Southpaw sportswriter for The Record, & @VarsityAces. From NJ since โ79. "Tags" since joining biz in โ01. #13 since it's awesome. SZN = โพ๏ธ/๐
The Rodgewood @Maroon_Sports formula for winning 40 straight #NJFlagFootball games:
๐ Great QB play
๐ Relentless defense
๐ Upholding tradition
And if you have a player who encapsulates all 3, you might be on the verge of a 4th straight ๐โฆ
https://t.co/9zJqx14Oe3
CORRECTION: If West Orange wins, Ridgewood faces the Big Central champ in the North/Central semis.
If Bayonne wins, Ridgewood faces the NJIC champ (Harrison) โฆ either way, semifinals are Friday @ Clifton, times TBA
#NJFlagFootball final: Ridgewood 40, Passaic Tech 12
@Maroon_Sports now 16-0 & headed to the @SFCFootballNJ championship game to face winner of the South final between West Orange/Bayonne.
Penelope Pace gets a pick-6, then throws 5 TD passes
#NJFlagFootball final: Ridgewood 40, Passaic Tech 12
@Maroon_Sports now 16-0 & headed to the @SFCFootballNJ championship game to face winner of the South final between West Orange/Bayonne.
Penelope Pace gets a pick-6, then throws 5 TD passes
Softballโฆ
Final
Midland Park 2
Pompton Lakes 1
North 1 Group 1 semis.
They get the winner of Waldwick and Indian Hills which starts in 90 minutes 1.2 miles from here.
#NJFlagFootball halftime: Ridgewood 33, Passaic Tech 0
Very little doubt left about #1 in North Jersey. The 3 TD since last update:
Pace 4yd to Logan Mikita
Pace 19yd to Danielle DeNoy
Pace 30yd to very wide-open Aarini Bhatia
Itโs all Maroons.
#NJFlagFootball 6:52 left 1st quarter: Ridgewood 14, Passaic Tech 0
After forcing a punt, Maroons score when Pace throws 14-yd TD to Gabby Winn. Then Pace to Danielle DeNoy for 1pt conversion
#NJFlagFootball โฆ and 1:39 into the ballgame, Ridgewood has 7. Jersey No. 7 Penelope Pace 25-yard INT return TD, then runs in the conversion for all 7 points
Maroons 7, Passaic Tech 0 w/10:21 left 1st quarter
Itโs the #NJFlagFootball Game of the Year & weโre not even at the state final.
15-0 Ridgewood @ 15-0 Passaic Tech for @SFCFootballNJ North title. Winner faces South winner for conference title, then the final
Ridgewood wins toss, defers. Updates for @VarsityAces โฆ
โ The #Mets can hit grand slams.
โ The #Yankees can score 13 runs in an inning.
โ I can change the ignition lock cylinder on a late-model Volkswagen.
The best part of these weekend exploits? All team efforts #DidIt ๐
This was three days ago. Now, he's gone.
Check on your friends. All of them. As many as you can. People put on a brave face but suffer silently.
The bravest thing you can do is ask for help. Let's all just be there for one another.
Claude Lemieux's brought the Stanley Cup to New Jersey in 1995. He came back in 2000 to win it again. It's entirely possible that NHL hockey doesn't stay in New Jersey without Claude.
A spot in the Ring of Honor could have been in the future. Sadly, it will be posthumous now.
Welp... that ended talk of a North Jersey 1 vs. 2 showdown in the next round of the #NJbaseball playoffs.
A closer look at how @BergenCathBase derailed Don Bosco's state-title defense:
https://t.co/L5ahQTuBRB
The #NJbaseball tournament is underway, and would you believe we're already on to the quarterfinals?
See which @VarsityAces teams remain in contention (and who starred to help get them this far)... a subscriber exclusive โพ๏ธ
https://t.co/aEawtoJNrV