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Midland Park High School is a very small populated school and as a result many of their athletic programs tend to be small as well. Last year, the Midland Park girl’s basketball program boasted only ten girls. This year the program has 13. While it brings the team closer together, it also has served to challenge the girls. One junior, Sara Luberto, has helped to push her basketball program on to a more competitive level despite the team’s small number.

She and her teammates, as she put it, simply became “tired of losing.” Sara is only a junior on the team, but holds a captain’s position. She, along with the efforts of many others on her team, is trying to make the basketball program a more competitive force. Recently their division was re-aligned, which made for a more competitive line up for this Group 1 small team. The effort that she puts forth both on and off the court is clear to many. In one game against Bogota, whom they had lost state to the prior year, Midland Park was down by 15 points. Sara turned the game around and scored over 30 points to win the game for the team.

While Sara is more reserved off the court, her efforts and force are clearly noticed on the court. Sara averages about 14 points a game, and also averages two steals per game.

Thus far, Sara has approximately 750 shots in her basketball career.

She realizes that her team is a “work in progress” but still continues to strive for the best for her team, and herself. So far, Sara and the team’s increased efforts have paid off, as their current record is 6-2.

“I never finish the way I should,” is one of the first things that Ryan told me about his wrestling career. Ryan is very humble and modest about his wrestling ability. When he was only a sophomore, Ryan impressed many when he was placed in a tournament as a sixth seed and ended up winning the overall competition. Unfortunately, his initial statement did have some merit in that they reflected some of the frustrations and set backs that he has had in prior seasons.

Last year even though Ryan made it to the finals in the district competitions, he received a head injury that prevented him from competing in Regionals, which ultimately led to him not being able to go on to compete in the state competitions. This year he hopes to make up for this and finally make it down to Atlantic City for the state competitions where he finally will be able to showcase his abilities.

Ryan began wrestling in the second grade and hasn’t stopped since. He is completely dedicated to the sport and has no interest in pursuing other sports. What he likes most about wrestling is that, “you get to know yourself better as an athlete and a person.”

He likes that it is more of a sport that focuses on the individual.

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By Edward Kensik Jeff Horohonich celebrated recently his 400th win on the hardcourt.

Horohonich reached the milestone on Jan. 6th as Immaculate Conception took care of WoodRidge, 66-37 on the road.

In reaching the cherished 400th win, it gave the veteran coach at least 400 wins in both basketball and softball, one of the few to reach those milestones in Bergen County and the state of New Jersey.

With his coaching career dating back to 1985, Horohonich said that his philosophy is just to tell his girls to give the proverbial 100 to 110 percent.

“We try to tell them to play better every year,” said Horohonich.

“Every game you go there play as hard as you can. Whether you are successful or not, if you are satisfied with how you performed, then you have done your job.”

In his four seasons at the Lodi non-public all-girls school, he has turned a school that had moderate to every-four year success in both sports to a perennial powerhouse in the former Bergen Passaic Scholastic League and now the new North Jersey Interscholastic Conference.

The veteran head coach has

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led the Blue Wolves girls basketball team to a 10-0 record midway through January, one of the best starts in school history, with the hope of making some noise in the upcoming Bergen County Tournament.

Horohonich came to Immaculate Conception after being an assistant coach at St. Peter’s College in both girls basketball and softball for a few years. The veteran head coach opted to come back to high school after the athletic director’s position opened up at the school.

“I loved college and learned a lot,” said Horohonich about St. Peter‘s.

“I had the opportunity to be close to home and I took it.”

A nearby Saddle Brook resident, Horohonich is a 1979 Saddle Brook High School graduate where he played basketball and ran cross country. He would later graduate from Trenton State which is currently called the College of New Jersey.

After college he started his coaching career as an assistant coach at his alma mater for boys basketball when the Hawthorne High School girls basketball head coach position opened up in 1985.

“I was hoping to coach and fortunate to coach Hawthorne,” said Horohonich. “Coaching was my passion, but I wanted to see how

it would work out (at Hawthorne coaching girls). After coaching a little while, it just stuck with me.”

After success at Hawthorne for two seasons, he moved to Morris County’s Hanover Park where he coach in 1987 only to be there one year before moving on to Immaculate Heart Academy in 1988.

He had worked at IHA for a couple of years before becoming the girls head basketball coach for the Blue Eagles where he truly made his mark winning several Bergen County and state championships during his 14-year tenure at the school.

Being a coach of both basketball and softball Horohonich advocates his players to play multiple sports.

He added that the difference in 2011 compared to when he first started coaching in the mid-1980s is the specialization by student/ athletes in high school with one sport.

“You see more kids specializing in certain sports,” said Horohonich. “We try to get them to play both (softball and basketball) if they like to. It’s up to the kids.”

He added that growth of club teams in the various sports has increased the number of students who just play one sport. “The club teams tell these kids that they should play only one sport,” said Immaculate Conception head coach who added that the clubs have programs all year-round to keep the student/athletes ensconced in that one sport.

He added that it is the benefit to the student to try different sports in their early years of high school.

“They should know by the time they are a senior what sport they would like to play in college,” said Horohonich. “Some of the better athletes play two to three different sports.”

While there has been a lot of good for Horohonich since he

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came to IC that included making it to the Non-Public B state final in softball, there have been some tough moments that included his assistant coach Ray Long passing away in 2008 because of a stroke. Even for this season the team continues to where t-shirts in honor of Long and also there is a basketball tournament in his honor.

In addition in his first year at Immaculate Conception Horohonich also had some medical problems. While some reported he had a heart attack, he calls it a ‘blockage’ and Long took over as head coach for the reminder of the season while Horohonich recuperated.

With the ‘blockage’ he said that he found out what he has to do to stay around for a few more wins.

“You just appreciate more,” said Horohonich who admitted that he does not get his blood pressure up after bad calls by the refs. “You don’t go crazy and emotional.

You try to eat better and do more things for yourself.”

He added that he has cut down or eliminate entirely those late night drives to Burger King or McDonalds after games.

With those tough moments behind him, he looks forward to the culmination of the 2010-11 season where he hopes to bring the little school in Lodi, its first Bergen County and first state championship in basketball.

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Championship Finals 103: Luis Gonzalez (North Bergen) tech. fall Mike Neal (Bergenfield) 16-0, 4:00

215: Rich Torres (Bergenfield) pin Dave Heitman (Mahwah) 3:20 285: Andrew Benvenuto (Don Bosco) dec.

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112: Anthony Hiraldo (North Bergen) dec. Jef Alorro (Cresskill) 2-0

Third Place Finals 119: Jeff Roettingen (Rutherford) pin Mike Maye (Bergen Catholic) 5:59 125: Nick Gravina (Northern Highlands) pin Steven Schneider (Emerson/Park Ridge) 5-2 130: Julian Quintero (North Bergen) dec. Matt Jacobson (Glen Rock/Saddle Brook) 6-2

112 Final: Anthony Hiraldo (North Bergen) vs. Jef Alorro (Cresskill)

135: Connor Melde (Bergen Catholic) dec.

John Boyle (Rutherford) 1-0 140: Joe Orecchio (Don Bosco) dec. Mike Paskas (Rutherford) 6-2 145: Sal Mastriani (Don Bosco) won by disqual.

Nick Alpher (Paramus) 5:33 152: Johnny Sebastian (Bergen Catholic) dec.

Matt Dickman (Glen Rock/Saddle Brook) 7-2 160: Ryan Sblendorio (Mahwah) dec. James Dugan (Becton/Wallington) 10-8 171: Dane McDermott (St. Joseph Reg/Mont) dec. Ryan Walker (Mahwah) 5-2

119 Final: Jeff Roettingen (Rutherford) vs. Mike Maye (Bergen Catholic)

189: Razhonn Gross (Don Bosco) dec. Luke Pragdet (Mahwah) 9-8

103: Mark Mastropietro (Hasbrouck Heights/ Wallington) dec. Eric Giannantonio (Paramus) 8-3 112: Dean Piterski (Pascack Valley) dec.

Sebastian Trujillo (Becton/Wallington) 6-1 119: Danny Tyson (Waldwick/Midland Park) dec. Brandon Buomomo (Emerson/Park Ridge) 6-2 125: Darryl Albinico (St. Joseph Regional/ Montvale) dec. Tyler Loughlin (Becton/ Wallington) 4-2 130: Nick Maselli (Emerson/Park Ridge) maj. dec. Charlie Mitchell (Bergen Catholic) 11-1 135: Luke Farinaro (Don Bosco) pin John Herbener (NV/Demarest) 5:26 140: Dan Ressler (Pascack Valley) dec.

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SPORTS • FITNESS • WELLNESS Third Place Finals [continued] 152: Andrew Vecchione (Emerson/Park Ridge) dec. Vincent Silano (St. Joseph Reg/Mont) 5-3 160: Jeff Farina (St. Joseph Reg/Mont) dec.

Alex Cimiluca (Glen Rock/Saddle Brook) 6-5 171: Nate Leer (Tean) dec. Lukas Iorio (BC) 9-5

125 Final: Nick Gravina (N Highlands) vs. Steven Schneider (Emer/P Ridge)

189: Damian Murberg (Pascack Valley) dec.

Dimitri Carfagno (St. Joseph Reg/Mont) 5-3 215: Matt Mecca (Northern Highlands) dec.

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130 Final: Julian Quintero (N Bergen) vs. Matt Jacobson (G Rock/S Brook)

112: Trevor Albrecht (Bergen Catholic) pin Billy Reardon (Don Bosco) 1:38 119: Joe Guerriero (Glen Rock/S. Brook) Maj. dec. Austin Cantone (St. Joseph Reg/Mont) 11-1 125: Cenzo Cariddi (River Dell) pin Mike Laurice (Indian Hills) 5:56 130: Joe Rizzitello (Paramus) dec.

Brandon Giovanetti (Ridgewood) 1-0 135: Adam Rusch (NV/Old Tappan) dec.

James DiGregorio (Emerson/Park Ridge) 6-4 140: Nick Nadammo (Ramsey) won by forfeit

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145: Brian Bandstra (Wld/MPk) won by forfeit

152: Tyler Mealy (Bect/Walling) won by forfeit 160: Mustafa Aslama (Paramus) dec.

Alex Kruinski (Bergen Catholic) 7-6 2OT 171: Bryan Loighlin (Becton/Wallington) dec.

Jarred Verghara (Pascack Hills) 2-0 189: Michael Amara (St. Mary/Rutherford) dec. Paul Lowry (Waldwick/Midland Park) 4-2 215: Lucas Sahdo (Paramus) dec. Hunter Kiselick (Bergen Catholic) 11-5 285: Adam Polisi (Fort Lee) won by forfeit

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125: Nick Gravina (Northern Highlands) pin Cenzo Carriddi (River Dell) 5:58; Steven Schneider (Emerson/Park Ridge) dec. Darryl Albonico (St. Joseph Reg/Mont) 3-2 130: Julian Quintero (North Bergen) dec.

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112: Anthony Giraldo (North Bergen) dec.

Sebastian Trujillo (Becton/Wallington) 3-0; Billy Reardon (Don Bosco) maj. dec. Mike Vilela (Ridgefield Park/Ridgefield) 15-5; Trevor Albrecht (Bergen Catholic) dec. Dean Piterski (Pascack Valley) 8-4; Jep Alorro (Cresskill) dec.

