North Jersey Lakers
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The North Jersey Lakers are an Eastern Basketball Alliance
franchise in Newfoundland
, New Jersey
. They play their home games at the Green Pond Bible Chapel. They started playing in 2006.
The team was co-founded by Tim Corrigan (Irish
: Tighe Ó Corragáin) and Mark Stanley (Norwegian
: Magnus Stangeland), who had been college teammates at Kean University
, as well as teammates professionally with Halden
Basketball Klubb in Norway
and Schuylkill Firedogs of the Eastern Basketball Alliance. Corrigan and Stanley formed the North Jersey club in 2005, and they began play in the EBA in January 2006. Both have played each year of the Lakers' existence, and Stanley also serves as the team's General Manager.
Eastern Basketball Alliance
The Eastern Basketball Alliance is a professional men's winter basketball league. Games are played on the weekends and the season is approximately 4 months long, January through April.-History:...
franchise in Newfoundland
Newfoundland, New Jersey
Newfoundland is an unincorporated area in West Milford, New Jersey, Jefferson Township, and Rockaway Township. It is located along the New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway tracks and Route 23. It is the mailing address of Green Pond, a private lake that is in Rockaway Township. Newfoundland...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. They play their home games at the Green Pond Bible Chapel. They started playing in 2006.
The team was co-founded by Tim Corrigan (Irish
Irish language
Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people. Irish is now spoken as a first language by a minority of Irish people, as well as being a second language of a larger proportion of...
: Tighe Ó Corragáin) and Mark Stanley (Norwegian
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...
: Magnus Stangeland), who had been college teammates at Kean University
Kean University
Kean University is a coeducational, public research university located in Union and Hillside, New Jersey, United States. Kean University serves its students in the liberal arts, the sciences, and the professions with a dedication to intellectual and cultural growth and is best known for its...
, as well as teammates professionally with Halden
Halden
is a both a town and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The seat of the municipality, Halden is a border town located at the Tista river delta on the Iddefjord, the southernmost border crossing between Norway and Sweden.-History:...
Basketball Klubb in Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
and Schuylkill Firedogs of the Eastern Basketball Alliance. Corrigan and Stanley formed the North Jersey club in 2005, and they began play in the EBA in January 2006. Both have played each year of the Lakers' existence, and Stanley also serves as the team's General Manager.