GLEN RIDGE, NJ – The Glen Ridge High School varsity football team featured several players who earned All-North Jersey Super Football Conference-National Red Division honors: FIRST TEAM OFFENSE Joe Marchesano, senior running back. Marchesano had 130 carries for 832 yards and 13 touchdowns, and 16 catches for 200 yards and 2 TDs. He also kicked […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ (updated Tuesday Dec. 12, 2:36 p.m.) – In two stints that totalled close to three decades, Duke Mendez has roamed the sideline as the Glen Ridge High School head football coach. Under his tutelage, the Ridgers have enjoyed many memorable seasons. Indeed, the program will miss Mendez, who recently announced his resignation. […]
Photos by Steve Ellmore: Glen Ridge (dark uniforms) vs. Roselle Park, state playoffs, Nov. 11, at Hurrell Field. GLEN RIDGE, NJ (updated Sunday Nov. 12, 9:22 a.m.) – Despite a disappointing upset loss to Roselle Park in the state playoffs, the Glen Ridge High School varsity football team can look back at this season with […]
For high school football teams and fans, this is the best time of the year. The NJSIAA state playoffs begin this Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10-11. Seven teams in the Worrall Media area in Essex County have qualified for their respective playoffs: Irvington, Nutley, Orange, East Orange, Seton Hall Prep, Glen Ridge and Bloomfield. The […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ (updated Sunday Nov. 5, 9:58 a.m.) – The Glen Ridge High School varsity football team enters the state playoffs on a roll. The third-seeded Ridgers, who beat Hoboken for their second straight win, will host sixth-seeded Roselle Park in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group 1 state […]
Photos by Steve Ellmore: Glen Ridge (dark uniforms) vs. Immaculate Conception, Oct. 28, at Hurrell Field. GLEN RIDGE, NJ – With the state playoffs looming, the Glen Ridge High School varsity football team put together a strong all-around performance. Senior running back Joe Marchesano rushed for 142 yards and four touchdowns on 11 […]
The Glen Ridge High School varsity football lost to undefeated Shabazz, 44-6, Friday night, Oct. 20, at Shabazz Stadium in Newark. The Ridgers lost their second straight game to move to a 4-3 record. Shabazz improved to 7-0. Senior running back Joe Marchesano scored on a 1-yard run in the second half for the Ridgers. […]
NEWARK, NJ – (corrected Saturday Oct. 14, 11:15 p.m., updated Oct. 17, 1:05 p.m.) – The Glen Ridge High School varsity football team lost to Weequahic, 42-8, Friday night at Weequahic High School’s Untermann Field in Newark. The Ridgers moved to a 4-2 record. After a scoreless first quarter, Weequahic’s Robert Leverette scored the first […]
Photos by Steve Ellmore: Ridgers (black uniforms) vs. Verona, Oct. 6, at Hurrell Field. GLEN RiDGE, NJ – The Glen Ridge High School varsity football team showed its resiliency in convincing fashion. After losing for the first time this season a week ago, the Ridgers stormed back to defeat Verona, 49-14, at Hurrell Field on […]
GLEN RIDGE, NJ – The Glen Ridge High School varsity football team’s undefeated start to the season came to an end with a 28-14 home loss to Cedar Grove on Friday afternoon, Sept. 29, at Hurrell Field in a North Jersey Super Football Conference-National Red Division game. The Ridgers moved to a 3-1 record. GRHS […]