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By Dennis WilsonOrozco became the 11th boy in Bergen County
history to reach the 2,000 point milestone when he bombed a three-pointer through the rim early in the second quarter when the Tigers’ routed Cliffside Park 55-22 to claim their 20th “W” of the season. A 6’-3” backcourt standout, he netted 17 points as Tenafl y defeated Bergen Catholic 49-39 to advance to the semifi nals of the Bergen County Jamboree since 1955.Signed to a NCAA National Letter of Intent, Orozco
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By Dennis WilsonFleck is the optimum defi nition of a great student/
athlete. In the classroom, she maintains a 4.0 GPA in honors classes and on the hardwood, the 5’-8” swing guard-forward ranks as New Jersey’s leading scorer this season with a 27.8 average. She just became the 10th girls’ player in Bergen County history to surpass the 2,000-point plateau in career scoring. In her college selection process, she is consider-
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While Hawthorne Chris-tian lost 60-54 to DePaul and missed out on getting to their fi rst county fi nal, the game came down to the last minute where the Defenders could have even tied the game with a three pointer.
For Standford though his team does not talk about the David versus Goliath thing, he knows that his players play with or against some of the premiere players in the county in AAU or traveling basketball in the off-season.
The Defenders have been building since last season when they only won 10 games to this season when they were at 19-3 after the loss to DePaul. “I don’t know if you can plan to win 19 games,” said Standford. “We won 10 games and did not lose anybody coming back.”
Count Hawthorne Christian sophomore Alex Thomas as a fan of his coach. “He knows what I am going through,” said Thomas who is a center just like Standford who was a big man at Hawthorne Christian. “He’s great at analyzing my play. He sees the fl aws of what I am doing.”
While Hawthorne Christian missed out on winning at coun-ties this time, Standford and the Defenders won their fi rst league title in school history taking the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference Patriot B division
championship.“It’s great to be able to put
a banner up in the gym,” said Standford. “After the kids grad-uate they can come back and see it.”
It’s not fair though to any of the Hawthorne Christian pro-grams when it comes to league titles. It has only been four years that the school has been part of a league. Previously, the teams competed as an independent.
The fi rst two seasons they were part of the former Ber-gen County Scholastic League Olympic division and then when the state realigned the leagues they joined the NJIC.
For Standford it was defi nitely a difference from playing bas-ketball to picking up the board and teaching basketball. “I was around the game a lot but it’s a different perspective when you are on the sidelines with the ball in your hand,” said Stand-ford who admitted it took some time. “I defi nitely was getting my feet wet.”
He said that he was able to get advice from several coaches when he took over. “I was fortu-nate to be able to pick the brain of some of the coaches in the county,” said Standford.
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ford had just fi nished a one-year stint with the Washington Gen-erals, yes those Washington Generals of Harlem Globetrot-ters fame.
Standford had gone through a rigorous one-year stint with the Generals and was looking to play basketball overseas in Denmark or Sweden.
But at the same time a teach-ing position and a coaching po-sition opened up at Hawthorne Christian, his alma mater where he played basketball before playing at Eastern University, outside Philadelphia.
“I was going to play overseas but a teaching and coaching position opened up for me at Hawthorne Christian,” said Standford. “I guess the Lord wanted me to come here so I jumped at it.”
That was the start of the new century and for Standford it’s been an up and down 11 sea-sons especially when you are talking about a school that has an enrollment of 103 students, boys and girls.
But there Standford and the Defenders were in the Passaic County semi-fi nals on Feb. 18 at Kennedy High School going up against a DePaul school that has almost six times the enroll-ment. The other two schools in the semi-fi nals were Kennedy with an enrollment of 1,775 and an Eastside in Paterson, a team that was put together from an
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the parents and the students.He added that one of the big-
gest challenges facing him in high school basketball is the long season. “How to keep the team motivated and interested over a three months season is a challenge,” said Standford. “There is always an excite-ment at the beginning of the season.”
He also remarked that he stresses to the players that there is plenty to play for on the court. “Our motto is to work whole heartedly for the Lord and not just man,” said Stanford.
For Standford he never will forget his path coming to Haw-thorne Christian especially playing for the Generals. He said that they played almost every day for almost 100 straight days, but he will never hand over the experience.
“It was amazing playing at some of the biggest arenas up and down the east coast like Madison Square Garden,” said Standford. The Harlem Globe-trotters have two teams, one playing on the East Coast and the other on the West Coast. “It was every night except for Super Bowl Sunday. It was a grueling schedule.”
But he will not take anything away from his experience as the head coach for the Defend-ers and he sees himself being at his alma mater for another ten if not 20 years in the future.
Hawthorne Christian head basketball coach Kevin Standford addresses him team during the semis versus DePaul.
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Question: How did you get Question: How did you get interested in sports and bas-interested in sports and bas-ketball, specifi cally?ketball, specifi cally?
Rosado: Rosado: I played sports in kindergarten. I played base-ball. Then I started playing basketball in fi fth grade for a year. I didn’t play organized basketball until seventh grade.
Question: What do you like Question: What do you like about basketball specifi -about basketball specifi -cally? What drew you to that cally? What drew you to that sport?sport?
Rosado:Rosado: I was decent at it, so I enjoyed playing. I’m more of a team player. I like the team feel compared to tennis or wrestling.
Question: What was it like Question: What was it like coming in as a junior at Sad-coming in as a junior at Sad-dle River?dle River?
Rosado:Rosado: It was a challenge
at fi rst because I didn’t know anybody, and nobody knew me either. It was good as a fi rst year because they didn’t know what to expect from me. I en-joyed playing as a new player in the league and at the school.
Question: What is the team’s Question: What is the team’s record right now (Feb. 23)?record right now (Feb. 23)?
Brown:Brown: We’re going to have our fi rst state game ever here at Saddle River Day on Tues-day night (Feb. 28). We made it to the states. Last night, we had a semifi nal game against St. Joe’s. David scored 40 points, 17 rebounds and 11 as-sists to have a triple double at a semi-fi nal game here in Bergen County. So, he’s probably the best player to ever play here at this school, or at least in the last 20 years. He’s leading the county in scoring right now. As of last night, he’s leading the entire county of all Catholic
By Tim SohnBy Tim Sohn
NJSports Fitness & WellnessNJSports Fitness & Wellness recently caught up with Saddle River Day School men’s recently caught up with Saddle River Day School men’s varsity basketball captain David Rosado, after he scored his 1,000th point on Feb. 7. varsity basketball captain David Rosado, after he scored his 1,000th point on Feb. 7. Athletic Director Danny Brown also joined the conversation:Athletic Director Danny Brown also joined the conversation:
and public and private schools, as he did last year. He is now second in New Jersey in the state in high school boys.
