Hudson County Sports
TASTY TIDBITS
When the summer was in full blaze under the hot July sun, Shane Stanek was busy putting together a competitive schedule for his still fledgling Hoboken High School wrestling team.
“I had 17 matches scheduled,”...
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK
When Adam Abushanab was a freshman at McNair Academic High School in Jersey City, he was told by his strict parents that he had to join an extra-curricular activity.
“They thought I wasn’t involved enough,”...
SCOREBOARD
The Jersey City Capitals’ youth hockey program has been one of New Jersey’s little-known gems, located nicely in the rink inside Pershing Field, named after Charlie Heger, the founding father of the Capitals almost...
TASTY TIDBITS
In January, former Snyder High School head football coach Matt Gallo found out that his services were no longer required, even though Gallo was leading the Tigers back to respectability in his two years...
Jones selected as Reporter Girls’ Basketball Player of the Year again
The 2021 Hudson Reporter All-Area basketball teams might have had only a few games to perform their magic on Hudson County’s hardwoods this season due to COVID-19, but the 30 players named – 15...
Patriots try to make most of COVID campaign
For a small NJSIAA Group 2 school to field a competitive wrestling program in today’s COVID-19 world it is essential for the team to remain healthy and it gets a full participation from all...
SCOREBOARD
The bizarre high school wrestling season just started last week, and veteran St. Peter’s Prep head coach Anthony Verdi found himself on the sidelines, dealing with a two-week quarantine due to exposure to the...
Bayonne prepares for the most unique of wrestling seasons
Jared Luciani has been around the sport of high school wrestling for a long time, especially the last five years as the head coach at Bayonne High School.
And it’s safe to say that Luciani...
SCOREBOARD
There was a time when the women’s basketball program at New Jersey City University was nothing more than an afterthought. Maybe even then, the thought was given too much credit.
Plain and simple, the program...
TASTY TIDBITS
She might have just turned 15 years old, but Lola Possick has already enjoyed a pretty fulfilling life – all thanks to her proficiency in the sport of fencing.
Possick, who has been capturing championships...