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140 Final: Joe Orecchio (Don Bosco) vs. Mike Paskas (Rutherford)

119: Joe Rottingen (Ramsey) dec. Brandon Buonomo (Emerson/Park Ridge) 14-5; Austin Cantone (St. Joseph Reg/Montvale) dec. Marco Jimenez (Fair Lawn) 5-2; Mike Maye (Bergen Catholic) dec. Danny Tyson (Waldwick/Midland Park) 7-4; Joe Guerrero (Glen Rock/Saddle Brook) maj. dec. Jesse Massaro (NV/Old Tappan) 15-4 125: Steven Schneider (Emerson/Park Ridge) pin Peter Pravata (Pascack Hills) :38; Darryl Albonico (St. Joseph Reg/Mont) pin Anthony Dabal (North Bergen) 1:58; Nick Gravina (Northern Highlands) pin Joe DeFuria (Bergenfield) 5:39; Cenzo Carriddi (River Dell) pin Mike Laurice (Indian Hills) 3:18

145 Final: Sal Mastriani (Don Bosco) vs. Nick Alpher (Paramus)

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SPORTS • FITNESS • WELLNESS Quarterfinals [continued] 135: John Hebener (NV/Demarest) pin Christian Morrero (Bergenfield) 1:02; John Boyle (Rutherford) maj. dec. Adam Rusch (NV/Old Tappan) 12-3’ Connor Melde (Bergen Catholic) tech fall Krystian Kida (Elmwood Park) 19-1, 5:15; James DiGregorio (Emerson/Park Ridge) pin Amir George (Hackensack) 3:51

160 Final: Ryan Sblendorio (Mahwah) vs. James Dugan (Becton/Walligton)

140: Matt Mangini (Bergen Catholic) dec. Dan Ressler (Pascack Valley) 4-3; Joe Orecchio (Don Bosco) dec. Jimmy Suess (Paramus) 5-1; Nick Barranello (River Dell) dec. Nck Madormo (Ramapo) 9-6; Mike Paskas (Rutherford) pin Lacin Koro (Cliffside Park) 5:14 145: Brandon Cocheri (Northern Highlands) pin Zack Deckler (River Dell) 2:49; Sal Mastriani (Bergen Catholic) pin Zach Frohlich (NV/Old Tappan) 2:56; Nick Alpher (Paramus) pin Mike Karlewicz (Mahwah) 4:50; Dylan More (St. Joseph Reg/Montvale) pin Anthony Mobilino (Lodi) 2:33

171 Final: Dane McDermott (St. Joseph Reg/Mont) vs. Ryan Walker (Mahwah)

152: Andrew Vecchione (Emerson/Park Ridge) dec. Vincent Silano (St. Joseph Reg/Mont) 9-4; Matt Dickman (Glen Rock/Saddle Brook) pin Tyler Napoleone (Garfield) 4:36; Jovan Rivera (Bergenfield) pin Tyler Mealy (Becton/ Wallington) 3:30; Johnny Sebastian (Bergen Catholic) dec. Peter Seebeck (Paramus Catholic) 7-2 160: Ryan Sblendorio (Mahwah) pin Jimmy MacWilliams (Ramsey) 1:51; James Dugan (Becton/Wallington) pin Rocco Rizzo (River Dell) 2:32; Alex Cimiluca (Glen Rock/Saddle Brook) won by inj def. over Charlie Woods (NV/ Demarest) Jeff Farina (St. Joseph Reg/Mont) dec. Jerome Huger (Leonia/Palisades Park) 8-2

189 Final: Razhonn Gross (Don Bosco) vs. Luke Pragdet (Mahwah)

171: Dane McDermott (St. Joseph Reg/Mont) maj. dec. Dylan Walling (NV/Demarest) 145; Lukas Iorio (Bergen Catholic) dec. Jared Vergara (Pascack Hills) 4-3; Ryan Walker (Mahwah) dec. Bryan Loughlin (Becton/ Wallington) 4-3; Nate Leer (Teaneck) dec.

Jake Regina (Rutherford) 7-1 189: Damian Murberg (Pascack Valley) tech fall Gordon Ruffing (Ridgewood) 15-0, 4:00; Razhoon Gross (Don Bosco) maj. dec. Paul Lowry (Waldwick/Midland Park) 15-6; Michael Amara (St. Mary/Rutherford) dec. Keith Rodman (NV/Old Tappan) 7-4; Luke Pragdat (Mahwah) dec. Lenny Smith (River Dell) 8-4

215 Final: Rich Torres (Bergenfield) vs. Dave Heitman (Mahwah)

215: Matt Mecca (Northern Highlands) pin Kylke Bratyanski (Glen Rock/Saddle Brook) :24; Rich Toirres (Bergenfield) pin Demir Radincic (Fort Lee) 1:04; David Heitman (Mahwah) dec. Steven Sherlock (Fair Lawn) 8-4; Abo Mahmoud (Becton/Wallington) pin Hunter Kiselick (Bergen Catholic) 2:51 285: Nick Palotta (Westwood) Ricky Sanchez (Paramus Catholic) :40; Cody Mann (Mahwah) dec. Dovid Greenfield (Torah Academy) 3-2; Andrew Benvenuto (Don Bosco) pin Byron Blake (Ramsey) 4:42; Jeff Rodriguez (Lodi) dec.

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Ahmen Abdelhamid (Rutherford) 12-6; Zach Taeschler (Ramsey) dec. Max Gallo (Fair Lawn) 9-3 119: Jeff Rottingen (Ramsey) pin Jeff Cardona (Bergenfield) 5:30; Joe Guerruero (Glen Rock/ Saddle Brook) pin Craig Layne (NV/Demarest) :17; Danny Tyson (Waldwick/Midland Park) pin Jose Granados (Fort Lee) 3:24; Brandon Buonomo (Emerson/Park Ridge) pin Brendan Campbell (River Dell) 2:25; Mike Maye (Bergen Catholic) won by inj. def. over Dominick Manginelli (Dumont); Marco Jimenez (Fair Lawn) pin Rich Gonzakez (North Bergen) 4:15; Jesse Massaro (NV/Old Tappan) dec. Tristan Hollenbaugh (Don Bosco) 4-2 OT; Austin Cantone (St.. Joseph Reg/Montvale) maj. dec.

John Maldonado (Pascack Hills) 11-0 125: Steven Schneider (Emerson/Park Ridge) pin Edwin Fiscal (Bogota/Weehawken) :59; Cenzo Carriddi (River Dell) pin Tyler Champy (Glen Rock/Saddle Brook) 1:35; Joe DeFuris (Bergenfield) dec. Justin Scheinert (Ramapo) 8-3; Nick Gravina (Northern Highlands) pin Tyler Lougjlin (Becton/Wallington) 3:29; Mike Laurice (Indian Hills) maj. dec. Austen Fischer (Fair Lawn) 12-; Anthony Dabal (North Bergen) dc. Piotr Kucab (Garfield) 10-5; Darryl Albonico (St. Mary/Rutherford) dec. Tarerk Jeral (Paramus) 501; Peter Pravata (Pascack Hills) pin Oedron Morejon (Lyndhurst/North Arlington) 1:58 130: Julian Quintero (North Bergen) pin John McLaughlin (River Dell) :40; Joe Rizzitello (Paramus) maj. dec. Akex Oroszcho (Cliffside Park) 11-2; Matt Jacobson (Glen Rock/ Saddle Brook) maj. dec. Richard Dempster (Hackensack) 12-4; Nick Masselli (Emerson/ Park Ridge) pin Willy Dohertty (Westwood) 1:04; Charlie Mitchell (Bergen Catholic) dec. Chris Lassoni (Becton/Wallington) 6-1; Brandon Giovanetti (Ridgewood) dec.

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Luke Farinaro (Don Bosco) 5-2; John Boyle (Rutherford) maj. dec, Michael Spangler (Hasbrouck Heights/Wood-Ridge) 18-6 140: Nick Madormo (Ramapo) pin Bob Bandstra (Waldwick/Midland Park) :53; Matt Mangini (Bergen Catholic) pin Jack Mallett (Emerson/Park Ridge) 1:20; Nic Baranello (River Dell) maj. dec. Jukian Guilarte (Indian Hills) 11-0; Matt Paskas (Rutherford) dec.

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Bergen County’s Blue Devils and Rams Leading Scorer Reaches Combine for Bergen 1000-Point Plateau County Scoring Record

By Dennis Wilson Hackensack’s senior guard Erin Moore is not only the leading scorer in Bergen County at 24.3 points game but also surpassed the 1000point plateau on Tuesday, Jan. 18 when the Lady Comets rolled to a 72-58 triumph over Northern Valley/Demarest in a Big North Conference confrontation. Moore finished with 36 points, 24 of which she riddled the cords with in the first half that included a three-pointer before the break that raised her career total to 1001. Her teammate Taylor Farro contributed 17 points to Hackensack’s fourth success in a dozen outings.

Mahwah built up a 37-19 advantage in the first 16 minutes and held on to topple Indian Hills 60-47 in a Big North Conference clash on Wednesday (January 19) in Oakland.

Jumping out to a 20-14 lead entering the second quarter, the Lady Thunderbirds went on a 17-8 tear before halftime to widen the margin to 18 points before the Braves rallied to cut the final deficit to a 13-point spread. Mahwah, which improved to 7-3, presented a balanced attack as Cara Batelli and Courtney Spizzo share game-high honors when they both popped 16 points into the bucket.

Alexa Preguletti tickled the twine with 13 points, nine

of which came at the charity stripe while Kristyn Tremblay tallied eight and Alex Truglio netted seven. Lindsay Rock topped the Indian Hills lineup with an 11-point output while her other nine teammates who stepped on the hardwood scored as the Braves dropped to 4-7.

Nicole Pepe, a senior forward for the Academy of the Holy Angels, joined the 1000-point club on Tuesday, Dec. 28 as she spurred the Angels to a 77-36 romp over Wayne Hills in a Big North Conference confrontation. Pepe finished with a 22-point effort while senior forward dominated in the paint, dumping a dozen points into the bucket, grabbing five rebounds and blocking four shots.

Wood-Ridge’s Nicole Fleck reached the 1000-point plateau four minutes in the Blue Devils 44-34 triumph over Harrison on a North Jersey Interscholastic Conference - Meadowlands B contest on Thursday, Jan.13. Fleck converted a fast break, dropping a two-pointer into the basket, turned in a double-double effort as she finished with 19 points and hauled down 15 rebounds.

River Dell junior Kate Brock and senior Jill McGovern were named co-MVPs of the Lady Hawk Holiday Hoop Jam after the host squad defeated

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Jakelle King-Gilchrist raised her average over 20 points per game when she tickled the twine with 35 points to propel Teaneck to an 88-31 rout of Northern Highlands on Tuesday, Jan. 18. Her total included a trio of treys as the Highwaywomen raised their overall record to 9-1.

Ridgewood bested Paramus 62-50 in a Big North Conference encounter on Tuesday, Jan. 18. Megan Roxas found the range and fl ipped a season-high 29 points into the bucket as she converted six free throw opportunities and connected on three field goals launched from outside threepoint arc.

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Paladins went on a 13-6 run in the third quarter and defeated Bergenfield 57-48 at The Games at Pascack Valley on Sunday, Jan. 16. With sophomore transfers Tianna Smith and Dejan Taylor, both from Spring Valley (NY) eligible for the first time, the Lady Paladins received the benefit of a double-double effort off the bench by Taylor who scored 18 points and pulled down a dozen rebounds.

In the same tourney, Immaculate Heart Academy remained undefeated in defeating Ramapo 52-47 as senior forward Raquel Scott posted a double-double, hitting the hoop for 19 points and pulled down 16 rebounds. Ramapo’s senior guard Sarah Halejian topped all scorers when she tickled the twine with 22 points.

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Another stat that arguably is tops in county history is the twoteam total of 31 successful field goals launched from outside the three-point perimeter. The Rams’ sharpshooters unloaded 18 led by Heithem Odeh with seven and five by Jireh Albado while Gary Whritenour topped the Blue-Devils, pitching five treys through the cords.

Paramus Catholic’s 6-8 senior center Justin Harris earned the accolades as the North Jersey Player of the Month by the staff of sportsinthegardenstate.com for outstanding single-game performance when the Paladins defeated Don Bosco Prep 70-63. Harris dominated in the paint as he riddled the cords for a season-high 31 points and hauled down 18 rebounds.

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Ryan Velez, Elmwood Park’s 6-1 senior guard, surpassed the 1000-point plateau on Friday, Dec. 31 when he scored on a lay-up following a steal in the second quarter as the Crusaders defeated Bogota 66-42 in the consolation game of the Bergen Holiday Festival in Oradell. Velez finished with ten points and grabbed seven rebounds as he upped his career point total to 1004.

Jeremy Clarke, a three-year starter, became the third New Milford hoopster to reach the 1000-point level. Clarke is averaging 17.6 points per game as senior and joins Barry Swanson (1984) and Dennis Calacione (2002) in the Knights’ record books.

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By Dennis Wilson Ridgewood surged to a 6-0 lead in skating to a 10-5 romp over in a Big North Conference confrontation on Monday, Jan. 17 at the Floyd Hall Arena in Little Falls. The “W” raised the Maroons record to 12-1-1 while the Mustangs from Passaic County fell to 36-1. Kevin Entwistle netted two goals while Colin Emery, David Hefferan and Peter McGinley chipped in with goals early in the contest. On Friday, Dec. 31, Ridgewood jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the opening period and defeated Morristown 3-1 in the championship game of the Jefferson Tournament contest at Skylands Ice World in Stockholm, Jake Middletown scored twice and Entsitle once while McGinley, Corey Morgan and Ralph Volpe were credited with assists.