Rosado: Rosado: I’m sixth in the state in assists, and I’m ninth in the state for rebounds for a game.
Question: So, what do you Question: So, what do you think makes David unique as think makes David unique as a player? What are his strong a player? What are his strong points?points?
Brown:Brown: Very high skill level. Besides his athleticism, very high skill level in all facets of the game – dribbling, passing, great court vision. His pass-ing has been phenomenal this year. He got everyone involved. He’s not actually averaging as many points as he did last year because his assists are way up. He really got the whole team involved thus the higher suc-cess rate.
Question: Tell me about the Question: Tell me about the game that you reached 1,000 game that you reached 1,000 points? What was it like?points? What was it like?
Rosado:Rosado: It took me two years, and this year trying to get everybody involved. I was just worried about getting wins this year. I wasn’t really wor-ried about getting my 1,000th point that much. But it came, and I was extremely grateful that I was able to reach it in the two years I was here. My family was more than proud of me, and I couldn’t be hap-pier to have them there. It was just another game. It wouldn’t have meant anything if we lost. I was just happy we got it and we won the game.
Question: What happened Question: What happened during the gameduring the game?
Brown:Brown: The game really was anti-climatic because it was a special night here at the
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Congratulations from teammates, coaches and fans were extended to David as the game was paused after his 1,000th point. Athletic Director Danny Brown presented David with a game ball.
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NJSports Fitness & Wellness recently caught up with Saddle River Day School men’s men’s varsity basketball captain David Rosado, after he scored his 1,000th point on Feb. 7. eb. 7. Athletic Director Danny Brown also joined the conversation:
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school. It’s very, very rare that anyone in this county or state gets 1,000 points in a two-year span … It was very, very good for the school. David is very, very graceful. He is not one to promote him-self, not one to look for acco-lades. It was a little bit more dif-fi cult to get him to understand the impact of what he did here for himself, but really for the school. And it was important that he understands that. It was a great game. It was more important that we get the win and get into the states, and ev-eryone knew that. David could have had an opportunity to dunk the ball a couple of times to make it a very, very dramatic 1,000 points, but he passed up those two opportunities right away to make great passes to his teammates. They built an early lead, and when it happened, it happened. It wasn’t a thing he had to have for his career. It’s here, and it’s great, and he’ll be noted for it. But it was more im-portant to get the team over the hump to get into the states.
Question: Did you receive a Question: Did you receive a lot of support from your team-lot of support from your team-mates, family and friends?mates, family and friends?
Rosado: Rosado: Absolutely. They were happier than I was. I was just worried about getting the win.
Brown:Brown: That was probably the most fans that have been at a game at Saddle River Day basketball for many, many years. It was packed. The gym seats 640 people, and we were at capacity. It was standing room only.
Question: Did you think you Question: Did you think you would get the 1,000th point would get the 1,000th point during that specifi c game?during that specifi c game?
Rosado: Rosado: Yeah, after awhile. I only needed three to get it, and I could have had it the game before, but I just didn’t score enough. But we won the game before that too. I didn’t want to focus on it and then not play my regular game and just try to focus on getting those three points.
Question: Did you feel any Question: Did you feel any pressure during the game?pressure during the game?
Rosado:Rosado: I scored it at the free-throw line, and I think it was the most pressure-some free shot that I’ve ever shot, considering everybody was holding their breath every time I shot the ball.
Question: How does David Question: How does David do, academically?do, academically?
Brown: Brown: The academic re-quirements here at Saddle River Day – this is a college prep school – so the standards here are very high, if you want to compare them to the rest of the county or state. David has done very, very well academi-cally. He will have no problem getting into the school of his choice, if he chooses to play, which he does. That was Da-vid’s goal of coming to Saddle River Day, after having several other parochial schools as a choice. He chose this as a very mature young man to under-stand what it would do for him
in two years.
Question: Do you have any Question: Do you have any specifi c plans for the future?specifi c plans for the future?
Rosado:Rosado: Not defi nite, but I do want to work in interna-tional business, and I want to travel.
Question: Are you looking to Question: Are you looking to play basketball at a college play basketball at a college somewhere?somewhere?
Rosado: Rosado: Yeah.
Question: You don’t know Question: You don’t know where yet though?where yet though?
Rosado: Rosado: Not yet.
Brown:Brown: David has been to visit a couple of schools in San Diego, obviously all the lo-cal schools are hot and heavy for him. His family is look-ing to move out west, so he has looked at some schools out there. His options are still open. There’s about 11 schools that are pursuing him pretty consistently at this point.
Question: Is there anything Question: Is there anything either of you would like to either of you would like to add?add?
Brown: Brown: David was selected Athlete of the Week this year. I mentioned his scoring level last year and this year. I would expect him to fi nish again as the leader in the county for sure and very high in the states. I think equally, or even more important, is his attitude and the respect that he has, not just amongst his peers, but amongst the refer-ees, the other athletic direc-tors and the other coaches. He is very well received and respected for his attitude as a player, as a competitor, and what he has given back to the school here is very, very im-portant as well. He’s a good all-around kid. We’re proud as a school to have him repre-sent us; that’s for sure.
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So…if you can spot all this about Lin, and I can see this, how come ALL the pro and college coaches and scouts couldn’t see this? Here’s a 6-3 guard who led his HS team in California to a state cham-pionship, but the only two D-I programs that sniffed at him were Harvard and Brown, not exactly known as basketball powerhouses.
Then, after a terrifi c career at Harvard, Lin isn’t drafted by anyone in the NBA. He
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Nobody, but nobody, thought this kid was going anywhere as a pro player. And it was good that Lin majored in economics at Harvard, because the time was getting close for him to start thinking about applying to business school.
But I’m getting ahead of myself. The REAL story of Jeremy Lin is that for every kid who sits on the bench in sports, this is their hero. Lin personifi es in every way the lament of every benchwarmer who pleads: “Coach, just give me a shot…I know I can play. Just put me in the game.”
