Angelo Mangiro's football past includes a call-up to the varsity as a mere freshman, a Section 1, Group IV championship, a top five ranking nationally as an offensive guard and, Sunday, a verbal commitment to Penn State.

The devastating hits that Jack Tatum delivered for the Passaic High School Indians were more a product of an exacting science than raw viciousness, former teammates who remembered the local legend on Tuesday said.

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Rutgers University fifth-year senior offensive lineman Howard Barbieri, a Middletown High School South graduate, has been named to the 19th annual Allstate AFCA Good Works Team.

POINT PLEASANT - Rowan University guard Sean Hughes, a Point Pleasant Boro High School graduate, is one of 10 men's basketball players chosen to travel to Europe from Aug.

Kevin Seery wasn't involved in track and field a couple of years ago. He was the quarterback at Hanover Park when assistant coach Gerry Moore recruited him to use his accurate arm in the spring as a javelin thrower.

Every morning, Roxbury's Angelo Mangiro rolls out of bed, rubs the sleep out of his eyes, looks in the mirror and asks himself: Where should I go to college? At night, he climbs into bed, puts his head on the pillow, stares at the ceiling and asks the same thing.

Everybody in Manchester Township knows who Jimmy Lawson is. "Kids want to be like him," said Manchester High School wrestling coach Tom Scheffler.

Janelle Passafaro said nothing could prepare her for seeing a family member behind bars.

Philadelphia Daily News Chuck Darrow column: CasiNotes: Christie's A.C. ideas OK, but are they too tame? July 23--NEW JERSEY Gov.

Jesenia Alvarez, 17, a Perth Amboy High School student athlete, was so hungry one day she ate eight slices of pizza, and then got sick.

Bergen County's small schools rarely find themselves in the spotlight, but Glen Rock has been able to push itself to the forefront on many an occasion in the recently completed first decade of the 21st century.

PISCATAWAY - Rutgers University fifth-year senior offensive lineman Howard Barbieri, a Middletown High School South graduate, has been named to the 19th annual Allstate AFCA Good Works Team.

Leading up to training camp at the end of July, Patriots.com will offer you a close-up introduction to the members of New England's 2010 draft class.

First in a series. Some schools have great football teams. Some have great basketball teams.

Walter Poland, 46, of Farmingdale, the driver in a fatal hit-and-run collision that occurred on Oct.

File Photo by Anna Murphey/New Jersey Herald Deon Queen, right, who starred at Sussex County Community College the past two seasons, will continue his basketball career at St.

When Andrew Maclay was named the new varsity coach of the Morris Hills basketball team, he didn't spend too much time introducing himself to his players.

WASHINGTON TWP. A longtime beloved educator in the school district here has lost his battle with leukemia.