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Exploding with seven unanswered goals in the open period, it was no contest as the Raiders breezed to a 10-0 romp over Paramus on Friday, Jan. 15. Kyle Mangin turned in a hat trick effort, netting three goals and passing off an assist. Ryan Buccigrossi and Dan Thompson chipped in with two goals apiece while Michael Brunetti, Ryan Soderland and Jimmy Viaiano added solo goals to the scoring parade. Goalie Carl Boomhower turned aside 21 shots on call to earn credit for the shutout “W” between the pipes.

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Trailing 2-0 only 39 seconds into the contest, Wayne Valley rallied to defeat Paramus 73 on Saturday, Jan. 15 at the Ice House in Wayne to remain unbeaten at 9-0-1. By the first intermission, the Indians had deadlocked the game at 2-2 and added the only goal of the middle period to enter the last five minutes with a 3-2 advantage. Ryan Gomez, Nick Maffei and Zach Morrison each scored twice while Paul Feldner added a goal. Gomez and Maffei were credited with two

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Don Bosco Prep pulled out a 5-4 triumph over St. Peter’s Prep on Monday, Jan. 3. R.J. Burns turned in a hat trick effort to key the attack while Cole Maier and Rob Marsanico added solo goals. Michael Conte distributed assists on three goals while Mike McMorrow was credited with a pair of assists.

Following a scoreless opening period, St. Joseph Regional/ Montvale scored three times in the middle period and went on to skate to 5-1 triumph over Wayne Hills on Saturday, Jan. 15. Peter Tasca keyed the attack, scoring twice and passing off an assist. His brother Joe along with Anthony Lauria and James Quinn produced the other goals while assists were

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By Dennis Wilson Christian Rivera, the Don Bosco Prep head coach, was named the Commissioner of the U.S. Fencing team that will compete at the World ScholarAthlete Games that will be contested on the campus of the University of Connecticut in Storrs, CT from June 26 through July 4. Rivera, who also is an assistant coach with the women’s squad at Fairleigh Dickinson University, was the 2003 NJSIAA epee champion from Bloomfield and earned All-American accolades at Ohio State University.

Ramapo overwhelmed Passaic Valley 20-7 to move to 14-1 overall and 4-0 in the Bergen-Passaic League as a result of a strong 8-1 showing by the nine starting fencers.

This allowed head coach Paul Apostal to replace five of his starters with substitutes in the second round. The subs also performed very well, helping

clinch the meet victory at 141 as they finished the second round with a score of 15-3. Six new fencers were subbed into the third round where Ramapo added five wins to end the meet at 20-7. Twenty-two Ramapo fencers got to fence at least one bout.

Juniors Josh Chang and Taylor Valdez produced 2-0 records while junior, Charles Copti, went 1-0 to lead the sabre squad to an impressive 8-1 record. Seniors Gaspar Lesznik and Albert Kim went 1-0 as did freshman Chris Muller. The foilists recorded a 6-3 record as senior Patrick Lin, junior Justin Charles and sophomore Tanner Frank all went 2-0. In the epee competition, Ramapo went 6-3 record as senior Kevin Kim, sophomores Sam Judd, Scott Zellers, and Anthony Ferrer plus freshman Matt Martone each went 1-0. Junior Lucas Mastrangelo provided the final victory.

Josh Chang scores against Hills’ Andrew Hong on his way to a 5-2 victory.

Despite the absence of standout Alisha Gomez-Shaw in the sabre, Wayne Hills finished 14th in the field of 45 teams that participated in the prestigious Santelli Fencing Relay competition that had been postponed from January 8 until January 16 by the inclement weather. GomezShaw was in the Lone Star State competing in the North American Cup. Christina Ventigmiglia, the Patriots’ first-year coach, directed seniors Jennifer Aldover and Swathi Venlatesh along

with junior Erica Schulman to a seventh place effort in the sabre event while a trio of seniors, Megan Marshall, Julie Quinn and Amanda Sweetman combined to place 12th in the foil discipline.

Northern Highlands pierced Fair Lawn 16-11 on Tuesday, Jan. 18. Highlighting the Highlanders’ performance were 3-0 records produced by Andrew Kim in the epee and Nat Kim in the sabre competition.

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By Dennis Wilson Ramsey’s Kyle Landau sent 1412 pins flying off their marks over six games to capture the individual crown in the boys division of the 2011 Bergen County Coaches Association Tournament contested at Bowler City in Hackensack on Saturday (January 22). His twin brother Ryan posted a six-game pin fall of 1347 to tie for second place with Westwood’s Christian Sontag.

Pascack Valley, topped by senior Brian O’Flaherty’s 1253 se-

ries and Time Frantin’s 1238 total, claimed the team title with a sixgame pin count of 5892, 62 pins more than Ramsey which placed second with a 5830 pin total. Park Ridge placed third with a score of 3741 led by Dave Wuhrman’s 1282 series.

In the girls’ competition contested at Bowler City a week earlier, Immaculate Heart Academy captured its seventh straight championship plaque including a 1005 single game that ranks as the third best-ever in county records.

Utilizing the Baker format which is the format for the NJSIAA tournament, IHA was one of the top eight teams that moved into the quarterfinals where the Blue Eagles defeated Hackensack, the Academy of the Holy Angels and lastly Ridgewood in championship round. Colleen Blake was runnerup to Lyndhurst’s Lexus Lopez in the individual standings, posting a three-game series of 657 while her teammate Nicole Linder was third with a pin-fall of 620 and Ridgewood’s Shelby Taylor

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Clifton swept the boys and girls titles in the Passaic County Coaches Tournament held at T-Bowl in Wayne on Saturday (January 22) with Lakeland and Wayne Hills finishing 2-3 in both divisions. West Milford’s Tim Scott, who recorded a six-game series of 672, claimed his second individual gold medal in three years. Among the girls, Lakeland’s Amelia Silvestro turned in the high single game of 231.

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Adam Apidopolous turned in an outstanding hat trick effort as the Crusaders skated to an easy 6-1 triumph over Pope John on Monday (January 17). Apidopolous netted the goals and contributed a pair of assists as the Crusaders improved to 3-4-0. Kyle Carlasco chipped in with a goal and two assists while Mike Ramirez added a goal and assist. Scott Mogerly completed the scoring parade. David Gerity not only stopped 28 shots on goal, he also was credited with an assist.

Continually increasing the margin, Bergen Catholic coasted to a 5336 triumph over DePaul in a Big North Conference hoops encounter on Thursday (January 13). Leading 16-9 after eight minutes, the Crusaders increased their advantage to 27-13 by the halftime break and led 41-21 entering the final quarter. Eric Flanagan pitched a game-high 13 points into the bucket, including a pair of three-pointers as the Crusaders upped their overall record to 7-4. Maurice Grant chipped in with eight points while P.J. Reed added seven.

Bergen Catholic breezed to a 50-12 mat triumph over Northern Valley/Old Tappan as the Crusaders claimed victory in 12 of the 14 bouts. Tyler Camenti (103), Connor Melde (135) and Michael Kruklinski (160) posted pins while Lukas Iorio (171) and Hunter Kiselick (215) registered major decisions.

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Greg Hazell turned in an outstanding effort at the Track Universe Meet on Saturday (January 8). Hazell leaped 21-3/4 to place first in the long and hopped, stepped and jumped 40-4 1/2 to win the triple jump competition. Michael Baselice soared over the bar at 12-6 to capture the silver medal in the pole vault while Paul Ciaravino sped to a runner-up finish in the 55-meter dash.

Jeremy Gonzales and Ryan Walsh finished 2-3 in the 55-meter high hurdles.

Sweeping every event but two, Don Bosco sank Paramus 117-53 in swimming on Thursday (January 13). Evan Myers, John Fastigati, Nate Singer and Brendan McGrail opened the rout when the quartet posted the winning clocking of 1:53.10 in 200-yard medley relay. Myers, Matt Sadowski, Dan Steinmetz and Ryan Magee teamed to win the final event, the 400-yard relay in 3:44.17.

Three first period falls in the upper weight classes ignited the Ironmen to a 47-24 victory over West Morris in an intersectional mat match on Wednesday (January 5). Derek Ajamian (171), Razhoon Gross (189) and Andrew Benvenuto (295) pinned their opponents in the opening period Pat Verales (2150) posted a second period pin.

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Jen Pash sprinted to a gold medal performance in the Spike Shoe Holiday Festival contested at the Armory Track Center in New York City on Wednesday (December 22). Pash broke the tape in the 200-meter dash, recording a clocking of 25.7 and picked up a bronze medal in the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.3. Her teammate Theresa Picciallo flipped the eight-pound ball 41-2 to garner the silver medal in the shot put. Earlier in the Track Universe competition, Picciallo picked up the gold medal when tossed the ball 42-7.

Surging to a 12-2 lead by the end of the opening quarter, there was little doubt of the income. When the Blue Eagles went on a 17-9 tear in the third quarter to open up a 40-20 margin with only eight minutes remaining in the Big North Conference hoops encounter on Thursday (January 13, there was no suspense as IHA vanquished DePaul 51-32. Ashley Morella bombed a game-high 16 points through the cords, including a quartet of three-pointers while Samantha Wilkes contributed a 13-point effort and Raquel Scott added seven as IHA remained undefeated after 11 games.

On the boys’ hardwood, DePaul utilized a 13-4 run in the second quarter to defeat Wayne Valley 61-52 in a Big North Conference clash. Davon Jacobs powered the attack, denting the cords with a game-high 24 points while Joshua Marquez contributed a 16-point performance, Jumping out to a 13-3 advantage following eight minutes of action, DePaul breezed to a 62-27 conquest of St. Patrick/Elizabeth in a non-conference girls’ hoops meeting. Jade Walker topped the Lady Spartan’s roster of nine player who not only saw action but also popped points into the bucket. Walker finished with a game-high 17 points while Kate Branagan and Victoria D’Addario tallied 11 points apiece.

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Dante Porrazzo not only captured the 119-pound title at the Newark Academy Tournament, his 11-8 victory over P.J. Klee of Blair Academy was the 100th of his varsity career. Still counting, he ranks third on the Spartans’ all-time list behind A.J. Mott (132) and Steve DePetro (118). Porrazzo added to his career total when he produced a pin at 125-pounds to key the Spartans to a 38-27 triumph over Paramus Catholic in a Big North Conference confrontation.

His mat partners Sean Brophy (140), Matt Delallo (145) and Zack Manley (189) also produced pins in the win over the Paladins.

Surging to a 17-3 advantage after eight minutes and leading 29-7 at the halftime break, Glen Rock eliminated the suspense from the outset in posting a 47-30 triumph over Mary Help of Christians in a NJIC clash contested in North Haledon on Friday (January 14). With 18 players seeing action, the Lady Panthers upped their record to 9-1 as Jaclyn Carosotto and Margi Rivera shared team-high scoring honors by tossing eight points apiece into the basket. Jessica Bell netted six and Sophie Lederer five as 11 Glen Rock players popped points through the cords.

Claiming wins in eight of the 14 bouts, the combined Glen Rock/Saddle Brook squad defeated Ramsey 38-30 to up its dual match record to 9-1 on Saturday (January 15). Mike Andreano (103) registered a 16-0 technical fall in the lowest weight class and John Guerrero (285) packed up and planted his opponent 1:11 into the heaviest weight division. In between, the local grapplers excelled in the middle weights as Matt Jacobson (130) won by a major decision, his brother Chris (135) produced a pin, Eric Schlett (140) won by a decision and Tyler Patasnik (145) contributed four team points when he won by a major decision.

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Indian Hills first “W” of the girls’ hoops campaign was impressive when the Braves cruised to a 52-32 triumph over Passaic Tech in the Indian Hills Holiday Tournament on Wednesday (December 29). Indian Hills opened up a 11-4 advantage after eight minutes and locked up the verdict in the third quarter with a 14-6 run that boosted the margin to 39-22 with eight minutes remaining to play.

Jill Hochull tickled the twine with a game-high 16 points while Nicole Kopyta contributed a dozen points, eight of which were successful charity tosses and Brielle Dalvano chipped in with a 10-point effort.

