Seniors: Top Row (left to right) Chris Solis, Justin Ok, Chris Turnbull, Nick Simon
Bottom Row (left to right) Jay Kerwin, Mike Cunningham, Tyler Chatfield (https://www.ridgewoodbasketball.net/)
RHS Basketball looks to put together a hot streak
Friday, January 11, 2013
BY ELI NACHMANY
CORRESPONDENT
The Ridgewood News
RIDGEWOOD — An attacking, offensive-minded team is rare in today’s day of conservative high school basketball schemes.
The Ridgewood High School boys team has put together quite an impressive group of scorers and can truly light up the board.
For most offensively gifted squads, the mindset is that it’s fine to be below average defensively as long as the shots are falling. In Ridgewood, no such concept exists.
While the team has shot the ball at an efficient clip for the entire season, it’s been their defensive efforts that have impressed head coach Mike Troy.
“Defensively, we’re a far better team than I thought we would be at this point,” he said. “Our ability to play man-to-man is ahead of where I thought it’d be.”