>Ridgewood girls soccer team gives coach Jeff Yearing his 400th career win.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2011
ASSISTANT SPORTS EDITOR
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
TEANECK — Jeff Yearing did not have anything “formal” planned for the occasion, but his players did.
The Ridgewood High School girls soccer coach earned the 400th win of his career Tuesday afternoon, as RHS handled Teaneck, 8-1, at Thomas Jefferson Middle School.
Yearing did not tell his players about the impending milestone ahead of time, though they all knew. In turn, the Maroons did not tell their head coach about the celebration they had planned, and he was summarily surprised by an impromptu spelling bee.
Moments after exiting the handshake line, Ridgewood players were back at the bench, diving into backpacks and emerging with homemade T-shirts that featured a “400” on the front and a letter on the back. When they lined up side-by-side to take their cool-down jog across the field, the 22 girls made sure to arrange each character (including a blank space and an exclamation point) in order to spell out “Congratulations Years!
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