Josephson, Rachel. "Twins Reunited After 25 Years Have Verona Connection", The Fairviewer, May 7, 2015. Accessed September 6, 2021. "The story of Samantha Futerman, a 2005 VHS graduate caught the attention of many Verona residents due to the publicity for the movie, Twinsters. Many people have been surprised that such an interesting story can come from our small town like ours."
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Chean, Steven. "Comedian Jay Mohr has two great passions: humor and sports. And his new TV show features plenty of both.", USA Weekend, June 30, 2002. Accessed May 12, 2007. "If there's one thing the former captain of New Jersey's Verona High School wrestling team has learned since taking to the stage some 15 years ago, it's that comedians and athletes have something in common: 'We're the most competitive people on the face of the planet. Now, that can be good, or very not good.'"
Citrano, Virginia. "Softball Captures Sectional Championship", My Verona, May 30, 2019. Accessed March 12, 2024. "It took two rain delays, and two days of play in two different counties, but this afternoon, the Verona High School softball team scored a stunning upset over Hanover Park to capture the North 2, Group 2 sectional championship. The 6-2 win was the first championship for Verona since 2005."
"Bannon Inducted Into Basketball Hall Of Fame", My Verona NJ, press release dates November 12, 2014. Accessed February 6, 2018. "Kevin Bannon, Verona High School class of 1975, was inducted into the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Basketball Hall of Fame Honor Roll on Saturday, November 1."
Staff. "For Dan DePalma, Lessons On And Off The Field", MyVeronaNJ, September 2, 2011. Accessed January 16, 2020. "No matter who they cheer for on Sundays in the fall, a lot of people in Verona have been paying attention lately to the Jets, because a 2007 graduate of Verona High School has been working for a chance at the NFL team. Dan DePalma joined the Jets as an undrafted free agent in late July when the lockout ended, and has been working hard ever since to make the team."
Citrano, Virginia. "Meet The VHS Grad Helping Fashion To Do Better By The Environment", My Verona NJ, April 20, 2022. Accessed November 21, 2024. "When Nicole McLaughlin graduated Verona High School with the class of 2011, her life plan wasn’t to make a statement about sustainability in the apparel industry."
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Genovese, Peter. "What's in a nickname? Often, a school's history", The Home News, January 5, 1986. Accessed October 18, 2021, via Newspapers.com "Take Verona High School, whose nickname is the Hillbillies. 'This was the sticks years ago,' said Principal Joseph Pirrello. 'That's where the Hillbillies came from.' The school's emblem, according to Pirrello, is a 'big hillbilly with a corncob pipe and a shaggy-looking beard sitting on a railing.'"
"Verona Scores Upset To Cop Group 2 Crown", The Record, March 18, 1957. Accessed January 10, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Verona, upset victor over Bogota in the semifinal round of the Group 2 N. J. S. I. A. A. championship did it again Saturday afternoon when it toppled previously undefeated Ocean City, 43-40, at Rutgers University."
Gesario, Mike. "Billies Win State Title With Win Over Panthers", Verona-Cedar Grove Times, December 6, 2001. Accessed March 21, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "It was a bumpy road towards the Hillbillies' first title since the current system of team rankings was initiated several years ago. Verona, which began the season with back-to-back setbacks to Mountain Lakes and Immaculate, had been ousted from the Section II, Group I tournament after semifinal losses in both 1999 and 2000. The Hillbillies (8-4) had won state titles during the 1960s and 70s, but that was in the days before championship games.... Trailing by one point, at 14-13, VHS was content to kick the extra point to knot the game at 14 points apiece - but the snap was high and Fasano was forced to abort the kick attempt and try for a two-point conversion. That ad-libbed play would prove to be the turning point of the game. Fasano rolled to his right and fired the ball toward the back of the end zone and into the hands of a leaping Matt King, putting Verona ahead 15- 14. Neither team would score again."
