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South Passaic
Obituaries
Guy Del Corso, Legendary Hawthorne Bodybuilding Coach, Dies: 'Loved By All'
Guy Del Corso, a bodybuilding coach in Passaic County and former Mr. New Jersey, died on Thursday, Feb. 15, his family announced on Instagram. Del Corso, who lived in Hawthorne, had a stroke last month, his family said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Guy Del Corso (@coffeewithcoach_) "He was loved by all who knew him and will be missed terribly," his family wrote. "Please know he loved each and every one of you." The bodybuilding coach originally developed a fascination with bodybuilding when he was just nine years old, visitin…
Putnam
Obituaries
Popular Realtor, Youth Sports Coach From Mahopac Dies At Age 66
An award-winning Hudson Valley real estate broker who lived in Northern Westchester is being remembered for the impressive services he provided to his community as well as his dedication to coaching young athletes in several sports leagues. Yorktown Heights resident and prominent real estate broker John Kincart died on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at the age of 66 after a battle with pancreatic cancer, according to his obituary. Kincart was known for his professional career in real estate, becoming the number-one agent for the firm Houlihan Lawrence in both the Yorktown School District since…
White Plains
Obituaries
Former White Plains HS Basketball Standout, Coach Sue Adams Dies At Age 62
A high school legend in Westchester who made her mark as a player, coach, and teacher has died. Sue Adams was 62 years old. She died "peacefully surrounded by family" at White Plains Hospital on Thursday, Aug. 24, following a yearlong battle with ovarian cancer, according to her obituary. She spent essentially her entire life as a proud resident of White Plains. She was extremely well-known and respected in the community, most notably as a legendary basketball player and coach at White Plains High School. She was the first female student-athlete from White Plains High School to earn an at…
Franklin PA
Obituaries
Chambersburg Native ID'd In MD Crash 'Natural Born Leader' Aspiring To Join NFL
An aspiring NFL player and college student has died following a crash in Maryland, according to his family. Daniel Elisha Worthy of Waynesboro died following a single-vehicle crash in the 500 block of Dual Highway on Wednesday night. Hagerstown police were called to a crash in the eastbound lanes around 9:45 p.m. on June 21, 2023, according to a release sent to Daily Voice the following week. Upon arrival, officers found a 2007 BMW sedan that had left the roadway for an unknown reason and struck a tree. The two 22-year-olds in the vehicle were taken to Meritus Medical Center, where Da…
Burlington
Obituaries
Beloved NJ Wrestling Coach Curt Pakutka Dies After Cancer Battle, 55
A beloved New Jersey high school teacher and coach died after a lengthy battle to esophageal cancer. Curt D. Pakutka, 55, of Mansfield Township, died on June 7, at Hackettstown Medical Center. He was a well-loved physical education and driver's education teacher, as well as occasionally teaching health, at Newton High School in Sussex County. His love for sports followed him when he became a wrestling coach for Jefferson Township in Morris County from 2004-2015 and the head coach for the Newton High School Girls softball team from 2008-2019, according to his obituary. Curt also p…
Middlesex NJ
Schools
Longtime Coach, Athlete Nicknamed 'Flash' Memorialized With Perth Amboy Scholarship
A longtime area coach and athlete is being remembered with the creation of a local scholarship. The late Tyrone Fashaw, 68, attended Perth Amboy High School where he excelled as a three-sport student-athlete. He was a natural at most sports, so much so that he was given the nickname, "Flash" for his above-average speed, according to Kenneth Ortiz, who organized this GoFundMe page. After graduating from Perth Amboy High School in 1972, Tyrone attended Bloomfield College, where he was a member of the football and baseball teams. A few years after graduating college, Tyrone was hired as a bil…
Hudson
Sports
Jersey City's Dan Hurley Honored With Key To The City
The accolades keep coming for basketball coach Dan Hurley. Hurley, who recently coached UConn to the 2023 NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, is being honored in his hometown of Jersey City by Mayor Steven Fulop with the Key to the City on Tuesday, April 25. The ceremony will be held inside City Hall at 5 p.m. Before he got into coaching, Hurley played at St. Anthony's High School for his father, Bob Hurley, and later at Seton Hall University. Hurley was also head coach at St. Benedict's Preparatory School in Newark. Hurley is passionate about his Jersey City roots. After winning the nat…
Tarrytown-SleepyHollow
Obituaries
Former Sleepy Hollow HS Athletic Director Chuck Scarpulla Dies
A beloved former coach and athletic director in the Hudson Valley who was a star athlete in high school and college has died after battling cancer for over 15 years. Rockland County resident Charles S. "Chuck" Scarpulla, of Valley Cottage, died on Tuesday, April 11 at age 81. Scarpulla, the former Ramapo High School and Sleepy Hollow High School athletic director and Section 1 football coordinator was known for his coaching skills, but more importantly for listening, caring, and motivating young athletes. But before coaching athletes, Scarpulla was a two-sport athlete in his own right at …
