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Malone, who will continue his career at Vil-

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By Krista Goulet and Jessica Quas

Filled with mixed emotions, the Newtown High School (CT) and Saddle River Day School girls’ basketball teams took the court at the Brad-ley Center on the campus of Ramapo College on Sunday, February 24th. The two teams had just enjoyed a weekend getting to know one another and bonding. During warm up the girls shared smiles,

laughs and high fi ves as if they were friends for years. The Lady Nighthawks, the defend-ing Connecticut Class LL state champions, displayed strength and courage since the tragedy of the Sandy Hook Elementary school, inspiring their com-munity to stand strong and developing “Threes for Sandy Hook,” a fundraiser to benefi t Newtown, Connecticut.

It has been two months since the horrible tragedy, Newtown and their communities haven’t been forgotten. The town has received more love, support

and helping hands from sur-rounding communities than they could ever hope for; The Saddle River Day School girls’ basketball team, one of the great turn-around stories in New Jersey girls high school sports this season, has been one of those helping hands. Coach and Athletic Director Danny Brown wanted to do something to support this community. He caught wind of “Threes for San-dy Hook” and jumped right in to help contribute to the fund-raiser. Three dollars will be do-nated for every 3-point basket

made during a Varsity, Junior Varsity or Freshman game. The money raised will build a new basketball court named “Threes for Sandy Hook”. Danny Brown reached out to surrounding basketball teams in the area to join in this great cause.

Twelve teams and one thou-sand people came out to sup-port the benefi t game for San-dy Hook. The day kicked off at noon, where every member of the Newtown Nighthawks and Saddle River Day Rebels were

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High school bas-ketball can be a powerful tool in the

“Game of Life” and that con-cept was on display in Ridge-wood on February 2, 2013. The Ridgewood boys’ basketball team competed against peren-nial national power St. Antho-ny/Jersey City in the second annual Coaches vs. Cancer Charity basketball game. Play-ing against a national power excited the Ridgewood players as never before, the Maroons clashed with the Friars from Hudson County in a contest that turned out to be not only a measurement of their abilities on the hardwood but also one of the most rewarding, as it ex-hibited their positive impact in the community.

At the tip-off, the stands were sold out with about 1,000 people in attendance, presenting the players with an opportunity to perform in front of a packed gym. In ad-dition to the actual game, the event raised a total of $9,500

Maroons Raise $9,500 for CancerMaroons Raise $9,500 for Cancerfor Coaches vs. Cancer char-ity. The funds were obtained through ticket sales, conces-sions and other means. The game result was St. Anthony 82 - Ridgewood 43 but that was not important as the event was an outstanding success. It turned out to be one that will be remembered by the players and the coach who not only got to play the top-ranked school

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(L-R) St. Anthony head coach Bob Hurley and Ridgewood head coach Mike Troy present American Cancer Society representative Kelli Teglas with a check for over $8,000 raised by the second annual Coaches vs. Cancer charity basketball game on February 2nd.

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introduced to center court. The Newtown Nighthawks were introduced fi rst, where they remained on the court during the introduction of the Lady Rebels. As the Rebels were introduced they linked arms with the Nighthawks, showing how they have come together. Eileen Lambert, Head Master of Saddle River Day School welcomed and thanked every-one for coming out to support the cause and 26 seconds of silence was reserved for those

lives lost at Sandy Hook.From the tip-off, the game

was exciting. Both squads dem-onstrated strong offenses and the defenses were diffi cult to penetrate as the Lady Rebels built up a 42-30 advantage by intermission. During halftime the teams again came together at center court. The Mahwah town council presented the First Selectman of Newtown with a proclamation that stated they recognized February 24th, 2013, as “Support Sandy Hook Day.” Eileen Lambert stepped

back out to center court giving a very heartwarming presenta-tion to the Newtown Girls. She thanked the girls for being so strong and inspirational for their community in such a dif-fi cult time. She described the girls as lighthouses for the rest of us, standing strong, bright and guiding us toward love. The girls showed the power of love will always be stronger than the power of hate.

At game’s end, Newtown had picked up nine treys while Sad-dle River Day School convert-

ed three fi eld goal attempts from outside the three-point arc. Over the next few years, tournaments will be played in honor of “Threes for Sandy Hook” with all proceeds going towards building an arena and maintaining its upkeep. This spring and summer there will be an AAU tournament, and next year Newtown will be holding the tournament.

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porting the community of Newtown Connecticut. Danny Brown said, “The day couldn’t have gone any better, from the moment the girls were an-

nounced to the half time pre-sentations to the end. It was a continuation of an amazing weekend.”

Although many precious lives were lost during the horrible

tragedy of Sandy Hook, love is still concurring, bringing com-munities together and friend-ships that will last lifetimes. The day was a great success, the games and tournaments

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Hunterdon Central (34-11) and third place Bernards (33-12).

In the sabre competition, se-niors Cindy Oh (14-1) and Ania Parzecki (14-1) along with junior Allison Lee (12-3) com-bined to record the winning mark of 40-5 while Columbia was runnerup and West Wind-sor-Plainsboro North placed third as both posted 37-8 re-cords with Cougars of Essex County winning out on the cri-teria of indicators.

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Albanese Leading Recharged Highlanderswent down 10-0 before North-ern Highlands senior center hit a pair of free throws and the Highlanders were down 12-4 after the fi rst quarter.

Northern Highlands could never recoup from the start. “We fell behind and had to play man-to-man defense which is not our number de-fense,” said Albanese.

Northern Highlands would drop the fi nal, 44-24.

For the Highlanders senior forward Jessica Dowicz led Northern Highlands in scor-ing with eight points while junior Madison Dunbar had seven and Reyneke added fi ve. It was a tough day for Reyneke, one of the top play-ers in Bergen County.

“I was more disappointed for the girls especially Jack-ie’s class,” said Albanese. “It was tough to have a bad game on that day.”

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By Edward KensikThe Northern Highlands

girls basketball might have taken it on the chin in the Bergen County Tournament fi nal against Immaculate Heart Academy, but the Lady Highlanders could still be con-sidered the top team in the county for the last couple of years.

Even before Northern High-lands took the fl oor on Febru-ary 23 at Ramapo College in Mahwah, the Highlanders had made it back-to-back trips to the county tournament fi nal.

In the 2012 fi nal Northern Highlands came up against one of their new rivals, Te-aneck, and came out on the short end, 72-49.

For Highlanders head coach Al Albanese and his North-ern Highlands girls team they were hoping to reverse last season’s fi nal.