"Twenty-Seven Area Residents Get Degrees at M.S.C.", Verona-Cedar Grove Times, June 10, 1971. Accessed March 6, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Verona residents receiving B.A. degrees were:... Miss Barbara Griffiths of 116 Grove Ave.... Miss Griffiths, a Verona High graduate, majored in economics and plans to attend graduate school.... She is the daughter of Mrs. Gloria Griffiths and the late Arthur Griffiths."
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"Verona defeats Woodbury in Group 1 final for 1st title since 1957", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 12, 2017, updated August 23, 2019. Accessed November 2, 2020. "Verona defeated Woodbury, 69-54, to claim the Group 1 title at the Louis Brown Athletic Center on Sunday.... The victory is the first time Verona won a state title since it claimed the Group 2 championship in 1957 in a win over Ocean City and clinched the Essex County squad's first trip to the Tournament of Champions."
Schneider, Jeremy. "Group 1 champion Verona gives Don Bosco Prep major scare in T of C quarterfinals", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 17, 2017, updated August 23, 2019. Accessed February 24, 2021. "The Verona coach had just watched his Group 1 champion Hillbillies give Non-Public A champion Don Bosco Prep, the No. 3 team in the NJ.com Top 20 that has lost just once this year, one of its toughest games of the year before falling late in the Tournament of Champions quarterfinals on Friday. Verona's potential Cinderella run ended in the fourth quarter when Don Bosco Prep pulled away for a 61-51 win."
Staff. "Verona 13, Hoboken 12", The Star-Ledger, December 6, 2008. Accessed September 10, 2011. "Holmes made two interceptions from free safety in the final 1:07 to help preserve Verona's 13–12 victory over Hoboken yesterday for the NJSIAA/Gatorade North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 championship in East Rutherford. Verona, making its third final appearance in four years at Giants Stadium, won its first title since 2001."
Lanni, Patrick. "Verona’s championship a testament to senior class, beloved football community", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 22, 2019. Accessed September 30, 2020. "The trust all paid off Friday night as Verona rolled to a 43-2 victory over Lenape Valley in the NJSIAA/Rothman Orthopaedics North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2 final to give the Hillbillies their seventh championship in the playoff era and first since 2015."
Lanni, Patrick. "Verona blanks Lyndhurst to cap perfect season, win North 2 Regional Championship", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 29, 2019. Accessed September 30, 2020. "From its opening possession to the final whistle, Verona put together a dominant performance and rolled to a 41-0 win over Lyndhurst on Friday in the North, Group 2 Regional Championship game at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford."
Lanni, Patrick. "Verona football coach Lou Racioppe ousted following administrative investigation", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 1, 2017, updated August 23, 2019. Accessed September 30, 2020. "Racioppe said Wednesday evening that he was informed by Verona's administration that he will not be reinstated as the team’s coach this season but would not elaborate on the conversation or the allegations against him."
Olivero, Antonio. "Verona caps first ever undefeated season, captures North 1 Group 1 title in win over Cresskill", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, December 5, 2014. Accessed December 12, 2016. "Minutes after leading his Verona team to the first undefeated season in the program's 75 year history, Verona head coach Lou Racioppe provided a powerful declaration. It echoed the Hillbillies 20-0 NJSIAA/Sports Care Institute North Jersey Section 1, Group 1 win over No. 1 seed Cresskill."
Schneider, Jeremy. "Dominant rushing attack powers Verona to second straight N1G1 crown", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, December 5, 2015. Accessed June 2, 2017. "Mark Riggio had 127 yards on the ground and a touchdown while Zack Zaccone had two passing touchdowns to go with 90 passing and 46 rushing yards as fourth-seeded Verona topped third-seeded Cedar Grove, 21-14, to win the NJSIAA/Sports Care Institute North Jersey, Section 1, Group 1 final at Kean University for the second straight season.... The victory marked the second straight perfect season for the Hillbillies, and their 23-game winning streak is the longest in the state."
