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| | Lancers earn a trip to county finals
10/21/2008
There are some games when 100 minutes just isn’t enough.
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| | Athlete of the Week: Lakeland’s Jessica Janosz
10/21/2008
Lakeland goalkeeper Jess Janosz is the consummate team player.
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| | Cardinals pick up crucial power points in win over Garfield
10/21/2008
The Pompton Lakes Cardinal football team (5-1) won an important football game over the Garfield Boilmakers (2-3) 27-0 in Garfield on Friday night.
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| | Lakeland playing as a team
10/21/2008
The Lakeland girls’ volleyball team earned the top seed in the Passaic County Tournament and to Head Coach Russ Kniewel it was something he would have preferred avoiding.
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| | Colts find themselves controlling their own destiny
10/21/2008
In their third game of the season, the Kinnelon boy’s soccer team lost a Colonial Hills conference game for the first time in two years.
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| | Athlete of the Week: Kinnelon’s Brian DeVeau
10/21/2008
During the preseason, Head Coach Kevin White said that the success of the Kinnelon football team would rely heavily upon quarterback Brian DeVeau.
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| | Special teams and defense carry WM
10/11/2008
Whoever said that numbers don’t lie obviously was not watching the West Milford Highlanders take on PCTI on Friday night.
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| | Colts win is a case of De-ja-Veau
10/11/2008
The Kinnelon Colts ran their record to 4-0 for the first time in recent memory, with a 33-6 triumph over Whippany Park.
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| | Lancers top remaining seed in PCT
10/11/2008
WM shocks top seeded Mustangs
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| | Pompton Lakes knocks off Montclair, 1-0
10/11/2008
If the Pompton Lakes field hockey team isn’t careful, they are soon going to be a part of the conversation as to which is the best team in the northern part of New Jersey.
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| | Athlete of the Week: Lakeland senior quarterback Dan Deighan
10/08/2008
The offensive numbers that Dan Deighan put up on Saturday night against Delbarton were very impressive. The senior quarterback passed for 194 yards and a touchdown. He also ran for 152 yards on 25 tough carries.
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| | Lancers take down Delbarton
10/08/2008
On Tuesday afternoon Lakeland senior quarterback Dan Deighan described former Lancers coach Skip Parmenter as, "an expert. Anything that he says is golden."
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| | Athlete of the Week: Pequannock senior Kelsey Finnocchiaro
10/01/2008
Only in Pequannock can a 5-1 start be considered a slow start to the field hockey season but that is exactly how the Panther girls portray their first six games
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| | Cardinals lay goose egg on Warriors
10/01/2008
Through their first two games the Pompton Lakes football team has had to deal with pressure packed fourth quarters.
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| | Cardinals are starting to have that special look
09/23/2008
With just over four minutes remaining in the game, clinging to a five-point lead over Pompton Lakes, the Elmwood Park Crusaders faced a third-and-14 at midfield.
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| | Athlete of the Week: Tyler Yankovich
09/23/2008
What a difference a year makes for the Pequannock Panther boys’ soccer team and Tyler Yankovich. A pair of losing seasons was mitigated by a modest winning streak at the end of last season.
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| | All Sports Trophy starts as new sports year kicks off
09/13/2008
This Friday the 2008-09 high school sports year kicks off (with the exception of girls tennis which got a jump start on the other sports when it started it's season last week) and Suburban Trends is adding a new wrinkle, the all sport trophy.
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| | Lakeland’s Kniewel is a coach for the ages
09/13/2008
Russ Kniewel knows a thing or two about high school sports and the athletes that participate in them.
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| | Camp teaches basics but stresses fun
09/02/2008
Whether or not the recent success and popularity of the Olympic volleyball teams, indoor and outdoor, had anything to do with it is speculative.
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| | Tennis camp for new and experience players
09/02/2008
It is said that tennis is the type of sport that once learned a person could keep up for as long as they choose. It can be played at various levels, competitively or recreationally, featuring two or four players.
