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Wendell Rodriguez had a brilliant high school baseball career at County Prep, leading the now-defunct baseball program to an HCIAA championship. However, after he graduated from County Prep, Rodriguez pursued a dream and went to play baseball in his native Puerto Rico. “I went to Puerto Rico for three months, then came back to Jersey …

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When Tim O’Donnell took over the fledgling Hudson Catholic softball program three years ago, he didn’t know what to expect. “When I took over, the girls had a lot of heart,” O’Donnell said. “But they really didn’t have experience on the varsity level. It was definitely a challenge.” But those times are long gone, evidenced …

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Nerylix Cerda had no idea she had such a prominent distinction when she went to school last Tuesday morning. The High Tech High School senior, who competes athletically with the North Bergen High School athletic program, received a phone call from her softball coach, the veteran granddaddy of Hudson County softball coaches Tom Eagleson. “Coach …

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It all started with two young women from two different parts of the country – one from Marlton, and the other from Tulsa, Oklahoma – coming together to form a special bond. Kellie Henderson and Meaghan Heatherman were both Seton Hall graduate students, working on their Masters in Education, as part of the Educational Partners …

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After a 30-year journey coaching college basketball all over the country, North Bergen’s Greg Herenda is coming home. The 52-year-old Herenda agreed to terms to become the new head men’s basketball coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University and was slated to be officially introduced last Friday at a press conference. Herenda spent the last five years …

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After spending his first two years of high school at Seton Hall Prep, but never getting a chance to play varsity baseball there, Brandon Pilovsky wanted a change of pace – not necessarily one coming from his right arm. “I wanted to come home,” Pilovsky said. “I had two brothers who went to St. Peter’s …

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Ever since he arrived in Union City 10 years ago, as a wide-eyed 8-year-old, Santiago Castano always dreamed of playing professional soccer. From his days as a student, first at Washington School, then Jose Marti Middle School and finally Union City High School, Castano, a standout goalkeeper, had his eye on the dream – one …

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When the Memorial High School boys’ track and field team competed in the Hudson County Track Coaches Association’s championships during the indoor season, the Tigers struggled to get by. “We had a lot of things go wrong,” Memorial head coach Julio Lopez said. “We were without two of our best runners, our best sprinter and …

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The high school baseball season was set to begin, but Weehawken standout slugger/pitcher David Strandberg was not a part of it. Strandberg was battling an aching back that ailed him since November and remained throughout the basketball season. “I tweaked the back somehow and never could get it right,” Strandberg said. “I didn’t get it …

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German Decena always fit the role as an underdog very well. Decena was an undersized linebacker during his football playing days at Emerson High School in Union City, graduating in 2006. After graduation, Decena decided to attend a technical school and got a good job working in the electronics department for Circuit City. Decena remained …

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