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said Albanese about not look-ing for a head coaching job outside Allendale. “I thought it would be tough coaching another team against stu-dents that I teach during the day.”

After coaching at Brookside, he moved on to become an assistant for Smith and as the Northern Highlands freshman and junior varsity coach.

Since taking over the head coaching reigns, Albanese has set up a Box-out Summer Camp for girls basketball and sees area recreation girls bas-ketball games as much as he can.

And it defi nitely is helping as Northern Highlands is sure to be a force again to get to the 2014 Bergen County Tourna-ment fi nal. While Albanese graduates three quality se-niors from the 2012-13 sea-son, the rest of the players will be back next season.

And for Albanese he does not want this run to be only a two or three-year trip. “We want to be good every year instead of just having a class come through,” said Alba-nese.

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Despite the loss the High-landers had accumulated a 23-4 mark this season. “I think we have had really good chemistry and the kids seem to get along,” said Al-banese. “They try to go out together any chance they get.”

For Albanese they are the number one seed in Group 3 North 1 and are looking to win a state sectional and hopefully to move on all the way to a Group 3 fi nal at Toms River later in March.

If the Highlanders are able to make the Group 3 fi nal, it will be the fi rst time since 2005 when a Northern High-lands girls basketball team reached that pinnacle.

At that time it was John Smith who was the head coach.

And on that staff was Alba-nese who would take over the coaching duties for Smith for the 2007-08 season.

In those fi rst couple of years, the Highlanders strug-gled, but the last two years, Northern Highlands has re-turned to its top form.

Last season, the Highland-ers fi nished with a 25-5 re-cord and the 2012-13 edition of Northern Highlands was 23-4 after the loss to IHA.

“When we fi rst took over it was a tough change right away,” said Albanese. “It took some time to imple-ment a new system.”

While not taking home a county title, the Highland-ers made it back-to-back Big North Freedom Division championships as they took care of Ramapo, one of their arch rivals for the crown.

While this is his sixth season as head coach for Northern Highlands, he has coached basketball for 20 years, all within the Allen-dale and Highlands regional school system from when he started as the Brookside El-ementary basketball coach.

“I always wanted to coach within the school system,”

The Lady Highlanders faced Immaculate Heart Academy in the BCT fi nal, falling to a score of 44-24.

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topped the Comets, pitching 20 points into the basket with Jaimik Moore adding a dozen points.

Hackensack advanced to the title game by rallying from a 47-40 defi cit entering the fourth quarter to defeat St. Jo-seph Regional/Montvale 64-58. Figueres fl ipped a game-high 20 points into the basket including a pair of treys while Chris Myers tallied a dozen points. In the other bracket, Lavrone Green-Reels buck-eted a quintet of treys in his game-high total of 23 points as Joel Hernandez chipped in with 20 points.

Figueres pumped a quarter-fi nal high 29 points, including six fi eld goals launched from outside the three-point arc, to propel the Comets to a 67-54 win over Pascack Valley. Keith Bacot led a trio of St. Mary/Rutherford players in double

Highwaymen Extinguish Cometsto Three-Peat in Jamboree

By Dennis Wilson Leading 18-16 after eight minutes, Teaneck went on a 16-2 run to build a 34-18 advantage by the halftime in-termission in defeating Hack-ensack 78-55 in the cham-pionship game of the 57th Annual Bergen Jamboree at the Bradley Center on the campus of Ramapo College. It was the 11th championship trophy presented to the High-waymen who three-peated, becoming the third team to achieve that feat.

Senior guard Joel Hernan-dez netted a game-high 28 points as he converted six free throws and bombed a pair of treys through the twine. Shaakir Lindsey chipped in with 13 points, 11 of which came at the charity stripe while Myles McLeod added a 10-point effort. Ju-nior guard Rashad Figueres

fi gures with a game-high 17 points in the Gaels’ 61-41 win over Ridgefi eld Pakr. Shawn Johnspn added a dozen points with Connor Cuccinelli adding

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the fourth quarter to oust Pa-terson Kennedy 68-62 as the Spartans were fueled by se-nior guard Josh Marquez with 19 points, Carter who popped in 18 and Green, who tallied 16 points, eight of which came at the charity stripe.

Green netted 20 points for the second-seeded in the Spartans 58-48 triumph over Passaic Valley in the quarter-fi nals with Marquez chipping in with a 15-point effort. For Eastside, Brown netted 12 of his game-high 23 points in the fourth quarter of the Ghosts 48-43 victory over Hawthorne Christian while senior forward Quiatt’ier Jackson scored eight points and grabbed 15 rebounds. Kennedy’s 72-59 win over Wayne Valley was highlighted by freshman guard converting 11 of 15 free throw attempts to fi nish with a game-high 23 points. Pas-saic’s 54-51 win over Passaic Tech resulted from a three-pointer launched by Matthew Canzel at the buzzer.

Thomas launched a 45-foot bomb as the buzzer sounded that banked into the basket to give second-seeded DePaul a 59-56 victory over top-seed-ed Paterson Eastside in the title game of the 43rd Passaic County Boys Tournament. It was the third PCT title for the Spartans who won in 2003 and 2007.

Juwuan Carter and senior forward Sanders Green com-bined for 41 points to fuel the Spartans attack. Carter pumped a team-high 21 points through the iron, 10 of which came at the char-ity stripe while Green netted 20 including eight successful free throws as the Spartans built up a decisive 22-8 ad-vantage at the foul line.

In the semifi nals of the PCT, Asem Johnson powered Eastside to a 68-43 conquest of Passaic by pumping game-high 34 points through the iron, including a trio of treys while Jetor Brown netted 20 points to form a dynamic 1-2 punch. DePaul rallied in

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Outstanding Career PerformancesBOYS: Paramus’ John Morella surpassed the 1,000-point plateau when he pumped a team-high 22 points through the iron but the Spar-tans dropped a 76-55 verdict to Pascack Valley. Morella fi nished the game with 1,019 points. Garfi eld’s Damon Godbolt, a senior forward, netted a game-high 25 points to spur the Boilermakers to an 86-53 victory over Lodi as he surpassed he 1,000-point plateau as he ended the game with 1,007 points. Fort Lee’s Nick Gentile tallied 13 points as the Bridgemen rolled to a 58-44, scoring his 1,000th point in the contest while Elmwood Park’s Nick Smith reached the 1,000-point plateau in a 70-52 win over Rutherford when he pumped a game-high 26 points through the iron, including 11 from the charity stripe and a trio of treys. Hawthorne Christian’s junior center Alex Thomas broke the 1,000-point plateau when he tallied a game-high 22 points as the Defenders defeated Emerson 70-38 in a NJIC Patriot Division encounter,

