Mike Fratello, Basketball-Reference.com. Accessed November 1, 2007.
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Hackensack, Bergen Passaic Football. Accessed March 11, 2024.
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"Morrow, Everett Frederic (1909-1994)", BlackPast.org. Accessed November 25, 2017. "Everett Frederic Morrow, the son of John Eugene Morrow, a library custodian who became an ordained Methodist minister in 1912 and Mary Ann Hayes, a former farm worker and maid, was born on April 9, 1909 in Hackensack, New Jersey. He graduated from Hackensack High School in 1925, where he not only served on the debate team for three years, but was their president his senior year."
Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 201, Part 2, p. 247. J. A. Fitzgerald, 1985. Accessed March 8, 2022. "Born in Colombia, Mr. Rod attended schools in South America as well as Hackensack High School. He continued his education at Ocean County and Trenton State Colleges. He served in the Army from 1965 to 1968."
Staff. "Who's Who in the Cast", Playbill, 1981. Accessed August 13, 2018. "Gene Saks (Director) began his theatrical career playing Lord Fancourt Babberley in the Hackensack High School's production of Charlie's Aunt."
Lee, Francis Bazley. Genealogical and Memorial History of the State of New Jersey, p. 286. Accessed August 13, 2018. "Warren Jay, eldest child of John Elizabeth (Hall) Terhune, was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey, May 3, 1869. He attended the public school at Midland Park and Hackensack high school, and was from the latter in 1885."
Nellie K. Parker, Nellie K. Parker Elementary School. Accessed November 26, 2017. "Nellie entered Montclair Normal School and received her teaching certificate in 1922 after graduating from Hackensack High School."
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Levine, Cecilia. "Look For Hackensack Model In Holiday Target Ad", Hackensack Daily Voice, November 27, 2016. Accessed August 13, 2018. "The face of a Hackensack High School graduate has been circulating in a Target ad this holiday season. Barbie Ferreira's big break came last year in curve campaign for Aerie and Target, and has been focusing on promoting body positivity."
Administration, Hackensack High School. Accessed February 28, 2020.
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Staff. "Award-winning Actor Hector Bustamante Guests on Eye on Entertainment on Time Warner Cable", I-Newswire press release dated June 2, 2010. Accessed June 13, 2011. "Bustamante began his acting career in high school (Hackensack, NJ) but was discouraged after being told by an acting teacher that his thick accent would never allow him to be a professional actor."
Fullerton Jr., Hugh. "Sports Roundup", Reading Eagle, June 3, 1949. Accessed June 13, 2011. "That path you can see leading to Hackensack, N. J., was worn by major league scouts going to watch Stan Pitula pitch for Hackensack High School... Stan just won ten games this season, making it 16 straight for two years, but seven were shutouts and two were no-hitters."
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Tarrazi, Alexis. "Agreement reached between Maywood, Hackensack", Hackensack Chronicle, March 9, 2012. Accessed March 20, 2022. "The Maywood school district has been sending its students to Hackensack High School for decades and currently sends 250 students. The high school also serves about 120 students from Rochelle Park and 80 students from South Hackensack, according to The Record."
"Students Enter New High School Today", The Record, March 25, 1918. Accessed May 10, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "The Hackensack High school student body and faculty today moved into its handsome new building on the corner of First and Beech streets."
"Emerson School to Open in Fall; Junior-Senior High Is Planning For First Full Year", The Record, August 21, 1963. Accessed March 24, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "The Junior-Senior High School will open its doors next month for its first full year of operation. The school, originally scheduled to open last September, was delayed due to labor trouble and last summer's tornado, and students did not enter until March. The new $1.5 million structure will house students up to the 11th grade this year, with seniors completing their secondary education at Hackensack High School. The local school will have its first graduating class in June 1965."
"Maywood Students Leave Bogota High", The Record, August 17, 1966. Accessed March 30, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Parents who have become accustomed to planning their attendance at two or three schools' P.-T. A. meetings will add a fourth or in some cases, a fifth next month when the town's 10th graders enter Hackensack High School. The shift from Bogota High School, used by local youngsters for decades, will begin with this class, and will be completed in 2 years when the last of Maywood's students graduate from Bogota High."
