The boys golf team had 97 wins and two county titles. Class of 1991 However, Jim was more than just a fundamental coach. From 1991 to 1994 The Ridgewood Teams that Tricia was a part of never finished out of the top 10 rankings for the state of New Jersey and made it up to the NSCAA national ranking of #7 in 1993 while also achieving NSCAA national rankings of #17 in 92 and #13 in 94.In 1993 the team finished as the #1 team in Bergen county. Please contact HOF Committee Co-ChairJeff Yearing to submit your nomination as a Word Doc. She ran her first New York Marathon in 2004 and was the 17th American woman finisher. He transferred to Stetson University in Deland, Fla., where he became the starting quarterback. In addition to the three varsity letters earned on the gridiron, he was awarded two in wrestling. His 1941 team won the Group 3 state championship. Besides her 2-for-3 day at the plate, Lyons made several sparkling fielding plays, including a running catch of a soft line drive in the sixth with two runners on base. Seriously wounded he was helicoptered out to a field medical unit, then on to hospitals in Vietnam and Japan for the next month. He led the Cavaliers in assists his senior season with 82 and averaged 7.3 points and 2.0 rebounds a game. Class of 1996 Alumni Hall Of Fame Brunch April 30th 2022 - General News - News | Ridgewood High School News - Details Alumni Hall Of Fame Brunch April 30th 2022 Tweet Ridgewood has many outstanding alumni who have used their education and experiences to become successful, positive contributors to society. dash at Glen Rock High School. 1983 Cross Country/Track Whether home or abroad Mark Romeo will always be a standard that other RHS athletes and students can look to as a beacon of inspiration as a member of the Ridgewood High School Athletic Hall of Fame's Class of 2014. They had made a make shift horse from cinder blocks covered with plywood and carpet using old gas pipe fittings for the handles. In cross-country, a dual meet record over 43 years of 243-15 including a 22-year (that's YEAR) unbeaten streak; 35 league titles, 29 Bergen County group titles, 28 Bergen Meet of Champions titles (in just 37 years), a state record 22 sectional titles, the 1992 and 1999 State Meet of Champions titles and 16 appearances in the State Meet of Champions. At the conclusion of his senior season and his career with Virginia, he was honored with the UVA Team Leadership Award as well as All-ACC, Academic All-America, first team All-America and the NCAA National Defenseman of the Year awards. Lee Clark, long time Bergen County coach expressed these thoughts of Jim: "Jim Bruni was the best basketball mind I have ever come across. As a result of those marks Joe was awarded 1st Team All-NNJIL, 1st Team All-Suburban, and 3rd Team All-Bergen County. Golf 1991 In Track she continued her distance running exploits adding the steeple chase to her repertoire. She excelled for five seasons for the Brakettes as a middle infielder while also playing intercollegiate field hockey and basketball at Springfield College. Tim Mullen, a 1981 graduate, is Ridgewood High School's all-time leading scorer in basketball with 1,507 varsitycareer points. Chris DuFlocq (Class of 1977) made his mark in Ridgewood High School athletics in soccer. A trio of runners powered Ridgewood High School's 14-meet track winning streak over two seasons and back- to-back Bergen Passaic League championships in 1955 and 1956. In recognition of his outstanding senior season Sullivan was named 1st Team All-NNJIL and 1st Team All-Bergen County as a defensive back while earning his second Varsity letter in football. He was a career .280/.300 hitter. Charlie Yennie coached RHS teams to winning records in three sports over a 13-year span and also made important contributions to athletics in Bergen County. But he refused to take credit for motivating them. He went to Taylor University in Upland, Indiana for one year, playing football and baseball, and then for three seasons of both sports at Auburn University where he started in the defensive backfield on the football team. Routine plays were executed flawlessly throughout the season with the players making the difficult plays look easy. The team's prized "Shield" recognizing the team's championship can still be seen outside Ridgewood High School's main gymnasium today. The pretty blonde held four world records and 23 American standards. The Haledon native graduated from Paterson Central High School and Trenton State College (now The College of New Jersey) in 1936. Those teams also won three NNJIL titles, four Group 4, Section 1 state championships and the 1983 Group 4 state championship. Her accomplishments at Ridgewood High School led to her earning a full athletic scholarship at Providence College where she competed in cross country and track for all 4 years. In 1960 and 61 he was a member of two of the fastest sprint relay teams on Yale record. Hall of Fame Induction Criteria To be considered as a candidate