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Track Teams Compete In County Championships
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 set [...]
Wanted: Middle-School Track Volunteers
The middle school recreational track program, led by Dante Mercurio, needs parental help. Meets are at H.B.Whitehorne Middle School, usually beginning at 6 pm on weeknights. You don’t need any track experience. You can reach Mercurio through the recreation department: 973-857-4831.
Oster, Rosa Twins Square Off Again
Verona and Cedar Grove have been baseball rivals for decades. Dave Oster has raced against identical twins Joe and Jim Rosa for a far shorter period of time, but the match-ups are every bit as interesting. The Verona High School senior was on the track with the West Windsor-Plainsboro North High School juniors this past [...]
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 [...]
Slotkin Reflects On Relays, Looks Forward To Championships
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 Slotkin [...]
Emma Tucci Honored By NJ Athletic Conference
Emma Tucci, a sophomore at The College of New Jersey, has been named Field Athlete of the Week by the New Jersey Athletic Conference. Tucci, a graduate of Verona High School, was given the award after competing in TCNJ’s Lions Invitational this past weekend. She placed first in a field of 28 competitors in the [...]
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 [...]
Track In Motion
On Monday, the Verona boys’ and girls’ track teams competed at H.B. Whitehorne Middle School against East Orange and Immaculate Conception high schools. We grabbed some of the action, including Ashlee Petroski’s flawless hurdles run and Rebecca Lee’s powerful shot put. The videos are on our YouTube page.
Events For The Week Of April 12
If you have kids in track, tennis, golf, lacrosse, softball and baseball, you’ve got a problem today: Every one of those sports has a game at 4 p.m. In fact, there’s so much in the way of sports this week, that it’s best to talk about the non-sports events first. Especially when one of them [...]
Hillbillies Have Strong Showing At Summit Relays
Over the holiday weekend, the Boys’ and Girls’ Track Teams competed at the Summit Relays. Because of some bad weather, this was the first opportunity many of the athletes had to compete this season. The Girls finished fourth overall in a field of 16 while the Boys placed eighth. Coach Gene Leporati is very enthusiastic [...]