Athlete of the Week

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ -  The 2018 Hasbrouck Heights football team is this week's winner in recognition of the following accomplishments this season.

Inaugural Winner of the North Group 1 Bowl Championship
North 2, Group 1 Championship 
North Jersey Interschoiastic League Regular Season Conference Champions
NJIC Meadowlands Division Regular Season Championship
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HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - On the biggest stage of the season so far, Jasiah Purdie did not have the signature explosive play that ended in a touchdown. There was no hurdle of a defensive back diving for his feet, nor the mad dash away from the defense on a slant route.

There were two sets of debilitating leg cramps, several hard hits from an aggressive Malcolm X Shabazz High School ...

ANNVILLE, PA. -  When you get carried off the field on the shoulders of your jubilant teammates, you definitely are someone that deserves consideration for Athlete of the Week.  When further review of the circumstances say that you had just scored:

Your third touchdown of the game,
In double overtime,
After rushing for a career-high 137 yards,
In your final college ...

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ -  The criteria for Athlete of the Week is rather undefined.   Sometimes it goes to an athlete who so dominates an event, he or she is the obvious winner.  Other times it goes to a team that wins a championship.  Other times it goes to someone for a single moment that just demands recognition.

Ian Rinke's 100-yard pick six last week ...

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - In the biggest start of his football career, Spencer Lee came out on Friday and had the game of his life.  Lee was 9-of-10 for 252 yards and five touchdowns to lead Hasbrouck Heights to 48-24 victory over Rutherford, giving the Aviators the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference Championship for the second time in three years.

Lee hit Jasiah Purdie three times for ...

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - Both the Hasbrouck Heights Boys and Girls Cross Country teams captured their second straight Bergen County D Division championships Saturday at Darlington State Park in Mahwah.  

Shannon Artuso led the girls’ team, as the sophomore won the Division individual title, while the boys team placed all seven of its runners in the top 13.  Jeremy Bailey was the ...

WOOD-RIDGE, NJ -  Facing a must-win game against St. Mary on Saturday afternoon, the Wood-Ridge defense rose to the occasion, shutting down the Gael's offense, which received a boost for the game with junior transfer quarterback Matt Toman being eligible.  The unit has been named the Athlete of the Week for the week ending October 6.  

With the Blue Devils offense ...

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS -  In the game that would decide who would win the NJIC Meadowland Division against Butler last Friday night, Hasbrouck Heights Michael Robertson came through in the worst conditions. In what is now being dubbed "The Mud Bowl" Robertson rushed for 113 yard on 13 carries.  His 53 yard touchdown off a fake punt on 4th down with less than a minute ...

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS - So much for soccer being a low scoring game.

Emiland Elezaj scored seven goals in two games for Hasbrouck Heights Boys Soccer team last week to lead them to an undefeated start to the 2018 season.  The Aviators went 2-0 the opening week, handily defeating St. Mary 7-0, and Becton 5-0.

Elezaj is the Athlete of the Week for the Week of September 9 though ...

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - This week's Athlete of the Week is Hasbrouck Heights resident Dan Solazzo, who captured five gold medals Saturday in the New Jersey State Senior Olympics in Woodbridge.

The 86 year old Solazzo captured the 50 Meter Dash, 100 Meter Dash, Long Jump, Discus and Shot Put in the men's 85+ division.

TAPinto Hasbrouck ...