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Parents: Board Trustee's Out-Of-Town Basketball League Took Gym Time From Midland Park Kids Parents: Board Trustee's Out-Of-Town Basketball League Took Gym Time From Midland Park Kids
Parents: Board Trustee's Out-Of-Town Basketball League Took Gym Time From Midland Park Kids A group of Midland Park parents are questioning why the gym at their children’s public school was used for basketball games during the COVID pandemic by a private travel league controlled by a Board of Education member. More than half of the games played at the Highland School by the North/West Bergen/Passaic Basketball League between Feb. 7-March 7 didn’t include a Midland Park team, resident Jillian Mulder said. “We allowed hundreds of out of town residents un-abided access to our gym during a time when the board meetings themselves couldn’t be in person and our kids weren’t allowed in sc…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Midland Park Pitcher Hailed As Hero After Being Hit In Head With Ball Midland Park Pitcher Hailed As Hero After Being Hit In Head With Ball
Midland Park Pitcher Hailed As Hero After Being Hit In Head With Ball An 11-year-old Midland Park boy who was struck in the head with a batted ball while pitching in a major tournament in Maryland over the weekend is being hailed the hero of the game. Ralph Warner, a fifth grader at the Highland School, was named the "Player of the Game" as he recovered in the ICU with a broken skull and two brain bleeds after Saturday's game at the Cal Ripken Baseball Tournament in Aberdeen, MD.  Ralph's team (11U) was the first in Midland Park history to make it to the champion section of the tournament. The game ended in a rain delay.  "My guy, feeling bett…

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by Cecilia Levine