Julia also competed in many junior tours such as the NJSGA, IJGT and AJGA tournaments that gave her a great deal of exposure to competitive golf. Considering we have played no teams which have been lighter in average weight, this is remarkable. In 1993 RHS defeated arch rival Ramapo High School 3-2 on the same field and on the same day that the Ridgewood boys won their county championship match, giving the two soccer programs their only county double title in school history. Competing on the USATF circuit, he was fourth at the USA Junior National Championships in the outdoor triple jump and was named an alternate on the US Junior Track and Field team. Tom graduated from RHS in 1991 as one of the greatest golfers to ever walk the fairways for the Maroons. She alsoearned All Big East honors in Track. Now the head girls basketball coach at Ramsey High School, McGarrigle was named The Ridgewood News' All-Suburban Girls Basketball Coach of the Year for the 2006-07 season. All-told, he gave 42 years to Ridgewood youth as teacher and coach and in the Parks and Recreation Department. Starring on the gridiron for Chuck Johnson, the hardwood for Jim Stroker and the lacrosse field for Steve Jacobsen, Sullivan competed and succeeded against athletes of all sizes. He never left. Golf 1991 Against her father's wishes, who claimed he would rather spend money on a new horse than educating a woman, she came to the United Sates in 1951 accepting a Fulbright Scholarship to study audiology. But then bad times set in, and I had to give back 20 percent, so that after three years in the system, I was making less than when I started. That afternoon Ridgewood was given a lacrosse lesson they would use as a means of inspiration, through humiliation, losing to Mountain Lakes 14-4. In his 26 year tenure as head coach of the program he noted it was rare to see a high school player with the technical ability and tactical knowledge to play with such expertise at any position needed during competition. She would never make unilateral decisions and always trusted her coaches to lend a helping hand. In 2012 Peter was named The Records North Jersey Player Of The Year. He won the Penn Relays 3,000 race his senior year. Josh Kauke, a 2000 graduate of Ridgewood High School, is a three-time state champion in the 800-meter run and regarded as the best-ever in that event in Bergen County history. His junior year, Virginia made the Final Four of the NCAA tournament, losing to the University of Houston, 49-47, in overtime in the semifinal round. In fact 1989 was a remarkable year for Craig. Although he has adapted to the changing times, discipline has always been there. Peter made up for size with knowledge, skill and love of the game. There was a state tournament that year for girls golf sponsored by the NJSIAA. Upon graduation from RHS in 1974, Nancy pursued her undergraduate education at Montclair State through 1976 and then transferred to Rutgers University in the fall of 76.She graduated with a BS in Public Health Administration in 1978 and would go on to earn a Ed.M from Boston University in 1981. After college Clair remained in the Atlanta area working a career in human resources. One of Monro's top games came on Nov. 5, 1938, when he scored two touchdowns in Ridgewood's 20-6 victory over Leonia. She also ran in the 2005 New York Marathon and posted a time close to the 2004 mark despite running with an injury. Over the course of Rachel's four varsity seasons at RHS the team became a prominent force in the Bergen County and New Jersey High School soccer scene. He has taught at RHS for 28 years, currently teaching physical education in the elementary schools and the high school and teaching and coordinating driver education at RHS. Head Football Coach 1959-1975 He passed away on October 23, 1995 at home in HoHoKus. He played the outfield, shortstop (despite being left-handed) and on occasion pitched. Davidson advanced to the NCAA Tournament all three seasons he was on the squad. Nancy Hogan is a champion and leader in the development of women's athletics not only at Ridgewood High School, but nationally. Seven Hundred and sixty five days. Eunae remembers how playing rounds without her teammates, but knowing everyone was working to achieve one goal, was motivating and comforting. Ridgewood High School is steeped in tradition of outstanding athletic teams, coaches, and athletes. In basketball he was an outstanding "2" guard with a picture perfect and a deadly jump shot, a great man to man defender and one of the best foul shooters in North Jersey. He studied the correct way to throw a ball. John also jumped over 21' in the long jump showing his versatility. The Hall Of Fame Wall acknowledges the accomplishments of student athletes dating back to the earliest days of RHS. He was All-Ivy League in indoor track in 2003 and 2004 and has the sixth-best indoor time in the 800 meters in Princeton history. His rushing average for a season, 119.89, still stands. In 1998, he became the first Ridgewood wrestler to win a Bergen County Freshman Tournament championship. It is a record which still stands today for accumulated league play in Bergen County. Kandie's junior year accomplishment was a remarkable National relay record and 6th in New