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Snow Bowl X11 Playmakers PLAY CONTINUED FROM PAGE 55 zalez, a Passaic County Local 286 member who moved over a few years ago from the Passaic County corrections officers. A former college player at Wagner College, Gonzalez wasn’t try- ing to relive the glory days as much as bring some of the magic for his teammates. “I’m getting old. I just hit the big three-oh,” he quipped. “But I love it. I’m hanging in there. I want to hold that trophy, but if I don’t, we still put in a lot of hard work to get here. We raised a lot of money for a great cause. And I’m hanging with my broth- ers.” Once you do get to hold the trophy, what do you do next, especially after coming so close the previous six years? If this were another kind of “Bowl,” D’Errico might look in the camera and give the “I’m going to Disney World” yell. But he had some- thing more illuminating to say: “We’ll be back,” he vowed. “If our bodies let us.” d 56 NEW JERSEY COPS ■ APRIL 2018 Passaic County Sheriffs Officers Local 286 had much to celebrate despite losing in the A Division semifinal.