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Hajjar honored by CBC for October

By BOB PUTMAN

Nickolas Hajjar of North Union was among those named as an athlete of the month in the Central Buckeye Conference for the month of October.

Hajjar, NU’s starting senior quarterback on the football team, completed 43 of the 64 passes he threw during regular season games for the month of October.

Those passes gained 439 yards and results in four touchdowns.

He also rushed for 237 yards on 40 carries and tallied eight touchdowns.

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