Sports

The Verona 10U Summer Barnstormer baseball team competed in the championship of the 15-team Essex/Morris/Passaic Summer baseball league last night, July 28. Verona had to play and beat two of the top teams in the league (Nutley and South Orange/Maplewood) to get to the championship game against the No.1 seed, Montville. In a hard...
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The Verona 10U Barnstormers play the championship of the Essex/Passaic/Bergen baseball league tonight. The game, which starts at 7:30 p.m., is being played at a neutral site in Cedar Grove, the Little League field on the corner of Grove and Bradford Avenues. Verona, which has a 14-2 record, is playing No. 1 seed Montville,...
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It’s been an up and down season for the 2010 Verona Waves swim team. The Waves won both of their meets against Mountainside and split their face-offs with South Orange, but were defeated by Maplewood and Berkeley Heights. The 190 swimmers on this year’s team made it the largest team that Verona has ever...
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The Verona Recreation Department will be kicking off a six-week, round robin mixed doubles tennis program next month. The program is open to intermediate tennis players who are Verona or Cedar Grove residents. It runs on Wednesday nights from August 18 through September 22 at the Verona High School tennis courts. Matches will be...
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Last night, the 10U Summer Softball team batted their way to a 14-13 championship win over East Hanover. Congratulations to Kate Stanisci and Meghan Yeates (front row); Adrianna Fierro, Katie Ryan, Rebecca Russomanno, Bridgette Cummings, Katherine Szeluga (middle); and Brooke Cooney, Meg Evans, Julia Rigney, Molly Ligon, and Kaitlyn Deo (back); and of course...
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For rising Verona High School senior Cristiano Queiroz Jr., summer is not a time of relaxation, but a chance to plunge in-depth into his swimming and professional pursuits. From September through July, Queiroz trains and competes with the Cougar Aquatic Team, Montclair Kimberley Academy’s swim team, in addition to working as a model in...
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Ben Fierro is downplaying the fact that he was once again named to New Jersey Monthly magazine’s 2010 Top Dentists list. What he really wants you to know is that, tomorrow night, the girls 10U summer softball team that his daughter plays on will face East Hanover in a championship game. The game starts...
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Yogi Berra, the baseball legend who has a son and four grandchildren living in Verona, was treated at Mountainside Hospital after falling Friday night at his home. He was later released and, according to Baristanet, is now resting at home. The fall did, however, cause him to miss Old-Timers Day at Yankee Stadium on...
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Let’s face it, as great as it is to take the time to relax and chill out, it doesn’t take long for the energy to build back up  in kids. They need an outlet, and summer sport camps are a great place to both get the energy out and take advantage of off-season training....
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Athletic Director Gary Farishian instructed VHS coaches to cancel open gym varsity sport practices today due to the extreme heat and poor air quality. The high school gyms are not air conditioned. The VCC gym isn’t air-conditioned either, but men’s basketball will be held as scheduled this evening, with fans blowing. Men’s softball is...
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