Remember, for every star player, there are countless other kids who bide their time, riding the pines. For me, I can personally attest to that feel-ing. Back in the early 1970s, after being All-County in baseball and football in high school, I found myself trans-formed into a benchwarmer on the Harvard varsity base-ball team.
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By Rick Wolff First, let me start with this:
if you haven’t seen Jeremy Lin, the sensational new point guard for the NY Knicks, play yet, do yourself a favor and make sure you do.
Your impressions will be just like mine: Wow, is this kid quick! It’s amazing how fast he is when he drives to the hoop. He’s got terrifi c pe-ripheral eyesight – he sees the court with remarkable vision. And he shoots like an All-Star veteran.
The Lesson of Jeremy Lin: A Personal Refl ection
ries in Omaha). But as a re-serve infi elder, I could never understand why the coach couldn’t look at me and see how much potential I had.
That feeling was fueled by the fact that I played each summer in the Atlantic Colle-giate Baseball League (ACBL) in New York City, where doz-ens of college players are showcased for pro scouts each year. And in the ACBL, I not only held my own, but I was an All-Star player.
But then I would head back to Harvard, and would fi nd myself the bench. The coach just wasn’t impressed with what I could offer the Crim-son.
But then, after my junior year, my story had a happy ending. Based upon my showings in the ACBL, the Detroit Tigers took a chance on me and made me a low-level draftee.
I was absolutely ecstatic! And that following spring, I found myself in Lakeland, FL, in spring training in the Tigers’ organization, getting to know young aspiring play-ers like Jim Leyland, Ron LeFlore, Joe McIlvaine, and others.
Was I as successful as Jer-emy Lin? No, not even close. But I was good enough to be drafted and play pro ball for a couple of years. But for me, the dream of fi nally get-ting off the bench and get-ting into the game had been fulfi lled. So, benchwarmers everywhere, look at Jeremy Lin’s amazing success and keep the faith! Your turn is coming.
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Highwaywomen Cruise to Highwaywomen Cruise to BCT Hoops TitleBCT Hoops Title
By Sara Jamshidi
When Teaneck erupted to a 24-9 lead after one
quarter, the suspense in de-termining the identity of the winner of the 2012 Bergen County Tournament was eliminated. The top-seeded Highwaywomen coasted to a 72-49 victory over third-seeded Northern Highlands to capture their fi rst BCT title since 1988.
Senior forward Jakelle King-Gilchrist captured the indi-vidual spotlight by produc-ing a double-double effort. She pumped a game-high 28 points though the iron and grabbed 11 rebounds while classmate Deja Gabbidon, a guard, also turned in a dou-ble-double with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Northern Highlands de-feated Immaculate Heart Academy 69-58 to advance to the title game for the fi rst
time since 1987. Jackie Rey-neke tickled the twine with 24 points and Sonya West con-tributed 23 but the verdict was resolved at the charity stripe when the Lady Highlanders built up a 22-8 advantage.
Leading 17-12 after eight minutes, Teaneck bridged the second and third quarters with a 45-18 run to rout Paramus Catholic 70-37 in the lower bracket of the semifi nals. Kay-la Gibbs tallied a game-high 20 points while the well-bal-anced Highwaywomen’s at-tack included 14-point efforts by King-Gilchrist and Rebecca Sparks with Monique Cheek adding a dozen points,
Paramus Catholic pulled out a 55-54 victory over Immacu-late Conception/Lodi when senior guard Alyssya Corntett tossed the ball through the rim as the buzzer went off to top the quarterfi nal excitement. Sophomore Madison Dunbar converted four free throws in the fi nal 20 seconds as North-
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ern Highlands held off Ridge-wood 51-45.
In the pre-quarterfi nals, eighth-seeded Ridgefi eld Park rallied from a 15-point defi cit to topple No. 9 River Dell 46-42. Sophomore center Kather-ine Haines netted a game-high 20 points and grabbed nine rebound while her teammate Julie Rovito scored 10 points. Immaculate Conception/Lodi, the No. 12 seed eliminated fi fth-seeded Ramapo as frosh center Samantha Fuehring tal-lied 17 points, picked off six rebounds and blocked a pair of shots while Alyssa Sinski added 13 points.
Junior center Dejah Taylor recorded a double-double as Paramus Catholic defeated Bergenfi eld 59-49. Taylor scored 13 points and grabbed 10 rebounds while senior guard Alisha Cornett was the game’s top scorer, popping 18 points into the basket. Te-aneck routed Glen Rock 72-39 as Gibbs scored 25 points with
King-Gilchrist chipping in with a 12-point effort.
Wood-Ridge’s Nicole Fleck became the 10th Bergen County girl to surpass the 2,000-point plateau in career points when she pitched 20 points into the basket on Feb-ruary 22 when the Blue Dev-ils dropped a 64-36 verdict to Hanover Park.
Bergenfi eld earned its fi rst share of a conference title since 1990 when the Lady Bears defeated Ramsey 44-24 on February 21 to create a three-way tie for the cham-pionship of the Big North Conference Patriot Division with Pascack Valley and River Dell. The Lady Bears’ Jessi Corredor reached the 1,000 point plateau when she net-ted 22 points in a triumph over Indian Hills.
Leonia senior Miya Okado tallied 27 points in a win over Waldwick to reach the 1000-point mark.
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Academy of the Holy Angels 33 Emerson 29
Immaculate Conception (Lodi) 52 Ramapo 37
Immaculate Heart Academy 62 Cresskill 14
Northern Highlands 67Northern Valley/Old Tappan 50
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Teaneck’s Jakelle King-Gilchrist led her team with 28 points.
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By Sal GiganteTeaneck re-
mained unbeaten as the Highway-men claimed their
25th victim of the campaign in defeating Don Bosco Prep 62-53 in the championship contest of the 56th Bergen County Jamboree played Thursday (February 23) at Ramapo College in Mahwah. It was the fi rst time since 1996 that the champion was unde-feated and the Highwaymen were also the last team to ac-complish the feat.
Four Highwaymen powered the attack with Joel Hernan-dez netting a team-high 17 points, seven of which came at the charity stripe while Chris Jones fl ipped 14 into the basket. Shaakir Lindsey, who dominated the fi nal two minutes after the Ironmen had cut the gap to three points, tallied 13 points with Neville Fincher adding 11 points.