John Ainsworth, Ryan Zurich, Joey Macalle and Austin Solecitto combined to splash to a first place finish in the 200 medley relay in 2:03.31 as the Braves cruised to a 97-73 triumph over Paramus Catholic in a boys swimming matchup on Thursday (January 13).

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Northern Highlands dominated in the pool, splashing to dominating victories over the combined River Dell/Westwood squad in the boys and girls divisions. Dylan Cummings, Lucas Morgan, Andrew O’Connell and Zach Thomas for the winning foursome in the 200yard medley relay that opened the competition posting the fastest clocking of 1:48.24 as the Highlanders cruised to a 122-48 team victory. Rachel Thomas, Caitlin Grady, Paulina Lengel and Caitlin Bach started a 111-59 team conquest producing the winning time of 2:05.83 in the medley relay.

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Ramsey snapped a 1-1 deadlock after one period and skated to a 5-1 success over Indian Hills on Friday (January 14). Justin Larkin stopped 20 shots on goal as the Rams improved their record to 12-1-1.

Leading all the way after opening up a 13-5 advantage after eight minutes of action, Ramsey coasted to a 47-31 triumph over Hawthorne Christian in the championship game of the Christmas Bell Tournament at Waldwick in Wednesday (December 29). Tommy Reynolds popped a team-high 16 points into the basket while Kyle Nelson filled the supporting role with a 13-point output.

Shannon Kiley netted a game-high 15 points as Ramsey defeated Northern Valley/Demarest to claim its first victory of the season on Thursday (December 23). Jill Padovano chipped in with a 10-point effort with Taryn Corrigan adding nine points to the scoring column.

In NJIC dual match action, the combined Waldwick/Midland Park squad routed the joint Leonia/Palisades Park squad 52-12 on Wednesday (January 5). Danny Tyson (130), Rob Bandstra (140), Brian Bandstra (145), Jeff Bulick (160) and Nick Benitez (189) decked their opponents to highlight the team’s success.

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RAMSEY RAMS Neil Forrester needed only 23 seconds to his opponent to the mat and pin him to highlight the Rams; 63-12 romp over Indian Hills in a Big North Conference dual wrestling match on Friday (January 14). His teammate Zach Klein wrapped up and pinned his foe 46 seconds into the 189-pound bout. Zach Taeschler (112), Steve Mitchell (125), Matt Johns (135), Jimmy McWilliams (160) and John Jenkins (171) also won by falls.

Senior guard Paul Acito had pumped 15 points through the iron when he suffered a season-ending knee injury in the opening game loss to Park Ridge. Acito, who average 15.5 points per game as a junior, finished his career with 837 points.

Slowly moving to a 29-22 by the halftime break, the Lady Paladins went on a 13-6 run in the third quarter and defeated Bergenfield 57-48 at The Games at Pascack Valley on Sunday (January 16). With sophomore transfers Tianna Smith and Dejan Taylor, both from Spring Valley (NY) eligible for the first time, the Lady Paladins received the benefit of a double-double effort off the bench by Taylor who scored 18 points and pulled down a dozen rebounds.

Ana DeLeon finished fifth in the field of 100 keglers who competed in the 2011 Bergen County Coaches Association Girls Bowling Tournament on Saturday (January 14), recording a three-game series 594.

After see-sawing back and forth, the Paladins went on a 24-17 run down the stretch to snap a deadlock and claim a 70-63 victory over Don Bosco Prep in a Big North Conference confrontation on Thursday (January 13). Justin Harris riddled the cords with a game-high 31-point output while Elijah Davis chipped in with a 17-point effort and Manny Hernandez netted 13. The “W” was the sixth of the season for the Paladins who have suffered three setbacks.

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Paul Kipiani needed only 23 seconds to deck his opponent in the 135-pound weight class as Ramapo rolled to a 45-24 decision in a non-conference clash over the combined Waldwick/Midland Park squad on Saturday (January 15). Chris Mutterer (130), Pete Douma (152) and Shan Shabsigh (171) contributed six team points apiece when they won by falls.

Exploding with seven unanswered goals in the open period, it was no contest as the Raiders breezed to a 10-0 romp over Paramus on Friday (January 15). Kyle Mangin turned in a hat trick effort, netting three goals and passing off an assist. Ryan Buccigrossi and Dan Thompson chipped in with two goals apiece while Michael Brunetti, Ryan Soderland and Jimmy Viaiano added solo goals to the scoring parade. Goalie Carl Boomhower turned aside 21 shots on call to earn credit for the shutout “W” between the pipes.

Ramapo surged to a 51-18 triumph over Northern Valley/Demarest in a Big North girls hoops contest on Thursday (January 13). The Lady Raiders built up a 31-8 advantage by the halftime intermission in raising their record to 9-1 as Sarah Halejian tallied a game-high 13 points. Deanna Devonshuk chipped in with 10 including a pair of treys while Kasey Woetzek netted nine.

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Brandon Giovanetti (130) registered 24-8 technical fall while Joe Olivo (112) won by a major decision.

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Senior Jessica Andre was fastest to the finish in the longest race on the agenda of the North Jersey Invitational as she raced through the tape, posting the gold medal clocking of 12:22 in the 3200-meter run.

Ali Giordano and Samantha Fucarino produced silver and bronze medal performances in the girls’ division of the Track Universe Series competition on Wednesday (December 29). Giordano sailed over the bar at 4-8 to place second in the high jump while Fucarino cleared 4-6 to finish third in the event.

Going on a 22-6 tear in the second quarter, Waldwick romped to a 6134 rout of Morris Tech on Monday (January 17) in Denville. T.J. Eason pumped a game-high 19 points through the iron while John Simeone and Connor Walsh contributed 10 points apiece to the victory.

Jumping out to a 5-0 advantage after eight minutes, the Lady Warriors cruised to a 30-12 conquest of Saddle River Day in a NJIC basketball meeting on Friday (January 14) in Waldwick. Kerry Guy tickled the twine with a game-high 11 points with Colleen McHugh popping 10 into the basket.

In NJIC dual match action, the combined Waldwick/Midland Park squad routed the joint Leonia/Palisades Park squad 52-12 on Wednesday (January 5). Danny Tyson (130), Rob Bandstra (140), Brian Bandstra (145), Jeff Bulick (160) and Nick Benitez (189) decked their opponents to highlight the team’s success.

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Ryan Gomez, Nick Maffei and Zach Morrison each scored twice to boost Wayne Valley to a 7-3 triumph over Paramus in a Big North Conference ice hockey game. Paul Feldner added a goal as the Indians improved to 9-0-1 on Saturday (January 15). Gomez and Maffei were credited with two assists apiece.

With 12 of the 14 players who saw action popping points into the bucket, Wayne Valley coasted to a 57-36 conquest of Clifton in a Big North Conference girls’ hoops contest played Saturday (January 15). Niki Carillo tickled the twine with a team-high 11 points while Stephanie Easse chipped in with a 10-point effort.

On the boy’s hardwood, the Indians rallied from an 11-10 deficit after eight minutes to bridge the second and third quarters with 27-14 run on the way to defeating Ferris (Jersey City) 52-38 in a non-conference encounter on Saturday (January 15). Tom Larranaga pumped 13 points, including a trio of three-pointers, through the iron with Andrew Herasimtschuk and Jay Mustafa contributing 10 points apiece.

Wayne Valley decked West Milford 58-18 as Jason Zuniga grabbed the spotlight when he pinned his opponent 18 seconds into the 125pound bout. Tyler Hrycak (103), Michael Spadola (112), Sam Tareky (119), Jack Weinberg (130), Brandon Ross (145), Anthony Landsberg (189) and Alex Trani (215) chipped in with falls.

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Utilizing six first period pins, the Green Knights dominated in crushing Paterson Kennedy 73-6 in a Big North Conference wrestling match on Wednesday (January 5). Vincent Macaluso (112), Robert DeMauro (135), Dylan More (145), Vincent Silano (152), Jeff Farina (160) and Glenn Beckmeyer (215) wrapped up and pinned their opponents in the opening period.

Following a scoreless opening period, the Green Knights scored three times in the middle period and went on to skate to 5-1 triumph over Wayne Hills on Saturday (January 15). Peter Tasca keyed the attack, scoring twice and passing off an assist. His brother Joe along with Anthony Lauria and James Quinn produced the other goals while assists were credited to Tyler Brooks, Stephen Cascia, James Peter and James Quinn.

John Butler flipped the 12-pound ball 46-1 to pick up the bronze medal in the shot put competition at the Garfield Invitational on Monday (January 3).

SJR bridged the second and third quarters with a 36-20 win in rolling to a 62-44 triumph over Fail Lawn in a Big North Conference hoops encounter on Friday (January 14). Michael Pelham was top gun, firing a game-high 17 points through the cords while Terrence McNair contributed 11 points.

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Trailing 31-28, Wayne Hills went on a 18-9 run to rally to a 46-40 victory over previously undefeated Lakeland in a Big North Conference girls basketball encounter on Thursday (January 13) in Wanaque. Nickolette Driesse topped all scorers hitting the hoop with a dozen points while Samantha Litzky netted 10 and Erica Wills added eight as the Lady Patriots improved to 7-2.

Moving out to a 20-13 advantage by the end of the opening quarter, Wayne Hills maintained control to the final buzzer in posting a 56-49 triumph over Lakeland on Thursday (January 13). Peter Daibes powered the Patriots’ attack, pumping a game-high 19 points through the iron while Mike Driesse produced a 10-point effort and Sam Pressler contributed eight points. The “W” was the third in seven decisions for the Patriots.

Continuing to struggle on the ice, Wayne Hills dropped a 6-2 decision to Hackensack in a Big North Conference confrontation on Monday (January 17) to fall to 0-7-2. Scoring for the Patriots were Kyle Blazer and John Stressel who assisted on each others goal. James Benfatti and A.J. Ricciardi also picked up assists.

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Megan Thomas Cresskill Coker College – Basketball Thomas, a senior at Coker College in High Point, S.C. was selected as the NCAA Division II Conference Carolinas women’s Basketball Player of the Week. During week number six in the 2010-2011 season, she led the Coker Women’s Basketball team to their best week going 2-1 with wins over St. Andrews and Limestone.

Thomas started the week with 19 points, six rebounds, six assists and five steals in a 6758 win against St. Andrews, the Cobras first of the season.

As a follow-up, Thomas was the hero of the Cobras 61-59

win over Limestone when she hit the game winning buzzer beater shot over the Saints. In addition to the game winning shot, she scored 16 points, had three rebounds and contributed with five assists. Even in the Cobras lone loss of the week, Thomas scored 17 points and had three rebounds. For the week she averaged 17.3 points, four rebounds and 4.3 assists per game. Coker improves to 2-9 overall and 2-3 in the conference.

Most recently Thomas was named as The Heritage Community Financial Services Athlete of the Month for December 2010. Thomas led the Cobras with 10.3 points and 3.7 rebounds per game in December.

Thomas’ month included a career-high 27 point performance against Conference Carolinas foe Belmont Abbey on Dec. 2.

Megan’s college success has not come as a surprise. She was a four year starter for the basketball program at Cresskill High School where she was

named Bergen All-County for three years, won four League titles and two State titles.

stated, “I want to be Player of the Year in the ACC. I think with how I did last year and the improvements I made, individually at least, I think that there’s nobody better right now in the conference.

I’m going to continue to work hard and do everything I can to be ACC Player of the Year this year.”

Steven Brooks Wyckoff Wake Forest - Baseball

Ashley Vallone Park Ridge Montclair State Women’s Swimming

Brooks was selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 17th round of the Major League Baseball draft. A centerfielder for the Deacons who batted .349 as a junior in 2010, hammering six home runs and knocking in 39 runs while displaying speed with 23 stolen bases, has decided to finish his career at Wake Forest and not sign a pro contract with the National League team. When asked why he made this decision, Brooks

Vallone was honored as the New Jersey Athletic Conference’s Women Swimmer of the Week. The Montclair State University sophomore doubled in the individual events and swam a leg on the Red Hawks’ victorious 400 freestyle relay team as MSU sank Ramapo 135-110. Vallone was fastest to the finish wall in the 50 freestyle (25.63) and touched first in the 100 freestyle (55.75).

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SPORTS • FITNESS • WELLNESS

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Teaching the Game is EVERYTHING –

NOT Winning!

