Thursday, April 25, 2013
The game this Saturday will help fund a trip to a "substance free" gala for graduating seniors this June, organizers say
Tickets are still available for an annual fundraiser that pits a group of Mahwah teachers and parents against trickster hoops players who are sure to entertain. This year’s Harlem Wizards vs. Mahwah Thunder basketball game is scheduled for this Saturday at the Ramapo Ridge Middle School at 7 p.m. Tickets purchased in advance are $12, and those bought at the door are $15. Proceeds from the event will help benefit the Mahwah Class of 2013 Senior Safe Night Gala, which provides graduating seniors with a substance-free place to go after graduation. Tickets can also be ordered online at www.harlemwizards.com. Once a ticket is purchased, it will be available at the will call window the night of the game. For more information about the Wizards vs…
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Coming off a four-win season, the boys’ varsity basketball coach says the team is working together this year with one goal in mind
Coming up on the crowning moments of their 2012-13 season, Thunderbirds boys basketball varsity coach Mike Branagh says the team should be proud of what they’ve accomplished so far, and says they are ready for tournaments coming up at the end of the month. Just qualifying for the county and state tournaments this season was a big deal, Branagh said. Last year, the team won only four of its games, and was not eligible to play in either. With five games left in the regular season this year, the team is 12-9, and even beat Dwight-Englewood 51-48 in the first round of the Bergen County Jamboree tournament last week. Despite a reported loss to top-seeded Teaneck in the tournament’s Round of 16 this weekend, Branagh says the team is on track to …
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
After 11 years as a Cutter, Coach Alan Clements is now a T-Bird
One of the most successful basketball coaches in Fair Lawn history is bringing his expertise to Mahwah. Alan Clements, who led the Fair Lawn varsity girls basketball team to back-to-back NBIAL league championships in 2008 and 2009, started Monday as the T-Birds new coach. Last year’s head coach Michael Branagh moved to the boys program this year. Clements brings an impressive resume – he’s coached basketball and volleyball on and off since the late 1970’s at both the high school and college level. When he retired from his eleven-year stint as basketball coach at Fair Lawn High School in 2010, he was the winningest coach in the school’s history. “I’m a single dad. My two kids are 18 and 20, so [in 2010] they were starting the college search…
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
After winning one tournament, these girls have high hopes for the rest of the season
The members of Mahwah’s seventh grade girls black travel basketball team have got a really good momentum going. For the first time ever, the team won its Christmas tournament, which was held this year in Oakland. The girls are coming off back-to-back wins this weekend that improved their record to 9-4. Moving toward the March playoff games, the seventh graders say they are in sync, and looking forward to wrapping up the season with a bang. “They are all really great kids,” head coach TJ Downey said. “I’ve been coaching most of the girls on the team since they were in fourth grade, and it’s always been their heart and determination that sets them apart. They are all competitors and they all give 100 percent.” The girls are also, “very …
Madeleine
12:34 pm on Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Amazing talented group of young ladies!!! Way to go. more ›