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| | Striding to the front of the pack
09/02/2008
Local runners have had a terrific summer racing season. Kinnelon runners won a championship in the last mile of a 92-mile race and a Pompton Lakes runner had a top ten finish in a prestigious 5K.
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| | Camp embodies the spirit of Pompton Lakes
08/26/2008
The town of Pompton Lakes has a very strong sports tradition. Youth sports programs feed the high school that has had winning seasons in all sports spanning both genders and all seasons.
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| | Camp proves that working hard can be fun
08/26/2008
As the campers take their positions to begin a fast break drill, Pompton Lakes Boy’s head basketball coach Mike McCarthy is right in the middle of the action.
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| | Red Bulls invade Pequannock for soccer camp
08/19/2008
For years, since the days of Pele and Giorgio Canaglia roaming the turf at Giants Stadium, major league soccer has been trying to make an imprint on the sports scene here in the United States in general and New York/New Jersey in particular.
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| | Camp teaches youngsters the joy of sports
08/13/2008
Its never too early to get children involved in physical activity and at Delazier Field for one week in mid-July, the US Sports Institute was conducting a camp for those aged three to five.
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| | Triboro Little League goes camping
08/13/2008
One only needs to look at the PBI (Professional Baseball Instruction) facilities in Upper Saddle River to understand how serious they are in teaching the finer points of baseball.
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| | Tennis Camp is a way of life in West Milford
08/13/2008
The popularity of the game of tennis may come and go but in West Milford, it is alive and well.
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| | Lakeland holds its first track camp
08/13/2008
During the summer months there are camps for almost every sport and activity. Parents have many from which to choose, but over the years Lakeland High School track coach Bob Mueller realized there were no camps in this area for track and field.
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| | Teaching football at the grass roots level
08/13/2008
When Kevin White took over as the head football coach at Kinnelon High School in 2006 he knew that he faced a tough task.
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| | Youth football camp an overwhelming success
08/13/2008
Monday and Thursday nights in July became football night in Bloomingdale where at Delazier Field, the town’s youth football players and coaches took part in a one-hour mini-camp.
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| | Building on recent success a focus at basketball camp
07/22/2008
With the success of the team over the past two seasons, the Lakeland High School girl’s basketball camp was a "must attend" for any girl that had aspirations to someday be on the team and help the team build on what is becoming a powerhouse of a program.
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| | Swim for a Cure event caps holiday weekend
07/22/2008
Swim For A Cure kicked off its third annual fundraiser Sunday July 6, 2008 at the Smoke Rise Beach as an event for Smoke Rise Days.
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| | In Pequannock campers learn the A-B-C’s of baseball
07/22/2008
To those that have grown up playing the game throwing a baseball seems as easy and natural a thing to do as anything else that one may try on the diamond.
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| | First time lacrosse camp a big hit in WM
07/22/2008
Following the success of the inaugural season of recreation youth lacrosse in West Milford this past spring it only comes to reason that a summer camp for the same aged kids would soon follow.
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| | Campers take time away to enjoy some pie
07/22/2008
It’s Wednesday afternoon at the 17th annual Fast Break basketball camp held at West Milford High School and that means one thing: playing for pie.
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| | Tom Mongelli helped Colts complete transition from hated to love
07/22/2008
As he walked through the tunnel to enter the ice surface at the Prudential Center last March, Kinnelon’s Tom Mongelli just remembers seeing the white of his teammate’s helmets as they began to skate onto the rink.
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| | Mission Accomplished for Pompton Lakes’ Chelsea Ott
07/22/2008
When she entered Pompton Lakes High School four years ago, saying Chelsea Ott had lofty goals would be an understatement.
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| | ‘Running for a cause’ drives Poole
07/03/2008
In November of 2008, 50-year-old Bill Poole will be running in his second New York City Marathon.
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| | Taking a look back on a season for the ages
07/03/2008
The 2008 High School Track and Field team ended for many athletes in the Suburban Trends area at the State’s ultimate track meet, the Meet of Champions.
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| | Weiss honored by Passaic County
06/21/2008
Casey Weiss capped a off a year of Academic and Athletic excellence at West Milford High School this past Thursday at the Passaic County All County Awards dinner held at the Tides in North Halden.
