The Hillbillies topped conference rival Glen Ridge High School yesterday 51-36 for their 17th victory of the season. After the first quarter Verona held a slim 15-13 lead but poured it on in the second quarter when they exploded for 18 points while limiting the Ridgers to just three points, sending the Hillbillies into...
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The Verona boys basketball team pulled out an exciting 52-48 overtime win against the Ridgers of Glen Ridge High School on Tuesday. Down 16-8 after the first quarter, the teams traded points in the second and the Hillbillies went into the half trailing 31-24. Things turned around for the Maroon and White in the...
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On Friday January 7, the Verona-Glen Ridge Hockey team beat Livingston 2-1 for the second time this season. Their first meeting was in the holiday tournament in which VGR capitalized and won 7-0; however, this game proved more difficult. Livingston’s Tal Finberg started the night off scoring a goal early in the first. This...
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Things seem to be coming in pairs for the the Verona-Glen Ridge Hockey team this season: Its first two games ended in ties; its second two have resulted in losses. And the 8-3 division loss to Montclair Kimberley Academy on December 7 also cost VGR a key defense player. Nick DiStaso broke his ankle...
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On Monday, the volleyball team pulled out a big win in Essex County Tournament action against rival Mount Saint Dominic Academy on Monday, two matches to one. Just days after the Hillbillies dropped a regular season contest to “The Mount”, they fell behind early and lost game one 25-21. Verona evened the match taking...
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The Verona Hillbillies fell to a talented MKA Cougars team Saturday at Centennial Field. For the second time this season, VHS had to play its home game away from the friendly confines of VHS’s Selitto Field. Verona struggled offensively against a tough MKA defense led by senior linebacker Mike Sasso. VHS junior Frankie Greco...
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Kieran Powell grew up playing basketball around Forest Avenue elementary school. He still shoots hoops at the Verona Pool in the summer. And there were probably more than a few people in the stands of yesterday afternoon’s Verona High School boys basketball game against Montclair Kimberley Academy that wished Powell had been playing for...
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MaeOla Bolton’s voice is much quieter than you’d expect of someone who played and coached in a sport as boisterous as basketball. But that quiet voice delivers a message that deserves to be heard loudly in a world where bullying so often grabs the headlines now: How you feel about yourself is what matters....
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Verona resident Lance Barnard, a senior at Montclair Kimberley Academy, was a panelist at the New Jersey Financial Literacy Summit held at Rutgers University on Wednesday,October 13. Discussing “Financial Literacy in the Global Marketplace”, Barnard joined seasoned financial professionals William Ballinger, president and chief executive of Allstate New Jersey Insurance and Patrick Cozza, CEO...
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Verona resident Lauren Morisseau, a student at Montclair Kimberley Academy, was among five MKA seniors recently named Commended Students in the 2011 National Merit Scholarship Program. These students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2011 competition by taking the 2009 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying...
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