Contributed by Pete Ohnegian, B.A., CPT, PES; Former Professional Football Player; Owner, Good Energy Training, Allendale, NJ

As I thought about this topic, I was laughing at the reality of youth sports and how this article would be received in 2011 in a Sport’s Magazine in Northern New Jersey. Instead of succumbing to the pressures that surround today’s playing fields, I stayed determined to address this “frightening” and “non-laughing” matter: Winning at All Costs in lieu of Teaching.

First let me clarify what I consider to be “Youth Sports,” because it seems that Travel, Club and Rec Teams start at earlier ages/grades each year.

“Youth Sports” are for boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 13. Many would argue that the magnitude of the “Little League World Series” and an undefeated 5th grade travel

basketball team that perfected their 1-3-1 zone defense is more advanced than the youth or amateur level but it is not.

Children younger than 5 rarely have the mental focus or physical prowess to play organized sports and compete.

Young Athlete’s older than 13 are now specializing in their best sport and are participating in combines, showcases as well as considering their near future at a parochial school or settling for their hometown high school.

Youth sports or Athletics consist of town teams both recreational, travel and club teams. These teams are coached by moms, dads, neighbors and sports enthusiasts. These amateur coaches are volunteers that give up numerous “extra” hours in their daily routines to email parents, schedule practice

times/fields, scheme new plays and are constantly on the web learning about the newest techniques they can apply to preparing their team.

The following are some of the key components to facilitate a youth coach’s ability to excel in creating a rewarding experience for their team and ultimately successfully teach the sport they are in charge of that season.

Teaching the game and creating a positive environment is paramount, not winning the Championship Trophy or Super Bowl jacket. Don’t get me wrong, the Ultimate goal is to Win ALL the games, but the process is what the kid’s should remember. The youth sport’s season should be made fun & memorable so the entire team returns next year!

COMMITMENT • Start each Pre-Season with a Formal Meeting Introducing yourself & the Expectations for “your” TEAM. • Parents & young athletes should be given Rules, Regulations & Expectations to play on your team.

• You should provide a calendar for parent’s & collect email/ phone and necessary contact information.

• Any questions should be asked & answered and a set Code of Conduct should be shared with the team.

• Parents should be informed of their roles & participation encouraged if they can commit for the season.

• Punctuality, Appropriate Attire, Positive Attitude & 100% Commitment should be Mandatory.

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ENCOURAGE HOMEWORK & SELF PLAY

• Be fully knowledgeable of the Sport you coach — fundamentally, technically & know its History.

• Discipline should be part of “teaching the game” & you and your staff should be held accountable too.

• Each practice should have Specific Goals so the team can strive to improve each day & stay focused.

• Teaching the Sport is not just at practice but all the time because your team is still learning the game.

• Ask professionals & advanced coaches for tips, practice ideas & anything you may not know — no ego.

• Make training tips & skill practice Fun & appropriate for your level – some drills may not work for you.

• Give your team specific drills they can do at home to improve their play at practice & in games.

• Provide literature or schedule a game your team can go watch & get more excited about playing.

• Advise your team to watch the Pro’s on television & learn from the commentary.

• During the season, evaluate your team & your coaching to improve everyone’s experience!

• Explain why you won or lost & send the team home with an assignment to learn from the game.

• Be a Mentor to your players. They will look up to you as their expert so take pride in Your Role.

PREPARE A PRACTICE PLAN • Make a Practice Itinerary with appropriate time for warm-up, skill work, team work & fitness.

• Solicit the help of interested parents who can help you at practice & run some of your drills.

• Incorporate repetitive fundamental work to promote muscle memory & sport specific movement.

• Promote competition with drills & simulate Game Tempo & situations so the team plays fast at practice.

• Make fitness & conditioning a part of practice, but don’t make running “the punishment” for poor play.

• Coaching dialogue should be “teaching specific,” so save stories for the beginning & end of Practice.

GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP, POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT & CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM • Remember that many of your players are “new” to the Sport and so are their parents — start basic.

• If a young-athlete is misbehaving, pull him/her aside & reprimand, but do not embarrass the player.

• Get excited when players perform a skill properly & let the team know why this will help them succeed.

• Encourage Good Sportsmanship for your team & be sure your staff & parent’s are all on the same page.

• Continue to teach during games & provide proper cues to put your Athlete’s in position to perform well.

• Give credit to opponents for good plays & demand hustle from your team during a losing effort. ellness.com

editor@sportsfitnesswellness.com

For the past 18 years I have worked with athletes at all levels. Everyone comes from different styles of coaching & theories on how to play the game. You need to know that “Elite Athletes” all start with the moms, dads & neighbors coaching them.

If we all take pride in our young athlete’s learning the game, similar to how we encourage learning a musical instrument or a different language in school, then we will be on the right track. As a coach of today’s youth, you have a very powerful job. It is not powerful because you may have one special athlete in thousands that will play beyond college.

A youth sport’s coach is a powerful & important position because young athlete’s respect you and want to learn everything they can about a game from you. You have a clean slate

& can build a foundation of knowledge and passion for a sport that could last forever if you excel at your “job.” Youth Sport’s are an outlet from schoolwork & provide young student-athletes with the ability to play with others on a team.

Following a successful season, the concept of TEAM now has meaning as does Commitment & Hard Work.

Winning is NOT Everything in Youth Sports — Teaching the Game is! Remember, it IS for the Kids!

This is the 4th article in the 2010-11 series.

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e and onment winning ophy or on’t get e goal is but the s should sport’s e fun & re team

Photos courtesy of Pete Ohnegian.

oducing ations & email/ Code of cipation & 100%

TEACHING THE GAME

ENCOURAGE HOMEWORK & SELF PLAY

• Be fully knowledgeable of the Sport you coach — fundamentally, technically & know its History.

• Discipline should be part of “teaching the game” & you and your staff should be held accountable too.

• Each practice should have Specific Goals so the team can strive to improve each day & stay focused.

• Teaching the Sport is not just at practice but all the time because your team is still learning the game.

• Ask professionals & advanced coaches for tips, practice ideas & anything you may not know — no ego.

• Make training tips & skill practice Fun & appropriate for your level – some drills may not work for you.

• Give your team specific drills they can do at home to improve their play at practice & in games.

• Provide literature or schedule a game your team can go watch & get more excited about playing.

• Advise your team to watch the Pro’s on television & learn from the commentary.

• During the season, evaluate your team & your coaching to improve everyone’s experience!

• Explain why you won or lost & send the team home with an assignment to learn from the game.

• Be a Mentor to your players. They will look up to you as their expert so take pride in Your Role.

PREPARE A PRACTICE PLAN • Make a Practice Itinerary with appropriate time for warm-up, skill work, team work & fitness.

• Solicit the help of interested parents who can help you at practice & run some of your drills.

• Incorporate repetitive fundamental work to promote muscle memory & sport specific movement.

• Promote competition with drills & simulate Game Tempo & situations so the team plays fast at practice.

• Make fitness & conditioning a part of practice, but don’t make running “the punishment” for poor play.

• Coaching dialogue should be “teaching specific,” so save stories for the beginning & end of Practice.

GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP, POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT & CONSTRUCTIVE CRITICISM • Remember that many of your players are “new” to the Sport and so are their parents — start basic.

• If a young-athlete is misbehaving, pull him/her aside & reprimand, but do not embarrass the player.

• Get excited when players perform a skill properly & let the team know why this will help them succeed.

• Encourage Good Sportsmanship for your team & be sure your staff & parent’s are all on the same page.

• Continue to teach during games & provide proper cues to put your Athlete’s in position to perform well.

• Give credit to opponents for good plays & demand hustle from your team during a losing effort. ellness.com

editor@sportsfitnesswellness.com

For the past 18 years I have worked with athletes at all levels. Everyone comes from different styles of coaching & theories on how to play the game. You need to know that “Elite Athletes” all start with the moms, dads & neighbors coaching them.

If we all take pride in our young athlete’s learning the game, similar to how we encourage learning a musical instrument or a different language in school, then we will be on the right track. As a coach of today’s youth, you have a very powerful job. It is not powerful because you may have one special athlete in thousands that will play beyond college.

A youth sport’s coach is a powerful & important position because young athlete’s respect you and want to learn everything they can about a game from you. You have a clean slate

& can build a foundation of knowledge and passion for a sport that could last forever if you excel at your “job.” Youth Sport’s are an outlet from schoolwork & provide young student-athletes with the ability to play with others on a team.

Following a successful season, the concept of TEAM now has meaning as does Commitment & Hard Work.

Winning is NOT Everything in Youth Sports — Teaching the Game is! Remember, it IS for the Kids!

This is the 4th article in the 2010-11 series.

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More than 75 years ago, the first Paul Korzinski opened a small machine shop in Brooklyn, NY to service cars. A few years later, (at his wife’s insistence) Paul moved his family “to the country” in northern New Jersey. There he opens a service station, which has occupied the same corner of Hawthorne, NJ for most of it’s existence. He begins to sell used cars “on the side”. His teenage son Paul (our current president) convinces him to sell new cars as well. The first Paul’s Motors was a Saab/Volvo dealership, before becoming exclusively Volvo in the mid 60’s.

Today, Paul’s daughter Diane, and son Paul Jr. have joined their father in teh family business. They share the same commitment to the community, the environment, and the family of individuals who have become their loyal customers. If you live in the north Jersey area, you have no doubt seen numerous Volvos driving around with our logo decal displayed on their cars.

Our logo, an elm leaf, was chosen for several reasons.

Since the business opened, it has been surrounded by beautiful elm trees. These trees are a constant reminder of the history of Paul’s, it’s long tradition of quality and service to the community and it’s interest in the ecology of our planet.

Our Gold Leaf decal is given to our loyal customers when their Volvo reaches 100,000 miles. This decal, as well as the name Paul’s Volvo has long been synonymous with integrity, and the exemlary service all who pass through have come to expect. We now extend this tradition to our web customers and welcome all of you to our family.

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By Dennis Wilson Glen Rock’s Rob Nihen welcomed in 2011 not only competing in the 9th Annual 1st Day 5K Run but broke the tape in the event held in Fair Lawn to Benefit Rotary Charities & The Rotary Gift of Life.

Nihen completed the 3.1-mile course in 18:48.9 when he finished first overall in the field of 313 participants that included eight Glen Rock residents.

Fair Lawn’s Lisa Swain was the first local distaff runner to cross the line, placing second overall among the 95 females in the event when she registered a clocking of 20:02.

Fastest to the finish in their age divisions were Clifton’s 15-

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year old Taylour Mauro, 39-year old Melike Ayan and 62-year old Jose Arturo Vallejo, Fair Lawn’s 18-year old Michael Obsuth, 38-year old Scott Avidon and 78-year old William Malone, Franklin Lake’s 11-year old Toni Graff, Midland Park’s 41-year old Colleen Keegan, Paramus’ 14-year old Danny Paolazzi and his 51-year old father Nick, Ridgewood’s 59-year old Gail Kislevitz and 61-year old Erika Campbell, River Edge’s 20-year old Katie Castroagudin, Washington Township’s 45-year old John Hogan, Wayne’s 48-year old Ellen Lurz and 69-year old Jane Simpson as well as Wood-Ridge’s 41-year old Rudi Trivigno.

Picking up runnerup awards were Clifton’s 26-year old Kimberly Munda, 61-year old Sigrid Weihenig and 71-year old Matt Lalumia, Dumont’s 17-year old Ryon Gormley, Franklin Lakes’ 11-year old Sarah Moritz, Hawthorne’s 51-year old Debbie Braithwaite, Leonia’s 21-year old Tom Eickeleberg and his 57-year old father, Oakland’s 25-year old Bryan McDonnell, Pompton Lakes’ 12-year old Jackson Hayes, Prospect Park’s 37-year old Mark Snyder, Ramsey’s 65-year old Jerod Schragen, Ridgewood’s 55-year old Linda Ferraro, Wayne’s 19year old Erica Keil plus Wyckoff’s 51-year old Jorge Losch.