Don Bosco Prep jumped out to a 23-11 lead after one quar-ter before pulling away to a 76-59 romp over Hackensack in the semifi nals. Leonte Car-roo pumped a game-high 22 points through the iron with Jemal Mosely adding 15, sev-en of which came at the free-throw line while Paul Jorgen-son chipped in with an 11-point effort.
Teaneck bridged the second and third quarters with a 38-15 run in routing Tenafl y 60-35. Jones tossed a game-high 19 points into the basket with Lindsey adding 16 and Hernan-dez netting ten points.
Hackensack utilized a well-balanced attack with fi ve play-ers reaching double fi gures as the Comets snapped a 30-30 deadlock at the intermission to defeat Paramus Catholic 75-70 in the quarterfi nals. Jamik Moore popped a team-high 19 points into the basket with Ra-shad Figueres netting 16, Eu-
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gene Marshall and Chris Myles scoring a dozen apiece and Keon Lewis adding fi ve points. Kyle Mallard topped with Pala-dins, hitting the hoop with a game-high 26 points.
Teaneck went on a 12-2 run to open the game in defeating Cresskill 72-53 Joel Hernan-dez recorded a double-double, scoring 21 points and haul-ing down 11 rebound while dishing off seven assists. His teammate Chris Jones tallied a game-high 22 points.
Trailing by three in the sec-ond half, DBP went on a 22-3 run to pull away to a 66-49 tri-umph over Dwight-Englewood as Justin Salem and Tom Sweeney came off the bench to combine for 23 points. Dwight-Englewood’s Wesley Dickinson powered the Bulldogs’ upset attempt by fl ipping 23 points into the basket, grabbing a dozen rebounds and blocking two shots.
Tenafl y surged to a 13-0 lead
in opening up 23-8 advantage entering the second quarter. The Tigers received 33 points from their starting guards, se-nior Chris Orozco and junior Steve Sobo while senior for-ward Marco Baratta netted 10 points.
Wood-Ridge’s record-shat-tering 119-95 victory over Manchester in regulation on February 17th was fueled by a north Jersey season-high output of 45 points by ju-nior guard Mike Gibney that included a quartet of three-pointers and seven conver-sions from the charity stripe. His teammate Gary Whriten-our fi nished with 26 points, including seven treys.
Tenafl y’s Orozco became the 11th Bergen County player to surpass the 2,000-point ca-reer plateau on February 21st when netted 18 points as the Tigers defeated Cliffside Park 55-22 to record their 20th “W” of the campaign.
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• Two large studies in Austra-lia (2001) and Korea (2003) and two smaller studies in the United States found physical fi tness scores to be signifi cantly and positively related to academic performance (students from el-ementary through high school).
• A 2001 study of fourth-grade students in Massachusetts found that students who received 56 or more hours of physical edu-cation per school year scored signifi cantly higher on stan-dardized test scores in English and language arts than did stu-dents who received 28 hours per school year.
• Researchers analyzed FIT-NESSGRAM test results from more than 2.4 million Texas stu-dents in grades 3 to 12 during the 2007-2008 school year and found signifi cant correlations be-tween physical fi tness achieve-ment and better performance on state standardized tests.
“At Huntington, we strive to give children the organizational and time management skills to be better students and keep their stress levels down,” says Ottogali. “Our experience is that students who are capable of managing their stress effectively are well equipped for the school challenges to come. Exercise is one of the best stress relievers and a wonderful way for a child to feel better, resulting in both a healthy body and a healthy mind.”
For more information about Huntington Learning Center, con-tact Sena Salloum, Huntington Learning Center of Ridgewood at 201-261-8400 Ext. 515.
Founded in 1977, Huntington Learning Center is the nation’s longest-running supplemental education services provider. Today they continue to be an industry leader providing instruction in reading, writing, spelling, phonics, mathematics and study skills as well as SAT and ACT preparation to tens of thousands of students from kindergarten through 12th grade. Huntington prides itself on its unparalleled
programs that help parents, caregivers and educators identify the gaps in skills and knowledge that can limit learning potential. Huntington’s personalized programs of instruction enable children to excel. To learn more or to locate a center near you, call 1-800 CAN LEARN.
RIDGEWOOD, NJ (Grassroots Newswire) February 8, 2012 — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-tion, “the academic success of America’s youth is strongly linked with their health.” In fact, students with higher grades are less likely to be physically inac-tive and engage in unhealthy dietary behaviors.
“As educators, we generally see that students who are ac-tive in school activities — which often include sports activities — are strong academic per-formers,” says Heather Ottogali of the Ridgewood Huntington Learning Center.
“The research is clear — ex-ercise is good for kids in more ways than one. We encourage families to promote an active lifestyle. Not only is it important for a child’s physical health, it also appears to have a very positive impact on a student’s academic well-being.”
Ottogali shares the following information on the positive re-lationship between exercise and academics, as reported in the “Physical Education, Physi-
cal Activity and Academic
Performance” research brief published by the Active Living Research program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation:
• In a 2006 study of nearly 12,000 adolescents from across the U.S., it was found that adolescents who reported par-ticipating in school activities (sports or physical education) or activities with their parents were 20 percent more likely to earn A’s in math and English.
Contributed by Sena Salloum, Huntington Learning Center of Ridgewood
The Link Between Exercise and Academic Performance
“As educators, we generally see that students who are active in school activities — which often include sports activities — are strong academic performers.”
—Heather Ottogali Ridgewood Huntington Learning Center
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By Dennis WilsonWith fi ve of the eight regional qualifi ers having been completed, a large contingent of Bergen and Passaic youngsters have earned berths in the 2012 NJ Kid’s State Wrestling Tournament State Championships. The fi nals will be held between March 10 and 18 in Morrestown and Union.
