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Darren Cooper North Jersey Record Published 3:55 PM EST Nov 6, 2018 Rick LaForge will enter the Don Bosco Prep wrestling room as the new head coach of the Ironmen, and with a challenge. “We will see if anybody takes me down,” LaForge said with a small laugh. “I challenge them every day. It hasn’t happened yet.” LaForge, a New Jersey state champion at Indian Hills in 2001, has been named the new head coach of the Ironmen, replacing Tom Farinaro. The program has been through a couple of coaching changes the last couple of years, but the 35-year old LaForge said he’s locked in. “That’s my plan,” LaForge said. “I am a Ramsey resident. I have coached a good amount of guys on the team both with Don Bosco and before I was at Don Bosco. I started with some of the seniors when they were sophomores and I have no intention other than building this program up.” For all the talk about North Jersey non-public football, the … [Read more...] about NJ wrestling: Rick LaForge embraces chance at Don Bosco

Darren Cooper NorthJersey.com | The Record Published 12:08 p.m. UTC Aug 8, 2018 RAMSEY — The music shifted from one genre to the next, country to techno dance and a little rap. “Were you here for the Billy Joel?” asks Don Bosco head football coach Mike Teel with a smile. Monday was the first day of training camp for Teel and the Ironmen, and an iTunes playlist boomed over the speakers. Teel is in his second season at the helm of one of North Jersey’s premier programs, and clearly the Ironmen are looking for the right beat. You don’t often associate Don Bosco football with defeat, but that was the theme last season. Hard, bitter, defeat. The Ironmen coughed up fourth-quarter leads to Byrnes (SC), St. Joseph Regional and Bergen Catholic (on national television) and slumped to 2-8, their fewest wins since 1994. Teel, a star quarterback at Don Bosco and Rutgers back in the day, knows that type of performance is not acceptable, and has made significant … [Read more...] about Don Bosco football, Mike Teel fine-tuning the system for 2018 season

Darren Cooper NorthJersey.com | The Record Published 3:31 p.m. UTC Aug 7, 2018 RAMSEY — The music shifted from one genre to the next, country to techno dance and a little rap. “Were you here for the Billy Joel?” asks Don Bosco head football coach Mike Teel with a smile. Monday was the first day of training camp for Teel and the Ironmen, and an iTunes playlist boomed over the speakers. Teel is in his second season at the helm of one of North Jersey’s premier programs, and clearly the Ironmen are looking for the right beat. You don’t often associate Don Bosco football with defeat, but that was the theme last season. Hard, bitter, defeat. The Ironmen coughed up fourth-quarter leads to Byrnes (SC), St. Joseph Regional and Bergen Catholic (on national television) and slumped to 2-8, their fewest wins since 1994. Teel, a star quarterback at Don Bosco and Rutgers back in the day, knows that type of performance is not acceptable, and has made significant … [Read more...] about Don Bosco Prep football, Mike Teel fine-tuning the system for 2018 season