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Wow. Newsday‘s Tom Rock is putting a lot on the shoulders of Dan DePalma. Rock says, in a story published Friday evening, that the former Verona High School football player “may wind up being one of the Giants’ most important players as they prepare to face the Patriots in Indianapolis next Sunday.” Rock seems...
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Both Verona High School basketball teams took on Cedar Grove High School on Tuesday, and both came away victorious. The Verona girls basketball team picked up their third win of the season by defeating Cedar Grove in a hard-fought 30-28 victory. Caroline Mols led the team in scoring with eight points. She also was...
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For the last three years, the scoring on the Verona-Glen Ridge Hockey team has come from a variety of players; some from its Verona High School side, so from its Glen Ridge High School players. VGR’s defense has come from a variety of players too. But more often than not, the final line of...
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Brian Farrell dropped in 26 points for the Hillbillies to lead them to 58-44 victory over Montclair Immaculate on Monday. The score was tight early on as both teams knotted at 14 a piece after the first quarter. Verona began to pull ahead in the second quarter, outscoring the Lions 11-4. Farrell, with the...
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The last nine months have been a whirlwind for Dan DePalma. Last May, the Verona High School graduate was invited to work out at Eli Manning’s camp during the lockout. Then the Jets brought him over to their summer camp. DePalma played a pres-season game for the Jets against Philadelphia (see the video), and...
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Bucknell University has announced that Meghan Fitzpatrick, a junior from Verona, has been chosen to be one of the co-captains of the 2012 women’s soccer team.  Fitzpatrick returned to the Bucknell lineup in 2011 after missing all of her first two seasons due to injury. This fall she started eight games on defense before...
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The Verona-Glen Ridge hockey team defeated West Essex High School 4-3 on Friday night in the first of two meetings they have this season. West Essex was the first to put the puck in the back of the net; however, Glen Ridge junior Michael Lloyd answered with a goal of his own. Matt Lander,...
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The Hillbillies boys basketball team battled back from an early first-quarter deficit to pull out a thrilling 52-49 win at Verona High School on Friday over Fairlawn High School. Down 27-22 at half time, the Maroon and White outscored Fairlawn 14-6 in the third quarter to pull ahead. The teams battled point for point...
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Last night was a battle of two undefeated teams in the 6th grade Suburban Boys Basketball league. In a thrilling battle, Verona came out on top in overtime by defeating West Orange by a score of 53-45. The score of the game, which was played in West Orange, was 45-45 at the end of...
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The Verona boys team suffered their fourth loss of the season in a tough game at Morris Knolls High School in an out-of-conference match-up. The Hillbillies fell behind early and were never able to get back on track. Trailing by 10 points after the first quarter, they went into half time down 34-21. Verona...
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