Chester
Obituaries
'One Of The Good Ones': Loss Of PA Coach, Dad Mike Essery, 38, Shatters Hearts
Beloved Pennsylvania coach and devoted father Michael T. Essery died unexpectedly on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at the age of 38. Michael attended Sacred Heart Manoa, Cardinal O’Hara, and LaSalle University, where he was known for his academic and athletic excellence, his obituary says. Michael coached for Sacred Heart CYO and served as a District Sales Manager for CompX Security Products. He had an “insatiable love for life, a passionate commitment to his family, friends and community, and a generous spirit to all those whom he came in contact with,” his obituary says. But above all, Michael wi…
Somers
Obituaries
Teacher, Coach, Principal From Somers 'Known For His Unconditional Kindness' Dies
A beloved educator and coach from Northern Westchester known for making a lasting impression on his students has died. Joseph Troy of Somers died on Thursday, Nov. 3 at the age of 83, according to his obituary. Born in 1939 in New York City, Troy graduated from St. Joseph’s Preparatory School in Barrytown in 1957 and earned his bachelor's degree in Biology at Catholic University in 1962 as well as his master’s degree in Education and Doctoral Studies from New York University, his obituary said. Troy then continued his career in education at Pleasantville Hi…
Middlesex NJ
Obituaries
Edison HS Teacher, Coach Dies At 43
A longtime teacher and coach at JP Stevens High School in Edison has died at the age of 43. Anthony Patrick White died on Monday, Oct. 17 at his home. Born in New Brunswick, he was a lifelong Edison resident. He was a 1997 graduate of Edison High School and a 2002 graduate of Seton Hall University. White was a social studies teacher at JP Stevens High School in Edison for the last 20 years. He was the head volleyball coach for the boys and girls volleyball teams as well as the assistant coach for the boys and girls bowling teams. He had also coached other sports at JP Stevens High School…
South Passaic
News
'Sweet, Selfless, Always Smiling': Beloved North Jersey Educator Michael Carlucci, 57
A celebration of life for career North Jersey educator Michael Carlucci will be live-streamed later this week to what's expected to be an enormous audience. The beloved 57-year-old father of three from Verona had been swimming with his wife, Jeanene, and others on Saturday when he apparently was caught in a rip current generated by Hurricane Earl. His body was recovered after a 45-minute search. Carlucci’s funeral service is scheduled for 11 a.m. this Friday, Sept. 16 at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit (36 Gould Street, Verona), where he was an active parishioner. MAP: Episcopal C…
White Plains
Sports
Archbishop Stepinac High School Mourns Loss Of Beloved Longtime Coach
A Westchester County high school is mourning the loss of a longtime lacrosse coach. On Sunday, Aug. 7, Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains announced the death of Coach Spencer Barker. Barker worked for the Stepinac Lacrosse Program for 23 years and recently served as the Junior Varsity Lacrosse head coach. It is with great sadness that we have learned of the passing of Coach Spencer Barker. Coach Spencer has been a part of the Stepinac Lacrosse Program for the last 23 years, most recently as the Junior Varsity Lacrosse Head Coach. You will be truly missed.Rest in Peach, Coa…
Alexandria
News
Beloved Fairfax HS Basketball Coach Dropped, Community Protests
Thomas Edison High School in Fairfax recently let go of longtime basketball Coach Dianne Lewis, to the dismay of countless community members who cherish her. Dozens of protestors gathered outside the school on Thursday, July 14 to express their disapproval Lewis served the school as coach of the Varsity Girls’ Basketball team for 22 years and has led the team to 445 wins, according to a petition started by ‘Edison Parents’. Coach Dianne Lewis After A Big WinChang.org and Dianne Lewis' Twitter Page The petition, which has received 2,382 signatures in six days, also stated that Coach Le…
Paramus
Sports
Players Mourn Sudden Loss Of Beloved NJ Football Coach Brian Meeney, 46
Take a quick look at the posts from some of Brian Meeney's current and former players and students, and the impact he made becomes obvious. "I can never repay you for everything you taught me," one wrote. "Kept me out of trouble and made sure I stayed on the path of success, I wouldn’t be where I am today if you didn’t push me the way that you did." "You believed in me," said another, "and most importantly you never gave up on me. Coach Meeney I’ll always love you you were that second father-like figure in my life." The Maywood dad suffered a massive heart attack while on his way to work o…
Somers
Obituaries
Dan Mulholland, Longtime Coach In Westchester, Dies
