Section: Sports
Senior Athlete Of The Week: Brian Farrell
Back: It’s the word that has defined Brian Farrell’s 2011-2012 season with the Hillbilly basketball team. Because of a back injury, he missed the first few weeks of games. Now, however, he has returned to the lineup, and boy oh boy is he back. This past week against Livingston, Nutley, Columbia and Golda Och Academy, [...]
Another Win For Boys Hoops
Brian Farrell and Anthony Huber combined for 24 points and 13 rebounds to lead the Hillbillies over Golda Och Academy 44-33 yesterday in Verona. The tough Hillbilly defense held Golda Och to just nine points during the second and third quarters en route to the victory, which was their fifteenth win on the season, against [...]
‘Mom, I’m Getting A Super Bowl Ring’
The world looks very different when seen from the field after your son’s team wins the Super Bowl. Just ask Diane DePalma. We reached her on the field at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis just after she and her husband had caught up with their son, Dan DePalma, a member of the practice squad for [...]
Senior Athlete Of The Week: Amanda Cummings
Consistency counts. In the classroom, on the playing field and, eventually, in the workplace. And when you make a name for yourself as someone that people can count on to get the job done, people take notice. Amanda Cummings is an athlete who has gotten a lot of things done for Verona sports teams, consistently, [...]
Boys Basketball Scores Upset Over Livingston
Verona’s continued success from the free-throw line, along with four scorers in double digits, enabled the Hillbillies to pull off an upset in the first round of the Essex County Tournament against the Livingston Lancers last night in Livingston. In the previous game against Belleville, Verona went a perfect 16 for 16 from the charity [...]
DePalma Gears Up For Super Bowl
When he was a kid playing for the Verona Eagles and Verona High School Hillbillies, Dan DePalma was a huge fan of the Giants. But he never, ever imagined that he would be a huge fan playing for the Giants and traveling with the Giants to a huge game–the Super Bowl. And yet, on Monday [...]
Wrestlers Pick Up Wins In County Match
Frank Greco and Joe Festa both came away with first-place wins in the Essex County Wrestling Championship at Codey Arena on Saturday. Paul Scully took second place at 113 pounds, while Tom Cundari took third place at 145 pounds. Greco’s match kept spectators on the edge of their seats through four overtimes. In the end, [...]
Boys Take First Round Of Essex Hoops Tourney
The Verona Hillbillies battled back from an early first-half deficit to top the Buccaneers of Belleville High School 48-39 in first round Essex County Tournament action. Down 14-11 after the first period, the Maroon and White went into the locker room trailing 22-20 at the half. Verona throughout the season has come out firing in [...]
Is DePalma Key To A Super Bowl Win?
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 to [...]
Boys, Girls Basketball Beat Cedar Grove
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 credited [...]