GIRLS: Garfi eld’s Ariana Gomez tickled the twine with a game-high 19 points as she upped her career total to 1,291 points in as she became the Boilermakers’ all-time leading scorer in a 53-36 triumph over Lodi. The same day, Northern Valley/Demarest’s senior guard Kaitlin Lewis tossed four points into the basket to reach the 1,000-point plateau in a 35-21 loss to Ridgewood. Manchester Regional senior Samantha Legreaux scored her 1,000th point in the third quarter of a 49-26 vic-tory over Lodi. Melissa Errico, a senior center for Northern Valley/Old Tappan, netted a team-high 19 points in a 56-38 win over Tenafl y to reach the 1,000-point milestone while senior guard/forward Melanie Lockett of the Academy of Holy Angels in a 43-37 loss to Immaculate Heart Academy when she fi nished the contest with 1,001 points. Ju-nior center Katherine Haines of Ridgefi eld Park became a member of the 1,000-point club when she tallied 17 points in a 61-39 win over Fort Lee to fi nish with 1,005.GIRLS FINALS, continued on page 18

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double, grabbing a dozen re-bounds in addition to scoring her 1,000th career point. In the other bracket, Melissa Dunbar tallied a game-high 15 points and Jackie Reyneke chipped in 10 as the Lady Highlanders eliminated the Academy of the Holy Angels by a 45-42 score. Cate Slepian tossed a quartet of treys through the twine as she topped the Angels with a 14-point performance.

In defeat, Teaneck’s Kayla Gibbs produced the top scoring total of the quarterfi nals when she fl ipped 22 points into the basket as the Highwaywomen fell to Ridgefi eld Park 47-43. Glen Rock senior Sophie Leder-er joined the elite 1,000-point club when she fl ipped 16 points into the basket in the Lady Pan-thers’ 42-18 triumph over Lodi. Katherine Haines led Ridgefi eld Park with 20 points, including a trio of treys while teammate Kellie Lane fl ipped 15 into the

Blue Eagles Soar to BCT TitleBy Cara Sagala

Samantha Wilkes was the top gun as Immaculate Heart

Academy cruised to the Ber-gen County Girls Basketball Tournament championship by pulling away to a 44-24 victory over Northern Highlands at the Bradley Center on the campus of Ramapo College. The senior guard hit the hoop for a game-high 18 points and sophomore forward Katia Oge chipped in with 11 points and grabbed seven rebounds.

Ridgefi eld Park’s Katherine Haines tossed 25 points into the basket to register the most points in the semifi nals but the Scarlets dropped a 52-44 ver-dict to IHA. Caitlin Roche and Wilkes led the Blue Eagles, popping 16 points apiece through the rim with Roche’s total including a trio of treys while Wilkes posted a double-

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Beausoileil netted 18 points in the Lady Maroons 47-31 victo-ry over University/Newark to fi nish the contest with a career total of 1,015 points.

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Nikki Johnson was top gun for the Lady Spartans, fi ring a game high 20 points into the basket Briannah Ramos added 15 in a supporting role, seven of which came at the free throw line while Jada Hutchins netted 13 as DePaul improved to 12-8 after starting the sea-son at 2-8.

Fourth-seeded Passaic Tech ousted Paterson Kennedy 54-45 to highlight the action in the semifi nals. Erika Jarrett tallied a game-high 16 points, Kierona Morton contributed 15 and Tamara Esterling added 10 to key the upset. DePaul’s

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Intermediate and High School Cadet) with multiple weight classes in each. The top three fi nishers in all the brackets qualify for berths in the NJ State Kids Wrestling Tournament.

105: 3. Steven Pocze (Pequannock)112: 2. Michael Vietri (Dumont)120: 4. Joey Kalksma (Ramsey)128: 4. Ryan Avallone (Dumont)136: 3. Vincent Boratto (West Milford) 4. Ryan Fitzsimmons (Hawthorne)144: 2. Anthony LaDuc (Garfi eld) 4. Patrick Brand (Fair Lawn)160: 1.1. Paul Higgins (Fair Lawn) 2. Nicholas Leopold (West Milford)215: 1.1. Jordan Michalski (Elmwood Park)

High School Cadet Division106: 1.1. Dakota Jones (River Dell)132: 1.1. Alec Stewart (Northern Highlands)152: 3. Kyle Errick (Paramus)

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Bantam Division50: 4. Pierce Bruno (Fair Lawn)55: 2. Alexander Naddeo (Lakeland)

Novice Division65: 3. Alex Almeyda (Fort Lee)85: 4. Blake Creamer (Pascack Hills)95: 2. Connor Chome (West Milford)

Junior Division85: 2. Kyle Jacob (Pascack Hills)120: 4. Luke Covenello (Ridgewood)HW: 1.1. Luke Brantly (Wyckoff)

Intermediate Division70: 2. Hunter Davis (Wayne)75: 2. Michael Kelly (Pascack Hills)120: 3. Shane Sosinsky (Northern Highlands)

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Bantam Division45: 2. Ryan Langenmayr (Lakeland) 3. Logan Cantone (Pascack Hills)55: 3. Kyle Reiter (Pascack Hills)60: 2. Luke Tully (Lakeland)65: 2. Mathew Wolfe (Wyckoff) 3. Cole Hafner (Lakeland) 4. Anthony Criscione (Lakeland)75: 1.1. Joseph Giordano (Washington Township) 2. Brendan Staplton (Park Ridge)80: 1.1. Nicky Accetta (Saddle Brook)HW: 1.1. Jaden Wilson (Passaic Valley) 2. Joey Campbell (Paramus)

4. Luke Mabey (Kinnelon)100: 1.1. Ethan Cronk (Ridgewood) 2. Lucas Nallen (Dumont)110: 1.1. Ayden Lyubimov (Lodi) 2. Sean Kelly (Pascack Hills) 3. Daniel Casey (Paramus)

