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The Hillbillies boys basketball record fell to 5-3 with a 42-36 defeat at the hands of the Nutley Raiders on Saturday. Tied at 17 apiece at half time, Verona was outscored 25-19 in the second half. Anthony Huber had 13 points for the Maroon and White and Alex Kaslander had 11. Matt Braschi, Dean...
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The Verona Hillbillies boys basketball team moved their record to 5-2 with 43-34 win on Thursday over Newark Arts High School. Senior Captain Anthony Huber and sophomore Luke Weiss led the team scoring with 12 points and combined for 23 rebounds. Captain Packy Malanga had eight points and three steals. While sophomores Matt Braschi...
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The Verona High School Sports Boosters, which sponsor the Senior Athlete of the Week award on MyVeronaNJ.com, are holding their annual beefsteak diner fundraiser on Saturday January 21, and if you want to go, you’ve got to get your tickets now. The dinner is held at the Verona Community Center, beginning at 7:30 p.m.,...
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The Hillbilly wrestling squad took on Columbia High School at home on Wednesday night, and took away a solid 55-23 win for Verona. Nick Esposito, wrestling at 106, got a 9-1 decision over Nathaniel Pham and sophomore Paul Scully scored a 2-1 decision over Khari Jarrett. Jake Quercia, at 120, had a win by...
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In a rematch of last week’s West Essex Holiday Tournament win over Caldwell, the Hillbillies boys basketball team fell in a close contest 49-45 at Verona High School on Tuesday. Verona went into the locker room at the half scoring only 14 points and down by seven, 21-14. Verona’s offensive showed some spark in...
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MyVeronaNJ.com went to one of the first games of the 2010-2011 Verona High School boys basketball season with our then brand-new video camera and we caught Anthony Huber calmly nailing a 1-and-1 that basically won the game for Verona. We noted then that it seemed like Huber, then a junior, was coming into his...
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The Verona-Glen Ridge Hockey team ended its four-game winning streak with a 5-3 loss on Friday night against Seton Hall Prep in the holiday tournament cup game. Seton Hall was the first to put a goal on the board; however with two quick goals from Verona freshman Jake Paganelli and sophomore Dylan DeCandia, VGR...
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“Hubie” put the first points on the board for the Verona High School boys basketball team on Thursday night, and the rest of the game was pretty much his. Senior Anthony Huber almost scored more points than the entire Cedar Grove team as Verona defeated Cedar Grove by a score of 51 to 32....
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If you were wondering why the players of the Verona-Glen Ridge Hockey team had smiles on their faces stretching from ear to ear, I can assure you it was not due to the holiday season, but due to their 7-0 win over Livingston in the second game of the holiday tournament. Verona freshmen Jake...
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Senior captain Patrick Malanga led the Hillbillies to a 37-25 victory over Caldwell High School in game one of the West Essex Holiday Tournament. Up at the half 16-11 Verona dumped in 15 points in the third quarter on the way to their third win of the season. Malanga scored 12 points aided by...
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