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The Dickinson Rams own one of Hudson County’s best boys’ basketball record these days, posting a 9-3 mark as the season approaches the midway mark. But what makes the Rams’ start to the 2012-13 season more impressive is that the team is doing so with easily the shortest lineup in the county. “Our biggest player …

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When the girls’ high school basketball season began, veteran North Bergen head coach Dan Reardon knew that he had two proven players – and a bunch of question marks. Sure, Reardon had a proven inside scorer and rebounder in 6-foot-1 sophomore Icies Hammer, who earned Hudson Reporter Second Team All-Area honors last season. He also …

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Since many members of the St. Peter’s Prep basketball team from a year ago graduated last June, it was only natural that senior point guard Trevis Wyche would have to take more of the leadership reins this season. “We needed him big time,” Prep head coach Todd Decker said. “We’re asking him to do a …

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There was a time in Jersey City basketball folklore when being a Snyder High School basketball player meant that you were about as close to hoop royalty as possible. After all, “The Tigers’ Den” is where the legendary scorer Mike Rooney started raining jump shots from above, before he headed off to St. Bonaventure, then …

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There is sad news to report about North Bergen-based heavyweight boxing contender Mariusz Wach. After he lost to Wladimir Klitschko for the WBA, WBO and IBF heavyweight championship last November – a fight where Wach went the 12-round distance and actually fared pretty well – Wach first told the Polish newspaper Gazeta Krakowska that he …

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A year ago, the North Bergen High School wrestling team had three members who stood on the podium at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City to collect a medal at the NJSIAA state championships. Luis Gonzalez, Eric McMullen and Anthony Giraldo all finished among the top five wrestlers in the state in their respective weight classes. …

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2012 was a year of triumphs in Hudson County high school sports. Championships for St. Anthony in basketball, Hoboken in football, and Marist in baseball were among the top stories, as well as the decision to strip North Bergen of the state football title they won in thrilling fashion in December 2011. Students excelled on …

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Hudson Catholic boys’ basketball coachNick Mariniello would much rather not talk about the fact that three key players from the team that won 26 games last year and captured the school’s first county championship since 1975 have now left the school and are playing at other schools. “We now have kids who want to be …

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When you have seven seniors returning from a team that won 14 games last year and made it to the Hudson County Tournament semifinals, then there’s obviously a reason for optimism. Such is the case with the Marist boys’ basketball team, who opened their season last Friday with a resounding win over Lincoln. Veteran head …

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John Sterling earned the 400th win of his prestigious coaching career Tuesday night, as his Secaucus girls’ team defeated Leonia, 69-27, to begin the new season with a 3-0 record. Sterling, who had stops at Wood-Ridge and Bogota before arriving at Secaucus six years ago, believes there’s a reason for reaching such an impressive milestone. …

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