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RHS Girls Lacrosse: Reloaded Ridgewood poised for a deep run
March 27, 2015 Last updated: Friday, March 27, 2015, 12:31 AM
By Matthew Birchenough
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR |
The Ridgewood News
RIDGEWOOD —A full team’s worth of seniors, including four of last year’s top five goal scorers, left the Ridgewood High School girls lacrosse team after the Class of 2014 graduated, but the expectations of the program didn’t follow them out the door.
It’s fitting that the team chose the word “relentless” as its rallying cry for this season, as the adjective also accurately describes the regenerative nature of the Maroons program.
This year, the program welcomed 14 new girls to the varsity unit, according to assistant coach Marissa Moore, who filled in earlier this week for head coach Karla Mixon, who had to attend to a family emergency.
Armed with “ridiculous speed” all over the field, Moore is confident the Maroons are just as capable of wearing the State Tournament of Champions crown as any of the recent teams that have come up a few steps short.
“These girls are driven to get that. Our captains, especially, want that more than anything,” Moore said. “These girls circle it on their calendar, and that’s their ultimate goal.”
RHS fell just shy of its sixth straight North Group 4 title in 2014, dropping a tight 11-10 contest to Ridge of Somerset County in the sectional final.
There going to do great! Look at the RHS wrestling team. Almost the entire varsity squad graduated last year and what did this year’s squad do . . . they gave RHS wrestling there winningest season ever.
I expect great things from women’s lacrosse this year!!!!!!
Land of Make Believe.
Will RHS start a girls hockey program…?
https://www.northjersey.com/sports/cooper-on-ice-hockey-iha-trailblazers-on-the-ice-with-new-program-1.1299684