Junior Division70: 1.1. Mathew Murawski (Northern Valley) 4. Peyton Leuck (Dumont)75: 1.1. Ryan Shaw (Emerson)80: 3. Steve Prado (Paramus)95: 2. Reid Colella (Wayne) 3. Taylor Fleet (West Milford)100: 1.1. Joseph Covino (Fair Lawn) 2. Justin DeMeester (Garfi eld)105: 1.1. Justin Guzman (Clifton)112: 2. Maxx Grainger (Mahwah)120: 3. Luke Conenello (Ridgewood)128: 1.1. Tyler Principato (West Milford) 2. Michael Alfonso (Garfi eld) 3. Tommy Leuck (Emerson)136: 1.1. Zackary Marck (Emerson) 2. Fletcher Cavanagh (Fair Lawn)144: 1.1. Anthony Bisanti (Saddle Brook)

Intermediate Division70: 1.1. Christopher Castiglia (Lakeland)75: 1.1. Brett Paparozzi (Northern Highlands)80: 1.1. Justice Centrello (Saddle Brook) 4. Tyler Martinez (Elmwood Park)85: 4. Zachary Carlson (New Milford)98: 4. Christopher Harnett (Ridgefi eld Park)

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Novice Division50: 1.1. Jay Bode (Pequannock)60: 4. Aidan Bolger (West Milford)65: 4. James Lazorchak (Paramus)70: 2. Devin Iannelli (Saddle River) 3. Zachardy Martinez (Elmwood Park)80: 1.1. Michael Malozemov (Ridgewood) 3. McAllister Rutnick (Hawthorne) 4. Jack Brantly (Wyckoff)85: 2. Nick Franco (Wayne) 3. Jack Farinaro (Park Ridge) 4. Blake Creamer (Pascack Hills)90: 2. Lucas Sharma (Ridgewood) 3. Nicholas Stathopoulos (Clifton)95: 3. Chris Stathopoulos (Clifton)

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Bantam Division80: 1.1. Justin Onello (Closter)85: 2. Joseph Barry (Saddle River) 3. Brandon Myack (Paramus)

Novice Division65: 4. Nico Bencivenga (Northern Valley)85: 1.1. Tommy Goodwill (Pequannock)

Junior Division95: 1.1. Charlie Cunningham (Pequannock)112: 2. Ryan Karsen (Pequannock)136: 2. Jason Burklow (Pequannock)

Intermediate Division152: 2. Wolfgang Whalen (Ridgewood)

High School Cadet Division100: 1.1. Von DeGuzman (Hackensack) Randolph Qualifi er(Randolph)

Bantam Division45: 1.1. Ryan Armstrong (Edgewater) 2. Vincent Plaijno (Emerson)55: 2. Taisel Kurachi (River Dell) 4. Alexander Naddeo (Lakeland)60: 1.1. Louden Mazzeo (Pascack Hills) 4. Aidan Bolger (West Milford)65: 2. Dominick Licini (Washington Township) 4. Richard Oh (Edgewater)90: 1.1. P.J. Casale (Passaic Valley)

136: 2. Jacob Tarecky (Wayne) 4. Michael Kowal (Wyckoff)

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Bantam Division45: 1.1. Nicholas Voskian (Pascack Hills)65: 3. Brendan Ryan (Waldwick) 4. Richard Oh (Edgewater)70: 1.1. Jack Sharma (Ridgewood) 2. Peter Diktas (Cliffside Park) 3. Emmett Ryan (Waldwick)75: 4. Kyle DeMeester (Garfi eld)93: 2. Dillon Jennereich (Paramus)118: 1.1. Jonathan Viton (Cliffside Park)

Novice Division50: 1.1. Nicholas Torsiello (Pequannock)80: 2. Pierson Tobia (Park Ridge)85: 2. Alexander Puerto (Fair Lawn) 4. Connor Haroutunian (Waldwick-Midland Park)90: 2. Frankie Monte (Pascack Hills)95: 1.1. Liss Benjamin (Fair Lawn) 4. Kevin Baker (Elmwood Park)123: 1.1. Mason Lazorchak (Elmwood Park) 2. Dylan Conkling (Park Ridge)

Junior Division60: 1.1. Dominick Terry (Pequannock) 2. Austin Puff (Cliffside Park)65: 3. Austin Hufnagel (Cliffside Park)70: 4. Stuart McElroy (Ridgewood)95: 2. Bryan Calton (Ridgewood) 3. Vincent Riggio (Ridgewood) 4. Reid Colella (Wayne)100: 4. Justin Deester (Garfi eld)144: 2. John High (Woodcliff Lake-Montvale)162: 2. Anthony Sciuto (Northern Highlands)179: 2. Nicola Trani (Wayne)

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Novice Division50: 4. William Oh (Edgewater)60: 4. Aidan Bolger (West Milford)70: 2. Kenneth Langenmayr (Lakeland)75: 2. Colin Calvetti (Ridgewood)80: 2. Anthony Bene (Lodi) 3. David Jagiello (West Milford) 4. Staphano Hadoulis (Edgewater)85 2. Casey Allen (Park Ridge) 3. James Brazofsky (Park Ridge) 4. Blake Creamer (Ramsey)90: 1.1. Kieran Calvetti (Ridgewood) 4. Connor Haroutunian (Waldwick-Midland Park)95: 4. Joel Hemintakoon (Northern Highlands)110: 2. Nicholas Fuccilli (Waldwick)

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Intermediate Division80: 1.1. Kenny Kerwin (Passaic Valley)85: 1.1. Nick DeNora (Passaic Valley)91: 3. Anthony Tudda (Clifton)98: 3. Matthew Spoto (Garfi eld)112: 4. Matthew Schlett (Glen Rock)128: 2. Josh Lewis (Park Ridge)

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DON BOSCO PREP IRONMENSurging to a 25-15 advantage after eight minutes, DBP coasted to a 74-64 victory over Paterson Kennedy in a Big North boys bas-ketball encounter. Tom Sweeney topped a balance attack, fi ring a game-high 22 points through the cords that included a trio of treys. Paul Jurgensen chipped in with a 15-point effort while Justin Salem added 14.

Lucas Luppino scored once and distributed an assist while Jim Rainey and Joe Rametta added solo goals as Don Bosco Prep blanked Suffern (NY) 3-0. Goalie Jarred Liscio made 19 saves to earn credit for the shutout “W” between the pipes.

Sam Cali (120), Luke Farinaro (170), Razohnn Gross (195) and Zack Chakonis (285) turned their foes on their backs and showed them the lights to highlight the Ironmen’s decisive 44-29 victory over West Morris Central in a clash of two of northern New Jersey’s solid mat programs. Kyle Bierdhumpfel (16) and Tristan Hollen-baugh (152) won by major decisions.