"Hackensack, Bergenfield, St; Cecilia Win State Titles; North Plainfield A Cinch For Comet", The Record, March 19, 1945. Accessed December 11, 2020. "The Golden Comet had to whip North Plainfield for the crown on Saturday night and beat them they did by a 44-22 score. The experts had predicted the game would be a mere formality and they proved to be right because North Plainfield was obviously a weak sister in the tourney."
De La Ree, Gerry. "Forte, McCadney Lead Comet Five", The Record, March 24, 1952. Accessed January 3, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Coming up with one of its sharpest performances of the season, Hackensack High School completely outclassed a Princeton High quintet, 74 to 59, here at the Armory Saturday night to annex the Group III N. J. S. I. A. A. basketball championship."
"Soccer Crown to Hackensack", The Record, November 30, 1969. Accessed January 14, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Hackensack successfully defended its NJSIAA Group 4 soccer championship by gaining a 1-1 tie with Steinert of Trenton Friday at Princeton University. The two teams will share the 1969 crown. The game was a replay of last year when the Comets also tied for the crown (1-1) with Ewing on the day after Thanksgiving. Hackensack's back-to-back sharing of the championship is believed to be unprecedented.... The tie ended the Comets season at 17-2-1. Steinert, which plays in the rugged suburban Trenton league, finished 18-0-2."
Mattura, Greg. "Krueger guides Hackensack to mountain top", The Record, December 6, 1992. Accessed November 25, 2020. "One way or the other, Hackensack can move the football. Against North Bergen, there was only one way. With its ground attack virtually reduced to nothing, Hackensack turned to the arm of quarterback John Krueger to come from behind for a 7-3 victory that gave the Comets the Group 4, Section 1 championship."
"New Jersey High School Football Top 20", Asbury Park Press, December 14, 1993. Accessed November 25, 2020. "2 Hackensack, 10-1: 183 points No 6 last week. Defeated North Bergen for the second time this season, 54-27, to capture its second straight North Jersey Section 1 Group IV championship."
Fox, Ron. "Hackensack remains unbeaten", The Record, December 4, 1994. Accessed December 10, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "The junior tailback broke out for 105 of his 146 yards in the second half as Hackensack dashed the Group 4 sectional football championship dreams of North Bergen for the third year in a row, 27-10, Saturday night."
Davidoff, Ken. "King's catch helps Hackensack keep crown", The Record, December 2, 1995. Accessed March 12, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "The Hackensack football team did not dominate its competition this season. Working in a new quarterback and offensive line and hampered with injuries, the Comets often struggled in their quest for their fourth consecutive Group 4, Section 1 championship. Friday night's final game against North Bergen proved no easier, but the Comets (10-1) came out victorious, 7-6, over the Bruins (9-2) at Giants Stadium."
"A perfect ending; Hackensack justifies No. 1 ranking", The Record, December 4, 2000, December 7, 2020. "Hackensack secured its standing as New Jersey's No. 1 high school football team and one of the nation's best by capping a 12-0 season with Sunday's 21-12 victory over Teaneck in the Group 4, Section 1 final at Rutgers Stadium."
Kurland, Bob. "Hackensack captures title to complete miracle run", The Record, June 11, 1995. Accessed November 25, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "After stumbling through the regular season, the Comets captured their first State Group 4 championship Saturday. Leading the resurgence was pitcher Marden Medina, who made Edison his fourth straight tournament victim, 2-1, in his second consecutive eight-inning performance."
Graham, Tony. Gold feels left in cold, but still shines", Asbury Park Press, June 8, 1997. Accessed November 25, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "Near the pitching mound, Hackensack players were celebrating their 5-3 victory over Toms River North in yesterday's NJSIAA Group IV championship game at Toms River High School East.... The Comets (27-7), who won their second Group IV crown in three years, did most of their hitting in the fifth inning, bunching 6 singles, including 2-run hits by Collin Roache and Eddie Eccelston."
