Schools from across Essex County gathered at Seton Hall on Sunday for the Essex County Relays. Though the day was dominated by St. Benedict’s Prep and Columbia High School, the girls winter track team from Verona High School did have some highs on the day. The girls 3200 team–Heather Sweeney, Sarah Conboy, Melanie Egan...
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When she is on the move, it is rare to catch Heather Sweeney in a smile. Whether on the cross country course in fall or pounding down the track oval in winter and spring, this senior scholar-athlete is seriously intent about her purpose: winning. Sweeney’s drive and determination have earned her the nod as...
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Nick Lukas of the Verona High School cross country team has been selected as the Verona Sports Boosters Senior Athlete of the Week. At the Brett Taylor Invitational at Darlington Park this past weekend, Lukas ran the 5k course in 16:16, a personal best and the fourth fastest time at that distance in Verona...
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There weren’t any big corporate sponsors, no television cameras, no celebrities. Just regular Veronans doing laps around the middle school track to do away with a disease that has affected more than a few people in town. Sunday was the Verona High School track team’s annual Breast Cancer Awareness Month walkathon. Started four years ago...
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The NJSIAA Meet of Champions resumes tonight in Old Bridge and let’s hope things go better–for Verona and all involved. Officials suspended the meet last Thursday because of a threat of thunder and lightning as one of the most-watched races, the boys’ 3200, was nearing its close and the lead runner, Joe Rosa of...
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Rebecca Lee led the Verona High School girls’ track team to a 7th place finish in the Group Championships in Old Bridge this past Sunday. The senior earned second place in the shot put with a throw of 37-05.25 feet. Heather Sweeney, a junior, finished third in the 3200 meter run with a strong...
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The break between Christmas and New Years is usually filled with several holiday sports tournaments. But thanks to today’s blizzard, all but of the events that were supposed to have been held on Monday, December 27 have been postponed. All sports practices scheduled for tomorrow have been canceled. In addition, the girls and boys...
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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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Dave Oster received a scholar-athlete award at the Men of Essex Awards dinner on May 19. Men of Essex was founded in 1958 to foster academics, athletics and community service among youth of Essex County. The Men of Essex choose the awardees based on recommendations of school and sports writers, and references from within...
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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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