Bogota Sports

26-Oct-2014
  The results of the games by teams from Bogota.
  The Bogota Boys Cross Country Squad won their third straight Varsity  "D" title at Darlington Park. Bogota place 5 runners in the top ten with Andy Jaipersaud finishing  first overall.  Bogota other top finishers were Daniel Daurio coming in third followed by Quinn Geraghty, and James Draney. Chris Rivera placed 10th.  The Lady Bucs Squad  finished 5th with Jillian O'Brien taking 10th place. Ryan White of Bogota finished 4th in the Junior Varsity race.

Photo courtesy of Pat Rochford 

               

  The Bogota Lady Bucs Volleyball team won their Second Round match in the Bergen County Tournament at Old Tappan. The # 5 rank Lady Bucs beat # 12 Ramapo by the score of 2-0 (25-16 : 25-14). Lisbeth Suarez had a team high of 12 Assists. Cathleen Macaroy lead with 12 service points & 8 Digs. Ms. Macaroy along with Kelliann Brown both had 4 Aces. Ms. Brown lead the team with 10 Kills, and 4 Blocks. Tiana Henry made her return from a shoulder injury to also record 4 Blocks.

 #5 Bogota has moved into the Quarterfinal round on Tuesday 28- Oct  and will play # 4 Paramus at Old Tappan with the Match scheduled to start at 5:00p 

  

  The Bogota Football Bucs were shut-out by St. Mary's of Rutherford  0-41 in a game played at Fiegel Field. They next play on Saturday 1- Nov. against Cresskill  in their last regular season Home game for the 2014 season. This will be the Senior Game and is schedule to have a 1:00p Kickoff.

  

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Bogota Sports

25-Oct-2014
 
 On Friday 24-Oct two of Bogota Fall Sports team played their Senior Games. Even though this was Bogota first season they still had two members of the Senior  class Frank Guerra and Kevin Rock  were honoured before their final home game  with Bogota. The Bogota Bucs Soccer Team had a 5-1 victory against Morris County Tech Nico Calabia had 2 Goals with Conor McDonnell, Colin McDonnell, and Said Shuaibi  each getting one goal.

 Photo courtesy of Pauline McDonnell

  Also on Friday the Bogota Lady Bucs Volleyball Team honored there four Seniors before the Match.  Kim Rosario, Natalie Torres, Kelliann Brown, and Cathleen Macaroy all were presented with flowers as Coach Brad DiRupo talked about their achievements during their High School careers. Coach DiRupo also present flowers to the five Seniors from Midland Park. Reese Cirino, Brianna Lelinho, Rachel Farmer, Dana Miller, & Liz Potenzano.
   The game had become a try-out for a new Lady Buc line-up due to a series of injuries to the team. Ms. Rosario has already had to sit out the entire season because of a knee injury. Over the last week three other players suffered an injury. Casey Gillespie had a season ending  ACL surgery.  Tiana Henry has a shoulder strain, and Amanda Manzo has been diagnosed with concussion symptoms. Ms. Henry will be  day to day, while Ms. Manzo will be re evaluated later.  With a shake-up in the line -up Coach DiRupo needed to platoon the setter position, and  adjust the defense. With the changes Midland Park play an a aggressive game  to make the first set close. After surviving the that set the Lady Bucs found their form to win the second Set & the  Match  2-0 ( 25-23 :25-14)  Samantha Gioiosa & Kelliann Brown each recorded 10 Kills. Cathleen Macaroy had team highs with 4 Aces, 8 Service Points & 12 Digs while Lisbeth Suarez had 12 Assist as setter.
  The  #5 Lady Bucs next play on Saturday 25- Oct in the next round of the Bergen County Tournament against #12 Ramapo at Old Tappan, in the Old Gym with a schedule start time of 6:30p

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1,000th Post

23-Oct.-2014
   On 17- March -2011, also a Thursday, a  first story was posted on a new web site calling itself "Bogota Blog NJ".  It was a several article about the upcoming Pasta Dinner for the Bogota Band Parents.  This brief bit of History will now serve as part of  the 1,000th post of "Bogota Blog NJ".   The goal is to tell the stories from the place I live in, that were not being  covered by the local paper.  I hope that the past 999 were informative, maybe entertaining, interesting, and most important real.  I have not tried to be too extravagant with my choice of words in telling the stories, but also I have tried not to be trivial about the subjects I have covered.  A kindergarteners first Halloween parade, winning , or losing a sporting event, or  political, & business news are equally important to the people who have lived through it. I continue to feel honoured that the people of Bogota have let me in to experience part of their lives with me, and to present them to the World at Large.  I hope The Blog has grown along with me in covering the part of New Jersey we live in.
   I  have, and will always, need to thank my Family in letting me  do what I need to do to cover  Bogota. We have gone from." So you're her Dad", or " I finally get to meet your Husband" to  ' Oh you're married to the guy who is always taking pictures".  Over the past year I have been able to spend more time with the Blog,  allowing me a greater opportunity to expand. The first paid advertiser  has signed-up with Bogota Blog NJ, and the e-store has been selling  photos that have appeared in stories online. There is still room to grow, and ideas that can hopefully come about, to improve the coverage of Bogota.
  I want to thank everyone who has helped the Blog grow  over the past three years. Asking to post about upcoming events, telling me a little more about what I am covering, and even letting me know when something was not correct. I would rather not do a story if I can not have the facts right. Any help is always appreciated from sending me photos of event I can not get to letting me know what else is part of a story.
  So for a 1,000th post I just want to thank the Citizens of Bogota, New Jersey for their continuing support.

 Stephen Mazzella
 Bogota Blog NJ

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