Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Frank Chamberlin, who played for Mahwah in the 90's and the NFL in the 2000's, recently received a surprise gift from the current Thunderbird team
According to Gwenn Hendrick, a former Mahwah resident whose son, Frank Chamberlin played football for Mahwah High School, Boston College, and in the NFL for the Tennessee Titans, Cincinnati Bengals and Houston Texans, she didn’t know her son was still inspiring Mahwah athletes. “I didn’t know this until this past season, when I was at a Mahwah High School game and I went inside the gym. But, they have one of Frank’s jerseys hanging up in the hallway,” Hendrick said. “I was surprised to see that.” Before her son’s cancer diagnosis last year, Hendrick said she and her family didn’t realize the impact Frank’s success story continues to have on Mahwah athletes. Chamberlin played football all four years at Mahwah High School, graduated in 1996…
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
A mid-season update on the Thunderbirds' performance
For the past three Februarys, Mahwah’s ice hockey team has celebrated a major victory. 2012 marked the team’s third year in a row winning the Big Green North Cup Championship. Although the team graduated several senior members at the end of last year, Coach Kevin Sabella says the remaining and new members of the team are holding their own this year. “We are not making any excuses for who we lost,” Sabella told Patch of how the T-Birds hockey season is going so far. “We are winning the games we should, and taking steps in the right direction.” So far, the team has a 9-7-3 record, and is currently ranked “near the middle of the pack,” in its league, the coach said. And Sabella, a Ramsey teacher who is now in his sixth year coaching the team …
Thursday, January 24, 2013
A mid-season update on the Mahwah Girls Basketball Team
After an upset victory over one of the toughest teams in the league last week, the Mahwah Girls Basketball team is poised to enter the second half of its season strong, new coach Alan Clements said Wednesday. “In the second game of the season, RiverDell beat us,” Clements said. “So, for us to come back and beat them [in a game last week] was big.” The Lady T-Birds upset RD 44-35 on Jan. 17. The team knocked the Hawks down from an impressive 12-1 record. And, after another win against Cliffside Park this week, the Mahwah High School team has improved its record to 10-4. “We had a few bumps early on in the season,” Clements said. “But, we don’t run a summer program, and most of these other schools do. So really, those first few games were …
Friday, January 4, 2013
Members of the first state champs in Mahwah baseball history got rings, and a proclamation from the township this week
The 2012 Mahwah High School Boys Varsity Baseball team was the first baseball from the township to ever win the state title. The township honored the team's accomplishment during a ceremony at the halftime of a Mahwah basketball game Wednesday night. According to Mahwah Athletic Director Roger Pelletier said, the school hosted a ring ceremony, where players received championship rings, a proclamation from the mayor and township council, and plaques from the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. The ceremony was held this week so that all students on the championship team, including those who were seniors last year and are now home on break from college, could attend. The team already has one sign up on Ridge Road touting …
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…
Sunday, November 18, 2012
The Group 2 state championship game is Monday afternoon
The Mahwah Boys Soccer Team is one game away from a state title. Last week, the team got past two viable opponents – Kittatinny, which the T-Birds beat 3-1 in the quarterfinal game, and Lakeland, which the team beat 2-1 in overtime in the semifinals last Thursday. Mahwah, seeded #2 in the Group 2 State Tournament Championship, will take on the Number 4 seed, Newton, is the finals at home Monday at 2 p.m. According to nj.com, Mahwah is going into the final game with a 17-1 record, Newton with a 20-4 record. Last week, Thunderbirds coach Vince Vespe said he felt the team was strong, and could win the whole tournament. The photos above are from the semi-final game against Lakeland last week. They were submitted by Patch reader Mark Meyers…
Monday, November 12, 2012
Mahwah beat Kittatinny 3-1 Monday
Mahwah High School’s boys varsity soccer team is two games away from clinching the Group 2 State Tournament Championship, and the team seems poised for the challenges that lie ahead. The T-Birds beat Kittatinny 3-1 in the state quarterfinal game Monday afternoon. “These kids work hard, and they play soccer year round,” Coach Vince Vespe said. Monday, “they played well, again.” According to their coach, the team has been playing well together all season. The team of 21 has 16 senior members, and a 17-1 record. Monday’s game was the second in the state tournament. Mahwah beat Glen Rock 2-1 in the first round game Saturday. The team will play a semi-final game Thursday. “We are going into the [semi-finals] confident,” Vespe said. “We feel …
Friday, October 19, 2012
Once a reschedule date is chosen, the team wants to invite the community to celebrate its victory
A ceremony planned to honor the members of the 2012 State Champion Mahwah Baseball Team has been postponed. Originally scheduled for Saturday evening, the event was postponed Friday after a Mahwah football game against Ridgefield Park was rescheduled for Saturday due to rain. Since baseball coach Jeff Remo also coaches the football team, Athletic Director Roger Pelletier announced Friday the baseball ceremony would need to be postponed. Once a date is chosen, the AD will announce the new ceremony time, as the baseball program wants to invite the community to celebrate the team’s victory. The 2012 victory is the first in Thunderbird baseball history. -- Follow Patch on Facebook and Twitter. For news straight to your email inbox, sign up for…
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
The community is invited to the Saturday evening ceremony
The 2012 Mahwah High School Boys Varsity Baseball team was the first baseball from the township to ever win the state title. This Saturday, the town is honoring the team for its accomplishment. “We are going to be holding a ring ceremony,” Mahwah Athletic Director Roger Pelletier said, where players will receive championship rings, a proclamation from the mayor and township council, and plaques from the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. The team already has one sign up on Ridge Road touting its 2012 championship. The town will present another sign to the team Saturday night. This one, Pelletier said, he hopes will be placed along Franklin Turnpike, near the sign congratulating the 2010 girls soccer championship team. …
Friday, September 28, 2012
Continually improving team is poised for an even better season this year, report predicts
Leslie Orton
12:10 pm on Thursday, January 31, 2013
Way to go Thunderbirds! Don't forget Zack Orton who has also been a key player on this team. more ›