sports - South Bergenite

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	Tourney hard on area teams 05/06/2008 There are no more South Bergenite teams remaining in the Bergen County Tournament after the first weekend.
	Vikings seek a long awaited postseason appearance 05/06/2008 The last few years the North Arlington baseball team has been just playing out the string with no hope for playing postseason baseball.
	Big grand slam can't lock win 05/06/2008 One of the goals this season for the Becton softball team was to win a game in the Bergen County tournament. But unfortunately for the Lady Wildcats, they could not fulfill that goal on Saturday.
	Four vie for tournament 05/06/2008 Four South Bergenite baseball teams could make the Bergen County Tournament when the cutoff comes around next week.
	Youth competitors hit the track running hard 04/29/2008 Rutherford Youth Track
	Urbanovich has confidence his Griffins can advance to tournament 04/29/2008 Every game will be precious for the next week for the Queen of Peace baseball team.
	Legion remains unbeaten 04/29/2008 North Arlington soccer
	Ideas of a tournament win on Wilcats' mind 04/29/2008 Becton’s baseball team has been on a roll lately to the tune of five straight victories.
	Teams need wins before cutoff 04/29/2008 With one week to go before the state cutoff, there were a few South Bergenite teams already entrenched to make it like Lyndhurst and Becton, but teams like North Arlington and Queen of Peace were battling to stay within shooting distance
	Vank Winkle grabs first win against the Pirates 04/29/2008 Rutherford Babe Ruth
	Three Gael stars honored 04/22/2008
	Griffins pull off a stunner 04/22/2008 Queen of Peace’s softball team won its game in the annual Friends of Sara Tournament in Wallington and did it in exciting fashion on Saturday.
	V.F.W and Kurgan can’t put out Fire 04/22/2008 Fire Department won its first two games to take the early National League lead in the first week of the 2008 Rutherford Little League season.
	Back to the basics this season for the Lady Bears 04/22/2008 Ralph Lilore is no longer writing out the lineup cards for the Lyndhurst varsity softball team. This job now goes to Elaine Turowski.
	Flora 3-0 as ace on hill 04/22/2008 They were a step behind in a couple of counts and now the best man wants to become a groom.
	Mixed start for Babe Ruth teams 04/22/2008
	New Coach, Wildcats looking to make a splash 04/15/2008 A new era for Becton baseball has started and so far so good.
	Gaels, Wildcats get league wins 04/15/2008 St. Mary’s and Becton were near the top of the BCSL National standings as of last week and both helped themselves out on Friday.
	Viking Hall-of-famers announced 04/15/2008 The North Arlington High School Hall of Fame Committee has announced its class of 2008 to be inducted
	Lady Bulldogs rebound from error-filled loss 04/15/2008 With several new starters on the field, it takes a while for all the pieces to come together, especially when it comes to defense.
	Golden bears seek National lead 04/15/2008 Lyndhurst kept up the pressure in the BCSL National race with a 7-5 victory over Weehawken on Saturday.
	Griffins start season strong 12/24/2007 In a South Bergenite battle Thursday night, the Gaels had a strong third quarter to defeat North Arlington, 40-28, in North Arlington. Andrew Tedesco led the Gaels with 19 points including five, three pointers.
	Lady Dogs now 4-0 12/24/2007 Bectonâ€™s girls basketball team knows what they are going to have to when they face St. Maryâ€™s later this season.
	Bears-Patriots game ends in mild skirmish 12/24/2007 It was a tightly fought game between Lyndhurst and Secaucus last Thursday, but the Golden Bears lost the battle in fouls and at the free throw line.
	Lady Griffins start out 3-0 12/24/2007 The Queen of Peace girls basketball team has different elements this season while bringing back a good group of players, but the result is success just like last season.
	Ed Stinson set to lead Griffins 12/17/2007 Queen of Peace, in choosing their new head football coach, has turned to a man who has a big resume of winning.
	Running out of steam 12/17/2007 Rutherford found itself pretty much starting from scratch when they came together in November to start the preseason basketball season.
	Gaels redeem selves against the Patriots 12/17/2007 If St. Maryâ€™s girls basketball team goes far in the county and wins a state sectional title, you might just look at a scrimmage in the preseason.
	Hoops teams open strong 12/17/2007 The Queen of Peace, Becton and North Arlington girls and boys basketball teams won their 2007-08 season openers on Friday night in getting off to a great start.
	NJSIAA maintains Griffin ruling 12/11/2007 The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association executive committee basically ratified last week a decision by its competition committee that the fledgling Golden Griffins wrestling program is not eligible for team awards for the next two years.
	New coach ready to take the helm 12/11/2007 Despite a change of coaches a couple of weeks before the start of practice, new head coach Chris Boyce is confident that the switch of head coaches will not deter the Queen of Peaceâ€™s boys basketball team from having a big season.
	Spreading the floor key for Rutherford success 12/11/2007 This season when March comes around Rutherfordâ€™s girls basketball team is hoping that it will be a jubilant ride home on that night when the Lady Bulldogs make it to the state sectional finals.
	Knapp looks to end high school career with title 12/11/2007 The Becton girls hoops team is looking to have a big year especially with it being the last year of senior center Jessica Knapp.
	Wildcats must rebuild in 2008 12/04/2007 It was a new head coach this season for Becton football and the Wildcats saw its fortunes move forward in 2007.
	2007 season gives Becton reputation of dominance 12/04/2007 The Becton boys soccer team had another good season for a program that is on the upswing, but it could have been better.
	It's not all about the title 12/04/2007 Rutherford head volleyball coach Helen Antzoulides talks philosophically about how sports seasons are looked at in terms of county and state titles, but that people should look at seasons beyond that.
