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In 2011, the St. Anthony High School football team was believed to be a contender for both the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic League-American Division and the NJSIAA Non-Public Group 1 titles. The Friars had a ton of talent, packed with some major college prospects. They had experienced and proven players who were destined to have …

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The Memorial High School football program took gigantic strides in 2011, when the Tigers won five games and qualified for the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group IV state playoffs for the first time since 2000. Now, it’s up to Memorial alumnus and head coach Oscar Guerrero to prove that last year wasn’t a fluke …

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It’s hard to imagine this simple thought. Things have changed so much in Weehawken and the school’s football program that there is actual and tangible optimism that the Indians can actually qualify for the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group I playoffs this season. It’s not a pipe dream or a far-fetched rallying cry. No, …

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The first casualty of the 2012 Lincoln High School football season took place long before a snap was even made. The team was going through a preseason conditioning drill at Lincoln Park, with head coach Robert Hampton trying to teach his linebackers a certain defensive set. “It was the second day of training camp and …

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The Hoboken High School football team enjoyed great success last season, posting an 8-2 record. The Red Wings lost the opener to Memorial, then won eight straight, before falling to Weequahic in the opening round of the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group I playoffs. Veteran head coach Lou Taglieri, who enters his eighth season …

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Qualifying for the NJSIAA state playoffs had become a ritual of autumn for the Secaucus High School football team. Like the falling leaves, Halloween and the World Series, the Patriots were always simply part of the postseason party, earning a spot in the playoffs for 11 of the last 13 years, the last nine of …

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Czar Wiley knows that it’s never easy trying to replace a legend. Gene Bartow wasn’t exactly setting the world on fire when he took over as basketball coach at UCLA for John Wooden. We all know how well Ray Handley did as coach of the Giants after Bill Parcells left. Face facts, Curly Joe and …

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Wilber Valdez knows how close his Union City High School football team came last season to playing for a state title. It was a matter of inches, not yards; a matter of seconds, not minutes. The Soaring Eagles lost 10-7 in overtime to neighboring rival North Bergen in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group …

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There’s no doubt that the St. Peter’s Prep is the top high school football team in Hudson County. The Marauders have held that spot without much competition for the last 13 years and counting. They have not lost a game to a Hudson County opponent since 1999, a stretch of almost 80 contests, an astonishing …

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The last two years of Betim Bujari’s life have been nothing short of whirlwind. Since the spring of 2010, Bujari was plucked out of his regular class schedule at Secaucus High School and enrolled in early classes at Rutgers University, simply so he could attend and participate in spring football workouts that year. The former …

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