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Ridgewood’s 2023 home opener may have been spoiled by Clifton’s 28-21 victory, but the Maroons got their revenge in a big way this year. On Friday afternoon in Paramus, Ridgewood cruised to a commanding 35-0 shutout victory over their North Jersey rivals, kicking off the 2024 season in style.
Continue reading Ridgewood Maroons Dominate Clifton in Season Opener with a 35-0 Victory
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Ridgewood NJ, this weekend, Saturday, September 2nd is the Ridgewood Football Season Opener! We would love to see our fans in the stands at the historic Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson .Hinchliffe Stadium, a national historic landmark, is located within the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park . Built in the early 1930s, Hinchliffe Stadium, one of the last remaining Negro League ballparks and a later site for high school sports.
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Continue reading Ridgewood High School Football tickets are now available!
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Ridgewoood NJ, Ridgewood High School football, boys and girls track and field, and boys and girls cross country were chosen as “Programs of the Decade” by NorthJersey.com. Congratulations to all of the coaches and athletes who made this recognition possible! It has been an incredible ten years!
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NOVEMBER 30, 2015 LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2015, 1:43 PM
BY JIM MCCONVILLE
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RIDGEWOOD – On Saturday, just before 4 p.m., the Ridgewood High School football team will run out of the tunnel at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford to play the North 1, Group 5 championship game against Passaic County Tech.
Let that sink in for a minute. For the seventh time in program history, the Maroons (9-2) will play for a state-sectional title. Those are words that many would not have associated with this team a few months ago.
Yet, this merry band of overachievers has put together one of the most improbable and impressive seasons in head coach Chuck Johnson’s 32 seasons at RHS, and they capped it off on Friday, Nov. 20 with a little history.
With its come-from-behind, 24-17 victory in overtime against No. 5 seed Montclair, top-seeded Ridgewood exorcised its biggest playoff demon.
The Mounties had won each of the teams’ previous four playoff meetings, including a 33-0 shellacking in the North 1, Group 5 final two years ago, which ruined the Maroons’ unbeaten season.
“Wow. I’m so happy for this group,” Johnson said. “They’ve been so great to coach, and they’ve worked as hard as any team we’ve had. The commitment they put in the weight room this summer paid off for them.”
OCTOBER 16, 2015 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2015, 12:31 AM
BY JIM MCCONVILLE
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RIDGEWOOD — Now comes the hard part.
Sitting at 4-1 and atop the North 1, Group 5 power point table, Ridgewood High School would seem to be primed for a postseason run. It’s a position in which the Maroons found themselves one year ago, and RHS fans all know what happened after that.
From 5-0 to 5-5, the 2014 season took a downhill slide, and it all began with a game against Paramus, which administered a 35-0 drubbing that served as the most embarrassing moment of last fall.
For the Ridgewood juniors and seniors who played in that game, they’ve had a year to digest it and understand how not to let it happen again. Their shot at redemption comes tonight, when Paramus visits RHS Stadium for a 7 p.m. kickoff.
Ridgewood High School Football delivers head coach his 200th Maroon win
SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 LAST UPDATED: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2014, 12:31 AM
BY JIM MCCONVILLE
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RIDGEWOOD — Taking the football field before the season-opening game against Passaic last Friday, Ridgewood High School head coach Chuck Johnson had no idea what to expect. With a team that had little varsity experience, there was a sense of the unknown.
Four quarters later, there was a different sense — one of joy. Not only did the Maroons take care of business, but they accomplished a piece of history in the process.
Their 53-6 trouncing of the Indians was surprising in the margin of victory, but it also marked the 200th win of Johnson’s Ridgewood tenure. In his 31st season at the helm, the coach is now 200-105-1 at RHS and 235-124-2 overall, including his six seasons as head coach at Bogota (1978-83).
“I would have been happy with a 28-0 or 35-7 win,” he said. “To do this was more than I expected. We came out without any injuries, too, which is wonderful.”
That means the Maroons (1-0) will be real close to full strength Saturday when they travel to Fair Lawn for a 1 p.m. kickoff. The Cutters (1-0) had a surprising win of their own last week, 22-0 over Clifton.
Ridgewood senior Mitch Campbell, who sat out last game with an injury, will be back at cornerback and running back. Sophomore Jack Kiernan is likely still a week away, and sophomore Alec Jacobson could also be back in a week.
– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/sports/high-school-sports/football/team-delivers-coach-his-200th-rhs-win-1.1091481#sthash.IfhJaxCA.dpuf
