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Ridgewood Rebounds, Overwhelms Passaic

Maroons steamroll winless Passaic 56-0 Friday night in a home game.

The Ridgewood High School football team (3-2) brought an emphatic end to their two game losing streak on Friday night, steamrolling a winless Passaic team by a score of 56-0. 

Tim Bonanno led the Maroon offense with 106 first-half rushing yards and a touchdown. 

Jamal Locke and Jack Foresman also contributed to the offensive explosion on Friday night. The junior quarterback, Locke, ran for a touchdown, and threw for another to tight end Connor Van Caugherty. Foresman provided two rushing touchdowns. 

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Meanwhile, Young Hoe Koo led the Ridgewood defense with three first-half interceptions, one of which he returned 32 yards for a touchdown. 

The lopsided victory was the result of a total team effort with Jason Gibson bringing in a third quarter touchdown.

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The Maroon offense rolled for a total of 314 rushing yards, and its stifling defense allowed a mere 61 yards of total offense for Passaic. 

Ridgewood will look to continue its strong play when they travel to Fair Lawn on Oct. 20.

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