Section: Sports
Centennial Field Fees Doubled
The Verona town council approved a new fee structure for the use Centennial Field that has the potential to sharply increase revenue from the turf field on the west side of town. Effective immediately, rental rates charged to non-Verona-based individuals and groups have been doubled to $300 for a 4-hour period, $500 for an 8-hour [...]
Girls’ Basketball Clinic Starts Friday
The Verona Recreation Department has just announced a new, free basketball program for 7th and 8th grade girls, but you need to work fast to get your girls into it. The 90-minute program, called the Head Start Basketball Clinic, starts this Friday, April 9 at 6 p.m. in the Community Center gym. The clinic will [...]
Terry Dean, ’43, To Drive Golf Team’s First Ball
With the exception of a handful of years when he was in college and in the U.S. Air Force during WWII, Terry Dean has lived on Forest Avenue in Verona for all of his 86 years. As the walls of his sunny den testify, they have been years filled with significant accomplishments–35 years as a [...]
Softball Confident About Upcoming Season
Despite dropping their opener, the Verona Girls Softball team is looking forward to a successful 2010 season. With a good mix of seniors and underclassman, the girls are excited to have their season underway. The Hillbillies are lead by senior shortstop Stephanie Colon. Colon will be batting third in the lineup, has power to all [...]
Girls Lax Off To Great Start
The Verona Girls Lacrosse team kicked off their season yesterday by routing Mount Saint Dominic Academy 17-7 at Centennial Field. Sophomore Julieanne Mascera led the way by scoring an astonishing 6 goals. (Is there such thing as a double hat trick?) Junior Paige Zebrowski and senior Emily Fitzpatrick each added 2 goals of their own [...]
Thursday’s Scoreboard
The spring sports season opened yesterday with one win and two losses for Verona teams. Here are the results. Girls Lacrosse Mount Saint Dominic 7 Verona 17 Softball Newark Academy 10 Verona 4 Baseball MKA 4 Verona 2
Baseball Ready For New Conference
To put it simply: Verona High School’s 2010 baseball schedule is a gauntlet. Competing in the newly formed Super Essex Conference, the Hillbillies will have their hands full. With teams like Caldwell, MKA, Livingston, West Essex, Cedar Grove, and Belleville in front of them, every game will be a challenge. Having said all of that, [...]
Boys’ Track Gears Up For Summit Relays
With a great mix of new and old faces, the Hillbillies Boys’ Track Team is well rounded and extremely focused on the upcoming season. Dave Oster, who absolutely dominated the cross country field this fall, looks to continue his success in the spring season. He will be running in the 3200m, the 1600m, and will [...]
VHS Girls Set To Hit The Track
With the Summit Relays coming up this weekend, the VHS Girl’s Track Team is excited to get its season underway. Practicing together with the boys behind H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, the Hillbillies are fine tuning their skills for the start of the season. The Verona Girl’s Track Team will be led by seniors Ashlee Petroski, [...]
Youth Baseball’s ‘Sandlot’ Movement Catches On
Amid an organized youth sports culture that has become increasingly, well, organized, a novel idea is catching on, according to yesterday’s New York Times. Well, to be accurate it’s really an old idea, at least as old as baseball. Called “Sandlot Day” and spearheaded by the Youth Sports Institute in Cortland, N.Y., it’s a one-day [...]