for the Ridgewood High School Alumni Hall of Fame, alumni must: Have graduated from Ridgewood High School at least ten years ago; Have a record of outstanding achievement in his/her field; Have made significant contributions to his/her field and/or to the community at large; The bowling team has 325 wins and two county titles. He attended the National Conference in Washington DC of that year. His 1990 19-0 team remains the best record in school history and the 1991 team set the school record for fewest points allowed in a season (51) and fewest goals per game given up, 2.68. Jim had a unique ability to analyze opposing offenses and defenses and design a successful game plan often confusing other coaches. When he graduated, he held the single-season basketball scoring record. He signed a professional baseball contract with the Dodgers in 1942 and was assigned to play Double A ball in Mobile, Alabama, where he pitched for two seasons. Kandie and Jean lead with an attitude of excellence that still permeates Ridgewood's distance program. GIRL'S TRACK & FIELD 1972-2015 Also that season, Wendy was named to the Olympic Development Program's Region 1 team. He is the only coach to have more than one season with a better than .800 winning percentage. Patti was a multi-sport athlete, competing in Tennis and Bowling, but it was on the Softball field where she stood out. Jim had a unique talent to demonstrate a technique in its smallest terms. He represented the United States at the World Half Marathon Championships twice and the World Cross-Country Championships once. He finishes the 2017 season as head coach of the program with anoverall varsity team record of 485 wins, 154 losses and 38 ties. It wasn't until the end of junior year that I had recovered enough and scored a personal best time in the 1,000 freestyle. She would do this by exerting a "never give in" attitude that presented itself through her gritty determination to find a way to succeed. But the reality was that when the 1983 season came to a close Ridgewood did in fact go undefeated making them the only public high school to do so that year with a record of 29 victories, no loses and no ties, with the Championship of the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic Leagues Bergen Division, the Bergen County Championship with a hard fought 1-0 victory in eleven innings versus a very strong Ramsey team ( 25-3 Ranked # 6 in the state) and the New Jersey Group 4 State Championship. Links was also a sprinter in track and ran the leadoff leg of the gold-medal mile relay team at the Penn Relays. Lyons continued her softball career at the University of South Carolina. He scouted for Ridgewood football for 11 years and assisted coaches Frank Mozeleski and Roger Sweeney for a number for years. Jim continued his expertise with the 65-66 team a 20-4 and .833 then the 69-70 at 22-4 coming in at .846. He was awarded the RHS Award for Excellence in Athletics in 1949 and also the 18th annual High Y Award. His athletic skills attracted college recruiters for football and the New York Giants for baseball. Over the years, Ridgewood High School has produced many great student athletes and many people who are very successful in their chosen profession. In the 1940 season, his senior year, he led the Maroons in rushing and passing yardage, as well as touchdowns. In his 29 years as the Maroons' cross-country coach, Ridgewood won 15 league and divisional titles in the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League, 12 Bergen Group 4 titles, 10 sectional Group 4 titles, and seven Bergen Meet of Champions titles. Clairs statistics are remarkable. Tony Napier was Ridgewood High School's boys gymnastics coach from 1967 to 1987 and is considered the father of the gymnastics movement in Ridgewood. About Fred Daley Joe Pedone joins other Ridgewood High School Basketball greats: Pete Campbell, Doug Cook, Tom Hopper, Tim Mullen, and Jim Dee. Tom graduated from RHS in 1991 as one of the greatest golfers to ever walk the fairways for the Maroons. In the 1993 season, Wendy led Ridgewood to its first county tournament championship in girl's soccer by scoring two goals in the last four minutes versus Ramapo to erase a 2-1 deficit and produce a 3-2 victory. Yet, he still kept his core values about how to be successful. Class of 1994 Mark Romeo carved out Ridgewood High School's first 100-win career in varsity wrestling at a time when there were fewer matches each season in which to compete compared to today. The next year, the Ridgewood principal remembered that Coyle had talked about track in his initial interview and Larry quickly was hired as the school's cross-country, indoor and outdoor track coach. Reunion Hub During 1981-82, she played professional volleyball in Nykoping,Sweden. The team received the #1 ranking by the Star Ledger as the Best Team in New Jersey after a 7-0 RHS victory over Cherry Hill West behind the pitching of junior Donna OConnells 2 hitter. His 1975 4-x-880 team also held