kicked …

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It hasn’t been the easiest of football seasons for the Tigers of Memorial High School. The season began with lopsided losses to Hoboken and St. Peter’s Prep by a combined score of 106-24. Two weeks ago, there was a horrific 56-7 loss to the Soaring Eagles of Union City. That’s enough losing and enough despair …

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Before the current high school cross country season began, veteran St. Peter’s Prep head coach Mike Burgess knew he had the makings of a champion. So much so that Burgess delayed his retirement from coaching. Burgess was all set to step down after last outdoor track season after more than 30 years of service. But …

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When St. Anthony made the move to hire legendary Ed Stinson as its new football coach last spring, returning senior Herb Johnson welcomed the change. “I felt he was coming in with a strong reputation and background,” said Johnson, who played varsity football the prior two seasons before Stinson’s arrival. “I felt like he was …

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There’s a tradition in North Bergen come October that is almost as annual as the leaves falling and kids going trick or treating. It’s a given that the North Bergen football team competes for a berth in the NJSIAA state playoffs. Over the last 27 years, the Bruins have failed to make the playoffs just …

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After coaching St. Anthony to a successful four-year run, Sean Fallon wanted a change, a different perspective. The former Hudson Reporter Coach of the Year in 2009, Fallon left St. Anthony after last season in search of higher ground. Fallon found it at the highest point in all of Hudson County geography, the hallowed hills …

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