Ridgewood baseball picks up it’s first state title since 1970
June 9,20120
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ ,For the first time in 42 years Ridgewood High School baseball team captured their first state-sectional championship. Winning the state-sectional championship for the first time since 1970.
The Maroons did it combining a strong pitching performance of junior ace Kevin Skettini with great defense and base running to manufacture a 2-0 victory over Livingston for the North 1, Group 4 state title.
After reaching the semifinals and seeing there hopes dashed the last two years , winning the section, and going 4-0, was a huge accomplishment for the team and third year coach head coach Kurt Hommen . and the biggest accomplishment for the Maroons since 1970
Hommen told the Ridgewood News after he was asked if he thought his team this year would be playing in the Group 4 state semifinals, Hommen replied, “No. The last two years, we’ve been here [in the state tournament], but with a little more experienced group. I thought we could come along this year. I thought the sophomores would be talented [four of them were every day starters and another was the No. 2 pitcher], but I didn’t know how well they would handle varsity right away. And they just kept getting better.”