Dan Steinmetz, Tyler Zanki, Matt Burke and Nate Singer were fi rst to the fi nish wall in the 200 medley relay with a clocking of 1:50.69 as the Ironmen led start to fi nish in trouncing Hackensack 115-55 in a boys’ swimming meet.

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Liam Fowler produced a team high 15 points, all of which came on fi eld goals launched outside the three-point perimeter as Ber-gen Catholic utilized balance attack to upend Fair Lawn 62-58 in a Big North boys basketball encounter. Brian Ward chipped in with a dozen points, six of which came at the charity stripe. Brandon Johnson contributed an 11-point effort.

Josh Sembrano, Ralph Cannarozzi, Sebastian Lopez and Liam Kelly teamed up to fi nish fi rst in the 200-medlay relay (1:43.36) as the Crusaders never trailed in swamping DePaul 100-70 in a boys’ swimming competition. Kelly sprinted to fi rst place efforts in the 50 freestyle (22.97) and 100 freestyle (50.73) while Sem-brano was fastest to the fi nish wall in the 100 individual medley (2:00.60) and 100 backstroke (54.45).

Evan Wisocky scored twice and distributed an assist as the Cru-saders skated to a 6-0 triumph over Bishop Eustance Prep in a Gordon Division ice hockey match. Goalie Gennardo Anzevino excelled between the pipes, making 21 saves to earn credit for the shutout. Joseph Brown and Sam Field both scored goals and dished off assists while Tyler Antonucci and Kyle Marano added solo goals.

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GLEN ROCK PANTHERSGlen Rock skated to a 10-2 victory over Northern Valley/Old Tappan in a Big North – Silver Division ice hockey matchup. Brandon Rosario and Matt Roy registered hat trick efforts, scoring three goals apiece while Rosario chipped in with a pair of assists. Griffi n Meyers contributed a pair of goals and an assist with Ryan Pulford adding a goal and assist and Justin Rosario completing scoring parade with a solo goal. Goalie Harris Nebbia turned in a strong effort between the pipes, making a dozen saves.

Defense was the key to success as Glen Rock built up a 20-2 advantage by the intermission in defeating Lodi 39-14 in a NJIC girls’ basketball contest. Samantha Alba pitched a game-high dozen points through the twine while Alex Bell-man fi nished with 10, including a pair of treys.

On the boys’ hardwood, the Panthers as bolted to a 29-13 lead in defeating Lodi 52-29 as 11 Glen Rock players etched their names in the scoring column but no one reached double fi gures. Zach Lucca netted a game-high nine points while Cole Flashenberg and Ben Schwartz contributed eight points apiece.

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DEPAUL SPARTANSJade Walker ripped the cords with a game-high 22-point per-formance as DePaul romped to a 69-38 success over West Milford in a Big North girls basketball game played in Wayne. Victoria D’Addarion chipped in with 17 points, Briannah Ra-mos added 11 and Jada Hutchins hit the hoop with 10 as a quartet of Lady Spartans reached double fi gures.

Zack Finkle and Kyle Scancarella registered hat trick perfor-mances to propel the Spartans to a 10-2 rout of West Milford in an ice hockey confrontation with Finkle dishing off three assists and Scancarella credited with two. Brian Drew and Thomas Logue contributed solo goals and two assists apiece while Marisa Falduto and Ryan Lisa added solo goals.

DePaul rallied to defeat Wayne Valley 56-44 in a boys bas-ketball game by going on a 28-6 run in the fourth quarter to erase a 10-point defi cit after three quarters. Josh Marquez chipped in with a dozen points, Sanders Green added nine, Tyler Hoskins pitched eight into the hoop and Donte Wise added six in the Spartans well-balance attack. The victory raised the Spartans overall record to 15-4.

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Katia Oge and Lindsey Rogers pitched a co-team high dozen points apiece into the basket with Samantha Wilkes netting 11 as the Blue Eagles utilized a balance scoring attack to roll out to a 43-14 lead by the halftime break in defeating North Bergen 69-41 in a regular season girls’ basketball game. In a 76-31 rout of Clifton, IHA surged to a 19-2 lead entering the second quarter before increasing its advantage to 42-13 at the halftime break. Oge popped a team-high 17 points through the cords while Wilkes fi nished with 15 points.

Caitlin Roche chipped in with nine points and Emilie Cieslak added an eight-point effort. Roche topped the Blue Eagles’ scoring column when she netted a dozen points in a 43-37 triumph over the Academy of the Holy Angels. Wilkes con-tributed an 11-point effort and Taylor Anderson tickled the cords with 10 points while Rogers added nine. Jumping out to a 37-4 advantage by the intermission, IHA cruised to a 59-24 victory over Bergen Tech as Wilkes captured scoring honors with a 15-point performance and Oge followed with a 14-point effort. Roche chipped in with eight points.

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Ryan Warnet pumped a team-high 22 points through the rim as the Braves rallied with a 22-15 run down the stretch to pull out a 63-61 victory over Northern Highlands in boys basketball. Att Jensen chipped in with a 13-point effort.

Frank Conte, Anthony Mignoni, Alex Roman and Colin Whittle post-ed 2-0 marks to spur Indian Hills to a 18-9 victory over Pompton Lakes in a boys’ fencing match. The “W” raised the Braves record to 7-1 while the Lady Braves defeated the Cardinals by a similar 18-9 score.

Indian Hills snapped a 2-2 deadlock following the second intermis-sion and defeated Mahwah 4-2 in a Big North Conference – Green Division ice hockey game. T.J. Thaler netted a pair of goals with Alex Linquito and Dylan O’Brien each chipping in with a goal and assist. Jon Hoogendoom and Jake Morgan chipped in with assists while goalie Josh Welter excelled stopping 33 shots.

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Ebony Gilchrist and Dejah Taylor split 20 points while Corinne Poitivien and Tianna Smith halved 16 as the quartet powered the Lady Paladins to a 56-47 victory over the Academy of the Holy Angels and after leading 46-23 entering the fi nal quarter.

Ana DeLeon sent 244 pins fl ying off their marks to register the high game in the Big North girls’ bowling competition as the Lady Paladins blanked Mahwah 7-0. Her team mate Nikki Yucak turned in the fourth highest single game of 205.

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Ron Kruis gunned a game-high 24 points into the basket, includ-ing a quartet of fi eld goals launched from outside the here-point perimeter to propel the Panthers to a 72-52 triumph over Emer-son in a NJIC boys’ basketball encounter. Jack Hansen chipped in with an 18-point effort while Ben Monsma pumped 11 points through the iron.