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| | Repeat celebrations highlight softball season
06/21/2008
The softball season brought its share of excitement and disappointment as it always does but despite the eventual outcomes of the games, the fact remains that the local schools continue to send out teams that proudly represent them.
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| | Albano shines at Run for Marge
06/21/2008
It was an early Fathers Day gift for 75 year old George Studzinski from Kinnelon. His daughter, Christine Witt came up from Princeton to run with him in the "Run for Marge" 5K, race in Pequannock last Sunday.
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| | Six locals among 376 elite athletes at MOC
06/21/2008
On Thursday night June 4th the last step in the New Jersey Track and Field Championships took place in South Plainfield, New Jersey.
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| | Kee named Passaic County Student Athlete of the Year
06/21/2008
Four years ago Samantha Kee of Lakeland Regional High School lay in a bed in a Philadelphia hospital with a broken back looking up at a bleak ceiling and wondering about her future.
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| | A season of near misses for the local baseball teams
06/21/2008
This year?s baseball season was one where many of the teams in the Suburban Trends coverage area had up and down seasons.
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| | O?Dougherty driven to become one of the best
06/03/2008
Rutgers University lacrosse defensive standout Chris O?Dougherty from Kinnelon is a man on a mission.
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| | Cardinals are sectional champs, again
06/03/2008
As shortstop Kaye Foote snared the line drive off the bat of Cailyn Lavender to secure Pompton Lakes' second consecutive state sectional title, the infielders and outfielders all converged to the pitcher's circle.
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| | Outnumbered but not outshined
05/27/2008
Last weekend the State began it’s first of three rounds of track meets for the State High School Championships
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| | Athlete of the Week: Kyle Aug
05/27/2008
From his shortstop position, Kyle Aug was taking in every detail of his team’s sectional quarterfinal game versus Becton.
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| | Youth Athlete of the Month: Antoinette Halkias
05/27/2008
ENA Gymnast, Antoinette Halkias from Kinnelon represented the state of New Jersey in the Level 8 Regional Championships held at the Charleston Civic Center, in Charleston, West Virginia.
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| | Highlanders regroup, rebound then repeat
05/27/2008
West Milford shakes off tough loss to win Passaic County Championship
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| | Golfing for a Greater Cause
05/27/2008
Upcoming golf outings
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| | WM back to where they feel comfortable
05/20/2008
West Milford exploded for eight runs in the third inning and went on to the finals of the Passaic County tournament with a five-inning 11-0 win over Lakeland on Saturday.
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| | Perfection gone, Pompton Lakes still motivated to succeed
05/20/2008
The quest for the perfect season was not necessarily a priority in the minds of the Pompton Lakes softball team but winning the county championship was.
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| | Athete of the Week:Tom Mongelli
05/20/2008
To say that Kinnelon senior Tom Mongelli is leaving KHS on top might be the understatement of the year.
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| | West Milford gets back to .500 with win over Lakeland
05/20/2008
In their Tuesday afternoon game versus Lakeland, West Milford showed the two sides of their team.
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| | Panthers looking to atone for MCT loss
05/20/2008
More than anyone on her team, Megan Brain took the loss to Mt. Olive in the county tournament very hard.
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| | Lazor wins gold
05/20/2008
The Passaic County Track and Field Championships were held on Tuesday and Wednesday at Passaic Valley High School.
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| | Home run helps Cardinals move on in dramatic fashion
05/13/2008
The Pompton Lakes baseball team stormed back from a 5-0 deficit against DePaul to win 7-6 in the opening round of the Passaic County tournament on Saturday.
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| | Athlete of the Week: Matt Schall
05/13/2008
The Pompton Lakes’ first baseman strode to the plate in the fifth inning of his teams’ first round Passaic County Tournament game knowing he had an opportunity.
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| | Stratton saves the day for Cardinals
05/13/2008
No one on the Pompton Lakes side of the field was saying it, but it weighed heavily on their minds.
