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For two decades, the Hudson County Sports Hall of Fame was an annual event, honoring the stars of yesteryear. It was a festive dinner, completes with an awards presentation. It was always a night filled with memories and nostalgia, a yearly highly anticipated evening. But that’s all it was. It was a dinner, a souvenir …

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A permanent home for Hudson’s legendary athletesHudson County Sports Hall of Fame wall unveiled in Hudson County Plaza building”

There isn’t a city or town in Hudson County that has enjoyed more success in the annual District 7 Little League 12-year-old All-Star tournament than West New York. Dating back to 1966 and 1967, when kids from West New York won two consecutive New Jersey state titles and played in the overall Little League World …

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WNY American wins third straight District 7 Little League crown”

When St. Mary’s High School closed its doors forever in June, Pat Laguerre had no idea what would happen next to him. After all, Laguerre has spent most of his life at the tiny school on Third Street, first as a student-athlete and finally as a teacher and a coach in both basketball and baseball. …

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Laguerre lands on his feet with Prep baseball coaching jobPicinni named as Hoboken hoop coach; Giacone gives Rutgers a verbal”

Coming from a family that featured two products of the famed St. Anthony High School basketball program, namely his father Lenny and uncle Ziggy, Bryan Haczyk seemed destined to become a basketball player as well. Well, not quite. “I never played basketball at all,” said Haczyk, who was born in Jersey City until later moving …

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Jersey City native Haczyk living out a dream at Devils’ rookie camp”

Rick Reyes has been involved in youth baseball for many years. He was part of the Jersey City Recreation Diamond Dawgs program that was headed by the late Ed “The Faa” Ford, a team that featured his son, Ricky, a young man who has endured his fair share of medical adversity during his young life. …

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Jackie Robinson Little League sends older players to state tourney”

The Hoboken Board of Education didn’t waste any time in finding a fine replacement for Buddy Matthews as the head baseball coach at Hoboken High. Jack Baker, who has spent the last 10 years as an assistant coach on the collegiate level, first at William Paterson, then later at St. Peter’s College, was appointed by …

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Baker named Hoboken new baseball coachFamiliar face headed to Prep? Boxing card moved to July 30”

Stan Fryczynski vividly recalls the first time he met Rich Terpak. “It was 1989 and Rich was part of the football coaching staff at Secaucus,” Fryczynski said. “I knew who he was and I had heard that he was a nice guy. People had told me a lot about him.” Terpak, a long-time teacher and …

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A fond farewellLong-time ADs and friends Fryczynski and Terpak retire together”

Carmine Conti Jr. fondly recalls the days when his father, downtown Jersey City legend Carmine Sr. was the heart and soul of Little League baseball in Hudson County. “My father had an impact on a lot of kids,” said the younger Conti of his father, the Hudson County Hall of Famer and long-time District 7 …

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District 7 Little League tourneys well underway”

When Brandon Napoleon was growing up, he always heard stories of his father’s football playing days at the University of West Virginia. Eugene Napoleon went from the now-defunct St. Joseph of the Palisades in West New York to West Virginia and had a fine career there, setting school records for kickoff returns in the process, …

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Prep’s Napoleon commits to West Virginia
Jersey City native Rhodes to coach Kentucky HS team; boxing card set”

When one versatile, all-around diversified female athlete comes from a town, it’s noteworthy. Two or three, it becomes a trend. When you get to four, it’s a dynasty. Five? It’s almost unfathomable and certainly beyond remarkable. But watching Shannon Waters develop into the next of the long line of well rounded, three-sport female athletes to …

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Secaucus’ Waters named Reporter Female Athlete of YearThree-sport standout continues tradition of versatile Patriot greats”