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Justin Larkin stopped fi ve shots on goal as Ramsey skated to a 6-0 shutout over Wayne Valley in a Big North Conference – Green Division ice hockey encounter. Jim Hunt scored twice while Alex Whelan contributed a goal and two assists. Connor Edwards, Jack Lenahan and Jack Jordan netted solo goals with Connor DiTomaso distributing 3 assists and Brandon O’Callahan credited with two.

Taryn Corrigan was the only player to reach doubles when Ramsey defeated Fort Lee 36-18 after breaking a 12-12 deadlock at the intermission by bridging the third and fourth quarters with a 24-6 run. Corrigan popped 16 points into the bucket while Jacqueline Clinton added seven including pair of treys.

Ramsey pulled out a 33-31 decision over Wayne Hills in wrestling. Nick Catalano (195) and heavyweight Neil Forestor (285) made the difference when they pinned their opponents with Forrester needing only 28 seconds to close out the bout.

Exploding to a 14-0 lead after eight minutes, Ramsey held off Pas-cack Hills and pulled out a 56-54 victory in boys’ basketball. Ryan Blake topped the Rams in scoring, pitching 16 points through the rim while Mike Pepper added a 14-point effort and Griffi n Roblee tallied a dozen points.

Christina Constantino powered the Lady Thunderbirds to a 78-48 rout of Cliffside Park as she ripped the cords with a game-high 35 points. Cara Batelli made it a powerful 1-2 punch when she contributed a 21-point effort.

Junior James Bauer picked up three gold medals in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 1, Group II indoor boys track & fi eld champi-onships. He dominated the middle distance events when he was fastest to the fi nish in the 800 and 1600 meter runs and ran the anchor leg on the Thunderbirds gold meal 1600-meter relay four-some. His teammate tossed the 12-pound ball 59-1 ½ to win the shot put, recording the eighth best in the nation this winter.

Marty Kapoian netted three goals as Mahwah skated to a 6-1 rout of Lakeland in ice hockey. PAUK Curtiss netted a pair of goals while Ty;er Guterrez contributed a goal and three assists and Michael Matos was credited with four assists. Joe Noonan added a goal and assist with Tommy Pistocchi netting one goal. Assists were credited to Zach Orton, Luc Roberts and Zach Toy while goalie Nicklaus Cottle made eight saves before handing the assignment over to John Kapoian who made seven saves.

Josh Taylor sent 710 pins spinning off the lanes to post the third highest three-game series in the NJSIAA North Jersey 1A Boys Bowling Tournament contested at Bowler City in Hackensack. His effort spurred the Highlanders to a second place team fi nish.

In the NJSIAA Girls Fencing team semifi nals, Northern Highlands defeated Columbia/Maplewood 15-12 to improve to 12-1. Liana Yamon was a perfect 3-0 in the foil while teammate Sophia Hol-mqvist went 2-1 and Ashley Kester posted a 3-0 mark in the epee. Allison Lee and Cindy Oh recorded 2-1 record in the sabre com-petition.

Northern Highlands’ consistent lineup produced a quartet in dou-ble fi gures as the Lady Highlanders eliminated Ramapo 65-51 in the quarterfi nals of the BCT. Jackie Reyneke led the way, tickling the twine with 20 points while Madison Dunbar tossed 18 in the basket, Melissa Heath added 14 and Jessica Dowicz added 11.

Michael Menakis pitched a team-high 21 points into the basket as the Highlanders built a 47-29 advantage before holding off Paramus Catholic down the stretch to preserve a 67-62 victory in a Big North boys basketball encounter. Rich Holle and Alex Starr Chipped in a dozen points apiece.

Tori Woetzel netted 18 points and J.K. McAvoy produced 14 in a supporting role to spark Ramapo to a 44-43 overtime victory in a Big North girls’ basketball encounter. Tie 21-21 at the intermis-sion, Ramapo trailed 34-29 entering the fourth quarter.

Jumping out to a 12-2 advantage after eight minutes, the Raiders cruised to a 57-39 triumph over Northern Valley/Demarest in a boys’ hoops matchup. Mike Grassi popped a game-high 17 points through the twine with Matt Latka adding 11 points.

Powerful Ridge eliminated second-seeded Ramapo from the NJ-SIAA boys’ team tournament by the slimmest of margins, claiming a 14-13 decision. The Raiders dominated the sabre competition with Adam Carcione and Alex Gorloff posting 3-0 marks and Greg Duch going 2-0. Sam Judd was perfect at 3-0 in the epee disci-pline. In the quarterfi nals, Ramapo defeated Pingry 16-11. Rama-po had defeated Wayne Hills 18-9 in a regular season bout Judd and Matt Martone posted 3-0 marks in the epee.

Ramapo defeated Garfi eld in a regular season match as Bren-dan Behrens (126), Edward Jerejian (170) and James Cho (182) posted pins for the Raiders while Derek Ajamian (195) won by a major decision.

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WALDWICK WARRIORSJumping out to a 14-5 advantage after eight minutes, Waldwick coasted to a 50-44 triumph over Bogota in a NJIC boys’ basketball game. Doug Palmadessa and Connor Walsh shared high-game honors, pumping 18 points apiece through the iron with Palmades-sa converting eight attempts at the charity stripe.

Jim Reardon (113), Sean Marro (120) and Seth Zuidema (172) turned their opponents on their backs and showed them the lights as they posted pins as the combined Waldwick/Midland Park squad defeated Indian Hills 42-30 in a regular season match. Dave Mann (126) and Paul Giordano (145) registered decisions.

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SADDLE RIVER DAY REBELSNine Rebels popped points into the basket to highlight Sad-dle River Day’s 81-44 rout of Emerson in a NJIC boys’ basket-ball game. SRD surged to a 21-10 lead after eight minutes and built its advantage to 41 by the halftime intermission in raising its overall record to 13-8. George King was top gun on the attack, fi ring 20 points through the rim while Mike Crowley netted 15 in a supporting role and Bryan Martin fl ip-ping a dozen points into the bucket. Matt Klein chipped in with nine points while Chris Cosgrove and Alex Stein split 14 points and Brian Mulligan added six.

On the girls’ hardwood, the Lady Rebels exploded to a 24-2 lead entering the second quarter before increasing the margin to 40-8 by the halftime break in a 58-27 romp over Emerson. Brianna Tarabocchia posted the high scoring total of 15 points that included a quartet of three-pointers while Carly Christofi added a dozen points, including a trio of treys. Jaide Hinds-Clarke reached double fi gures, netting 10 points while Kelly Hannigan added seven as all 10 Lady Rebels scored at least two points.

