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St. Pat’s Gilchrist’s scare a reminder of what prep stars have at stake
It’s not every year the No. 1 high school basketball team in the country plays in your home state, but that’s exactly what I’ve got right now with St. Patrick of Elizabeth, N.J. As such, I went...
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Point of interest: St. Ben’s tops St. Pat’s in battle of elite lead guards
I go to high school games to catch a glimpse of the future, to see future college and pro stars develop before my eyes. And with a matchup of two future stud point guards, I lucked into a special game...
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Friday Night slight: Irving superb, line unkind as St. Pat’s falls to Oak Hill
Talk about a lousy day. After St. Patrick’s (No. 6, ESPN Rise) was banned from the New Jersey state tournament earlier in the day because coach Kevin Boyle attended practices before he was...
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Look closer: A pictorial nod to our favorite Primetime Shootout moments
Note: We took a lot of photos at the 2010 Primetime Shootout, which turned out to be a terrific event with two indisputably classic games. Here are some of our favorites that weren’t used in the...
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Primetime players, Sunday: Drummond impresses, St. Pat’s rolls
Terry Rains and I went back to Kean University for the Primetime Shootout on Sunday, joined by John Calipari and a few other notables. World Wide Wes was there acting secretive and saying hello to...
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Masterpiece theater: National title is greatness as usual for Hurley
I’ll never forget this: Back in 2002, my first year home from college, I had this running route I liked that took me through six towns in North Jersey. That winter, on one of those runs, I passed a...
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Almost perfect: Reflecting on St. Pat’s documentary premiere
The night Prayer for a Perfect Season premiered on HBO, I sat in a banquet hall watching it with the people who had the most personally invested in it. The documentary was moving, but as it portrayed...
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