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Bobby Hurley was asked if he could believe that it was actually 20 years ago this weekend that he helped to shock the basketball world by beating the seemingly unbeatable and firmly placing himself and Jersey City on the college basketball map forever. “A lot has happened in that time,” Hurley said. “My daughter [Cameron] …

Continue reading “SCOREBOARD 04-03-2011

Hurley recalls magical weekend 20 years agoJersey City native remembers Final Four in Indy that captivated the nation”

The 2010-11 Hudson Reporter All-Area Boys’ and Girls’ High School Basketball teams again represent the very best that one of the state’s premier hotbeds of basketball talent can offer. However, the two teams are very different, in that one features a host of newcomers and first-time honorees, while the other is packed with repeat performers, …

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George Maguire, the Hoboken gridiron great who died last week, didn’t realize his attempt to play college football in 1979 would eventually become national headlines. Maguire had left the University of Oklahoma way back in 1956 to come home to Hoboken to work, and somehow managed to return to school 23 years later. “I had …

Continue reading “HOISTING THE TROPHY – The St. Anthony players celebrate with the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions trophy after winning the overall state and national title. It’s the 11th time that the Friars won the T of C and the fourth time they won the national crown.”

The first seeds to St. Anthony High School’s latest national championship, giving the school one national crown in each of the last four decades, were actually planted a year or so ago, when the Friars suffered a stunning loss in triple overtime to Trenton Catholic in the NJSIAA Non-Public B state championship game. If one …

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Another national crown for fabulous FriarsRoad to St. Anthony’s latest conquest actually began exactly a year ago”

Readers of The Hudson Reporter were first introduced to Kyle Anderson five years ago, when the North Bergen native was just beginning his skyrocketing basketball career. In the Aug. 8, 2006 editions, it was noted that Anderson was already being considered among the top 12-year-old players in the county, that there was a service called …

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St. Anthony do-everything Anderson making his markLiving up to expectations placed upon North Bergen native years ago”

The tension was building inside the McIntyre Lounge inside Dineen Hall at St. Peter’s College Sunday afternoon, with the throng of basketball enthusiasts wondering where their beloved Peacocks were going in the NCAA Tournament. It was a celebration of sorts, because the Peacocks were headed to the Grand Dance, also known as March Madness, for …

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Peacocks ready to dance against PurdueHoboken legend Maguire passes; Union Hill reunion set”

Mike Brown was simply destined for greatness from the minute he emerged on the scene as a high school athlete at St. Peter’s Prep almost a decade ago. He was a sensational football player, the first-ever Marauder product to start every game and first four-time Hudson Reporter All-Area honoree. Brown was a scintillating running back, …

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Brown looks to move forward with life in pro footballFormer Prep standout and Reporter Athlete of Year makes amends for past problems”

When John Dunne took over as the head men’s basketball coach at St. Peter’s College in 2006, the first team he coached won all of five games. A year later, the Peacocks were vastly improved. They won six games. “It was very frustrating,” Dunne said referring to those first two seasons. “Of course, you question …

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