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When the Hudson County Schools of Technology decided to end their athletic programs in July of 2010, Sybil Lynch thought her adolescent world was coming to an end. After all, Lynch had already established herself as a three-sport standout at High Tech High School in North Bergen. Lynch was beyond comfortable at High Tech. It …

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It’s hard to truly sum up what kind of a weekend Vin Ascolese just had. The North Bergen football standout certainly has had some memorable moments over the last few months, culminated by helping to lead his team to the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 1, Group IV state championship at MetLife Stadium in his legendary …

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Two years ago, the Friars of St. Anthony survived a scare at the Dan Finn Classic, falling behind St. Peter’s Prep in the fourth quarter by as many as nine points, before coming back to eventually win in overtime. Last year, during their undefeated national championship season, the Friars defeated the Marauders by 20 points …

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When Devin Garrido was just 6 years old, his father, Javier, brought him for the first time to compete in the North Bergen Recreation wrestling program. As it turned out, Devin really didn’t like it. Garrido was also a soccer player when he was younger, but found that sport wasn’t much to his liking as …

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The St. Peter’s Prep wrestling team created a slice of history last season, when senior James Fox became the first Marauder wrestler – and only the third in Hudson County history – to claim an NJSIAA state championship. Fox, now at Harvard, won the 189-pound state title, capping a brilliant undefeated season. “You can’t replace …

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Shelton Gibbs stood in Snyder High School Annex gymnasium, a place also affectionately known as “The Tigers’ Den,” Tuesday afternoon and pointed toward the bright orange banners that hang on the walls. “I had something to do with all of those,” said Gibbs, the veteran head boys’ basketball coach at the school. Gibbs was right. …

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Jordan Capellan knew that he had to do something to change his fate and his status with the Memorial High School boys’ basketball team. After all, Capellan was entering his senior year with the Tigers and was coming off a junior year where he didn’t see a lot of action. If Capellan was going to …

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In 2006, three members of the North Bergen High School wrestling team earned medals at the NJSIAA state tournament, creating a slice of Hudson County history in the process. Bobby Dabal, Rico Rodriguez, and Marquise Johnson all won a medal at the NJSIAA state wrestling championships, the first time that any Hudson County school had …

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When the 2010-2011 girls’ high school basketball season ended last March, Secaucus head coach John Sterling had to wonder where he would go next. After all, when the Patriots played their last game in the NJSIAA North 2, Group I playoffs last season, it ended what was a remarkable run led by two of the …

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Breana Bey knew that she was a good basketball player, a better performer that she was last year when she was a sophomore at Lincoln High School. But Bey had no idea how much she had improved as she began her junior season with the Lions. “I knew it was my junior year and I …

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