(Northern Valley)105: 3. Michael DiBella (Park Ridge)112: 2. Owen McElroy (Ridgewood)120: 3. Julian Bangash (Ridgewood)128: 3. David Mann (Waldwick/Midland Park)152: 2. Kiel Pechko (Ridgewood)190: 1. Kevin Parisi (Waldwick/Midland Park)215: 1. Dominick Petillo (Park Ridge) High School Cadet Division103: 3. Anthony DeBenedictis (Bergenfi eld)136: 1. Spencer Carey (Lakeland) North Hunterdon Qualifi er (February 5) Bantam Division60: 4. William Barna (Lakeland) Novice Division55: 1. Alex Almeyda (Fort Lee)65: 2. Stuart McElroy (Ridgewood)85: 2. Robert Zavavadjian (Ramsey)95: 3. Luke Chakonis (Pascack Hills) Junior Division95: 4. Sean O’Connor (Wyckoff)120: 3. Luke Conenello (Ridgewood) Intermediate Division120: 3. Joey Stambouly (Wayne)152: 1. Jake Pletsch (Pascack Hills)215: 1. Erik Chaknois (Pascack Hills) Lakeland Qualifi er (February 12) Bantam Division45: 2. Pierce Bruno (Fair Lawn); 3. Alexander Naddeo (Lakeland); 4. Riley Frascella (Lakeland)50: 4. Eric Checinski (Fair Lawn)55: 1. Joshua Wisse (Fair Lawn); 3. Aidan Bolger (West Milford);
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Toms River Qualifi er (January 25) Bantam Division45: 2. Jay Bode (Pequannock)55: 1. Anthony Motta (Fair Lawn); 3. Carson Wells (Pequannock)60: 2. Nicholas Motta (Fair Lawn)70: 2. Justin Onello (Closter); 3. Derek Nolan (Northern Highlands) Novice Division80: 1. Kyle Jacob (Pascack Hills); 4. Alexander Puerto (Fair Lawn)85: 3. Max Nolan (Northern Highlands)HW: 1. Jason Burklow (Pequannock) Junior Division65: 1. Michael Kelly (Pascack Hills)85: 1. Shane Griffi th (Westwood); 3. Cole Bosch (Fair Lawn) 90: 3. Wade Unger (Pascack Hills) 95: 4. John Trevisan (Ridgewood)169: 2. John Grionetti (Northern Valley) Intermediate Division91: 1. Alec Kelly (Pascack Hills) 112: 2. Vincent Concina (Pascack Hills)152: 4. Jake Pletsch (Pascack Hills) Randolph Qualifi er (January 22) Bantam Division50: 1. Taisel Kurachi (River Dell); 3. Max Unger (Woodcliffe Lake/Mont)55: 2. Louden Mazzeo (Pascack Hills); 3. Matthew Field (Paramus; 4. Aidan Bolger (West Milford)60: 1. Michael Matsakis (West Milford)65: 2. Kevin Carmichael (Paramus); 3. Bryan Martel (Park Rodge)70: 1. Colin Calvetto
4. Owen McElroy (Ridgewood);120: 4. Matthew Binstock (Ridgewood)128: 3. Christian DalCais (West Milford)152: 3. Michael Daniele (Paramus); 4. Kiel Pechko (Ridgewood)160: 1. Michael Carfagno (Passaic Valley); 2. Collin Beard (West Milford)175: 1. Christopher Armagno (Passaic Valley) Union Qualifi er (January 29) Novice Division60: 2. Logan Hurwitt (Northern Highlands)75: 4. Tommy Goodwin (Pequannock) North Hunterdon Qualifi er Bantam Division60: 4. William Barna (Lakeland) Novice Division70: 1. Pierson Tobia (Park Ridge); 3. Ryan Shaw (Emerson)75: 3. Ryan Cawood (Park Ridge); 4. Tommy Goodwin (Pequannock)80: 1. Will Homeeijer (Pascack Hills)95: 1. Gunnar Nystedt (River Dell) Junior Division60: 1. Nicholas Piccininni (Pascack Hills)65: 2. Gregory Sabbal (Passaic Valley)80: 2. Gabe Robles (Park Ridge)85: 3. Robert Carmichael (Pascack Hills)90: 3. Justin DeMeester (Garfi eld)95: 3. John Trevisan (Ridgewood) 112: 2. Johnny Meyer (Park Ridge)144: 1. Ryan Smith (Passaic Valley) Intermediate Division85: 2. Scott Smith (Passaic Valley); 3. Francisco Robles (Park Ridge)91: 3. Jack Bilali
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High School Cadet Division94: 2. Tyler Giovanetti (Ridgewood); 3. Chaz Huber (Lakeland)103: 1. Patrick Jacoby (Ridgewood)112: 1. Tyler Tepe (Passaic Valley); 4. Brandon Ostrander (Lakeland)119: 2. Michael Rosalia (Butler)125: 2. Michael Gibbons (Butler)130: 1. Tristan Gierek (Indian Hills)135: 1. Brendan Murphy (Pequannock); 2. Robert Tarvins (Ridgewood); 4. Brandon Zofrea (Lakeland)140: 1. Robert Rigoglioso (Ridgewood)145: 1. Peter Brower (Butler)152: 1. Travis Canty (Butler); 2. Quentin Randazzo (Lakeland)160: 1. Tyler Mercante (Garfi eld); 3. Michael Silvestor (Pascack Hills)171: 2. Ernie Benson (Pequannock)189: 2. Ryan Mack (Butler)
100: 2. Michael Vietri (Dumont)105: 3. Brett Kornberg (New Milford)112: 4. Michael Kowal (Wyckoff)120: 4. Benjamin Cohen (Fair Lawn)128: 4. Anthony LaDuca (Garfi eld)136: 2. Patrick Brand (Fair Lawn) Intermediate Division75: 3. Zachary Arata (Mahwah)85: 4. Jake Paparozzi (Northern Highlands)91: Paramus: 3. John Cameron (Paramus)98: 4. Evan Quinn (Cresskill)105: 4. Matthew Cooney (Paramus) 120: 2. Bobby Lavelle (Pascack Hills); 3. Michael Scaravilli (Lodi)136: 3. Steven White (West Milford)144: 1. Rafal Kolodziel (East Rutherford)152: 2. Tristan Owens (Lakeland)160: 1. Kevin Mulligan (Pascack Hills)175: 2. David LoCascio (Kinnelon)
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DON BOSCO PREP IRONMEN
Following a scoreless opening period, DBP scored four times in the middle period and went on to blank Pope John in boys ice hockey as goalie Jared Liscio stopped a dozen shots. Cole Maier and Justin McKenzie both scored goals and distributed two assists while Christian Brown-Noel, Brendan Calello, Matt McMorrow and Joe Rametta added solo goals.
Vince Siekierski fi nished 11th in the NJSIAA Boys Bowling Tournament of Champions when he registered a total pin fall of 1,274.
Leading 34-23 at the halftime break, the Ironmen pulled away in the second half to rout DePaul 88-56 in a Big North Conference boys basketball matchup. Leonte Carroo pumped a game-high 27 points through the iron to capture game-high accolades with Paul Jorgenson (15), Jemal Mos-ley (14) and Jack Ely (10) reaching double fi gures.