A beloved longtime Hall of Fame coach in Westchester died at the age of 76. Daniel J. Mulholland, Jr., known as Coach “Mully," died Saturday, Jan. 15 surrounded by his family. In his early years, Mulholland loved archery and traveling with his father to tournaments while spending summers with his grandfather in Dolgeville, a village in Herkimer and Fulton counties in New York. He was a graduate of Ardsley High School and Brockport University. Mulholland spent his life as a part of the education system and sports world. His teaching started in Elmsford, Yorktown, Peekskill, and continued…
Greenwich
News
30-Year-Old CT Resident Remembered As Dedicated Coach, Loving Husband
A late former Connecticut resident is being remembered as a dedicated basketball coach and a loving husband. Michael Freilich died in his sleep from natural causes on Friday, Dec. 17, according to his obituary. He was 30 years old. Born in Kentucky in 1991, Freilich was raised in West Hartford and was well-known on the basketball courts around town. His passion for the sport was obvious, and he was a force to be reckoned with at Morley and the JCC, those who knew him said. He attended Hebrew Academy and Hebrew High School of New England, and played for both basketball teams. He …
Wyckoff-Franklin Lakes
Schools
‘Gridiron Icon’: Ramapo HS Football Coach Drew Gibbs, 59, Dies After Emergency Surgery
The term “legend” is often too easily used, but no one who knew him -- or of him -- would dispute how precisely it fits Drew Gibbs. All of them prayed for the best after learning that the Ramapo High School coach and teacher was hospitalized with chest pains following practice on Monday. Gibbs, who was eagerly anticipating another regional championship game this Friday, died Tuesday morning. He was 59. “I am devastated this morning by the sudden passing of the amazing, caring man I had the joy of calling my brother,” Geoff Gibbs posted soon after. “I am at a complete loss for words to des…
Mount Pleasant
Sports
Westchester Native Named NFL's Raiders' Interim Coach After Jon Gruden Email Scandal
A veteran football coach from the Hudson Valley who graduated high school in Fairfield County is set to showcase his skills under the bright lights in Las Vegas. Yonkers native Rich Bisaccia, age 61, has been named interim head coach of the National Football League's Las Vegas Raiders following the overnight resignation of embattled former coach Jon Gruden, who stepped away following the emergence of racist and homophobic comments he made in emails a decade ago. Bisaccia, who graduated from New Fairfield High School, is in his 20th year as a coach in the NFL, but this will be his first appo…
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park
Sports
Bergen County High Schools Mourn Loss Of Beloved 'Coach H'
Jeff Horohonick -- a beloved and accomplished North Jersey high school softball coach -- died on Sept. 27. He was 60 years old. Those who knew him say his death was a combination of COVID-19 and complications of heart failure. Horohonich -- affectionately known as "Coach H" -- worked as a softball and girls basketball coach at Immaculate Heart and Lodi Immaculate. He was the head softball coach in Saddle Brook at the time of his death. "The great Anthony LaRezza was Coach 'H's' assistant at IHA for many years. Have to believe that Anthony welcomed his pal home, with that great grin of …
Montgomery PA
News
Methacton Lacrosse Coach Who Punched Player During Game Faces Harassment Charge
A volunteer lacrosse coach who last month punched a North Penn High School player during a game has been charged with harassment. The charge carries a $300 fine and maximum sentence of 90 days in jail for Garth Little, 50, CBS News reports. Because there was not bodily injury, rather a strike to the helmet, the incident is not classified as simple assault, Towamencin Police Chief Timothy Troxel told CBS. Methacton was down by two points during May 15's varsity game when North Penn player number 9 forced a Methacton player out of bounds, the video shows, initially reported by NorthPennNow. …
Armonk
Obituaries
Westchester Native Glenn Florio, Olympian, Champion Rower At Fordham, Dies At 53
A former Olympic rower from Westchester who was as comfortable on the water as he was on land died unexpectedly at the age of 53. Rye native Glenn Florio, a member of the 1988 United States Olympic Rowing team in the double scull who won a bronze medal in the 1986 World Rowing Championships in the lightweight single scull died on Monday, Oct. 26 of unknown causes. Florio earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Fordham University where he was a gold medalist in the single scull at the Collegiate National Championships. He was a four-time United States high school champion in the s…
New Canaan
Obituaries
New Canaan High School Hall Of Fame Coach Keith MacBain Has Died
Keith MacBain died at his home in Southampton on Sunday, Sept. 13 due to complications from Parkinson’s Disease. Keith was born in Englewood, NJ, and lived on a small farm in Closter, NJ, where his father ran a kennel. He later attended Deerfield Academy in Massachusetts and graduated in 1956. He received a B.A. in English from Cornell University in 1960 and an M.A. from Columbia Teachers College in 1964. He married Cynthia Loring in August of 1960, and they moved to Homewood, Illinois, to teach for two years. After moving back to Connecticut, Keith taught English at New Cana…
New Rochelle
Sports
New Rochelle High School Names New Head Football Coach
