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Ridgewood NJ, Senior Cammi Quirk was named American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) Honorable Mention ALL-AMERICAN. The University of Scranton commit recently capped her Ridgewood Volleyball season with the career record for assists, amassing a total of 1267.
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Ridgewood NJ, on June 8th Luke Gnospelius toped a 16 year old school & meet record in Pole Vault winning the state sectional individual title and helping the Maroons bring home the team title,as well!
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APRIL 17, 2015 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 2015, 12:31 AM
BY GREG TARTAGLIA
SPORTS EDITOR |
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
RIDGEWOOD — No matter how much multitasking Jacob Brown does, he keeps at least one eye on his athletes at all times.
The Ridgewood High School girls track and field coach was chatting about his 44th and final season Wednesday at Ben Franklin Middle School. And that was in between a practice with the Maroon distance runners and the opening events of the Jack Yockers Bergen County Relays, in which RHS was competing the high jump and pole vault.
The latter happened to catch Brown’s attention when Maxine Earl vaulted 7-foot-6.
“I tell you what, Earl just looked really good going over [the bar],” the coach said with an admiring lilt. “She cleared that by six inches or a foot.
“I need to get my camera and take pictures of this,” he said, turning to head for his car.
Brown’s love and appreciation of the sport is just one of the reasons the Ben Franklin facility was recently rededicated as the Jacob Brown Track & Field Complex. The founder of the RHS girls program, who will retire at season’s end, was conferred the honor in a surprise ceremony prior to the April 4 Steve Pawlowski Ridgewood Relays.
The Maroons then went out and edged Ramsey, 110 1/2-110, to win the large schools title
Ridgewood seniors enjoy one last solid baseball season
JUNE 6, 2014 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2014, 12:31 AM
BY MATTHEW BIRCHENOUGH
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
The Ridgewood High School boys baseball team fell short of the championship aspirations it had set before this season, but the squad didn’t finish the year without adding a few more signature victories for a senior class that has experienced its share of them.
The Maroons’ 16 seniors can cherish the program’s first victory over Don Bosco in a decade and a deep run into the North 1, Group 4 state tournament.
“We did have some great wins, and we had some tough losses,” RHS head coach Kurt Hommen said Monday. “We had a very experienced team, a team that’s played together for a quite a while.”
Ridgewood finished 16-10, overcoming a rough early stretch in which it lost 4-of-5 by a combined score of 35-16 to drop its record to 4-4.
– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/sports/high-school-sports/boys-baseball/maroon-seniors-spur-signature-baseball-wins-1.1030444#sthash.352ziWIB.dpuf
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Ridgewood Crew wraps up season at Nationals
JUNE 6, 2014 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2014, 12:31 AM
Ridgewood Crew wrapped up another winning season with one gold medal, two silver medals and one bronze medal at the Scholastic Rowing Association of America (SRAA) National Championships, held at Mercer Lake in West Windsor over Memorial Day weekend.
The Ridgewood Crew women’s varsity 4X boat captured silver medals at the SRAA National Championships and Stotesbury Cup Regatta. From left: juniors Bridget Callaghan and Julia Hefferon and seniors Emma Brickfield and Amanda Criscitiello.
Remarkably, this final regatta for Ridgewood High School seniors Maeve Cannon and Sophie Noel capped a two-year win streak in the women’s lightweight double for this dynamic duo — a feat virtually unheard of in the rowing community.
Illness and poor weather conditions prevented senior Joseph Criscitiello, who rows the men’s 1X scull, from participating in the last three regattas. His sister Amanda, a triplet, rows in the women’s varsity 4X boat and captured silver at Nationals and the Stotesbury Cup Regatta, as well as a bronze at the Philadelphia City championships (a.k.a. “Cities”).
– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/sports/high-school-sports/team-wraps-up-spring-at-sraa-championships-1.1030324#sthash.Pr7CtW2Y.dpuf
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Ridgewood Girls Lacrosse stars cap careers with state tournament run
JUNE 6, 2014 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 2014, 12:31 AM
BY MATTHEW BIRCHENOUGH
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
Any notion that the Ridgewood High School girls lacrosse team did not meet expectations this season shows just how high a pedestal upon which the program stands.
Freshman Hannah Cermack, left, is congratulated by senior Anna Jorgensen after scoring the game-tying goal late in the North Group 4 state final against Ridge on May 28. The Maroons overcame a four-goal deficit but fell just short of their sixth straight sectional title, as the Red Devils prevailed, 11-10.
Although the Maroons lost in the North Group 4 state title game to Ridge, 11-10 — ending a streak of five straight sectional championships — the team finished the year with a 16-5 record against the toughest competition the state had to offer and also claimed another Bergen County tournament title.
“They should be very proud of what they accomplished throughout the season,” RHS head coach Karla Mixon said Tuesday. “I know it was a heartbreaker. We expected to go a little bit further, but it just wasn’t our day.”
After trailing at the half of the May 28 sectional final, 8-4, Ridgewood nearly pulled off an improbable comeback, tying Ridge at 10 on a goal by freshman Hannah Cermack with just over two minutes left. But the Red Devils responded with a goal 22 seconds later to hold off the surging Maroons.
– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/sports/high-school-sports/girls-lacrosse/seniors-leave-a-lasting-legacy-1.1030407#sthash.81Ftn9P3.dpuf
R.H.S. boys ice hockey: Ridgewood reaches Gold Cup final
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2014
BY JIM MCCONVILLE
SPECIAL TO THE RECORD
THE RECORD
WAYNE – It was back in mid-November on a Friday night when the fortunes of the Ridgewood hockey team took a turn for the worse. They were still two weeks away from the first practice, but injury had beset them.
Cooper Telesco suffered a broken bone in his arm near the wrist in a state football playoff game. Ridgewood hockey coach Mike Lucchesi found himself without a key element for his Maroons through the first 14 games.
Since then, Telesco has more than made up for lost time, and Wednesday night he was instrumental in getting Ridgewood into its fourth straight Gold Cup final, scoring the game-winner in a 2-1 semifinal victory over Fair Lawn.
The Maroons will face Paramus Catholic in Friday’s final.
– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/sports/246282221_H_S__boys_ice_hockey__Ridgewood_reaches_Gold_Cup_final.html#sthash.CGjlQqGt.dpuf
Four Ridgewood girls sign lacrosse letters
Friday, February 14, 2014
BY GREG TARTAGLIA
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
The Ridgewood News
RIDGEWOOD — How strong is this village’s love for lacrosse? Even the fiercest of college rivalries takes a back seat when Ridgewood High School players choose their next stop after graduation.
Katie Smesko was one of four senior members of the Maroon girls lacrosse team who formally announced plans to play at a Division I school during RHS Fall Letter of Intent Media Day on Nov. 21. She and teammate Devon Maltz both committed to the University of Michigan, though in only one of their households did the decision cause a stir.
“My dad grew up in Ohio, so his whole side of the family are really big Ohio State fans,” said Smesko, adorned in a blue and maize Michigan sweatshirt at the time. “So, when I went to visit Michigan, it was a little tough for him. But he’s so happy, and he knows it’s such a great school, so I’m really excited about it.”
Kelly McBrearty is headed to Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. to join former teammate Lauren Beausoleil (RHS Class of 2013) – and play 15 miles down the road from Maroon alum Maggie Carver (Class of 2013), now at rival Lafayette College.
Darby Kiernan will play for the University of Colorado. The Buffaloes are a Pacific-12 Conference foe of Southern California, where 2012 RHS grad Courtney Tarleton plays.
– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/sports/245485211_Four_Ridgewood_girls_sign_lacrosse_letters.html#sthash.qmk6Bm0N.dpuf