Lanni, Patrick. "Verona football coach Lou Racioppe suspended amid administrative investigation", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 13, 2017. Accessed March 2, 2018. "Verona's Lou Racioppe has been suspended from his football coaching position while the school district carries out an investigation, according to two parents of former players and another North Jersey Super Football Conference coach with knowledge of the situation."
Pangilinan, Noel. "Verona shuts down Sussex Tech in 4th quarter for win", Verona-Cedar Grove Times, March 4, 2010. Accessed September 20, 2012. "The Lady Hillbillies came into the State tournament fresh from winning the Super Essex Conference's Independence Division championship on Saturday. The conference championship was the first for the Verona girls team since 1976 and the second ever for the school."
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Doviak, Cory K. "Wild finish gives Saddle Brook a state sectional title", NorthJerseySports, June 3, 2005. Accessed March 12, 2024. "The Falcons now move on to the Group 1 state semifinal where they will take on Verona, an 8-2 winner over Belvedere in the North 2, Group 2 final, on Tuesday at Union High School."
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Nguyen, Stacy. "Kal Parekh to fly to superstardom with new "Pan Am" role?", Northwest Asian Weekly, October 13, 2011. Accessed December 12, 2016. "He moved the family across the world, settling in New Jersey in the late 1980s. Parekh attended Verona High School. He said at that point, he was shy — an introvert."
Garcia, Julian. "Losing now an art at Verona High School", New York Daily News, February 15, 2014. Accessed January 7, 2018. "What would you do if your high school football team lost 32 straight games, including one by the score of 75-0?... Well that's what two members of the Verona (N.J.) High School Class of '68 have done, and they'll be screening it at the Yogi Berra Museum in Little Falls, N.J., on Feb. 26 so everyone can feel their pain. Lou Cortese and Jay Curtis, who both went on to work in video and film production after graduating from Verona nearly 46 years ago, have produced a film called 75-0: The Documentary, which focuses on their team's humiliating loss to powerhouse Madison HS on Oct. 5, 1966, as well as the 31 other losses that came during that streak, most of which were lopsided."
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Starnes, Joe Samuel. "Soapbox; Smile When You Say That", The New York Times, March 19, 2006. Accessed January 16, 2020. "It has been Verona High School's nickname for more than 60 years, and the original Hillbilly mascot, dating back to the 1950s, carried a rifle and a jug of liquor. In recent years his image was softened by replacing the gun and the moonshine with a fishing pole."
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Fred Hill: Head CoachArchived October 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Rutgers University. Accessed September 6, 2021. "A New Jersey native who attended Verona High School, Hill is a 1977 graduate of Verona High School and a 1981 graduate of Montclair State College, where he was an All-Conference guard as a senior on a team that reached the NCAA Division III Tournament."
"Softball: Verona Wins Sectional Championship", TAPinto Hackettstown, June 12, 2021. Accessed March 12, 2024. "The Verona softball team needed just a run to win a title. Verona defeated Parsippany, 1-0, to claim the Section 2, Group 2 championship Saturday morning."
"Donald J. Strait", The Pilot, April 3, 2015. Accessed September 6, 2021. "Born April 28, 1918, in East Orange, N.J., he packed his 96 years with successes and honors whether on the Verona High School baseball team, in the U.S. Air Force, Fairchild Industries, every golf course he teed up on, or in his personal life."
Anthony Fasano profile, NFL Players Association, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 19, 2007. Accessed December 12, 2016. "Anthony Joseph Fasano was a four-year letterman and two-year captain at Verona, N.J., High School as a tight end and defensive lineman. He helped lead the team to the New Jersey state title among Group 1 schools and threw the game-winning PAT pass in the 2001 title game. As a senior he caught 78 passes for 1,460 yards and a county-record 23 touchdowns."
Fred Hill: Head CoachArchived October 23, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Rutgers University. Accessed September 6, 2021. "A New Jersey native who attended Verona High School, Hill is a 1977 graduate of Verona High School and a 1981 graduate of Montclair State College, where he was an All-Conference guard as a senior on a team that reached the NCAA Division III Tournament."
