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VIDEO: Hopatcong Football's 2005 State Title Highlights
Watch the Chiefs rally past Sparta en route to a championship.
Hopatcong's football season is ramping up. The Warriors are shaking off the rust. The Chiefs are breaking in their shoulder pads.
So, what better way to energize the borough's football-crazed youngsters than a highlight film capturing perhaps the high school's finest moments?
In this YouTube clip, uploaded by user jmartsr—who, we're just guessing, is Joe Martinek Sr., father of that Hopatcong football legend—Hopatcong battles back from a 14-0 deficit to beat Sparta, 20-14, in the 2005 North 1, Group 2 championship at Rutgers University.
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You'll see familiar Hopatcong contributors—Jon Stolarz, Ian Evans, Tim Stone, the Rey brothers, A.J. Pagano. And you'll see another Chief who actually calls the Scarlet Knights' stadium home. His name: Joe Martinek Jr.
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