	Vikes ready to hit the boards 12/04/2007 From last seasonâ€™s team, North Arlington knows they have one of the best scorers in the BCSL National with senior Krystian Morawski (5-11) who averaged 25 points per season.
	Gaels stunned by Wildcats 10/23/2007 Bectonâ€™s football team knew that the only way that they could get into the state playoffs was that they had to defeat St. Maryâ€™s on Friday.
	18-2 Post 139 are champs 07/23/2007 Lyndhurst's Post 139 won the Bergen County Area American Legion Baseball championship with a 21-0 victory over Paterson.
	Age means nothing to the All-Clear Vipers 07/23/2007 The All-Clear Vipers, a women's softball team put together by members of the Rutherford Junior Women's Club in their late 30s and 40s, haven't won a game this season; but they don't mind.
	In a flock of athletes, Romanello is top duck 07/23/2007 East Rutherford's own 11-year-old Keira Romanello will be competing in California this week in the National Junior Olympics Track and Field Championships.
	Wrestling program is in a state of flux 07/17/2007 The Gaels program is in the midst of a stormy transition with its head coach, Scot Weaver, moving across the South Bergenite area to Queen of Peace High School.
	Bulldogs remain confident 07/17/2007 The Lyndhurst Post Bulldogs have seen some fine playing from their players this season. But you wouldn't know from looking at their record.
	So close they can smell it 07/17/2007 Lyndhurst Post 139's recent 10-0 victory over Clifton has placed them within reach of the league title.
	Griffins adding summer work to agenda 07/10/2007 Rob Urbanovich is obviously serious about getting the Queen of Peace baseball program into the elite of the Non-Public Group A.
	Post 139 closing in on regular season title 07/10/2007 Lyndhurst Post 139 does not want to claim a title, but it was sure close to making that proclamation last week.
	Bagan looks to special teams this fall 07/10/2007 Darius Bagan, the Queen of Peace graduate and All Bergen County linebacker who helped lead the Golden Griffins to the Non-Public Group 2 state football championship game last year, is preparing for football at Boston College.
	Post 139 plays for keeps 07/03/2007 At 12-1, the Lyndhurst Legion Post 139 is still going strong.
	Kapp chugs away as a Red Hawk 07/03/2007 After opting to take a year off from playing sports at Montclair State, Brian Kapp, the Lyndhurst High School graduate and All Bergen County linebacker/running back, is back and learning the ups and downs of college football.
	Junior Bulldogs playing on a senior level 07/03/2007 Nick Ackermann went into the meeting in late spring for the upcoming North Jersey Junior Legion baseball season and saw that there were only three other teams.
	Rose still making waves 06/26/2007 Zak Rose, former catcher for St. Mary's, helped lead a young Gaels team to the Non-Public B state championship in June 2006. Now Rose is playing at Rutgers-Newark University, an up and coming program whose home is Newark Bears field.
	Lyndhurst to ride wave of success into 2008 06/26/2007 The Lyndhurst baseball team wound up a couple more notches up the ladder in the state tournament drive.
	Coach says 8-1 Post 139 can perform better 06/26/2007 Lyndhurst Post 139 head coach Jeff Radigan still believes his team can be better despite an 8-1 record as of last week.
	Golden Griffins hoping for more in 2008 06/19/2007 Queen of Peace's Golden Griffins baseball team qualified for the state tournament for the second year in a row but lost 12-2 to Don Bosco's Ironmen.
	Lady 'Dogs look ahead 06/19/2007 Over the next nine months Rutherford's softball team will have the BCSL American championship that eluded them this as incentive to get ready for next season.
	Knapp leads local honors 06/19/2007 Jessica Knapp, junior first baseman for the Lady Wildcats, was named to the second team All Bergen County along with first team All National.
	Little League, big action 06/12/2007 Kurgan-Bergen Realtors faced off against Fire Department on June 6. Thus far the season has been rather unpredictable as several teams are in or climbing into the playoff hunt.
	Consistency lacked in Lady Gaels' season 06/12/2007 The Gaels usually end its season far above .500 and far advanced in the state tournament. But this season with a young team and an injured pitcher, the Gaels struggled to a 13-14 mark and a first round exit from the Non-Public North B state sectional as t
	Lady Vikes' ready for 2008 06/12/2007 The Lady Vikings compiled 100 errors on the season including a devastating loss leading up to the state playoff cutoff. Cutting down the errors will go a long way for North Arlington getting back to the state and county tournaments next year.
	Big holes to fill, but Lady 'Cats don't mind 06/12/2007 While the Lady Wildcats have most of its starters back for 2008, there will be some big holes to fill especially up the middle in the graduation of catcher Courtney Fonzetti, shortstop Amanda Giancaspro and centerfielder Katie Ondrof.
	Bitter end for the Gaels 06/04/2007 The Gaels squandered a 2-0 lead and lost 3-2 to Dwight-Englewood by giving up three runs in the seventh inning of the first round state playoff game.
	Rutherford's state trip ends 06/04/2007 Rutherford's Lady Bulldogs were ousted, 1-0, by Caldwell's Lady Cougars in the Group 2 North 2 state softball semi-final game on May 29.
	Mekerson sets record 06/04/2007 St. Maryâ€™s Daâ€™mon Merkerson won four races in the Non-Public B group at South Plainfield last Saturday, the first runner to win four events in that group and only the third New Jersey runner to do that in the history of the tournament.
	Hoboken ends Lyndhurst's season once again 06/04/2007 The last few years Lyndhurstâ€™s baseball team has headed into the state tournament and found a familiar foe waiting for them: Hoboken's Red Wings.