After helping to lead his embattled football team to a state championship, New Rochelle High School assistant varsity coach Raymond Rhett, Jr. has been named the permanent replacement for former longtime coach Lou DiRienzo. The New Rochelle Board of Education announced this week that Rhett was officially taking over the Huguenots after he and fellow assistant coach Greg Foster took over the team when DiRienzo got benched amid a police investigation. Rhett has been an assistant coach for the varsity team since 2017, serving the same role for the team in 2001 and 2004. He was a key mem…
Wilton
Obituaries
Connecticut HS Football Coaching Legend Bill Mignault Dies
William F. Mignault, a legendary high school football coach in Connecticut, has died at the age of 90. The Connecticut High School Hall of Famer, who started the football program at Ledyard High School and served as its coach for more than four decades, died on Tuesday, Oct. 1, the school announced. During his career, Mignault became the winningest coach in Connecticut history with a total of 321 wins while he was at the helm at Ledyard before retiring at the age of 78. He also claimed four state championships, and 10 league championships during his tenure. “Ledyard High School is sad to a…
Nassau
Sports
Newly Hired Hofstra Associate Women's Basketball Coach Dies After Fall
Longtime women’s college basketball coach Cathy Inglese, who was hired by Hofstra as associate head coach earlier this summer, died after suffering a traumatic brain injury in a fall. The 60-year-old, who was head coach at Boston College from 1993 through 2008 - making the NCAA Sweet 16 three times - was hired by Hofstra in June. Hofstra announced her death on Wednesday, July 24, a week after the fall. “Our hearts are hurting with the passing of Cathy,” Hofstra women’s basketball coach Danielle Santos Atkinson stated. “Cathy was one of the kindest and nicest people I have come to know in t…
Northern Valley
Sports
Northern Valley Knights Seek Baseball Coaches, Assistants
The Northern Valley Knights are seeking coaches and assistants for the spring/summer baseball seasons. These are paid positions, consisting of two practices and one game per week, for ages 10u-13u. Encouraged to apply are any and all high school baseball/softball players, former Knights players and local aspiring coaches. CONTACT: NVKBaseball@gmail.com The NV Knights have teams from 9u (3rd grade) through 14u (8th grade) and operate as a feeder for Northern Valley High School-Old Tappan baseball. The non-profit 501-C3 volunteer organization says it “is intended for more competitive playe…
Harrison
Sports
Harrison High School Names Alum As New Varsity Football Coach
The Harrison Central School District has officially named alumnus Jay Ciraco as the new coach of the Varsity Football team. The selection process included acquiring feedback from student-athletes, parents and other community members. The athletic director and the assistant athletic director also surveyed and held meetings with stakeholder groups such as varsity, junior varsity and modified football players, parents of student-athletes, members of the Harrison Husky Football Hall of Fame and other community members and alumni. From this feedback, the stakeholder groups helped define som…
South Passaic
Sports
Rival Wayne Football Coaches Suspended
Two football coaches from rival Wayne high schools have been suspended due to a game that ended with an altercation Sept. 7, NorthJersey.com reports. Wayne Hills head coach Wayne Demikoff told his players he was suspended from this week's practices and this Friday's game at West Milford, while Wayne Valley head coach Roger Kotlarz declined to name the coach that was suspended but did confirm suspension, the article says. Kotlarz said the highly-anticipated game is a "very special" event -- which made the altercation even more disappointing, NorthJersey.com says. Details from the…
Fort Lee
Obituaries
Former Leonia High Standout Athlete, Coach Chris Farulla Dies, 29
Christopher Daniel Farulla of Leonia died suddenly Aug. 21. He was 29 years old. Most recently of Phoenix, A.Z., Farulla was a longtime resident of Leonia where he was a high school wrestler and football player. He wrestled in the 2007 New Jersey State Wrestling Championships, earning the title Region 2 Champion. He later became a wrestling coach and mentor to countless high school athletes. Friends and loved ones remembered Farulla as being unapologetically honest and a good friend. "Chris Farulla, you were one of a kind my friend," JP Reyes wrote on social media. "Alway…
Scarsdale
Sports
Former Scarsdale HS Coaches Blame Parents For Their Departures
A small, but vocal group of parents is reportedly to blame for the mass exodus of longtime varsity coaches at Scarsdale High School who have been dismissed in the past 18 months. Former coaches who have been ousted from the district in the past year and a half have taken issue with a small group of parents that allegedly are going over the coaches’ heads to district officials with complaints, according to multiple reports. In total, seven longtime varsity coaches have been dismissed or resigned recently without warning, as well as several of their veteran assistant coaches, according to loh…
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