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With ten grapplers producing fi rst place performances, Bergen Catholic captured its 23rd consecutive NJSIAA District competition when the Crusaders built up a 247-222.5 advantage over runnerup Bergenfi eld. Tyler Casa-menti (106), Troy Schaafsma (113), J.P. Ascolese (120), Connor Melde (132), Matthew Mangini (145), Johnny Sebastian (161), Michael Kruklinski (170), Lukas Iorio (182), Christian Jenco (195) and Carmine Goldsack (285) claimed gold medals. Crusader coach Dave Bell was voted the Division VII Coach of the Year.
On the hardwood, the Crusaders exploded to a 50-30 advantage over Paramus by the halftime intermission in defeating the Spartans 93-61 in a Big North Conference confrontation. Richie DeLuca gunned a team-high 20 points into the basket including a quartet of treys while P.J. Reed fl ipped 15 through the rim and Luke Cervino added a dozen points.
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Katie Vandervalk turned in a silver medal performance in the Lou Molino Invitational contested at the Rothman Center on the Hackensack campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University. Vandervalk was clocked in 2:33.6 as she trailed Hackensack’s Kathryn Grant though the tape by two steps. Her teammate Jocelyn Kaselow placed fourth in the 55-meter high hurdles with a clocking of 9.3 seconds.
Surging to an 11-1 lead after one quarter of action, the Lady Pan-thers built up a 24-6 advantage by the halftime intermission in defeating Lodi 36-14 in a NJIC girls’ basketball encounter. Margi Rivera tickled the twine with a game-high 13 points with Sophie Lederer contributing an 11-point effort.
Matt Dickman (170) and Joe Camillieri (285) registered fi rst pe-riod pins to highlight the combined Glen Rock/Saddle Brook’s 36-28 victory over Pascack Valley in wrestling.
Mike Dwyer tallied 13 points, Ben Schwartz netted a dozen and Tim Miller added 11 to fuel the Panthers to a 40-37 victory over Park Ridge in boys’ basketball.
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INDIAN HILLS BRAVES
Indian Hills skated to a 4-1 win over Northern Valley/Demarest in the Big North Hockey Cup. Mike O’Blake scored twice with Trevor Larkin and Matt Wallace add-ing solo goals and goalie Joe Fahy was credited with 15 saves.
Allison Strauss hit the hoop with a game-high 16 points as Indian Hills defeated Westwood 62-38 after opening up a 31-11 lead at the halftime intermission. Brielle Dalvano and Gianna DiTomasso contributed 11 points apiece.
Gil Smolenski and Ryan Warnet split 22 points in leading the Braves to a 44-39 victory over St. Mary/Rutherford. The Highlanders built up a 21-11 advan-tage by the halftime break and held off the Gaels’ second-half rally.
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IHA BLUE EAGLES
With the 400 freestyle relay quartet of Lea Candelmo, Emilia Weihenig, Ashleigh Podheny and Casey Fazio posting the gold medal time of 3:40.19, the Blue Eagles wrapped up their 17th NJSIAA swim team title with a 96-75 victory over Bishop Eu-stace Prep.
Jumping out to a 20-2 lead after eight minutes, IHA coasted to a 49-16 triumph over Passaic in a Big North Conference girls’ basketball game. Raquel Scott pitched 11 points through the cords and Lindsey Rogers chipped in with ten as 11 of the 13 Blue Eagles who stepped on the hardwood scored.
Jen Pash and Theresa Picciallo turned in gold medal perfor-mance in the Bergen County Girls Track & Field Championships held at the Armory Track Center in New York City. Pash sprinted through the tape to win the 300-meter dash in 40.4 seconds while Picciallo fl ipped the eight-pound ball 44-10 ¾ to win the shot put competition.
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Christian Maldonado leaped 5-10 to place fourth in the boys high jump competition of the Non-Public A Division in the NJSIAA Indoor Track & Field Championships contested at the Bennett Center in Toms River.
Trailing 13-9 entering the second quarter, the Lady Paladins rallied to defeat the Academy of the Holy Angels 36-31. De-jah Taylor scored a team-high 13 points with Tianna Smith adding a nine-point effort.
Anastasia DeLeon placed 13th in the NJSIAA Girls’ Bowling Tournament of Champions when she sent 1194 pins fl ying off their marks.
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Steve Felice soared over the bar at 13-0 to turn in a silver medal performance in the NJSIAA Group I boys pole vault com-petition at the Bennett Center in Toms River.
Lisa Carle glided over the 55-meter high hurdles to a fi fth place fi nish in a clocking of 9.3 seconds at the Lou Molino Girls’ Indoor Track & Field Invitational contested at the Roth-man Center on the Hackensack campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Rebecca Rabiero netted a game-high 14 points that included a pair of treys as the Lady Panthers defeated Mary Help of Christian Academy 43-36. Sara Luberto chipped in with nine points and Julia Bos added eight.
Trailing 16-13 entering the second quarter, Midland Park ral-lied to a 52-38 triumph over Palisades Park in boys’ basketball. Brian Fitzpatrick powered the comeback, pumping a game-high 32 points though the iron.
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Carolyn Endler recorded a bronze medal effort in the NJSIAA Group I Girls’ Track & Field Championships held at the Bennett Center in Toms River. Endler soared over the bar at 10-6 to place third in the pole vault competition.
Cara Batelli netted a team-high 15 points while three teammates fl ipped 10 points apiece into the basket as the Lady Thunderbirds defeated Ridgefi eld Park 49-39 in girls’ basketball. Christina Costantino, Lindsay Mohre and Kristyn Tremblay added double fi gure efforts.
Trailing 1-0 after the fi rst intermission, Christopher Ciongoli and Matt Gutierrez scored second period goals to propel Mahwah to a 2-1 victory over Indian Hills in ice hockey. Derek Jordan and Steve Loreti dished off assists while Sean Scannell stopped a dozen shots on goal.
Mahwah went on a 37-21 run in the second half to rally to a 63-48 victory over Hasbrouck Heights in the consolations of the Bergen Invitational. Mike Leniw had the hot hands, fl ipping a game-high 31 points into the basket while Alex Nielson added an 11-point effort.
