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The first of what is expected to be many guilty pleas involving New Jersey school athletic administrators came down last week, when former Long Branch High School athletic director Charles Ferrara, Jr. pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Ferrara is the first casualty of the major federal investigation into the illegal bid rigging …

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Major fallout expected in the Circle Systems Group scandalMcNair Academic girls’ soccer enjoys fine season; Reilly reaches impressive milestone”

The demise of the High Tech/County Prep athletic programs and the subsequent fallout from it continues – and the mess surrounding it just gets worse and worse. It was learned last week that four former High Tech basketball players, who had transferred to Union City High School last September after the athletic programs were eliminated …

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Once and current High Tech students circumvent transfer ruleFour hoopsters head back to High Tech from Union City”

Peter Ramanand was a quarterback for most of his young life growing up, playing the position when he participated in the Weehawken Pop Warner program when he was a youngster. But when he arrived at North Bergen High School three years ago, he was not a quarterback. He was more of a wide receiver and …

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Ramanand leads North Bergen to state playoff winQB passes, runs Bruins to first playoff win in 13 years”

There are some memories of when you are a small child that remain with you for a lifetime, flashbacks to perhaps your earliest recollections. Like when JFK was assassinated. I was a little more than two years old, but I remember how our family mourned for days, glued to the television for any and all …

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Basketball legend DeFazio dies after battle with cancerFormer St. Anthony, Marist girls’ coach leaves legacy of greatness”

It’s not easy being the quarterback on a team that features a Delaware Wing-T offensive set. In fact, it’s a thankless job. You take the snap from center, you turn around and hand the football to a running back, over and over again. Maybe, if you’re lucky, you get to throw the pigskin every so …

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He’s Wright on targetSt. Anthony QB has big game after season of handing off”

Kelsey Snedeker is someone who definitely keeps a busy schedule. The Secaucus High School senior is the starting goalkeeper for the girls’ soccer team, where she has excelled, collecting save after save. She has been the starting catcher for the Patriots’ softball team for the last three years, protecting home plate like it was Fort …

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Secaucus’ Snedeker named Wendy’s High School Heisman finalistHudson Catholic to honor Spanarkel, O’Koren; pigskin playoff prognostications”

It was the first week of November in 2008 and the high school football season ended all too uncharacteristically early for the granddaddy of all Hudson County high school football coaches, Vince Ascolese, ending what was a year to totally forget for the legendary coach. The Bruins ended that season with a 3-7 record, the …

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Milestone win for North Bergen’s AscoleseCareer victory No. 350 carries Bruins into NJSIAA state playoffs”

The losses continued to pile up, one after another. What was supposed to be a successful season for the Weehawken High School football team was rapidly drifting away toward oblivion. “It was absolutely unexplainable,” said sophomore running back/quarterback Damian Corredor. “We really thought we were going to the playoffs this year. But then we were …

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Weehawken’s Corredor keeps it all in the familyHas huge game in Indians’ first win against Palisades Park/Leonia”

After last weekend’s high school grid action, seven Hudson County teams have punched their tickets for next weekend’s NJSIAA state playoffs – a solid accomplishment indeed for the local teams. Three local teams are headed for the post-season in the same exact section, namely the North Jersey Section 2, Group I bracket, where Secaucus, Lincoln …

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Seven locals headed to state grid playoffsRemembering Rubino; Hazell talks of Dehere’s record”