Week of 4/21/02
Haledon 3 - Waldwick 3
Two weeks after losing at home to Waldwick, HLSC managed a tie in the return leg away. Tied 1-1 at halftime on a Brad Smith goal, Haledon pulled ahead in the second half on goal by Steve Robinson. However, each time they scored Waldwick managed to even it. Overall it was a much improved effort over the first game of the spring season.

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Week of 4/7/02
Haledon 1 - Waldwick 2
In the first game of the Spring campaign, the good guys fell to a visiting Waldwick team 2-1. After falling behind 1-0 during a sluggish first half, Haledon came out to make several good runs at the Kickers goal. The boys in red finally tied it off a Ken Kneis header to Frank Piccininni, whose shot bounced off the goalkeeper and was tucked away by Bobby Ciccarella. They were done in during a last minute scrum in front of the home goal however that brings then to .500 on the season.

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Week of 12/2/01
Haledon 2 - Emeralds 0
The good guys finished the first-half of the season with a solid effort in defeating Emeralds. First half goals from Giancarlo Lepore and John Ezmat proved to be the difference. The defence held tough in helping goalie Matt Kastner gain the shutout.

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Week of 11/18/01
Haledon 0 - Doxa 2
Early defensive lapses led to two goals in an away game played at a bumpy pitch at Overpeck Park in Leonia. Haledon pressured for much of the game, thoroughly outshooting Doxa in the second half. None of the shots could find their mark though, as the boys in red experienced their first loss in their last five games.

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Week of 11/11/01
Haledon 5 - Hoboken 4
Haledon almost managed to blow their biggest offensive output of the season with an all around poor defensive effort at home. The good guys prevailed though thanks to two goals each from Giancarlo Lepore and Gregg Rehberger, and a goal by Dennis Oriwa. Hoboken, playing a man short, managed to continually keep it close by periodically repelling Haledon's onslaught on their goal and and counter-attacking.

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Week of 10/28/01
Haledon 2 - Ramsey 1
Haledon committed robbery in Ramsey as they stole one while shorthanded. Starting off with 10 men, the team was reduced to 9 when Matt Huebner went out with a sprained ankle 15 minutes in. The team tightened up defensively, while still counter attacking enough for a first half goal by Piccininni off the Ezmat assist in the first half. Robinson put the team ahead for good in the second after a rebound from a Piccininni second half throw in. Ramsey, pressing late in the second, scored during a scrum in front of the goal. But converted keeper Dennis Oriwa kept them at bay, and contributed to the attack with his booming punts and goal kicks.

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Week of 10/21/01
Haledon 0 - Teaneck 0
A tough game with only 14 players turned into a defensive battle that resulted in a 0-0 tie with Teaneck. Haledon had their chances though with a few missed chances including Giancarlo's first half shot off the crossbar. Teaneck attacks were repeatedly turned away, although GK Matt had to stop few shots as the defense kept most of the shots high and wide.

Only five open division players showed up for Wednesday's practice. Luckily, six O-30's were there and overall it was a good run for both teams. In the longest running rivalry in New Jersey, the shirts (whipper-snappers) edged out the pinney's (old masters) to break the pinney's two-game winning streak in the weekly "game to two."

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Week of 10/14/01
No Game
On Saturday, October 13, Gregg Rehberger broke the hearts of many of his prison penpals when he finally got married. Congratulations to him, and his lovely bride Brandy. Click here to check out the pictures from his wedding.

Practice was difficult on a cold windy day with only eight (8) suckers, er uh, people showing up. Our lethargic play earned a stern reprimand from Coach Kneis, whose teeth could be heard grinding from 30 yards. Once again, pinneys continued their dominance over shirts in a hard fought 1-0 victory. Making the all-tournament team were pinney players Steve Avery, Scott Shappell, Matt Huebner and Matt Kastner.

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Once again, practice was an exercise in futility as only seven (7) people showed up. Pinney's beat Shirts in the final round "game to two." The field is still underlit, and made entirely of bansai trees. We did get some great stretching in as we searched for Avery's wedding ring which some how flew off his chubby finger.

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