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It’s gotten to the point where Vinnie Johnson can actually plan his summer months around a trip to Minnesota. For the third straight year, Johnson, the head coach of the Hoboken Shockers of the Major League Baseball RBI (Rebuilding Baseball in the Inner-City) program, will take a team to compete in the RBI World Series …

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After being selected by the Texas Rangers in the 40th round of the Major League Baseball Free Agent Amateur Draft last month, Weehawken’s Sal Mendez weighed all of his options. He could accept a scholarship to Howard Junior College in Texas or sign the contract offered by the Rangers. The talented left-handed pitcher chose the …

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Massimo Forte is a veteran coach in the Hoboken Little League, dedicating more than a quarter century of his life for the betterment of the kids from the Mile Square City. So when Forte knows that he has a team that could contend for the District 7 12-year-old All-Star tournament championship, you better believe him. …

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Although they will only be juniors at Union City High School this fall, Daiquan Kelly and Steven Gonzalez are already causing quite a stir among major college football recruiting circles. Kelly, a sure-handed, high-leaping wide receiver, and Gonzalez, a 6-foot-4, 310-pound offensive lineman, are gaining a lot of attention from the major colleges. Gonzalez, a …

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More than 50 youngsters attended a free football camp last week at Caven Point Cochrane Field in Jersey City, but many of them had no idea who the director of the camp was. Rich Glover, who was twice named the top defensive lineman in college football during his playing days at the University of Nebraska, …

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Justin Willis has always aspired for greatness on the baseball field. Ever since the West New York native was a toddler, he knew eventually he would play at a higher level. Last week, the 14-year-old Willis received his highest accolade to date, when he was selected to the 14-and-under Team USA National Development Program. Willis …

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When Damian Corredor entered Weehawken High School for the first time a little more than three years ago, he arrived with a great amount of pressure on his shoulders. Damian was the latest in a string of standout athletes from his family, as older sisters Crystal and Daisy and older brother Angelo blazed the trail …

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Louise Rittberg was asked how she would best remember her childhood sweetheart – “the football hero and the cheerleader,” is how she put it best – and husband for almost 50 years. “I always said he was the most respected man in the community,” Louise Rittberg said of her husband, Ed, who passed away last …

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Carmine Conti Jr. has been the administrator for the District 7 Little League All-Star tournaments for the past eight years and has never experienced a year like the current one. “Right now, we have nine District 7 Tournaments going on,” said Conti, Jr., who has taken over the role that his legendary father, Carmine Sr., …

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Following in the footsteps of an older sibling is never easy. In the case of Danielle Roesing, she had to follow along the same path as her older sister Cory, who was frankly larger than life when she was a three-sport athlete at Secaucus High School. By the time she graduated in 2007, Cory Roesing …

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