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RAMSEY RAMSGoalie Justin Larkin made eight saves as Ramsey blanked Lakeland 4-0 in ice hockey. Brandon Hasslinger directed to pucks into the Lancers’ goal with Connor DiTomasso and Alex Whelan adding solo goals. Christopher Butryn distrib-uted a pair of assists with Nick Bressi, Ryan D’Amato and Alec Mast credited with solo assists.
Alex Albanese soared over the bar at 13-6 to as he picked up the gold medal in the pole vault competition at the NJSIAA North Jersey, Group II indoor track & fi eld cham-pionships. His teammate Chris Eltringham raced to a sil-ver medal in the 800-meter run when he was clocked in 2:02.67 and added a bronze medal fi nish in the 1600-me-ter run with a time of 4:31.77. Brian Psota glided over the 55-meter high hurdles to a fourth-place fi nish in 8.24.
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RAMAPO RAIDERSDeanna DiLandro turned in a silver medal performance in the 800-meter at the NJSIAA Girls’ Group II Indoor Track & Field Championships contested at the Bennett Center in Toms River. DiLandro was clocked in 2:19.78. Two team-mates, Lisa Zimmer (1600-meter run) and Megan Gam-buti (pole vault) placed fourth in the states.
Josh Chang and Alex Gorloff both posted 2-0 marks in the sabre as Ramapo defeated Fair Lawn 20-7 in boys fenc-ing. Tyler Clarke, Daniel Kim and Eric Yoon posted 1-0 marks in foil while Michael Daly and Sam Judd were 1-0 in epee matches.
Ramapo went on a 14-4 run in the second quarter to rally to an 18-10 lead at halftime in defeating Ridgefi eld Park 49-35 in a girls’ basketball contest. Kaitlyn Amato pitched a team-high 14 points through the cords, six of which came at the free throw line.
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Emma Sullivan turned in an outstanding performance in the Lou Molino Indoor Track & Field Invitational contested at the Rothman Center on the Hackensack campus of Fairleigh Dickinson University. Sullivan sprinted through the tape to win the 300-meter dash easily in 43.5 and picked up the silver medal in the 55-meter dash when she was nipped at the fi nish by Passaic Tech’s Alexes Washington with both runners given the same time of 7.5 seconds.
Danielle Back, Caitlyn Bach, Caitlyn Grady and Madeline Wolf teamed up to place fi rst in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:51.96 as the Highlanders splashed to a 91-79 victory over Mountain Lakes to win the NJSIAA North Jersey, Division B team championship. Danielle Bach doubled in the individual events, touching fi rst in the 50 freestyle (24.48) and 100 butterfl y (59.59) while Wolf placed fi rst in the 200-freestyle (1:58.21) and tied for fi rst in the 100-freestyle (54.27).
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RIDGEWOOD MAROONS
Ridgewood skated to a 2-1 victory over Pascack Valley as the Maroons successfully defended their Big North Con-ference – Gold Division title. Sophomore forward Alex Lin-ton netted both goals with his second winning the game at the 4:49 mark of the third period. Meghan Roxas fl ipped a game-high 18 points into the bas-ket to spark the Lady Maroons to a 57-24 rout of Bergen Tech after leading 50-18 entering the fi nal quarter. Lauren Beausoleil chipped in with a 10-point effort.
Ridgewood rallied from a 19-6 defi cit after eight minutes, to bridge the second and third quarters with a 27-13 run and defeat Northern Valley/Demarest 49-32 in a Big North Conference boys basketball contest. Evan Bartlik tallied a game-high 17 points with Stefan Sengun adding 11 points.
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WAYNE HILLS PATRIOTSDefense was the key to success for he Wayne Valley girls’ basket-ball team in a 37-18 rout of Lakeland. The Lady Patriots limited the Lady Lancers to single points in both the fi rst and second quarters to build up a 24-2 halftime advantage. Nicolette Driesse topped all scorers, putting 11 points into the basket.
Trailing 30-8 after eight minutes, the Patriots slowly but steadily rallied to pull out a 53-52 victory over Paterson Kennedy in a Big North Conference boys basketball game. Wayne Hills bridged the second and third quarters with a 28-8 surge and pulled out the “W” by closing the gap in the waning moments. Gezim Usini turned in a team-high 22-point effort that included fi ve treys while Scott Wills added 10 points and Darius Haber hit the hoop for nine points.
On the ice rink, the sister schools, Wayne Hills and Wayne Valley, battled to a 2-2 standoff. James Benfatti and Dan Reidel scored early goals to boost the Patriots into a 2-0 lead entering the fi rst intermission. Sam Finkler and A.J. Ricciardi distributed assists but Wayne Valley rallied with solo goals in the second and third periods to turn the fi nal outcome into a deadlock. Goalie Erhan Sarayli was credited with 24 saves.
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WALDWICK WARRIORSWaldwick led all the way in defeating North Arlington 64-52 in a North Jersey Interscholastic Conference boys basketball encounter. John Simeone fi red a game-high 31 points through the twine including fi ve successful fi eld goal attempts; launched outside the three-point arc. Doug Palmadessa contributed 23 points in a strong sup-porting role.
In a 48-29 romp over New Milford, nine of the 11 War-riors who saw action, pitched points into the basket with Palmadessa netting a game-high 16 points and Connor Walsh hitting the hoop for nine points.
Ali Giordano sailed over the bar at 4-8 to tie Eastern Christian’s Kayla Van Lenten for the gold medal in the girls high jump competition at the Garfi eld Shot Put/High Jump meet. Her teammate Kayla Pauwels cleared 4-6 to tie for third place.
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Leading 30-24 at the halftime intermission, the Indians went on a 29-8 run in the third quarter to break open the game in routing Ramapo 78-52 in a Big North Conference boys basket-ball contest. Luke Peramo riddled the cords with a game- high 20 points with Jay Mustafa netting 15 and Andrew Keane add-ing 14 in supporting roles.
Wayne Valley led all the way in defeating DePaul 49-40 in a Big North girls hoops contest. Laura Shakiri was the top gun on the attack, tossing 19 points into the bucket, nine of which came at the free throw line while Kelly Wieczerzak chipped in with a nine-point effort.
On the ice rink, the sister schools, Wayne Hills and Wayne Val-ley, battled to a 2-2 standoff. Bobby Happe scored the tying goal in the third period after assisting on a second period goal by Zach Morrison. Justin Nover assisted on the game-tying goal. As Jordan Hulahan stopped 11 shots on goal.
