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Boys’ Tennis Season Ends In Mercer County
The Verona boys’ tennis team was eliminated in the first round of the Group Tournament yesterday by New Providence High School, 4-1, in Mercer County State Park. New Providence , 20-2, had a couple of exceptionally strong singles players that got Verona into a hole very quickly that they couldn’t struggle out of. First and [...]
Boys’ Tennis Team Is State Sectional Champ
The Verona Boys’ Tennis Team swept Palisades Park High School today, 5-0, in the State sectional championship at Montclair Kimberley Academy. The match was closer than the lopsided final score would indicate. Senior Noah Herman, third singles, quickly dispatched his opponent, 6-1, 6-2, and a bit later junior Paul Corrente followed suit 6-3, 6-1, but [...]
Tennis Team Shuts Down Leonia
This has been quite a year for the Verona Boys’ Tennis team, as they proved once again in their semifinals match against Leonia on Thursday. It was top-seeded Verona all the way to a 5-0 win, with strong play from what has been a strong team. In first singles, Verona’s Paul Corrente, defeated Andy Lee [...]
Outdoor Tennis In Verona
We’re not Wimbledon, we’re not Flushing Meadows. But Verona does have some outdoor tennis venues and, with the weather finally headed in the direction of spring, we thought it might be helpful to go over the rules for playing on them. There are eight outdoor courts in Verona: two at the pool, three at Verona [...]
Tennis, Baseball Win; Lacrosse Teams Fall
Verona sports results have been as jumbled as the weather so far this week. In the plus column, the Boys’ Tennis team bested Cedar Grove 5-zip on Monday. Junior Paul Corrente defeated Jake Perazzone 6-1, 6-3 in first singles. Mike Streifer won his second singles matches over Jonathan Chan 6-0, 6-2. In third singles, Noah [...]
Events For The Week Of May 3
Vacation’s over and it’s back to business, Verona. Here’s what you have to juggle this week. In government, there’s a Town Council meeting tonight at 7 p.m. in Town Hall. Since it’s the first Monday of the month, staffers from the County Clerk’s office will be on hand at Town Hall today from 2 to [...]
Events For The Week Of April 26
Families with younger kids may be at Disney World this week, but anyone with older kids in sports is in town because the high school sports teams have a full schedule of games. But first, a world about a key deadline for summer that you have to hit this week: The last day for registering [...]
Verona Tennis Dubbed “Team To Watch”
If there’s a bit more edge on the court as the Verona High School boys’ tennis team plays Pompton Lakes this afternoon, it might be due to a bit of press the team got in the Star Ledger. A brief piece in yesterday’s Ledger dubbed the VHS boys the “Team To Watch”. Here’s what the [...]
Boys’ Lacrosse, Baseball Lead Sports Wins
With the weather affecting many of the spring sports teams yesterday, here is a recap of a few games from this week: The Boys’ Lacrosse team finally got one in the “W” column by demolishing Edison 14-2. Taylor DelColle guarded the net well as the boys took an 8-0 lead into the break. This game [...]
Baseball And Tennis Win; Rest Of Verona Struggles
Verona Baseball finally got back on track by defeating Newark Academy 5-3 on the road yesterday. Junior Matt Rosenfeld went the distance on the mound, striking out three and only allowing three runs earning himself his first win of the season. Anthony Pena jacked a two-run homer and Rosenfeld added a two-out RBI as Verona jumped [...]