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Chris Turnbull ripped a game-high 29 points through the cords to highlight the Maroons’ 70-66 win over St. Joseph Regional/Montvale after trailing 51-45 entering the fi nal quarter. Turnbull converted six free throw opportunities and bombed a trio of fi eld goals into the basket that were launched from outside the three-point arc. Tyler Chatfi eld and Tim Nollan produced a dozen points apiece in supporting roles.

Lauren Beausoleil was the only player in double fi gures as the Lady Maroons defeated Tenafl y 38-22 in girls’ basketball. Beau-soleil pumped 19 points through the iron including a pair of treys and fi ve free throws.

Ridgewood pinned Mahwah to the mat by a score of 58-18. Nicho-las Saglimbeni (126), Joseph Oliva (132), Robert Tarvan (138), Robert Rigoglioso (152) and Andrew Moras (195) decked their op-ponents to put 6 points apiece in the Ridgewood scoring column.

Ridgewood iced the combined Dumont/Northern Valley-Demarest squad 10-1 in a Big North Conference – Gold Cup Division ice hockey match. Cooper Telesco posted a hat trick, netting three goals while Andrew Seider contributed two goals and a pair of as-sists. Pat Anzano, Thomas Aynillian, Craig Cornwell, Justin Hansen and Christian Suasi added solo goals.

Alisha Gomez-Shaw, Tara Kim, Ceara Peckham and Rachel Stewart posted 3-0 records to fuel Wayne Hills’ 20-7 rout of Passaic Valley in a girls’ fencing regular season dual match. Peckman and Stewart registered perfect marks in the epee competition as the Lady Patriots improved to 10-2. Gomez-Shaw excelled in the sabre with teammate Esther Lim going 2-1 while Kim dominated the foil event with Tara Giuffre winning two of her three matches.

With all nine players point on the board, the Lady Patriots surged to a 22-2 lead after one quarter in routing Passaic 52-10 in a girls’ basketball encounter. Brooke Adamchak tallied a game-high 10 points, including a pair of treys while Shelby Szot and Brooke Warhurst netted eight apiece with Jasmine Solomon adding seven.

Garrett Mirman and Danny Reidel registered hat tricks, netting three goals each while Reidel chipped in with 3 assists to propel the Patriots to a 12-1 rout of Wayne Hills in an ice hockey game curtailed after two periods. Michael O’Brien added two goals with Mike Crincoli scoring once and dishing off a pair of assists.

Sam Tareky (132), Justin Walker (220) and Pat Wagner (285) posted pins to spur Wayne Valley to a 49-18 victory over Ridge in an independent wrestling match. Sal Castiglia (152) recorded a technical fall while Vincent Rigoglioso (138) won by a major decision.

With nine of the 13 Lady Indians who stepped on the hardwood, popping points into the basket, Wayne Valley dominated Passaic in a 57-15 romp in the Big North Conference girls’ basketball game. Wayne Valley led 12-2 and increased its advantage to 33-7 by the intermission. Alicia Hestyer topped the scoring list with an 11-point effort while Jenny Eitel and Bart Nedic pitched eight points apiece into the basket in supporting roles.

On the boys’ hardwood, Jordan Walode went deep fi ve times. Bombing a quintet of treys through the cords to propel the Indi-ans to a 53-43 conquest of Paterson Kennedy as he fi nished with a game-high 17 points. Liam Connors chipped in with 13 points while Adam Brody netted a dozen points,

Jessica Cusick sailed over the bar at 5-2 to place fourth in the high jump competition at the NJSIAA Group III Winter Track & Field Championships contested at the Bennett Center in Toms River.

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Become Your own Drill Sergeant

When I joined the Army I was 80 pounds overweight and in terrible shape. My “friendly” drill instructor helped me not only lose those 80 pounds, but an additional 20 pounds. How? Tough love. He used it on me, I use in on myself, and now you need to use it on yourself. This means accountability. No more oversleeping or skipping workouts for happy hour. You need to make a plan to get into shape and stick with it. If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. I tell my clients not to focus on the scale. Focus on getting healthy and fi t, and the weight loss will happen. Let weight loss be a by-product and in-credible shape be your goal.

Keep It SimpleYou don’t have to purchase

some fancy exercise gizmo or join an expensive health club. Use what’s available. The old-est and most effective workout program in the world is the military Boot Camp style. You can make it as easy or hard as you want. Start out with basic calisthenics. My favorites are pull-ups or modifi ed pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups, dips, lunges and squats. For an example of a Boot Camp style workout check out at www.gutcheck

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upon your fi tness level. Be-ginners may start with two to three sets of 10 to 15 reps. If

you’re more advanced, you can do 20 to 25 reps. For the highly advanced, I like to do a de-scending pyramid from 50-40-30-20-10. Is it tough? Yes. Does it work? Yes! I recommend do-ing your calisthenics circuit two to three days per week, such as M-W-F.

Tip: To make this more chal-lenging and obtain better re-sults, add a pair of 10 to 20 lb dumbbells to your routine. Or be creative and use whatever is available--rocks, bricks, logs, etc. It keeps it fun and defi nitely makes the neighbors wonder what the heck you’re up to.

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help build muscle. Cardio helps get rid of the unwanted fat. Un-fortunately, most people are guilty of heading out the door and doing the same old run or ride day after day. Guess what? They see the same old results. You’ve got to change it up and shock your body. A couple of my favorite additions to really spice up a workout program are adding hill or stair repeats, and speed work.

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It’s Sunday night, and once again your teen has put off a big school project — due tomorrow — until the last minute. If frantic trips to the library or the offi ce sup-ply store are all too familiar, you’re likely dealing with a procrastination problem. It is possible to help your student change, however. Here are a few ideas to help your teen overcome procrastination:

• Break down large or complex projects into man-ageable tasks. The idea of a looming paper or project can overwhelm students who can only see the many cumula-tive hours required to cross the fi nish line. Work together to break a large task into smaller subtasks and sched-ule those to-dos well in ad-vance of the fi nal due date.

• Get started — and only work for manageable peri-ods of time. Often the big-gest obstacle for a student is getting going on a project.

Set a small goal - such as writ-ing two sentences for that term paper or brainstorming for fi ve minutes on the topic of that science project. For sessions thereafter, set similar “mini” goals that will help keep your teen’s wheels turning.

