Posts Tagged ‘ Bobby Kaslander ’

Verona High School’s Class of 2011 received $112,000 in scholarships at the school’s Senior Awards Night on June 2. Local businesses, non-profit organizations, community organizations and local residents were present to hand out the awards, which recognized students who excelled in academics, athletics and arts, as well as those who contributed in many ways...
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Bobby Kaslander, Brian Farrell and Kieran Powell have all been named to the Coaches All-Super Essex Conference-Independence Division first team. Alex Kaslander got honorable mention on the team. The Kaslanders and Farrell play for Verona High School; Powell, a Verona resident, plays for Montclair Kimberley Academy. Congratulations, guys!
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Verona’s boys and girls basketball teams both took on Ridgefield Tuesday night in their first playoff games. And though both Hillbilly squads were favored to win, only one did–but it wasn’t for lack of trying. The boys teams had been within four points of each other or less for most of the game. But...
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The Verona boys basketball team kicked off their game against Morris Knolls last night by putting 14 points on the board in the first quarter. Morris Knolls edged ahead in the 2nd, but Verona re-grabbed the lead in the third. Unfortunately, the fourth quarter was all Morris Knolls’, with that team’s Esaun Mobley putting...
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Verona put a strong first quarter on the board yesterday afternoon, and never looked back. The boys basketball team beat Glen Ridge 47 to 42, raising Verona’s record to 8-3-0. Brian Farrell was the high scorer for the Hillbillies with 18 points, followed by Bobby Kaslander with 15.  Farrell has put up 159 points...
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Somebody clearly forgot to tell the Verona boys basketball team that West Essex was favored to take today’s game. True, Verona was coming off a strong win over Solomon Schechter (recently renamed the Golda Och Academy) on Tuesday, and the team started the season with a 44-22 romp over Glen Ridge. The Knights, meanwhile,...
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The following Verona High School twelfth grade students received all As and Bs on their report cards for the first marking period of the 2010-2011 school year: Danielle Ackerson, Joseph Ashley, Kathleen Attamante, Kara Bartow, Samuel Bendtsen, Lindsay Bongo, Julianne Boyle, Logan Bronson, Simone Brown, Kimberly Castellanos, Paul Corrente, Marc Cortese, Theresa Courter, Colin...
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The last time there was a 15-14 score in a Verona-Caldwell Thanksgiving day game was 1973, and the winner was Verona. There were fans in the stands this Thanksgiving who played in that game, and others who had a hand in many games of a rivalry that spanned five decades. For the first time...
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All week long, the pundits around town had been predicting it would be a tough game. New Providence was going to be out for revenge, they said, after being hosed by the Hillbillies two years ago. What’s more, the Pioneers would be pumped to deliver one last win for their retiring coach, Frank Bottone,...
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It was Bobby’s game last night. The Verona High School Hillbillies traveled to Secaucus on Friday for the first game in the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 playoffs and Bobby Kaslander brought them home winners. He scored three of Verona’s four touchdowns and nailed all four of the point-after kicks, giving Verona a...
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