"Assembly tops the ballot", The Record, November 5, 1995. Accessed July 24, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "Charles "Ken" Zisa - Address: Hackensack; Age: 41; Education: Hackensack High School; Bergen County Police Academy"
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Stypulkoski, Matt. "Ranking the 31 fiercest rivalries in N.J. HS football", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 27, 2017, updated May 15, 2019. Accessed December 1, 2020. "27-Hackensack vs. Teaneck These two schools have been playing on Thanksgiving since 1931, alternating each year as host school.... All-time series: Hackensack leads, 62-23"
Stoltz, Marsha A. "Here's why Maywood will send its students to Becton instead of Hackensack High School", The Record, March 9, 2020. Accessed April 6, 2020. "Maywood high school students will have four years to phase out of Hackensack High School and into Henry P. Becton Regional High School in East Rutherford. The process will begin in September, when current Maywood eighth-graders will be the first to attend Becton as freshmen, according to a March 7 joint announcement by the superintendents of the two districts."
Staff. "'Prof' a character, winner", The Record, October 13, 2009. Accessed June 13, 2011. "The streak ended on Feb. 6, 1925, at the Hackensack Armory. The Hackensack High School Comets, behind 6-foot-6 center Howie Bollerman, took down the Wonder Team, 39-35. But the loss was mired in controversy for years. Rumors swirled that Hackensack had slicked up the armory floor with sawdust to slow down the Wonder Team's fast break."
Clark, Ronald P. "First-place tie to Hackensack", The Record, May 30, 2010. Accessed August 23, 2011. "The Hackensack boys shared the State Group 4 title with East Brunswick with 34 points each Saturday. It was Hackensack's second Group 4 title, the other being a share of the title in 1971 with Snyder."
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Staff. "Induction Night; New Jersey Sports", The New York Times, April 26, 1974. Accessed June 13, 2011. "The Hackensack High School Sports Hall of Fame will induct nine former graduates tomorrow night, bringing its total to 323 men and women.... Chet Hanulak played football under Jim Tatum at Maryland and then with the Cleveland Browns. The late Stan Pitula pitched for the Cleveland Indians. Probably the best-known member of the Hackensack Hall is a nonathlete - Robert Schmertz, owner of the Boston Celtics, New England Whalers and the New York Stars. He was inducted last year."
Staff. "Chet Forte, 60, an Innovator in Television Sports", The New York Times, May 19, 1996. Accessed July 12, 2016. "Fulvio Chester Forte Jr. was born Aug. 7, 1935, in Hackensack, N.J., the only child of his sports-loving mother and of a physician. The class president at Hackensack High School, he became an All-American player at Columbia despite being 5-7 and 145 pounds, small even by 1950s standards."
Corcoran, David. "Theodore Trautwein, Judge in Landmark Press Case, Dies at 80", The New York Times, September 2, 2000. Accessed June 13, 2011. "Theodore Walter Trautwein was born on March 29, 1920, in Paramus, N.J. He graduated from Hackensack High School, where he was an all-star athlete, won a scholarship at Columbia University and was drafted as a pitcher by the St. Louis Cardinals."
Mike Fratello, Turner Sports. Accessed June 13, 2011. "Fratello graduated from Hackensack High School, Hackensack, N.J., where he was captain of the basketball, baseball and football teams."
"Memorial, William J. Snow 1890". westpointaog.org/. West Point, NY: West Point Association of Graduates. 1947. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
Schutta, Gregory. "Hackensack's Carter Buries Teaneck", The Record, November 29, 1991. Accessed August 11, 2008. "Carter ran for 102 yards and three touchdowns as Hackensack trampled Teaneck, 39-21, in the 60th Thanksgiving football meeting between the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League Pacific Division rivals."
"Hackensack appoints city's first African American public defender", Community News, September 20, 2013, backed up by the Internet Archive as of August 8, 2016. Accessed January 30, 2018. "Without realizing it, Navarro Gray made history when he was named the city's public defender — becoming the first African-American to hold this position in Hackensack. Before graduating from Hampton University Cum Laude and Hofstra University School of Law, Gray attended Fairmont Elementary School and Hackensack High School — having graduated from the latter in 1997."
"Memorial, William J. Snow 1890". westpointaog.org/. West Point, NY: West Point Association of Graduates. 1947. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
"Memorial, William J. Snow 1890". westpointaog.org/. West Point, NY: West Point Association of Graduates. 1947. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
"Memorial, William J. Snow 1890". westpointaog.org/. West Point, NY: West Point Association of Graduates. 1947. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. Retrieved October 27, 2017.
