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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The Verona High School Varsity Wrestling team opened its 2011-2012 season by taking second place in the Edison Classic Tournament on December 17. Tom Cundari, Joe Festa and Paul Scully took first place medals. Frankie Greco and Joe NcNally took second place, and Joe Cordasco and Bobby Hildebrandt took third place. The JV team...
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The Verona Hillbillies, playing on their home turf for the first time this season, defeated the Montclair Immaculate Lions 35-7 on Saturday. Verona struck early when freshman quarterback Frank Ferrari lofted the ball high into the corner of the end zone where senior Captain Billy Meade out-jumped the Lion defender to put Verona ahead...
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There was only one question to ask at the end of Verona’s first teen band competition on Saturday night–When can we do this again? For nearly four hours, high school musicians from Verona slammed down rap, rock and metal for a packed house in the first “Cops & Rockers” show. Organized as a contest...
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Verona High School senior Sean Shabazian and junior Colin Farawell both took first place in their respective weight classes in the District wrestling tournament this weekend at West Essex High School. Both defeated opponents from West Orange High School to take their titles; Shabazian won the 171 weight class by decision and Farawell the...
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The Hillbilly Wrestling team worked mightily tonight, but ultimately fell short in its bid to win the Conference title outright. The team fell to Montclair 27-44 in a home match at VHS, which leaves it sharing the Super Essex Conference championship with Millburn. The high points of the evening included Joe Cordasco’s pin of...
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Saturday night was the annual Talent Night sponsored by the Spotlight Players Parents Association. It brought out performers young and old, and we imagine that some of them will be names you’ll hear a lot of in the future. Sydney Larkey kicked off the night with a rendition of the national anthem that should...
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