Tag: Jim Hague

Two local schools made moves on their vacant head football coaching positions recently, with Weehawken securing the services of a local guy and Hudson Catholic reaching past the parameters of the county to get a coach with vast head coaching experience, something the program hadn’t had in their last two head coaches. Weehawken has named …

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New grid coaches at Weehawken, Hudson CatholicNaszimento goes to hold dual role at Weehawken; Eckert to coach Hawks”

Ray Coccioli sort of just stumbled into the best year of his coaching life, with every step of the journey simply getting better and better. A year ago, Coccioli was an assistant to Jim Tricarico with the Union City High School softball program. Tricarico was a fixture in Union City coaching circles, first as the …

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Union City softball tries to move up with the eliteSoaring Eagles’ chances bolstered by the arrival of newcomers”

Early April is usually Tony Ferrainolo’s best time of year. The high school baseball season is just getting into full swing in early spring and the veteran Memorial High School baseball coach loves the challenge that comes with a new team and a new season. It’s not the time of year where Hudson County’s dean …

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When Tomasz Adamek made the leap from cruiserweight to heavyweight in 2009, a lot of people believed it was a foolish and ill-conceived move. But the native of Poland, who once lived in Jersey City and still trains there, had only one thing in mind. “When I moved to heavyweight, my dream was to get …

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Adamek wins last showdown before KlitschkoBritt runs afoul of the law again; first Reporter Top Fives for spring”

It was October of 2009 when I received word that Ed Ford, better known simply throughout Hudson County athletic circles and beyond as “The Faa,” was not doing well. His host of health problems, most importantly congestive heart failure and diabetes, were catching up to him. He was in critical condition in the Jersey City …

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Remembering ‘The Faa’Jersey City’s resident baseball guru, popular sports columnist, dies at 65”

When Cherryl Bott watched the last Secaucus High School girls’ basketball game of the season in the Group I state playoffs in February, the veteran softball coach couldn’t believe her eyes. During the game, Bott watched her ace pitcher, senior Shannon Waters, go down with a dislocated shoulder. “It wasn’t Shannon’s pitching arm,” Bott said. …

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Dane Longa was convinced that his high school football career was over. The St. Peter’s Prep senior standout defensive tackle, headed for Kean University in the fall, believed that any chance of playing in an All-Star game would go to his more heralded and recognized teammates. “I didn’t have too much chance to get much …

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Hudson trio selected to North-South All-Star grid classicGreat achievements by two St. Paul’s of Greenville alums; McLeod steps down”

Union City High School baseball coach Chipper Benway makes no bones about what he wants from his program this season, a year after winning 22 games and winning the regular season Hudson County Interscholastic League title. “I don’t think Union City is thought of as one of the better programs in the county,” said Benway, …

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Union City baseball: No one-hit wonderReturning seniors hope to make 2011 even more successful than last year”

It’s the last season ever for St. Mary High School baseball, but veteran head coach Pat Laguerre isn’t on some emotional roller coaster or a sentimental journey. “We addressed that all a while back,” said Laguerre, whose school will close at the end of the current scholastic year. “We have a couple kids enrolled in …

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Tom Eagleson, the dean of Hudson County softball coaches with 502 career victories, ranking him seventh all-time in career softball victories in New Jersey, knows that his North Bergen squad is the preseason favorite to bring home a county title this year – and deservedly so. For one, the main rival down the block, namely …

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North Bergen looms as softball favoritesBianco thankful for get well wishes; 20 years since Dispatch’s demise”