a national mark. Peter was selected to play for the Mid-Atlantic squad based on his stellar performance for the North Jersey Avalanche team where he scored 25 goals and 23 assists. Just think of it! Both years, the team made the Group 4 state finals. Julia states when you are competing and traveling for tournaments each weekend, your teammates become family. Continuing a theme seen in many of the members of the Ridgewood High School Athletic Hall of Fame; Michele continues to be active in the sport of tennis as an instructor. These statistics support the recognition of Peters unselfish play. There may be no bigger single play in the history of Ridgewood High School girls basketball than the what transpired in the Group IV Finals at Monmouth University her senior year. On the defensive side of the ball, he roamed the secondary where he was the teams third leading tackler and punted compiling a 33 yards per kick average. Her sports were Field Hockey, Volleyball, Basketball, Softball and Track. Jamie Roberts, his alter ego, was born in 1962 when United Merchants, a New York Textile company, had him under contract as its editor of publications and refused to allow him to write elsewhere under his own name. 301 South Oak Street West Lafayette, OH 43845 Telephone: 740-545-6354 Fax: 740-545-6336 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. The 6-foot, 180 pound scrambling quarterback scored 54 points and passed superbly in a brilliant senior season when he was accorded All County and All Suburban first-team honors. He was part of a school record-setting distance medley relay, running 4:18 for his leg, with his team finishing in 10:11 for fourth place at the prestigious Penn Relays. The 2011 team was honored by the Star Ledger as the girls lacrosse team of the year, additionally The Record named Ridgewood Girls lacrosse the Team of the Decade ( 2000 to 2010) and Karla the Coach of the Decade. Academically Leigh was excelling at a pace equal to what she was showing on the lacrosse field.She was a Deans list student many times while also being named several; times to the All ACC Academic ream. In volleyball, DuFlon's teams her junior and senior years were ranked number one by the NNJIL, and she was voted first team by all of the coaches and officials in the league. Anytime someone tells me that they are too small to play football I tell them about Dennis Sullivan. According to Julia it was a great place to meet other kids that played golf and a good place to sharpen her skills. There was no weakness in the lineup. Then he carved his own niche in the annals of Bergen County football compiling a 91-56-4 record, including a 39-14 stretch 1970-75.He eschewed going for the nine wins he needed for membership in Bergen County's prestigious Century Club. "Just follow usyou'll be fine!" Julia Rappa , welcome to the Ridgewood High School Athletic Hall Of Fame. The varsity seasons for men's and women's athletics coincided with each other, and during the 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1983 seasons, Napier took on the job of head coach of both the girls and boys programs. Recognition of O'Connor subsequently escalated with him being named first team All-NNJIL, first team All-County, first team All-Suburban, first team All-State Group 4 and second team All-State All-Groups. Enter and space open menus and escape closes them as well. The recipient of the Athletic Award for the Class of 1942 entered military service two months after graduation and tragically lost his life at age 20 as a Navy pilot in World War II. Dennis was recognized in the spring of 1992 by the coaching staff of Ridgewood High School as the most outstanding athlete in the class of 1992 by being awarded the prestigious "Ridgewood High School Award For Excellence In Athletics". He replied simply, yes. Davidson advanced to the NCAA Tournament all three seasons he was on the squad. You'll recall that in the early 1930's, there were a lot of people who couldn't get work for any kind of money." He also played defensive back. After three years in the Marines, he went to North Carolina State and played three varsity seasons on the hardwood there. A truly special three sport student athlete, Henderson rightfully takes his place in the Hall of Fame as another contributor to Ridgewood . Mary Ellen attended Texas A& M for one year with full track scholarship. As Leigh approached her senior season her game grew proportionally with her experience. He first went to Potomac State Junior College in West Virginia, where he was a three-sport starter. While leading the team to four consecutive Bergen County Team Championships 1976-79 (Patty was injured and did not compete in 1979) and New Jersey State Sectional Championships in 1976 and 1977, individual accomplishments underscore her worthiness for Hall of Fame admission. Margaret was fourth all-time in New Jersey Women's Cross Country. Those 44 wins included State Championships in 1990 and 1991 before a runner-up plaque in 1992 