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| | Panthers get squeezed out of the county tournament
05/13/2008
Sometimes a game’s outcome is determined by something out of the control of the players.
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| | Cardinals repeat as BPSL champs
05/13/2008
The Pompton Lake?s Boys repeated as the B-PSL Carpenter Track and Field champions as the five-week championship season opened this past week.
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| | Missed opportunity comes back to haunt Pequannock
05/13/2008
Thursday night’s semifinal of the Morris County Baseball Tournament could be summarized by the events of the first inning.
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| | Lady Lancers looking to make their mark
05/09/2008
With a 7-6 record entering their first round match up with Passaic County Tech in the county tournament, the Lakeland Lancer softball team has seen its share of difficulties.
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| | Athlete of the Week: Matt Jenisch
05/09/2008
Either in the outfield, on the mound or penciled in as the designated hitter, Pequannock senior Matt Jenisch will do all he can to get his team back in the county championship game.
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| | As the calendar turns to May Lady Highlanders look to shine
05/04/2008
Following their loss on Wednesday afternoon versus Wayne Valley, the West Milford softball team had an unprecedented record of 10-7.
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| | McLaughlin receives regional recognition
05/04/2008
On Tuesday night Kinnelon High School honored their senior athlete’s as they prepare to take their skills to the next level.
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| | Halkias breaks two state records
05/04/2008
Eastern National Academy "ENA", located in Pompton Plains, was scheduled to host 325 gymnasts over the course of a two day major gymnastics competition event held on April 12 and 13.
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| | Kinnelon High School honors their own stars
05/04/2008
On Tuesday night at Kinnelon High School there was a ceremony to celebrate the achievements of 17 student athletes that will go on to college next year to play their sport at the next level
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| | Athlete of the Week: Mike Race
05/04/2008
As Pequannock’s Mike Race was finishing off the first nine holes of his round in the Morris County tournament last week at the Picatinny Golf Club, he knew he was having a very good round.
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| | Golf Outings
05/04/2008
Golfing for a Greater Cause Outings
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| | Teammates set to join team USA
03/20/2008
For the next four years, West Milford seniors Bob Callamari, Travis Leary, and Mark Trunzo will be holding a reunion of sorts, probably in Philadelphia and usually on the first Saturday in December.
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| | Colts make fast work of Northern Highlands
03/20/2008
It didn’t take the Kinnelon Colts very long to demonstrate that this time against Northern Highlands was not going to be like their earlier meeting which ended in a 1-1 tie.
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| | It's a family affair as Colts top West Essex, move on to semis
03/17/2008
Not out of sight but surely, in their collective rear view mirror the Kinnelon hockey team is showing that the loss to Pequannock was merely a speed bump on their way to the state championship.
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| | Trio of local wrestlers headed to the beach
03/17/2008
Three local wrestlers came out of Saturday's Region 1 Tournament with their tickets punched for a weekend in Atlantic City. There, athletes from all over the state will compete for the 2008 Individual wrestling championships.
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| | Rosenberg's steal silences West Milford
03/17/2008
The look on John Finke's face said it all.
The West Milford head coach stood on the court at Kennedy High School with a
look of disbelief on his face. The fact that the Highlanders season had come
to a sudden end seemed very unrealistic to Finke.
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| | Bulldogs fall in semifinals
03/02/2008
The Butler Bulldogs fell to the Cresskill Cougars 42-33 in the semi-final round of the North 1 Group 1 sectional tournament.
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| | Highlanders head to sectional final
03/01/2008
Before they even took the court in their NJSIAA North I, Group III sectional semifinal game against Mount Olive on Saturday night the West Milford boy’s basketball team had already put together one of the best season’s in school history.
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| | Quintet shine in state spotlight
03/01/2008
Competing in the New Jersey Indoor Track and Field Championships is equivalent to competing against Don Bosco in football.
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| | Athlete of the Week: Steven Ondrof
03/01/2008
When Steven Ondrof woke up on Sunday morning the only thing he knew for certain was that he would be playing in his last high school hockey game for the Pequannock Golden Panthers.
