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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Maroons narrowly defeated in Friday night’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 5 semifinal round between Ridgewood and West Orange . The 6th seeded West Orange Mountaineers pulled off an upset over the 2nd seeded Ridgewood Maroons in a nail biter with the game decided in overtime by the visiting Mountaineers defeating the Maroons 34-31.
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Ridgewood NJ, Ramapo quarterback Jack Grusser returned to action from an ankle injury and completed 13-of-17 passes for 244 yards and three touchdowns to lead Ramapo, No. 17 to a 38-12 victory over Ridgewood in Franklin Lakes.Grusser, tossed two TD passes to Will Scordato (37 and 25 yards), as well as a 2-yard score to Ben Robinson for Ramapo (6-2), which appears to have locked up a top four ranking in the North, Group 4 power rankings, and would ensure at least two home playoff games.
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Ridgewood NJ, on Friday night, the Maroons improved their record to 3-0 after a 7-6 victory over Northern Highlands. Defense was the name of the game on Friday and both the Maroons and the Highlanders struggled in the first half offensively . The Maroons offence was bogged down with penalties .
Continue reading 4th Quarter Interception Saves the Day for Ridgewood
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Clifton NJ, a 4th quarter interception 73 yard run touchdown by Jimmy McNamara lifted the Ridgewood Maroons to a 20-13 win over Clifton .
Continue reading Late Game Interception Puts Ridgewood on Top of Clifton for the 20-13 Victory
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Maroons led of their season with a fumble on their first offensive play of the season .The Maroons quickly recovered scoring on their next five first half possessions. The first was an 85-yard touchdown catch-and-run by Red Kossick, who took a pass from Jack Foerch around the Maroon 30 and sped past the rest of the Comet defense.
Continue reading Ridgewood Rolls to Victory in Opener Holding Hackensack Scoreless
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Ridgewood NJ, after playing Wayne Hills to a 7-7 tie in regulation, Joe Grasso made an interception for Ridgewood in the first period of overtime to give the ball back to the offense for a chance to win the game. On 2nd-and-11 from the 26, a play action fake, a Brendan Chanley catch made the game-winning 26-yard touchdown catch despite pass interference being called on his defender. The play gave Ridgewood a 13-7 win over Wayne Hills on Saturday evening as it moved to 3-0.
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Ridgewood NJ, longtime Ridgewood Coach Chuck Johnson was back of the sidelines for Ridgewood Maroon Football . After missing most of the last two seasons, Johnson, 69, was back as the head coach of the Maroons for fall practice sessions officially beginning on Monday.
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Maroons savor a sweet victory over Passaic Tech to remain undefeated this season . Ridgewood ranked is No. 16 in the NJ.com Top 20, and the Maroons got at least some small measure of revenge on Friday night, as they topped Passaic Tech, 14-7, in a rematch of last year’s North Jersey, Section 1, Group 5 final.
Last year they beat the Passaic Tech Bulldogs in the regular season,only to lose to them in the sectional final, 27-0, a few weeks later.
Ridgewood’s win puts their regular season record to 8-0 and almost guarantees a spot as the top seed heading into this year’s playoffs.
The win leaves Ridgewood with just one game left at home against Paterson Eastside next week and one win shy of a perfect regular season.
