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Ridgewood Knights of Columbus Hosts Inaugural Stickball Tournament
Ridgewood-NJ-September 22, 2010: The Ridgewood Knights of Columbus Council #1736 held their inaugural stickball tournament Saturday, September 18th on Passaic Street in Ridgewood. Proceeds from the event were used to make a donation to the Ridgewood PBA and the New Jersey Firefighter’s Mutual Benevolent Association.
Ridgewood’s Finest and Ridgewood’s Bravest went head-to-head with various teams from the Ridgewood Knights council for local bragging rights. “For a brief moment, the streets of Ridgewood were transformed into an urban landscape from a bygone era”, said Joe Hernandez from the Ridgewood Knights, co-organizer of the event. Hot dogs and hamburgers were served, and a good time was had by all.
Why stickball? “A lot of our members are older gentlemen that can relate to this sport,” said Rich Paliotta, a Knight and event co-organizer.
First place winners were Andy Meyer, Sean Noble, Scott Gammer and Michael Dougherty from the Ridgewood Knights; second place was awarded to Tom Shortway, Joe Ferraro, Sean Daly, and John Judge from the Ridgewood Fire Department; and third place went to Tony Lupo, Kevin Casey, Rich Paliotta, and Bill Fahey from the Ridgewood Knights.