ended the streak. During "The Streak", Ridgewood produced 21 all-league players, 20 all-state players, 7 All-Americans and 2 New Jersey State players-of-the-year. He compiled an enviable and unprecedented record of 18 straight victories in each of the leagues 100 and 220 events. On May 3, 1992, when the streak finally came to an end, it wasn't just town or state newsit was national news with the USA Today reporting that the Ridgewood Boy's Lacrosse team had finally lost a game. Boys' Tennis Coach for Ridgewood High School where his teams winning percentage over a 17 year span exceeded .880. He had 15 years of coaching experience under his belt when he was hired in 1943 to coach baseball at Ridgewood. Class of 1965 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. She notes that she played in all 20 of Alabama's matches as a freshman while lettering in all four of her varsity campaigns. A native of Waterbury, Vt., DeRochi graduated from the University of Illinois in 1928, but when his best teaching job offer turned out to be a $1,400 post in Southern Illinois, he decided to go for his master's degree, which, in 1929, earned him a teaching job in the Glen Rock school system for a salary of $2,000 a year. with Univ. Growing up in Milford, Conn. in a time before Title IX, Coach Paul Played semiprofessional softball for the Raybestos Braketts for five years and went on to Springfield College where she was a member of the intercollegiate field hockey and basketball teams. His senior year, Mark was named first team All-County and All-North Jersey Group 4 and second team All-North Jersey. An unfortunate ankle sprain at Garret Mountain kept Kandie from running in the State Meet. "The Bloomfield team was evenly matched with our boys in weight, but was unequal to the fast rushes of the back field". The same kind of fate awaited the team in the state semi final loss to Westfield on a goal scored with six seconds remaining in overtime. Back in the days of the three-year high school, ninth graders tended to focus their sports at the junior high level. Having spent her entire career in the Ridgewood school district, Paul retired from the teaching and coaching profession after the conclusion of the 2006-07 school year. While at Ridgewood High School Tom was a rare four year starter and four year Varsity letter winner for the Maroon "Duffers", captaining the team in both the 1990 and 1991 seasons. Don was an only child and was a Boy Scout as a youngster. "After the war, we all starved" she said. Also in 1961 Tom was again awarded 1st team All NNJIL ,1st team All Suburban and 1st team All Bergen County laurels as a senior. Joe was a two year varsity starter and a four year player for the Maroons. He told them "they had to do on the practice field what they were going to do on Saturday." The Hall Of Fame Wall acknowledges the accomplishments of student athletes dating back to the earliest days of RHS. In 2020 Peter came back to Ridgewood High School, to take a position on the Maroons ice hockey coaching staff. Maureen's responsibilities included scheduling games, officials and transportation. Bradley was also a successful track athlete on many of RHS' Penn Relay teams. Ridgewood High School was founded in 1892 when the principal, B.C. He is buried in 12 Park, Plot E1/2 1475, Grave 1 in Valleau Cemetery in Ridgewood. Culver is the youngest athlete to be inducted into the RHS Athletic Hall of Fame for his play not only in lacrosse and football but for his success on the lacrosse field for the University of Virginia, the Chicago Machine of Major League Lacrosse (MLL) and the United States World Champion U-19 team, as well as his continued dedication to the sport of lacrosse on a national level. Paul's brother Michael was a standout at Paramus Catholic, and Pete, Chris and Mario all toiled on the field for RHS. A hard worker, she brought her best every day to her classmates, teachers, and teammates. She was a dean's list student at both the University of Houston and the University of Maryland, where she transferred to be closer to home, and has a master's degree from the University of Alaska, where her husband's military assignment took them. GIRL'S BASKETBALL 1976-89, The Ridgewood High School Athletic Hall of Fame is proud to have her as a member! She came out to the 2nd RHS track team in 1973 and the 1st RHS cross country team in 1974 when there were few girls' high school Teams in North Jersey; Title 9 existed only as a law just written, and girls track wasn't on people's minds as a sport to be taken seriously. Under the direction of faculty member Miss Elizabeth M. Sellier, the girls basketball team enjoyed a spectacular season with 10 wins, one loss and one tie while capturing the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League girls basketball championship. In the summer of 1947, Dunne and fellow RHS Hall of Fame member Gene Links (Class of 2004), played outfield for Uncle Sam's Shoes, the leading semi-pro baseball team in North Jersey. That