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Jasper

Players hold up a sign congratulating Jeff Jasper on his 1,000th win. Jasper joins a list of 41 other high school basketball coaches who have reached the 1,000 win milestone.

1,000-win coaches across the nation

(Editor’s Note: This list was compiled after placing phone calls to prominent newspapers, basketball halls of fame, and high school sports governing bodies in every state. The Smoke Signal believes this...

Members of Jasper’s first team play a basketball game in 1973. Their uniforms were cut-off jeans and reversible t-shirts with numbers taped on them.

The start of the long gold line

Madison Gallo and Trey Herenda January 29, 2018

Jeff Jasper walked into athletic director Joe Talamo’s office and was offered the position of head coach of the girls basketball team in 1973. Talamo said that if Jasper performed well as head coach...

Jeff Jasper carries his bride, Lois Jasper, on their wedding day on March 5, 1972. They have been married for almost 46 years.

Love and basketball

Madison Gallo, Editor in Chief January 24, 2018

Love at first sight When Lois Jasper was asked to do a favor for one of her coworkers, she did not expect the unusual twist that it would take. “One of the women I taught with had a crush on [Jeff...

A Jasper family legacy

A Jasper family legacy

Lauren Cohen, Editor in Chief January 18, 2018

When the girls basketball team won the 2017 state championship game last winter, Jeff Jasper embraced his son Justin in a bear hug. This is Justin’s favorite memory of coaching with his father. Similarly,...

Joe Poli, left, and Jeff Jasper pose together in 1985. The PV Christmas Tournament was renamed
to the Joe Poli Memorial Holiday Tournament in order to commemorate the late principal
and Jasper’s friend.

Dressed with a smile

Madison Gallo, Editor in Chief January 16, 2018

Joe Poli always showed up to work in the same outfit and the same smiley face pin. Now, almost 30 years after his death, his close friend Jeff Jasper wears his own smiley face pin in memory of him. From...

Mr. Jeff Jasper holds up the balls given by the girls basketball team and Dream Team.

Jasper reaches ‘grand’ milestone

Noah Schwartz, Sports Editor January 12, 2018

Each and every Pascack Valley girls basketball game is intense, but Thursday night’s game against Northern Highlands had a different vibe. There was quite an exciting atmosphere that circled its way...

Jasper Tribute Videos

Jasper Tribute Videos

Noah Schwartz, Sports Editor January 12, 2018

The following videos are a series of tributes from notable people around the basketball world congratulating Pascack Valley girls basketball coach Jeff Jasper on his 1,000th win.

Jasper holds up the ball given by the Dream Team.

The big 1,000

  A sea of green overflows the Pascack Valley new gymnasium with the administration, fans, former players, parents, and teachers, smiling for a picture with Jeff Jasper, the PV Girls Basketball...

Pascack Valley girls basketball coach Jeff Jasper could achieve his 1,000th career win Thursday against Northern Highlands. The game will be home at 4 p.m.

Jasper’s journey: from soldier to teacher

Madison Gallo, Editor in Chief January 11, 2018

In the middle of a torrential rainstorm, in the midst of an artillery fight in Mekong Delta, Vietnam, 23 year old Jeff Jasper was thigh deep in standing water leading a company of men. All around him,...

Brianna Wong is this week's athlete of the week.

Athlete of the Week: Brianna Wong

Noah Schwartz, Sports Editor January 11, 2018

Name: Brianna Wong Sport: Girls Basketball Grade: Senior Position: Guard The Lowdown: Wong has helped lead her team to a strong start thus far, as the Indians have a 10-0 record. She is averaging...

Jeff Jasper cuts down the net after winning his first state title.

Life before the 1,000th win

Madison Gallo, Editor in Chief January 11, 2018

Jeff Jasper wasn't always the winningest girls basketball coach in New Jersey. Here are some snapshots of his life before basketball and in the early stages of the program.

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