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Leading 15-14 after eight minutes of action, Saddle River Day went on a 19-5 run in the second quarter to build a 34-19 advantage by the halftime break. The Rebels in-creased margin to 54-34 entering the fi nal quarter and eliminated Elmwood Park 66-48 in the quarterfi nals of the Bergen County Invitational. David Rosado was top gun as he fi red 21 points through the rim with Austin Wesolowski popping 17 points through the cords in a supporting role. Mike Crowley chipped in with a 10-point effort with Chris Cosgrove contributing a nine-point effort.
In a 63-46 win over Midland Park, Rosado tallied 23 points with Crowley scoring 14.
Phoebe Bajarana and Maddy Tcack netted three points apiece in a loss to Dwight-Englewood in a girls’ basketball encounter.
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Vincent Macaluso (113), Jeff Farina (170), Dominic Carfagno (195), Glenn Beckmeyer (220) and Matt Marcazo (285) post-ed fi rst period falls to propel St. Joseph Regional/Montvale to a 45-21 dual match victory over Roxbury, Beckmeyer executed the fastest pin, needing only 14 seconds to touch his oppo-nent’s shoulder blades to the mat. Mike Silano (182) added a second period pin.
Seven Green Knights scored as St. Joseph Regional/Montvale skated to a 7-1 victory over Northern Valley/Old Tappan. Jake Healy, Kyle Javier, Tom Kemly, Zef Krasnigi. Devin Moran, Peter Tasca and Zach Teats tallied the goals with Tyler Brooks and Dillon DeStafano credited with two assists apiece.
Jabari Garvin (6.71) and Sherman Alston (5.73) sprinted across the fi nish line 3-4 in the 55-meter dash fi nal at the NJ-SIAA Non-Public A Division Indoor Track & Field championships held at the Bennett Center in Toms River.
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The CrossFit prescription is “constantly varied, high-inten-sity, functional movement.” No aspect of functional move-ments is more important than their capacity to move large loads over long distances, and to do so quickly.
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Everyone has heard of the Golden Rule, do
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Before starting to work out with a bar or machine that is unattended, proper gym eti-quette is to ask anyone in that area of the gym if they are us-ing it or if they saw anyone else using it. Nine times out of ten an unattended bar with weights on it is not in use, and that is why putting your weights back after using them is important. However, there is a chance that someone has taken the time to set up the weight on the bar and still has a few sets to go, so asking before using is always the right thing to do.
Cardio machines are fre-quently used in the gym and for good reason. Unfortunate-ly, a cardio machine is also a potential health problem. Car-dio machines help users get their heart rate up, burn fat and burn calories, but every ac-tion has a reaction and in this case the reaction is sweat. The amino acids that are in sweat are breeding grounds for bac-teria. Bacteria are a potential health risk for the members of the gym. Upon fi nishing on a cardio machine, you must al-ways wipe down the machine
with the cleaner provided by your gym.
Following these three sim-ple guidelines of proper gym etiquette will go a long way in your gym. Making sure that you put weights back after using them, asking before us-ing, and cleaning a cardio ma-chine after use will give you a good reputation in your gym. A good reputation in the gym can help you network with other members and create contacts for a career or your social life.
Gym Etiquette at All AgesGym Etiquette at All AgesLOCAL NEWSSPORTS • FITNESS • WELLNESS
By Sarah Jones
On the 45th anniversary of the introduction
of pro basketball to Bergen County by the American Bas-ketball Association (ABA), the International Basketball League (IBL) is ready to take North Jersey by storm with the introduction of the Jersey G-Force, a brand new team that will call Bergen County Community College its new home. The team was created by sports agent Timmy Butts in an effort to give promising basketball players a chance to play professionally while looking for opportunities on overseas teams.
In 1967, the Teaneck Ar-mory in Teaneck, NJ was the original venue for what is now the NBA’s New Jersey Nets franchise that will relocate to Brooklyn, NY for the 2012-2013 season. The team was fi rst called the New Jersey Americans and competed in the American Basketball As-sociation before moving to Long Island where it changed its name to the New York Nets.
When ABA fans remember the New York Nets, they recall two ABA titles won in 1973-74 and 1975-76 with two Hall of Fam-ers – Rick Barry and Julius “Dr. J” Eving.
Butts sees tremendous poten-tial in local players and hopes that with the introduction of this team many of them can pros-per in their careers, “There are great basketball players in the New York-New Jersey area who have the ability to play at the next level, if not in the United States, in the emerging mar-kets overseas.” He continued, “Bringing the IBL to the New Jersey area will have a two-fold benefi t as it gives basketball players a chance for exposure and development, while pro-viding high quality family en-tertainment in our community that is affordable.”
Despite the fact that the team’s offi cial schedule has yet to be released, it was an-nounced that on March 25-26 prospective players will be given an opportunity to attend a tryout camp in hopes of earn-ing a spot on the team. Barry Mestel, owner of the IBL’s Or-lando Venom and Winning Ways pro, a basketball scout-ing and training company, will oversee the tryouts which will be held at the Monroe Sports Center in Monroe, NJ.
Also in attendance will be G-Force head coach Wes Mat-thews, a two-time NBA champi-on with the Los Angeles Lakers. Matthews brings years of pro-fessional experience as well as proven, effective coaching ex-pertise. He most notably trained his son, Wesley Matthews Jr., who just recently signed a con-tract with the Portland Trailblaz-ers. Matthews will be joined by assistant coaches Andre Rick-etts and James Ryan.
The IBL, originally created in Vancouver, WA, is currently in its eighth season and boasts some impressive statistics, in-cluding having over 1000 play-ers compete in the league, from
which over 200 went on to play for international teams, while another 24 moved to the NBA. The IBL has already proven to be a successful plat-form for prospective players and Commissioner Sharleen Graf sees great potential in the newest IBL addition.
“The IBL is committed to the development of bringing basketball to communities in the east, servicing our teams and fans. Expect a positive impact in the community, strong competition and for the Jersey-based team to transition to full season sta-tus with the support of the league” stated Graf. “To see two leaders on the east coast working together already as Tim and Barry are to fi nd the best athletes raises the bar and refl ects on the col-laborative environment of the IBL.”
The G-Force will only play a quarter of the full IBL sched-ule as a branding team with the fi rst game slated for this spring. To learn more about the IBL and the G-Force, in-cluding try-out camp sched-ules, visit www.IBL.com.
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