Jersey in her event. The team has received many National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) national rankings and has received the NSCAA National Team Academic Award nineteen times under Coach Yearing. It was a first for any Maroon sprinter to that point in RHS track and Field history. He never handled a diamond squad, but his football, basketball and golf teams helped fill the school trophy cases. He then covered baseball, basketball and track at RHS, as well as coach Otis Grendler's marvelous 100-match regular season tennis unbeaten streak, the Ridgewood YMCA swim team and the highlight, following Carin Cone Vanderbush's championship swimming career during his five-year stay as The Ridgewood News sports editor and, subsequently, as a reporter and Sports Editor of the Paterson Evening News and beyond. With records of accomplishments in a wide variety of sports going back decades. Like her female predecessors in the 1920's that benefited from varsity athletic competition at RHS, Nancy benefited from a forward looking school district that gave her the opportunity to compete before the forthcoming law demanded it. There are thousands of athletes who have worn the Maroon and White and excelled during their high school and some later in their collegiate careers. A fierce and intelligent competitor it would not be fair or accurate to put the "pound for pound best athlete" label on him as his size was irrelevant to his success and ability to compete. As a young child, Julia was introduced to many sports, but golf was the one that Julia says she picked up on quickly.. She won the 1975 Bergen long jump and high jump titles and the 1976 long, triple, and high jump titles in the group meet. for women at the time. Wooster, reorganized the ninth grade into a freshman class and made it the firstyear class of high school. In 1992, he was recognized as the top teacher in the state with the Outstanding Physical Education Teaching Award. He shot 51 percent from the floor and 86 percent from the foul line his senior year, when he averaged nine rebounds, four assists, two blocked shots and two steals. But, her higher level talents were developed in the game of lacrosse. Email RHS. Class of 1941 BOY'S CROSS COUNTRY 1969-1997, The Hall Of Fame Wall raises the awareness of how sports have helped shape the growth of Ridgewood High School and the village in which it resides. Records starting from 1927 show that Jim's record of 110 wins vs. 54 losses, a winning percentage .671, is the highest in Ridgewood High School history. The team flourished under coach Napier's direction, producing many individual places and champions at the league, county and state levels. He earned first place in the New Jersey Press Association's sports writing division for a column on Ridgewood High School's late football coaching legend, Frank Mozeleski, published in The Ridgewood News and repeated in 1972 competition's in the weekly sports writing category for a column featuring RHS head football coach Roger Sweeney and Paramus High School head football coach John DeGasperis. It was reported in the "Ridgewood Herald "that the secret to the team's success beyond their fast playing and excellent team work had been a volunteer coach, Mr. G.Foster Sanford ,a Yale coach, who assisted the team during the first part of the season. He went on to compete in track at Brown University where he captained the undefeated 1964-1965 indoor and outdoor track and field teams while setting the Brown school record in the 440 yd. And his contributions went beyond simply coaching track and cross-country. 1981 Boys Soccer He began a career in the textile business after graduating in 1950 and spent two years in Spartanburg, S.C., before moving north to Glen Rock from 1961 to 1969. 2002 Lacrosse Jeff also was a Co Capt. A four-sport athlete who earned 12 letters in three seasons (freshman could not play on the varsity in that era), the versatile Links was All-County in three sports (football, basketball, and baseball) and an All-State player on the gridiron. "The Bloomfield team was evenly matched with our boys in weight, but was unequal to the fast rushes of the back field". Before long, 1 mile turned into 3, which then turned into 5 and more a day. A two time varsity letter winner on the gridiron for the Maroons, Henderson was a First Team All-Suburban and Second Team All-State tight end for the 1960 State Champion squad. Not knowing if his son was going to get back on track or not, their worries were curtailed when John met Ridgewood Hall of Fame Gymnastics Coach Tony Napier. This past season, 2014 graduate Joe Oliva became the Maroons' win kingpin, finishing his four-year career with 135 victories against 22 losses. She competed in every event from 400m relays through 5000m runs. Monro was popular with his coaches and fellow players, being strictly a "team" player, and was rated highly with the fans throughout his brilliant career. Wrote Phillips, "Lyons was hailed as Bergen County's premier scholastic softball player this season." His senior season was as spectacular for the Maroons as it was for him. She was named special agent in charge of the FBI's Baltimore Division in April 2008.
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