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Congratulations to NV/Demarest’s Trinity Wang on being named First Team All State Fencing. Trinity was The 2026 State Champion in The Epee. @HSSportsNJ @VarsityAces @BigNorthConBNC @bcarrnjsports1

NJ.com All-State Girls Fencing Team, 2026 - nj.com nj.com/highschoolspor…

Congratulations to NV/Demarest Girls Basketball on finishing The Season as The #16 Ranked Team in The Star Ledger Final State Top 20 Rankings. The team finishes this season as The Highest Ranked Team in North Jersey. @BigNorthConBNC @VarsityAces @NJ_Sports @bcarrnjsports1 @NVRHS_NJ @PJ_Potter

19 years ago, a high school basketball coach put his team manager into a game for the final four minutes. The kid had never played a single minute of competitive basketball in his life. He scored 20 points. Jason McElwain was diagnosed with severe autism at age two. He didn’t speak until he was five. He couldn’t chew solid food until he was six. He wore a nappy for most of his early childhood. As a baby, he was rigid, wouldn’t make eye contact, and hid in corners away from other children. He tried out for his school basketball team every year and got cut every time. Too small. Too slight. Barely 5’6 and about 54 kilograms. But he loved the game so much that his mum called the school and asked if there was any way he could be involved. The coach created a team manager role for him. For three years, McElwain showed up to every practice and every game. He wore a shirt and tie on match days. He ran drills, handed out water, kept stats, and cheered every basket like he’d scored it himself. On 15 February 2006, the last home game of his final school year, the coach let him suit up in a proper jersey and sit on the bench. With four minutes left and a comfortable lead, the coach sent him in. His first shot missed. His second missed. Then something shifted. He hit a three-pointer. Then another. Then another. His teammates stopped shooting entirely and just kept passing him the ball. He hit six three-pointers and a two-pointer. 20 points in four minutes. The highest scorer in the game. When the final buzzer went, the entire crowd rushed the court and lifted him onto their shoulders. His mum tapped the coach on the shoulder, in tears. “This is the nicest gift you could have ever given my son.” McElwain won the ESPY Award for Best Moment in Sports that year, beating out some of the biggest names in professional sport. He’s 36 now. He works at a local supermarket, coaches basketball, has run 17 marathons including five Boston Marathons, and travels the country speaking about never giving up. When asked about that night, his coach still gets emotional. “For him to come in and seize the moment like he did was certainly more than I ever expected. I was an emotional wreck.”

Congratulations to the following NV/Demarest Coaches on being named The Big North National Division Coaches of The Year in their respective Sport: 1) Darrell Quazza-Girls Bowling 2) Owen Ross- Girls Indoor Track and Field 3) Roland Gamez-Boys Indoor Track and Field 4) Jenny Jurjevic-Girls Basketball 5) Mike Kilduff-Boys Swimming @NJScom @PJ_Potter @VarsityAces @BigNorthConBNC @NVRHS_NJ @HSSportsNJ

Congratulations to NV/Demarest Girls Basketball being Ranked as The #1 Team in The Final North Jersey Top 25 Rankings. The Team captured The BCWCA Bergen County Basketball Championship and was named Team of The Year in Bergen County. The team also Captured The Coveted Big North National Division Championship. The team also set a program record with 24 wins. The Program has gone 67-17 over the last 3 seasons. The team also finished the season In The Top 20 State Rankings where they have been State Ranked for 20 Consecutive Weeks going back to last season. A team loaded with underclassman will only get better next season. @NJ_Sports @PJ_Potter @BigNorthConBNC @NVRHS_NJ @bcarrnjsports1

Congratulations to NV/Demarest Girls Basketball being Ranked as The #1 Team in The Final North Jersey Top 25 Rankings. The Team captured The BCWCA Bergen County Basketball Championship and was named Team of The Year in Bergen County. The team also set a program record with 24 wins. A team loaded with underclassman will only get better next season. @NJ_Sports @NJTags13 @VarsityAces @PJ_Potter @BigNorthConBNC @NVRHS_NJ

Rick Pitino was asked what stops people from being great. His answer was one word. "Ego stops greatness. I call it edging greatness out." "In a spiritual sense, ego is edging God out. But ego is edging greatness out." And he made a key distinction: "I'm not talking about confidence. You have to be a confident person." "But ego really gets you to where you think you've arrived. You think you know it all. You stop learning. You stop listening." That's the trap. Confidence keeps you hungry. Ego convinces you that you've already made it. You lose your hunger and humility. "Learning and listening are important for great leaders. Great leaders have to listen and they have to continue to learn and surround themselves with people that are better than them." EGO = Edging Greatness Out The moment you think you've arrived is the moment you stop growing. Stay confident. Stay humble. Never stop learning. (🎥@LewisHowes )

Congratulations to Demarest’s Alec Murado on going 1-1 on The Day at The State Wrestling Championship at Boardwalk Hall. Alec will be back on the mat tomorrow for more action. An incredible run for a kid that never wrestled before high school. 112 career wins and counting. @NJScom @BigNorthConBNC @NVRHS_NJ @seanfarrell92 @Jake_Aferiat @bcarrnjsports1

Great pic! Congrats to all the wrestlers in this picture that qualified for AC.

The Big North National Division Qualifiers for The State Wrestling Championships at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Pretty cool picture of the 11 wrestlers that qualified from The Big North National Division. @NJScom @seanfarrell92 @NVRHS_NJ @BigNorthConBNC @VarsityAces @PJ_Potter @bcarrnjsports1

Winter track: Highlights from the State Meet of Champions northjersey.com/story/sports/h… via @VarsityAces

“90s players weren’t skilled”. Jason Williams would break the internet today

Alef continues Demarest’s legacy by taking gold in boys triple jump at 2026 Indoor Meet of Champions - nj.com/highschoolspor… @BigNorthConBNC @VarsityAces @NVDemarest @bcarrnjsports1 @PJ_Potter @coreyannan360