The 139 students of the Verona High School Class of 2010 are heading out to some 78 colleges, universities, community colleges and technical schools in the fall. They will be going into the military, volunteering abroad and walking straight into the working world. They will be studying in many different parts of the U.S.,...
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Verona’s senior athletes were honored at the annual Sports Boosters Dinner last week at the Villa at Mountain Lakes. Outstanding Athlete of The Year trophies were awarded to track and field stars Dave Oster and Rebecca Slotkin. Runner Dave Lukas won the Maroon and White Award, along with soccer and lacrosse player Emily Fitzpatrick....
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This was a banner season for the VHS track team, with both boys and girls winning the Super Essex Championship and the Girls taking the Sectional title. Not surprisingly, the team produced a bumper crop of champions, seven athletes from Verona who competed in the Meet of Champions in South Plainfield this weekend. Unfortunately,...
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The Verona Track Team had an impressive showing among the top athletes from about 40 schools in the Group championships this weekend in South Plainfield. Verona had two golds: Rebecca Slotkin, who won the pole vault with a height of 10-06 and Dave Oster, who won the Group title in the 3,200-Meter Run for...
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Before this weekend’s Group I sectional track meet had even begun, Verona Girls’ Track coach Gene Leporati had a feeling it would come down to the wire–the final event, 1,600-meter relay. After Friday’s events, Verona had a 23-point lead, but as he warned his girls on the bus on Friday evening, that cushion would...
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The Verona Girls’ and Boys’ Track teams held their own over the weekend in the Essex County Championships at Montclair High School. Competing against nearly 20 county schools, the Verona teams came in 7th (girls) and 9th (boys). Rebecca Slotkin was the only first-place finisher from Verona. Her 11-0 vault tied the meet record...
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Verona High School seniors Rebecca Slotkin and Dave Oster were honored for their accomplishments in sports and school on Monday, May 10, by the Essex County Athletic Director’s Association. Slotkin and Oster are each are three-sport athletes in cross country, indoor track and spring track. Oster competed on the national level in the 2009...
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The dominance of the Verona track program continued unabated yesterday, as both the boys’ and girls’ teams swept the Super Essex Conference Championships at Shabazz High School in Newark. Despite a late start due to rain and high winds throughout the day, the boys shone with 132 points to #2 West Essex’s 82 and...
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On Friday the Girls’ and Boys’ Track teams competed in the Essex County Relays at Livingston High School. The Girls placed 6th overall out of 20 teams; the boys placed 10th overall. Columbia, Livingston and West Orange High School came in first, second and third respectively. Once again the girls shone in the pole...
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Verona High school pole vaulter Rebecca Slotkin traveled to Philadelphia this past weekend to compete in the Penn Relays, the University of Pennsylvania’s prestigious national competition for high school and college track athletes. She missed in her first two attempts at the opening height, then sailed right over. So did several other competitors, so...
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