Placing third were Clifton’s 61-year old Marlene Holzli, Closter’s 56-year old Michael Kafer, Englewood’s 45-year old Gabrielle Mulderry, Fair Lawn’s 16-year old Adam Ross, 23year old Erica Shnayder, 41year old Nickolas Joannidis, Glen Rock’s eight-year old Hailey Sapoff, Hackensack’s 61year old William Wilde, Highland Lake’s 23-year old Jake Bond, Little Falls’ 36-year old Daniel Galioto, Mahswah’s 65year old Thomas O’Donnell, Wyckoff’s 14-year old Alex Semendinger, River Edge’s 17-year old Michelle Castroagudin, Teaneck’s 32-year old Jason Hosey.

9th Annual 1st Day 5K Run – Local Results 1. Rob Nihen Glen Rock 16:05; 2. Tom Eickelberg Leonia 16:43; 3. Michael Obsuth Fair Lawn 16:50; 6. Ryon Gormley Dumont 16:58; 7. Bryan McDonnell Oakland 17:18; 8.

Adam Ross Fair Lawn 17:25; 9.

John Hogan Washington Township 17:33; 10. Rudi Trivigno Wood Ridge 17:40; 12. Anthony Fatuzzo Fair Lawn 18:00; 13. Scott Avidon Fair Lawn 18:12; 15. Jake Bond Highland Lakes 18:48; 16. Nick Paolazzi Paramus 18:51; 17. Mark Snyder Prospect Park 18:53; 19.

Daniel Galioto Little Falls 10”03; 20. Nickolas Joannidis Fair Lawn 19:08; 24. Michael Tarakjian Fair Lawn 19:33; 25.

Jorge Losch Wyckoff 19:35;

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David Hough Saddle River 20:50; 39. James Linn Stockholm 20:51; 40. Osada Tomoyuki Waldwick 21:03; 44. Josh Batelli Fair Lawn 21:25; 45.

Robert Hollis Mahwah 21:30; 46. Jose Arturo Vallejo Clifton 21:37; 48. George Carlson Clifton 21:45; 49. Jim Olivola Rutherford 21:45; 50. Bill Eickelberg Leonia 21:47; 51. Paul Semendinger Wyckoff 21:48; 52.

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9th Annual 1st Day 5K Run – Local Results William Frasse Park Ridge 24:34; 103. Brian Dorfler Glen Rock 24:35; 104. Scott McAllister Glen Rock 24:35; 105.

Benjamin Otriz Little Falls 24:37; 106. Matt Lalumia Clifton 24:43; 107. Rob Coyle Pompton Lakes 24:44; 109.

Percy Perez Lyndhurst 24:45; 111. Rolando D’Acosta Teaneck 24:46; 113. Chris Kehoe Allendale 24:49; 114. Norman Chester Oradell 24:51; 116.

Andrew Paer Westwood 24:57; 117. Kimberly Junda Clifton 25:02; 118. Gabrielle Mulderry Englewood 25:03; 120. Ben Yekutiel Tenafly 25:17; 121. Teresa Simpson Waldwick 25:20; 125. Jon Kotraba Montvale 25:30; 127. Greg Gombash Lincoln Park 25:32; 128. Karen Mantari Elmwood Park 25:32; 130. Linda Ferraro Ridgewood 25:40; 131. Eugene Vater Lyndhurst 25:42; 132. Chris Petoreci Ramsey 25:43; 134.

Steve Shiattucy Ridgewood 25:49; 136. Glenn Jacobs Englewood 25:55; 138. Owen Bizik Wayne 26:03; 139. Michael Kafer Closter 26:04; 142. Toni Graff Franklin Lakes 16:10; 143. Manny Perez Cliffside Park 26:11; 144. Cathy Bley Lyndhurst 26:12; 146. Bill Broa Wyckoff 26:23; 148. Cynthia Sanchez Little Falls 26:27; 149.

Colleen Keegan Midland Park 26:28; 150. Steve Lynaugh Teaneck 26:29; 151. Christine Jentile Ridgefield 26:32; 152.

Bruce Meyer Paramus 26:36; 153. Tod Christianson Fair Lawn 26:42; 154. Tom Blundello Franklin 26:44; 155.

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Jason Weber Oakland 26:54; 164. Evangeline Aranibar Fair Lawn 26:59; 165. Jocelyn Gentel Ridgewood 27:03; 166. Paul Lomberg Wyckoff 27:04; 167.

Star Stokes Midland Park 27:06; 168. Otto Pinelli Mahwah 27:09; 169. Kwin Errity Woodcliff Lake 27:17; 170. Stephen Bushell Woodcliff Lake 27:18; 171. Michael Scalia Garfield 27:18; 173. Lori Kilmurray Mahwah 27:24; 174. Esther Rubinstein Fair Lawn 27:26; 175. Colette Frasse Park Ridge 27:27; 176. Aziz Akmese Ridgefield Park 27:33; 177. Mary Farrell Wood-Ridge 27:35; 179. Spencer Kates Ridgewood 27:37; 180. Lewis Minster Fair Lawn 27:38; 182.

Al Swan Clifton 27:40; 184.

Stephen Montalto Woodcliff Lake 27:42; 186. Michele Baldino Wayne 27:48; 187.

Martin Lani Wyckoff 27:53; 188. Rick Kates Ridgewood 27:56; 189. Arthur Haskins Hillsdale 27:57; 190. Barbara Paer Westwood 27:57; 191. Craig Bizik Wayne 28:00; 192. Viktor Livshits Fair Lawn 28:04; 193.

Erica Shnayder Fair Lawn 28:08; 194. Ken Keppler Paramus 28:14; 195. Keri Bratcher Park Ridge 28:20; 196. Lucy Varshavsky Glen Rock 28:37; 197. Jonathan Mormando Oakland 28:39; 199. Andrea Kates Ridgewood 28:46; 201. Ted Geyer Fair Lawn 28:53; 202. Mierra Couhrance Fair Lawn 28:55; 203. Stuart Rubinstein Fair Lawn 28:57; 204. Robert Ptaszynski Washington Township 28:59; 205. Ron Shepherd Hillsdale 29:01; 206. Kimberly Mormando Oakland 29:06; 207.

Gary Anolik Clifton 29:08; 208.

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Rita Shuey Wallington 29:15; 211. David Latrella Saddle Brook 29:20; 213. Sigrid Weihenig Clifton 29:25; 214. John Maxwell Clifton 29:29; 216.

Bill Lurz Wayne 29:40; 217.

Anne Macken Kotraba Montvale 29:43; 218. Jane LaFata Fair Lawn 29:43; 219. Dan Sell Glen Rock 29:44; 221. John Van Olden Fair Lawn 29:49; 222.

Sarah Moritz Franklin Lakes 29:52; 224. Blair Beltzer Wayne 29:59; 226. Romeo Venegas New Milford 30:01; 227. Mike Nebbia Hillsdale 30:07; 229.

Trish Andrews Pompton Lakes 30:11; 230. Jean Nebbia Oakland 30:12; 231. Ed Snood Fair Lawn 30:13; 232. Patrick Snood Fair Lawn 30:13; 233.

Jessica Hansen Fair Lawn 30:18; 234. Adam Silverstein North Haledon 30:20; 235. Rob Janecek West Milford 30:25; 236. Marisa Silverstein North Haledon 30:26; 237. Paul Pawsini Fair Lawn 30:27; 238. Brian Schultz Fair Lawn 30:30; 239.

Donna Elazar Fair Lawn 30:37; 241. Frank Gallo Fair Lawn 31:13; 242. Kazuya Fujiwara Paramus 31:15; 243. Takahiro Fujiwara Paramus 31:16; 244.

Ian McCrone Saddle Brook 31:17; 245. Charles Tumminello Saddle Brook 31:27; 247.

John Mormando Oakland 31:32; 248. Hailey Sapoff Glen Rock 31:49; 249. Mitchell Sapoff Glen Rock 31:49; 250.

Tom Tuchler Fair Lawn 31:58; 252. Lou Gallo Fair Lawn 32:09; 253. Debbie Paller Westwood 32:10; 256. John Gibson Rutherford 32:15; 258. Bryan Walensky Garfield 32:23; 260.

Scott Schultz Fair Lawn 32:31; 261. Michael O’Neill Ridgewood 32:33; 262. Rolando Acosta Teaneck 32:20; 263.

Steven Bowen Neptune 32:41;

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Stephanie Pinsdorf Bogota 32:54; 269. Joseph Casa Wayne 32:55; 270. Jim Malone Washington Township 32:57; 271. Cori Cori Minster Fair Lawn 322:58; 273. Robert Ganaro Fair Lawn 33:08; 274. Danielle Menniti Pompton Lakes 33:08; 275. Nina Setia Teaneck 33:14; 277.

Christina Sasson Oakland 33:27; 278. Irene Shnayder Fair Lawn 33:42; 279. Bridget Alston Midland Park 33:48; 280. Marcos Espinoza Garfield 34:04; 281. Jackie Mullins Paterson 34:15; 284. Jamie Weber Oakland 34:43; 286. Gregory Guthrie Teaneck 34:46; 287. Ayn Balija Fair Lawn 34:54; 288. Eric Mertz Fair Lawn 34:54; 291. Peter Kedl Clifton 35:14; 292. Ronald Burgess Clifton 35:26; 293. Jonathan Hayes Pompton Lakes 35:45; 294. Mark Hayes Pompton Lakes 35:46; 295. Adam Greenspan Fair Lawn 35:53; 296. Nicole Clarke Hackensack 35:54; 298. Michael Fishbein Leonia 37:06; 299. Tom Monarqup Hawthorne 37:27; 300. William Malone Fair Lawn 37:45; 301. Roy Griep Fair Lawn 37:59; 304. Jane Simpson Wayne 42:29; 305. Marlene Holzli Clifton 42:59; 306.

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Beauty Resolutions You’ll Be Sure to Keep Kick things off to a great start. Follow our smart and practical advice, and make 2011 your most beautiful and healthy ever!

By Nayda Rondon naydarondon@sportsfitnesswellness.com

We all start out with the best of intentions: This year I’m going to revamp my makeup routine to create an exciting new look for myself… I’ll get in shape by working out regularly… I’m going to join a gym and/or hire a personal trainer…

I’m determined to cut all the fat out of my diet…

Then, bit by bit, all of our firm resolves start falling by the wayside; we cite those all-toofamiliar excuses—lack of time and know-how, no exercise equipment, too tired, etc. One major reason why we wimp out is because we don’t take the time to sit down and focus on our goals then follow up with concrete, realistic plans that will help us to achieve and maintain them.

The first critical step in meeting your objectives is knowing exactly what it is you want to accomplish. We’ve made it easier for you by targeting key areas that everyone will benefit from. These smart tips will help keep you on the right track to good health.

Eliminate dieting from your vocabulary and eat properly instead. Forget onagain, off-again dieting. The ideal strategy is to eat foods that are rich in vitamins, minerals and proteins, but low in fat.

Choose raw or steamed vegetables, which retain more of their nutritional value. If you’re prone to acne, pass up on shellfish, dairy products and iodized salt; stay away from refined sugars and foods high in fat and cholesterol. That means saying good-bye to frequent helpings of deep-fried foods, cakes and calorie-laden flavored coffees.

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Keep in mind that total abstinence from your favorite foods is not recommended, either. An occasional indulgence—and note the emphasis on occasional— is allowed and even encouraged to help keep you on course in the long run. After all, we’re only human. Give yourself a break and lay off the guilt trips. And this advice is not just a case of wishful rationalization. Studies indicate that complete deprivation from foods we crave often leads to rebellious bingeing, thus defeating the original purpose.

Proper cleansing is the key to flawless skin. This is one beauty maxim you can’t afford to ignore. No matter how tired you are, never, ever go to sleep with your makeup on. Establish a beauty ritual of thoroughly cleansing your face twice daily (morning and night). This means completely removing all of the surface impurities that can clog your pores and dull your complexion. For best results, foam up, or pour, the cleansing product in your palms, then work it thoroughly into your skin by using gentle, circular motions. Let the cleanser penetrate into your pores for a minute or two, then, again, work it gently into your skin with more circular motions.

Rinse well, and then follow up with a cotton ball soaked in an alcohol-free toner.

Be careful to use gentle, nonabrasive cleansing products.

Avoid big grainy scrubs, as harsh exfoliating treatments can lead to hyperpigmentation or dark skin patches. If you have extremely dry skin, opt for gentle cleansers such as Dove, Neutrogena and Cetaphil.

Men need to pay attention to their cleansing as well. Products such as those from companies like Hey Dude Skin Care will help them to do just that. (For a complete list of products, pricing and where they are sold, visit www.HeyDudeSkinCare.com.)