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| | Local wrestlers shine at districts
03/01/2008
Saturday's District 4 wrestling tournament produced the usual suspects as far as winners go. In fact, seven of the fourteen weight classes have repeat champions.
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 | Pequannock stuns Kinnelon to win the Halvorsen Cup
03/01/2008
The Halvorsen Cup final was not supposed to end the way it did.
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| | Athlete of the Week: Nick Maroldi
02/20/2008
When asked about star running back Earl Campbell, former coach Bum Phillips once said, "I don't know if he's in a class by himself, but it sure doesn't take long to call the role in it".
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| | Butler, Pompton Lakes roll with the state's best
02/20/2008
Butler had not been to the boys state bowling finals in North Brunswick
since 2005. Pompton Lakes had never been there, at least in recent memory.
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 | Houser continuing a family tradition
02/20/2008
When West Milford took the court against Passaic County Tech late last month both teams took the floor with something to prove.
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 | Colts sweep Bulldogs
02/20/2008
It did not take long for Stephanie Finke to realize that her team was going to need to make some adjustments to their game plan if they were to beat Butler on Saturday evening.
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| | Athlete of the Week: John Rizzi
02/20/2008
In sports and in life the saying goes three strikes and you're out. For John Rizzi and the rest of the Pompton Lakes bowling team three strikes meant they were in, as in the state finals.
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| | Lady Bulldogs show grit in loss to Morris Knolls
02/10/2008
Prior to his team's game with Morris Knolls on Saturday night Butler head coach Jason Luciani had two thoughts.
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 | Lancers fall to Spartans in PCT opener
02/10/2008
Midway through the first quarter the Lakeland Lancers held a 14-8 lead over their hosts, the DePaul Spartans. They were hitting their shots, making stops on defense and it seemed that they were playing up to their potential. Then reality struck.
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| | WM holds on to beat Eastern Christian
02/10/2008
Prior to their game against Eastern Christian on Saturday afternoon West Milford head boys basketball coach John Finke warned his team that the Eagles were not a prototypical twelve seed.
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| | Athlete of the Week: George Huber
02/10/2008
He often stands as the last line of defense, a solitary figure, dressed in the protective gear of his trade, challenging, even daring opponents to beat him.
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| | West Milford extracts revenge on PCT
02/02/2008
Going into their game against Passaic County Tech on Tuesday night the West Milford boys basketball team had lost only two of their first 15 games.
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 | Lakeland girls and West Milford boys reach county quarterfinals
02/02/2008
Saturday afternoon the Lakeland Lady Lancers jumped out in front of Pompton Lakes early and they never looked back beating the Lady Cardinals 63-31.
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| | Athlete of the Week: Colton Chalkley
02/01/2008
On Saturday afternoon at West Milford’s gym, Lakeland senior Colton Chalkley won his fourth county wresting title.
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 | West Milford wins Passaic County Wrestling Championship
02/01/2008
When West Milford’s heavyweight Luke Ramsey took to the mat in the day’s final bout of the day, the overall team championship was hanging in the balance. Three teams stood a chance including Ramsey’s opponent’s school, Emrah Akil, Wayne Valley.
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 | Highlanders rally from six down to beat Bayonne
01/27/2008
West Milford scored seven straight goals to stage a remarkable 7-6 come-from-behind victory against Bayonne Wednesday night at the Ice Vault in Wayne.
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| | Pompton Lakes earns spot in Passaic County Tournament
01/27/2008
It’s called a play-in game because the winner of the Pompton Lakes-Hawthorne Christian game Friday afternoon at the home of the Cardinals gets to play in the first round of next weekend’s opening round of the Passaic County Tournament.
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 | Athlete of the Week: Marina Vineis
01/24/2008
On January 16th Marina Vineis of Lakeland High School came from behind to win the prestigious 3,000 meter Passaic County Indoor Championship and secured her place in history and a place on the All Passaic County track team.
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 | When a loss can actually be a win
01/24/2008
Saturday afternoon West Milford welcomed Paterson Kennedy into their gym for what promised to be an exciting fast paced basketball game that featured two of the top teams in Passaic County.
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