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Your Chance to Catch Up On Last Week's Biggest News in Hopatcong

Jumping in Lake Hopatcong, sports milestones dominate news.

Hopatcong witnessed an action-packed week. In fact, Patch is still recovering from the seemingly never-ending news cycle from the last seven days. But we know you're busy, and there's a chance you missed some of the borough's biggest stories. Fear not. Read our Week in Review to catch up on last week's biggest headlines.

  • GOOSE BUMPS: The Lake Hopatcong Elks Lodge raised $25,230 for area special-needs children as 86 people participated in Saturday's second annual Leap In The Lake at Hopatcong State Park.
  • MR. 2,000: Hopatcong senior guard Matt Tobin became the school's second player to reach the 2,000-point mark last Monday against Boonton. On Tuesday, he'll try to break his father's scoring record of 2,091 points. . Then
  • BOWLING 'EM OVER: Hopatcong's bowling squad won an Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference division title, took fourth in the Hunterdon Warren Sussex tournament and grabbed its second straight Group 2 crown. Not a bad week.
  • HE'S NO. 1: Hopatcong senior wrestler Dan Haines became the school's all-time wins leader.
  • SPENDING LESS: Data released by the state Department of Education said Hopatcong schools are spending less per student than last year. Superintendent Dr. Charles Maranzano said that could be good news and bad news.

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