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East Rutherford NJ, Ridgewood ‘s Joe Grasso was named the winner of the Steve DiGregorio “Young Man of the Year” by the Super Football Conference. Grasso is a senior Maroon football player, was given two tickets to Super Bowl LVI courtesy of the New York Jets at a press conference at MetLife Stadium on Wednesday morning.
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Ridgewood NJ, for the second straight game, Ridgewood Maroons’ defense shutout its opponent . The second-seeded Ridgewood defeated seventh-seeded Columbia 34-0 on Friday in the NJSIAA/Rothman Orthopaedic North Jersey Section 1, Group 5 quarterfinals in Ridgewood.
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Maroons outgunned previously unbeaten Ramapo, 47-42, on Friday night to take over first place in the Super Football Conference Patriot White Division.
Red Kossick a junior running back caught TD passes of 29 and 49 yards from senior quarterback Dan Caiafa, and his 60-yard scoring run provided a 41-28 lead with 6:57 left in the fourth quarter.
Ridgewood’s famed Wing-T offense scored touchdowns on plays of 35, 66, 29, 49 and 60 yards, with Kossick scoring the last three .
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Ridgewood NJ, coming back from last week’s heartbreak loss the Ridgewood Maroons scored a decisive victory over rival Paramus 40-7 on Homecoming weekend.
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Ridgewood NJ, after Damon Pallatto ran for his third touchdown of the game, Union City could have opted for the extra-point and a second overtime period, but instead, they went for the win and on the two-point conversion. Again to Damon Pallatto, who ran around left tackle and into the end zone to give Union City a 22-21 victory over Ridgewood in Ridgewood.
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Ridgewood NJ, four different Ridgewood players picked up rushing touchdowns as the Maroons rolled to a 24-0 win over Wayne Valley, in Wayne.
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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, Longtime Ridgewood football coach Chuck Johnson is set to return to the head coach position this fall. Ridgewood Class of 1970, has been reinstated as the head football coach for the Maroons. Johnson, retired as a teacher at Ridgewood in May of 2020 and will now just focus on football . Feeling rejuvenated and healthy, the 68 year old Johnson has spent the better part of the last 16 months recovering from a serious illness caused by an infection that ended up putting him in intensive care in October 2019, days after the Maroons moved to 5-0 with a victory over Paramus.
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Ridgewood NJ, Ridgewood Football has a new head coach . In May, the school officially removed the “interim” tag and made Dave Cord its sixth full-time coach since 1943. He served as defensive coordinator on Johnson’s staff for five seasons and has been in touch with his predecessor frequently. Cord has now coached seven football games at Ridgewood High School .
Last fall Cord, took over a 5-0 team, after health issues forced longtime coach Chuck Johnson out of action. Ridgewood went on to defend its sectional title, then upset Union in a wild North Group 5 final to claim its first NJSIAA regional championship.
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ROBBINSVILLE NJ, The official start of the fall sports season is being pushed back by approximately one month, with summer workouts for high school student-athletes – which may begin on July 13 – continuing until August 28. Following summer workouts (also known as the “summer recess period”), there will be a two-week hiatus from August 29 through September 13, during which only virtual meetings will be permitted, and only related to in-season (fall) sports.
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Ridgewood NJ, Due to lingering health issues,long time Ridgewood football coach Chuck Johnson informed the team on Friday that he will not be coaching football in the 2020 season. His replacement will be determined by the Board of Education.Chuck Johnson has coached Ridgewood Football since 1984 .
Johnson is one of the pillars of North Jersey football. He is the winning coach in Bergen County public school history. Wining state titles in 1991, 2003, 2004 and had a perfect season in 2016. ( the 2016 season culminated with a sectional title win over Passaic Tech at MetLife Stadium.) He was a vocal advocate for the benefits of football and Ridgewood in general.
In 2017 the Village Council presented the State Champion RHS Maroons football team members and Coach Chuck Johnson with certificates of recognition .
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East Rutherford NJ, Ridgewood emerged victorious Friday night at MetLife Stadium over Union in a 41-37 stunner. In one of the most exciting games of the year, the Maroons outlasted five different lead changes in a wild finish scoring 22 points in the fourth quarter and rallied back from a 12-point deficit at the half.
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood Maroons fell short in their effort to take down undefeated Piscataway. In a FINAL at the North Jersey Group 5 Bowl Game at MetLife Stadium on Saturday morning Piscataway 31 Ridgewood 21. Ridgewood scoring Will Cardew 26 yard TD run, McDermott 27 yard pass TD catch James Miller 2 pt conversion & James Hogan 1 PAT .
Ridgewood Senior Running Back Will Cardew has now passed Brian Mercer (2004) as the single season all time rushing leader at Ridgewood High School.
Ridgewood Football ended the 2018 season as New Jersey North 1 Group V State Champions with an Overall 10-3 / Division 6-0 vs TOUGHEST public school schedule in New Jersey and NJSFC Liberty Red Division Champ.
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Ridgewood NJ, Congratulations to the RHS football team on a huge playoff win over Montclair 27-7. Ridgewood football is the 2018 Group 5 North 1 New Jersey Sectional State Champion! 2nd State Championship in the last 3 years!
One year later, second-seeded Ridgewood had its shot at revenge over last years loss on that same field . Ridgewood took advantage of the second chance toppling top-seeded Montclair, 27-7,