is the total score which our record breaking football squad has rolled up in nine games already played. That season it all came together for Tricia scoring 10 goals and adding 3 assists, she was named: 1st team All NNJIL Back,1st team All Bergen County Back,1st team All suburban Back,1st Team All Area Back by the Paterson Herald News,1st team All State All Regions by the New Jersey Girls Soccer Coaches Association(NJGSCA) making her one of the top 20 players in the state,1st team All Groups as a back by the Newark Star Ledger, All East and a member of the NSCAA (National Soccer Coaches Association of America) All American team as a back. She was designated as the chief inspector in the Inspection Division in January 2008. Eunae remembers how playing rounds without her teammates, but knowing everyone was working to achieve one goal, was motivating and comforting. On one climb up Mt Rainier, Toshiko was told by the guide that she wasn't allowed to summit because of her lack of conditioning, and was ordered to descend. She transferred to NYU on an academic scholarship where she became a member of the prestigious University Scholar Program, a Rhodes Scholar Finalist and #2 in her graduation class. David Bain One can only imagine if Jim Bruni remained at RHS how the basketball program wins would have accumulated. "I knew nothing about Ridgewood and didn't even know where it was,'' Brown remembered nearly 45 years later. With her sister, Patti, she set school records in six relays. The 5-foot-8, 170-pound gifted three-sport athlete earned nine varsity letters during his career at RHS. Peter quickly became an integral part of the team, helping to lead Old Avon to a winning season of 16-9-4 while tallying 5 goals and 5 assists. She is the head golf professional at Island Dunes Country Club in Jensen Beach, Florida, and was named to the Ladies Professional Golf Association and was named the 2002 Professional of the Year by the LPGA Teaching and Club Professional Division. In winter track Clair won All Bergen Country honors in the distance events and was an integral part of one of the best winter programs in the county. Many athletes have a dominant or primary sport followed by other sports that they may have also played but Mike Henderson excelled in all three of his chosen sports. That team which Rachel led as a co Capt. Website by SchoolMessenger Presence. But what to do with it. Her senior year, Wendy set school records for goals (37), assists (23) and total points (97) in a season. After graduation, Rogers competed for the Boston Athletic Association for two years and started coaching track and cross country at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2000. He had a career free throw percentage of .790 (166-for-210). Carin scored several victories in the Pan Am Games (2 golds in 1959, backstroke and 400 medley relay) and AAU Nationals (three Junior and 16 Senior). During his three seasons at Davidson College, (1967-70) he scored 1,221 points and never scored fewer than 13 points per game in a season for coaches Lefty Driesell and Terry Holland. In 1998, he became the first Ridgewood wrestler to win a Bergen County Freshman Tournament championship. Today John practices chiropractic medicine in Jersey City and also works as a consultant and lecturer for the insurance industry. Lyons also excelled in tennis for coach Paul at RHS, playing first doubles her senior year, when the Maroons captured the NNJIL and Bergen County championships. Class of 1981 But after twenty five and a half years as the schools administrative assistant to the athletic director, her contributions were undeniable." His son Peter was coming up and Roger didn't think the boy needed his father for a coach. In retirement, Dunne has donated over 60 pints of blood to the Memorial Blood Bank. So much so that she ended her career at Ridgewood as an All American and a member of the U19 United States Women's lacrosse World Cup Championship Team. Their creation of the wall of RHS Hall Of Fame Wall in the main gymnasium is a stunning illustration of their energy & foresight. Class of 1994 However Bruni's 64-65 team 22-3 at .880 is the schools all time high. In 1983 his girls four mile team set a national high school record that lasted for 17 years. The Ridgewood High School girls' team was down 50-2 at halftime, which left Bennett with two options. of Illinois), was the sprinter. While there, he served as a player assessor for the Delaware Olympic Development Program (ODP). In the fall of 1991 Dennis Sullivan and Co-Captain Dan Burns led the Maroons to the Group IV Sectional State Championship with a win over North Bergen. She was named a team Co Capt. Recognized as an All-State athlete in two sports, O'Connell Skettini figured in several of RHS's all-time girls sports achievements. She had speed and endurance,but maybe more importantly had a competitive intensity that was an inspiration to her coaches and teammates.
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