Maintain a moisturizing regimen. Every beauty ritual should include pampering your

skin with a moisturizer to keep it soft and supple, and to help diminish fine lines and wrinkles. Applying the moisturizer to damp skin will help boost its effects.

Winter-weary skin will benefit from Biologique Recherche’s two new products—Crème Dermo-RL ($150, 1.7 oz.) and Sérum T.E.W.L. (Trans Epidermal Water Loss) ($58, 0.3 oz.; $144, 1.02 oz.), both of which are perfect for dry/chapped winter skin for face or body. Crème Dermo-RL is a “reconditioning” and repairing emulsion, which works to improve the skin’s self-defense system by fighting against water evaporation, providing moisturizing elements and rebuilding a high-quality protective barrier. Sérum T.E.W.L. is a protective and repairing serum that combats water evaporation, provides moisturizing elements and rebuilds a protective barrier. (For more information, visit www. biologique - recherche .u s.)

Don’t forget to moisturize your hair. For instance, treat your tresses to monthly oil treatments, particularly if you chemically treat your hair. One great hair option to try: WEN by Chaz Dean Five Piece Hydrating Hair and Body Oil Collection ($38), which is available on www.qvc.com.

Get enough sleep. Getting sufficient rest—eight hours for most people—plays an essential role in maintaining your physical and mental health, as well as your looks. Restful sleep helps revitalize your body. Conversely, a lack of sleep can affect your hormone levels, leading to acne and dry, ashy skin.

Other negative effects include red eyes and under-eye circles, as well as impaired alertness and mental acuteness.

To help ensure a good night’s rest, try exercising approximately six hours before bedtime.

(Exercising late in the evening may prevent you from relaxing and falling asleep.) Keep a

regular schedule for waking and retiring since this will help keep your inner body clock running smoothly. Take a relaxing warm bath, and avoid caffeine, chocolates or alcohol a few hours before bedtime.

Exercise regularly. Whether it’s with your Wii aerobic workout, power walking or kickboxing, vigorous activity will elevate your heart rate, pumping much needed oxygen and nutrients into the skin’s cells. The faster your heart beats, the more blood that is circulating. The result: a healthy glow to your skin.

If you don’t like to work out, find something—sports or dance—that will get you motivated and moving. Determine what works best for your particular schedule and budget.

Incorporate enough variety to cut down on the boredom.

Then go for it, and stick to it!

Say “no” to cigarettes.

Smoking not only pollutes the oxygen coming into your lungs, it dries out your skin and constricts blood circulation.

Puckering your lips to inhale eventually leads to wrinkles around your mouth; squinting through the haze of smoke will produce similar results on the delicate skin around your eyes.

Then there are the unattractive side effects of smoker’s breath and yellow teeth, nails and fingertips. Of course, the biggest and most important reason not to smoke is the serious—often terminal—health effects it can produce.

One thing you won’t want to fade away is your determination to stick to your beauty and health goals. This is your year.

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Laundry Myths and Answers Linda “The Queen of Clean” Cobb, a New York Times best selling author of seven books, speaker and guest cleaning expert on radio and television, debunks a few laundry myths.

Myth: If the clothes are really dirty, use more detergent.

Answer: This is not a good idea; too much detergent doesn’t rinse out, attracts dirt and is hard on the fibers. Use the recommended amount per load.

Myth: You should always use chlorine bleach for white clothes.

Answer: No. Chlorine bleach whitens and disinfects 100% cotton. For blends and colors, use an oxygen bleach.

Myth: Washing in cold water doesn’t really get clothes clean.

Answer: Except for towels, underwear and socks, washing in cold water works well.

Myth: Clothes shrink in the washer.

Answer: Clothes actually shrink in the dryer; avoid over drying or leaving them in the dryer and then drying for an extended period of time.

Myth: Sorting clothes is not necessary.

Answer: Sorting clothes is necessary; don’t trust so-called “color magnet” products. Wash whites, darks and colors separately.

Myth: There is nothing I can do to freshen up the color in blue jeans once it fades.

Answer: Try washing your old jeans with new ones to add some color to the faded jeans.

Myth: I need fabric softener to keep my towels soft.

Answer: No. Do not use a softener on towels as it coats the fiber and won’t dry you off well after your shower; it can also lead to an odor.

Instead, try tossing a couple of clean tennis balls in the dryer with them and they will come out soft and absorbent. Use a good, natural laundry product that doesn’t leave chemicals in the fibers.

Myth: My washer eats my socks.

Answer: No, there’s no sock monster lurking in the back of the washer; check the laundry hamper and the floor of where the family takes off shoes, etc.

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Natural Solutions to Cleaning Challenges Replace commercial air fresheners with this scent-sational solution: Heat some water over a stove top; simmer a cinnamon stick in the heated water, adding a couple of drops of lemon juice. The result is a sweet and fresh smell.

For a great natural furniture polish, try a small cup of olive oil and a cup of lemon juice to deliver a smooth shine.

Ditch the stainless steel polish in favor of olive oil. Just use it to wipe down with a kitchen towel for a sparkling finish.

Say good-bye to hard water stains on your toilet by pouring some fizzy cola. Leave for an hour, then flush.

White vinegar is a “green” cleaner’s best friend. You can use it to clean everything from countertops and mirrors to hardwood floors and toilets. For instance, it’s great for eliminating mineral buildup. Pour some into housewares and watch as it eliminates pesky mineral buildup to reveal a clean sparkle.

Unscrew items such as showerheads and the ends of bathroom and kitchen faucets and place them, face down, in a large pan filled with white vinegar. Let them soak for about 60 to 90 minutes. When you come back you’ll find all that hard water buildup has disappeared. Talk about effective and relatively effortless!

Salt is fabulous for cleaning and deodorizing your entire home. I especially like it as a

stain remover. For instance, I used this after a Thanksgiving “oops” in which a guest spilled some gravy onto the carpet.

After first removing as much gravy as possible, I liberally covered the spot with salt to prevent the stain from spreading. I then mixed one part salt to four parts rubbing alcohol (white vinegar works well too), rubbed hard, making sure to move in the same direction as the nap of the carpet, then finished by rinsing off with water.

For red wine spills, immediately blot up as much wine as possible, then sprinkle the area with salt. Let the stain sit for 15 minutes. The salt will soak up any remaining wine in the carpet (you’ll see it turning pink).

Then clean the entire area with a mixture of 1/3 cup vinegar and 2/3 cup water.

To scrub the tub, use one part white vinegar and five parts water, and then give your bath a good scrub. You’ll get gleaming results!

Add sparkle to tarnished brass or copper with this easy solution—dip a slice of lemon in salt and clean well, then gently rinse with cool water.

Loosen soot in your woodburning fireplace by throwing in a handful or two of salt.

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Make a clean start in 2011.

Resolve to make this year a healthier and cleaner one for you, your family, your home and the planet.

Laundry Myths and Answers Linda “The Queen of Clean” Cobb, a New York Times best selling author of seven books, speaker and guest cleaning expert on radio and television, debunks a few laundry myths.

Myth: If the clothes are really dirty, use more detergent.

Answer: This is not a good idea; too much detergent doesn’t rinse out, attracts dirt and is hard on the fibers. Use the recommended amount per load.

Myth: You should always use chlorine bleach for white clothes.

Answer: No. Chlorine bleach whitens and disinfects 100% cotton. For blends and colors, use an oxygen bleach.

Myth: Washing in cold water doesn’t really get clothes clean.

Answer: Except for towels, underwear and socks, washing in cold water works well.

Myth: Clothes shrink in the washer.

Answer: Clothes actually shrink in the dryer; avoid over drying or leaving them in the dryer and then drying for an extended period of time.

Myth: Sorting clothes is not necessary.

Answer: Sorting clothes is necessary; don’t trust so-called “color magnet” products. Wash whites, darks and colors separately.

Myth: There is nothing I can do to freshen up the color in blue jeans once it fades.

Answer: Try washing your old jeans with new ones to add some color to the faded jeans.

Myth: I need fabric softener to keep my towels soft.

Answer: No. Do not use a softener on towels as it coats the fiber and won’t dry you off well after your shower; it can also lead to an odor.

Instead, try tossing a couple of clean tennis balls in the dryer with them and they will come out soft and absorbent. Use a good, natural laundry product that doesn’t leave chemicals in the fibers.

Myth: My washer eats my socks.

Answer: No, there’s no sock monster lurking in the back of the washer; check the laundry hamper and the floor of where the family takes off shoes, etc.

Did You Know • People who wash their hands seven times a day have about 40% fewer colds than the average person.

• White vinegar kills 99% of bacteria and more than 80% of mold and germs that cause viruses. Best of all, it is inexpensive, easily available and toxin-free.

• The average household washes more than 6,000 articles of clothing each year, according to the Soap and Detergent Association. page 32

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Natural Solutions to Cleaning Challenges Replace commercial air fresheners with this scent-sational solution: Heat some water over a stove top; simmer a cinnamon stick in the heated water, adding a couple of drops of lemon juice. The result is a sweet and fresh smell.

For a great natural furniture polish, try a small cup of olive oil and a cup of lemon juice to deliver a smooth shine.

Ditch the stainless steel polish in favor of olive oil. Just use it to wipe down with a kitchen towel for a sparkling finish.

Say good-bye to hard water stains on your toilet by pouring some fizzy cola. Leave for an hour, then flush.

White vinegar is a “green” cleaner’s best friend. You can use it to clean everything from countertops and mirrors to hardwood floors and toilets. For instance, it’s great for eliminating mineral buildup. Pour some into housewares and watch as it eliminates pesky mineral buildup to reveal a clean sparkle.

Unscrew items such as showerheads and the ends of bathroom and kitchen faucets and place them, face down, in a large pan filled with white vinegar. Let them soak for about 60 to 90 minutes. When you come back you’ll find all that hard water buildup has disappeared. Talk about effective and relatively effortless!

Salt is fabulous for cleaning and deodorizing your entire home. I especially like it as a

stain remover. For instance, I used this after a Thanksgiving “oops” in which a guest spilled some gravy onto the carpet.

After first removing as much gravy as possible, I liberally covered the spot with salt to prevent the stain from spreading. I then mixed one part salt to four parts rubbing alcohol (white vinegar works well too), rubbed hard, making sure to move in the same direction as the nap of the carpet, then finished by rinsing off with water.

For red wine spills, immediately blot up as much wine as possible, then sprinkle the area with salt. Let the stain sit for 15 minutes. The salt will soak up any remaining wine in the carpet (you’ll see it turning pink).

Then clean the entire area with a mixture of 1/3 cup vinegar and 2/3 cup water.

To scrub the tub, use one part white vinegar and five parts water, and then give your bath a good scrub. You’ll get gleaming results!

Add sparkle to tarnished brass or copper with this easy solution—dip a slice of lemon in salt and clean well, then gently rinse with cool water.

Loosen soot in your woodburning fireplace by throwing in a handful or two of salt.

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with Your Make hand-washing fun! Liquid and bar soaps with high lather can provide all kinds of creative games at the sink and make kids want to wash more frequently and for the recommended 20 seconds of wash time.

Teach hygienic habits.

Educate children about the importance of cleaning their hands immediately after a sneeze or wet cough.

Keep kids home from school when they’re sick.

Giving your child the chance to get well gives classmates a chance to stay well and not continually pass around the same bug.

Routinely clean and disinfect. Routinely wipe down water bottles; lunch boxes and other gear that regularly travel back and forth with your child to school.

Give them the tools to stay healthy. Pack your child’s backpack or lunchbox everyday with disposable tissues and CleanWell hand sanitizer spray or wipes. Product picks: CleanWell Original Spray ($2.99 for 1 oz); Orange Vanilla Spray ($2.99 for 1 oz); Hand Sanitizing Wipes ($0.69 for individuals); Hand Sanitizing Wipes ($12.99 for 20 ct box) and Hand Sanitizing Wipes ($2.99 for 10 ct box). All are formulated with a first-of-its-kind natural chemistry proven to meet FDA standards for 99.99% germ killing efficacy, in a safe and effective natural alternative to the toxic ingredients found in most antibacterial and sanitizing products.

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any other room in the home.