• Defi ne the most impor-tant tasks for each day or study session. Making a short list of things to accomplish for each study session can help keep your student focused and prevent him or her from feeling overwhelmed, which can easily lead to procrastina-tion. This will also help your teen learn to prioritize.

• Set goals and rewards.Try incentivizing your teen to work toward small milestones and involve him or her in se-lecting the rewards. Remem-ber to hold him or her to the standards you put into place. While a reward system can help ignite your teen, long term, your student must be intrinsically motivated. The greatest reward for not pro-crastinating should be the sat-

isfaction of completing work on time and the relief that ac-companies not waiting until the last minute to do some-thing.

• Practice using a calen-dar. All students need an or-ganizational system, and us-ing a planner effectively will help your teen stay on task. Show your teen how you use your own calendar or plan-ner to record appointments and deadlines. Then, sit down together with his or her plan-ner to record daily homework time and extracurricular activ-ities, subtasks for big projects, study sessions for upcoming tests and more.

• If all else fails, let your student fail. Though it may be hard to do, allowing your teen to experience the nega-tive outcomes of procrastinat-ing may be the best way for him or her to learn a valuable lesson — and become more responsible. Let your student suffer the consequences of his or her own actions so he or she can identify the bad pat-

terns that result from his or her behavior.

Procrastination can be a self-fulfi lling cycle — and a diffi cult problem to solve. However, with persistence and patience, your efforts will pay off. Encourage your teen to take ownership for his or her own successes and failures and establish good study habits and watch him or her become a more responsible student and per-son.

Dr. Raymond J. Huntington and Eileen Huntington are co-founders of Huntington Learning Center, which has been helping children suc-ceed in school for more than 30 years. For more informa-tion about Huntington, call 1-800 CAN LEARN.

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TRENTON, February 14, 2013 — The Family Resource Network (FRN) and its Get FIT program have hailed the US Department of Education announcement that school districts nationwide must grant students with disabili-ties the opportunity to par-ticipate in traditional school athletic teams or create par-allel athletic programs.

As leaders in the national health and wellness initiative, FRN and Get FIT have advo-cated for fi tness and nutrition opportunities for individu-als with disabilities and their caregivers. With programs such as Get FIT @ Home, Get FIT @ YMCA and Get FIT @ Gym being implemented in

New Jersey, Texas, Mississippi and Maryland, FRN has spent the past few months preparing to pilot Get FIT @ School. This 12 week pilot program will bring Get FIT best practices into the school setting, and was created in recognition of the 38% higher rate of obesity in children with disabilities in comparison to their peers without disabilities.

The news of this federal mandate came during the Get FIT Statewide Coalition meet-ing in New Jersey, where State agencies, health promotion providers, disability provid-ers, insurance companies, partners and stakeholders dis-cussed strategic methods to further improve wellness op-

portunities for individuals with disabilities in NJ. The decision was equated to the announce-ment of Title IX; equal access for girls to physical education opportunities.

FIT is an acronym for Fit-ness, Integration, Training; Get FIT has been an avid supporter for the inclusion of individuals with disabilities in health promotion and recre-ation activities. FRN seeks to empower students so that they may be equipped with the skills necessary to par-ticipate in their school athletic programs. Get FIT aims to expand Get FIT @ School to additional districts and states so that students and faculty alike are able to promote an

integrated environment that promotes fi tness, wellness and healthy play for all chil-dren of all abilities.

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Some of you have already contributed to Spencer’s “Once in a Lifetime” oppor-tunity. On behalf of Spencer and myself, I thank you. If you’d like to come to Spen-cer’s benefi t dinner being held at Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza on Tuesday, March 19th at 7:30pm, we’d love to have you in attendance and thank you personally. If you can’t make it that night, if you bring the attached announce-

ment (below), Anthony’s will donate 20% of you bill to the Down Under Fund in Spen-cer’s name.

To update you on Spencer’s performances this winter, he has typically been rated be-tween #7 and #10 in the coun-try. His personal best was 59’ 1.25” set on Tuesday, Febru-ary 5th in the State Sectional Meet. He blew away the previ-ous meet record of 56’ by more than 3 feet! Spencer’s current

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ross. He is the #1 Junior in the State and #3 overall. The #1 thrower in the state is also the #1 thrower in the country.

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By Rick Wolff This is an issue that has

been growing in real concern in recent years. Basically, a HS varsity coach starts to ap-ply subtle but direct pressure on his players to focus on just the coach’s sport all year round.

Let me give you an exam-ple to clarify. Let’s say it’s a HS varsity basketball coach,

basketball skills…and these are teams that I’ll be monitoring. So, I just want you to know that these other kids will be focus-ing on basketball while you’re out playing baseball. Again, I just wanted to be upfront with you about this...”

This kind of unwanted pres-sure places a HS athlete in a real dilemma. I mean, how would you feel if you were this kid who obviously wants to keep his basketball coach hap-py, but also wants to play base-ball? And what if the baseball coach, or the soccer coach, is also applying the same kind of pressure on this same kid?

After all, the athlete can’t say anything back to the bas-ketball coach as that will only anger the coach. Nor can the kid’s parents complain to the coach or the HS AD. Yet as a number of callers pointed out today, this has become a real concern as ambitious and ag-gressive HS coaches who want to build their program are in-deed putting this kind of pres-sure on their athletes. And it’s just not fair.

The bright spot in today’s conversation came from Jamie Lynch, the football and boys’

and he tells one of his players, “Look, I understand you want to play baseball this spring and summer. But I want to be up-front with you. There are other kids on the basketball team – kids you will be competing against for playing time next season – kids who are going to spend their spring and summer playing on basketball teams that will help advance their

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basketball coach at Islip HS on Long Island. Lynch, a former star football player at Colgate, said he was most familiar with this issue, and as an educator and coach, he worked hard to make sure that if any of his athletes want to play for dif-ferent teams throughout the off-season, that was fi ne with him. He also communicated this to the parents as well as the other coaches. As far as Lynch was concerned, any coach who tries to impede or throw psychological pres-sures in the way of HS ath-letes should be relieved of their coaching duties.

Of course, we’re talking only about HS coaches here. The other part of the issue has to do with the pressures that travel team coaches place on kids to focus just on the travel team sport. As you know, travel team programs and coaches are not under the jurisdiction of public high school associations. What a mess!

Printed by permission from Askcoachwolff.com – the blog of sports parenting expert Rick Wolff, posted on Feb. 17, 2013.

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