These germs spread like wildfire, lurking everywhere, from sponges, to cutting boards and on counter tops. According to Dr. Weiss, a little extra hygiene can help you keep your kitchen germ free. He offers five easy way to get started: 1. Spam the sponge. The micro crevices that make a sponge such an effective cleaning device also make it a cozy home for germs. Wiping your counters or dishes with a dirty sponge will only transfer the bacteria from one item to another. Wet your sponge and then pop it in the microwave for two minutes to eliminate the germs that lurk inside.

2. Wash your hands before meals and snacks. In the kitchen the number one time to wash your hands and make sure your kids do, too, is before you eat anything. Product picks: CleanWell All Natural Antibacterial Hand Soaps ($4.99) 3. Wipe away germs. Use a disinfectant spray or wipes on sink faucets, refrigerator handles, stove handles, cupboard handles, trashcans, doorknobs, and any other area that you touch with your hands. These sprays or wipes kill germs on contact and should be done several times a day.

4. Cut out the germs on the cutting board. Cracks and crevices in your cutting board provide plenty of space for bacteria to grow. Use separate boards for raw meat and making salads and clean and disinfect inside the fridge, microwave, cupboards and other surfaces that come into frequent contact with food.

5. Have it well done. Cooking food thoroughly and evenly will reduce the number of germs. Generally, the higher the temperature reached, the more germs are killed.

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Vaska Spotoff ($9.59 for a 22 oz spray bottle) is an all-natural stain remover designed to treat spills and stains on clothing, rugs, and upholstery. Safe on colors, whites, natural and synthetic washable fabrics, Spotoff contains no dyes or fragrances that can irritate sensitive skin and harm the environment.

• Herbasoft liquid fabric softener ($9.99 for a 48 oz bottle/32 loads) gives clothing and linens enhanced softness and a light, fresh, lavender scent. Herbasoft uses real herbs and advanced botanicals to soften textiles naturally, without leaving behind waxes or harmful chemicals that damage fabrics and or irritate skin.

• Oxygenbleach ($6.99 for a 48 oz bottle/32 loads) is a natural, chlorine-free bleach that makes whites sparkle and keeps color garments bright. Oxygenbleach is safe on colors, whites, natural and synthetic washable fabrics, and it makes clothing and linens truly soft, without the stiff and crunchy bleach feel.

• Eco Clean Dish Wash ($5.49 for 16.9 oz) is made of plant- and sugar-based surfactants. The product is all-natural, organic, vegan free, non-toxic and biodegradable. It eliminates coffee and tea stains, grease, egg and baked-on food. Cleaning your dishes without harming your skin or the environment, it is scented with essential oils (not for use in dishwashers).

• Kiss My Face Peace Soap ($9.99 for 7 oz; $14.99 for 34 oz) is a new castile soap formulated with 100% natural ingredients including olive, coconut and jojoba oils. Castile soap is a safe alternative to traditional soaps that often contain harsh ingredients. It’s gentle enough to be used for everything from bathing pets and washing clothes to household cleaning. Available in grassy mint, lemongrass clary sage, lavender mandarin and pomegranate acai, it is free of parabens, phthalates and animal ingredients, and was not tested on animals.

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• Compose a thank-you note to a colleague for a recent professional courtesy or to a friend who is doing you a favor while you’re away. You might also buy a few postcards and write quick greetings to clients, networking links at other companies, headhunters or anyone else you deem it wise to stay in touch with in this challenging job market.

• Update your Facebook and LinkedIn profiles.

• Conduct your own on-thespot market research. For example, if you’re a handbag manufacturer, check out the styles and colors travelers in certain geographical areas are favoring. If you’re a publisher, study magazine racks for new titles and their presentation and content, or go online to read their online versions. If you work for a fast-food chain, observe the operations of airport eateries to determine what they’re doing in the way of customer service and employee efficiency.

• Using your MP4 digital player or portable tape recorder, make notes of thoughts, observations and follow-up suggestions for yourself, your assistants, bosses or your colleagues about a recent meeting. Athletes may want to practice creative visualization to improve their performance.

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The recent holiday headlines of stranded travelers sidelined by bad-weather cancellations and delays helped to underscore the frustrations experienced by stressed and harried people all over the world. If you or someone you know were among those suffering from travel trauma—or if you’re a frequent business traveler or competitive athlete facing the prospect of a 2011 full of trips—we have some healthy coping tips and advice on how to take the stress out of the waiting game.

• Don’t lose your cool. Frustration and anger come from a feeling of helplessness; when you feel you’re not in control of the situation, your anxiety and stress levels hike up. So put the power back in your hands. Rather than complaining about your wait time, use the time wisely. Review your latest stack of business cards and while your recollections are still clear in your mind, jot down reminder notes of who each individual is, when and where you met the person, and any other comments or observations that might serve as helpful references. Enter pertinent information into your laptop, Blackberry and/or cell phone so you can contact key individuals at a moment’s notice.

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ideas and themes for an upcoming speech, or the visual concept on a PowerPoint presentation.

• Formulate your latest “to do” list—both a professional and a personal one. Prioritize and establish deadlines for each entry.

• Listen to an audio book, foreign language instruction or motivational tapes.

• Fill a vacant position: Review resumes and schedule exploratory in-terminal or in-flight phone interviews with prospective candidates to determine whether to schedule an in-person meeting.

• Select reading material from your “article clips” folder of business and trade journals, annual reports, vendor pitches, etc., that you’ve compiled for just these types of sit-and-wait situations.

• Practice your speed-reading with the stacks of business notes, market statistics and competitor profiles stored in your briefcase and/or laptop folders.

• Perform some isometric exercises, head rolls or other simple moves. If sitting for a long period of time, stretch your

legs by walking the terminal or exploring your surroundings.

• Exercise your mind with some app games or Sudoko brain teasers.

• Go online to catch up on episodes you missed of your favorite shows.

• Pick up a newspaper from the city you’re visiting instead of the ones you’re used to reading on a daily basis. Catch up on what’s going on in the neighborhood where you’re conducting business. Or, buy a magazine that covers something you would like to learn more about (a new hobby, perhaps). If you want to start an exercise program, pick up a fitness magazine for motivation.

• Spend time saving time by taking advantage of online banking, shopping and/or research.

• Make a new friend. Turn to the person on the seat next to you and strike up a conversation.

• Meditate.

• People watch.

• Practice patience, courtesy and a sense of humor. They’ll help you keep your sanity!

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How fast you recover from jet lag depends on your individual time clock, the number of time zones you’re crossing and the direction in which you’re traveling.

mornings—when the body temperature is rising and the brain is at its sharpest—are better for complex tasks involving thought and verbal acuteness.

Afternoons and early evenings—when the body temperatures stabilize—are often better for simpler, repetitive tasks.

• For short visits of a day or two, if at all possible, schedule the most important meetings according to your peak performance times at your home base instead of switching to the new time.

• Whenever possible, arrive at your destination a day or two earlier than scheduled to get your body acclimated to the time change.

• Fly early in the day when flying east; fly late when flying west.

• In-flight, stay away from caffeine and alcohol, concentrat-

“When flying eastward, you’ll derive the best body re-synchronization results from morning light; westbound flyers will benefit most from late afternoon rays.”

To minimize jet lag’s negative impact and ensure that you’re at your best, here are some tips to keep in mind: • The earlier you prime your body, the better. Apart from getting more sleep each night, experts also suggest that four days prior to your trip, you start eating high-protein meals the first day, then, on the second day, eating light meals consisting mainly of liquids, fruits and salads. Repeat the heavy first-day diet on the third day and the lighter second-day diet on the fourth day when you depart.

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Walk the aisle and stretch as often as possible.

• Wear ear plugs. While cutting down on flight noise won’t cure jet lag, you are likelier to feel less tired after your trip.

• On the plane, reset your watch to the destination time.

As soon as you arrive, adopt local time and routines.

• On arrival, go outside for some local light. When flying eastward, you’ll derive the best body re-synchronization results from morning light; westbound flyers will benefit most from late afternoon rays.

• If your program schedule or bad weather keep you inside, use indoor lighting to “trick” your body into proper timezone shape. If you’ve lost time during your travels, try “jump starting” your body by opening the drapes and turning on all the lights immediately upon

waking at your new destination.

At night, make sure to completely darken the room to help prep your body for sleep.

• Stay up until 10 p.m. local time. If you’re absolutely exhausted, take a nap of no more than two hours.

• Stress is another consideration. A tense body secretes hormones and neurotransmitters that disrupt your biorhythms even further. To relax and get into the proper mindset, try a hot bath, meditating or practicing relaxation techniques.

• Pop a pill before bed. Re-

search indicates that taking melatonin, a natural hormone produced by the body, alleviates jet lag symptoms. Available over the counter in health food outlets and some drugstores, it’s thought to work by shifting a person’s temperature cycle to the new time. (Consult your doctor before taking melatonin or any other type of over-the-counter or prescription relaxant.)

By following these simple suggestions, you’ll be well on your way to leaving jet lag in the lurch.

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Velocity Sports Performance Wrestlers Make Noise at BCCA Wrestling Tournament Contributed by Sean Donellan ATC, CSCS, Sports Performance Director of Velocity Sports Performance, Mahwah, NJ

It is with tremendous pride that Velocity Sports Performance of Mahwah congratulates the following athletes for their tremendous showing at the BCCA Tournament.

John Sebastian, Bergen Catholic 152 lb. Champion (Tournament Most Outstanding Wrestler); Ryan Walker, Mahwah HS 171 lb. runner up; Luke Pragdat Mahwah HS 189 lb. runner up; and Dave Heitman Mahwah HS 215 lb. runner up.

All four of these athletes have been training in the Velocity Sports Performance Wrestling Specific Program for the last two years. Their physical development has been tremendous, with the average power clean improving from 111 lbs. to 235 lbs., and the average squat rising from 201 lbs. to 325 lbs.

But more importantly is the differences they see on the mat.

According to Dave Heitman, Sr. “Despite weighing around 180 lbs. Dave, Jr. is wrestling

MAHWAH — Macy Schwartz recently earned a spot on one of the state’s most prestigious Volley Ball Teams — The Atlantic Valley Volleyball Club in Westfield, NJ. The Mahwah Standout Middle Blocker had to go through a series of tryouts over a two week period in order to be selected. The AVVC National team practices twice weekly in Watchung and travels to volleyball competitions nationwide.

A First Team All League NBIAL and Third Team All County selection, Macy had 154 kills, 32.5 Hitting Average and has been on the Mahwah Varsity for the past two years.

Her excellence in sports is not only contained to Volleyball.

Macy was on the Varsity Track team in 9th & 10th grade for the Thunderbirds where she earned 2nd Team All NBIAL and Honorable Mention All County. She competed in the long jump, triple jump and high jump and plans on competing this spring in track as well. Macy has also won numerous titles in Spar-

ring and Kata while competing in karate for American Eagle MMA. In addition to her athletic accolades, Macy is a member of the Minds in Motion – for attaining a Varsity Letter and making the High Honor Roll at Mahwah. She has also been a long standing member of the band, performing in concerts twice a year with her French Horn.

Macy attributes her success to her tenacious attitude, finding the right sports for her physique, the unwavering support of her parents and her training off the field and court. Macy trains with Russian Kettlebells and Mixed Martial Arts.

The training has helped her develop explosive power, flexibility as well as the attitude to persevere.

American Eagle MMA & Kettlebells is proud of Macy’s Accomplishments — both on and off of the field. For more information on MMA or Kettlebell Training, call 201.612.1429 or www.philross.com.

at 215 lbs. He can be successful here because not only is he strong enough to compete with the guys that size but he has improved his agility and quickness as well.” John Sebastian Sr. added, “Johnny has been training with Velocity Sports Performance for the last five years. He is a better athlete and wrestler today because of it. The program is great and the coaches are fantastic!”

The tournament served as a coming out party for the freshman Sebastian who after winning three state titles at the recreation level showed that he has no plans of slowing down now that he is in high school.

It has been an extremely gratifying start of the season for the three Mahwah wrestlers who all battled injuries during

their junior years, Pragdat broke his hand in practice just prior to the start of last season and Walker and Heitman lost significant time last year due to concussions. Despite these setbacks the three seniors, along with teammates Devin Digiacoppo and Ryan Coburn came back this off season and again dedicated themselves to their performance enhancement program training hard 3x per week.

What all of these athletes realize is how much the hard work they put into the gym pays off when they step on the mat. They are stronger, quicker, and more explosive.

We are thrilled to have played a part in their success so far and look forward to watching them the rest of the season.

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