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C-12 PASSAIC COUNTY THE RECORD. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 3. 1985 High School' Passaic, Ridgewood meet again at; Group 4 football RIDGEWOOD (9-1) PASSAIC (8-2-0) 27 Kennedy 2 21 St Joseph 0 7 Montclair 24 36 Teaneck 0 48 Teaneck 0 10 Nut ley 20 24 Hackensack 0 19 Kennedy 0 56 Paramus C. 14 21 Belleville 0 37 Bergen C.

0 31 Bloomlield 6 28 Don Bosco 13 28 Clifton 7 20 St. Joseph 8 14 Eastside 6 21 North Bergen 0 36 Fair Lawn 26 31 Paramus 14 14 Montclair 27 Mervin Curry and Reggie Morrison. It continues with four linebackers who have become known as strong practitioners of the blitz Milton Hudson, Troy Giles, Mark Giles, and Luis LoBelo. Troy Giles, Passaic County's leading scorer with 112 points, is the team's top runner, throws option passes, and punts. The Ridgewood and Passaic lines, on offense and on defense, resemble each other in stature and ability.

Each line is comparatively short, yet very strong. "Most of our linemen bench press 250 pounds or a little more," says Johnson. So do the members of Passaic's line. Another interesting similarity this between Ridgewood and Fair Lawn is a revolving lineup. Fair Lawn hurt Passaic with an offensive line that did an outstanding job protecting Straw from Passaic's blitzes.

The Cutters stayed fresh by alternating lineups, shuffling three tackles and three guards. Ridgewood operates similarly, but on defense, not offense. "We rotate our ends Jim Parisi, Andy Reilly, and Brian Nelson and our nose guards Mike Le-Sane and Dave JarolmenL" Johnson says. The tackles are Geoff Garfieldand Billy Skewes. Skewes and Reilly are the most improved players on the defensive line, Johnson says.

Parisi is the quickest Maroon lineman and is sure to be in the defensive lineup on obvious passing downs. There could be plenty of passing downs when these two scrimmage foes are By Ron Fox Stan Writer Anyone who heard about or witnessed Passaic's 36-26 victory over Fair Lawn two weeks ago should be waiting eagerly for Saturday's meeting between Passaic and Ridgewood. The teams that will vie for the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association North Section 1, Group 4 championship met in a preseason scrimmage. "It was a lot like the Fair Lawn-Passaic game," says Ridgewood coach Chuck Johnson. "Both teams moved the ball well." And anyone who was intrigued by Fair Lawn quarterback Carl Straw's passing performance against Passaic should be looking forward to seeing Ridgewood junior quarterback Paul Torna-tore test the Passaic defense.

Just listen to Johnson: "The quarterbacks Tornatore and Straw are comparable in ability. We didn't throw the ball much in our scrimmage, but we have during the season. Fair Lawn throws out of the I formation, but we have a dropback series and play-action series out of the wing which is something a lot of wing teams don't do." Passaic will attempt to combat Ridgewood's fancy passing with a pass rush whose only poor performance has been against Fair Lawn. And Passaic safety Sterling Henton who also serves as a strong-throwing quarterback with the Indian offense has been looking closely at Ridgewood films, checking formations and tendencies. "We use six coverages," says Passaic coach 'IVlSlh Ray McCrann, "and Sterling calls all the deep coverages.

We depend on him for recognition. He has to be able to check the formation in a hurry and then call out the coverage we'll use." The Indians are bracing for another passing attack. "We like their quarterback, and they have a super runner, Damian Ross," says McCrann. "But we expect them to go to the air quicker than Fair Lawn did, maybe op the first play." Passaic first must shake off the 27-14 regular-season loss it suffered Saturday against Montclair. At one point, the Indians trailed 27-0.

McCrann says three events hurt Passaic: a short punt that provided Montclair with excellent field position in the first quarter, a good runback of the second-half kickoff, and a breakdown on a play-action pass. A missing ingredient for the Indians (8-2) was the pass rush. Passaic will have to get it going against Ridgewood. The rush starts up front with tackles David Porter and Morris Sales and ends J7 9 jf i -r i 'V -r: if Of PEQUANNOCK Athlete of the Weed Staff photos by Joe Giardelli and Robert Townsend Troy Giles, left, of Passaic and Damian Ross, right, of Ridgewood are the top running threats in Saturday's NJSIAA North Section 1, Group 4 football championship game. Giles and Ross have scored 18 and 14 touchdowns, respectively, this season.

I 7i -y; I 1 rv (i Blue-chipper meets recruiters death overtime period, Maloney fed teammate Lori Nicosia in front of the Hopewell Valley goal. Nicosia quickly flicked the ball into the net with 5:45 left to give Pequannock the win. "It was really exciting," says Ma-j loney. "Everyone was tired in the overtime, but there was no way wc were going to lose or tie. We expect-; ed to win." Maloney has come to expect a lot from field hockey.

In addition to the state titles in her sophomore and senior years, Pequannock reached the sectional final in her junior year. Maloney led the Panthers in scor ing this year with 16 goals and assists, despite playing a positiof where the emphasis is on defense. "I like to score, but I also like stop people defensively," she says "On the corners, I'm a rusher am it's a challenge trying to stop them, know how bad they want to score because I feel like that on offense. guess I have the best of botl worlds." Maloney, a starter on the Pequannock softball team, is looking to continue her field hockey career in college. Drew University, Penn State University, Syracuse University, and the University of Connecticut are the leading contenders for her serivces at the moment.

Runners-up for The Record's Ath-i lete of the Week award are: football players Mike Pagan of Wayne Valley and Dan Burke of West Milford. FROM PAGE C-7 By John Jackson Correspondent Lorraine Maloney of Pequannock had a head start on most high school field hockey players, and she never looked back. Maloney was the manager of the Pequannock High School field hockey team when she was an eighth-grader. Even though she wasn't an official team member, Maloney practiced with the Panthers on a daily basis. "A couple of neighbors of mine played on the team, and that's how I got interested in the sport," says Maloney.

"Because I practiced with the team that year, I had an advantage over the other players my freshman year. Most players are just learning the game at that point, but I had already picked up the technique of stick work and other parts of the game. Field hockey is a very difficult game to learn." That may be, but Maloney was a natural. As a freshman, she played on the freshman and junior varsity teams before moving up to the varsity and becoming a starter as a sophomore in 1983. With Maloney at first link that year, Pequannock defeated Collingswood, 2-1, to win the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group 2 championship.

Last week, Maloney assisted on the game-winning goal and made several key defensive plays from her center halfback position to help the Panthers (22-1) beat Hopewell Valley, 2-1, in overtime to win another Group 2 title. For her performance, Maloney has been named The Record's Athlete of the Week. The game against Hopewell Valley was a nail-biter. Pequannock scored early to take the lead, but Hopewell Valley answered with a goal in the second half to tie the game at 1. With two minutes left, Maloney turned in the defensive play of the game.

The senior thwarted a Hopewell Valley corner with a steal, and then controlled the ball all the way to the other end of the field before shooting wide. In the second and final sudden- Despite the commotion, Szott remains acutely aware of people around him. At Heck's urging, he will leave his fifth trip unannounced so that the continuous presence of scouts at school might help some of Szott's talented teammates, such as lineman Enrico Crispo and fullback-kicker Jack Belanger. There are times, though, when Szott feels uncomfortable with his popularity. "In two of my courses calculus and chemistry, both honors classes there are kids with 4.0 grade-point averages.

They're thinking of going to Columbia or Yale or Harvard. Their grades are better than mine, but because of football, I'll get free trips to schools and get my schooling for nothing. It doesn't seem fair." For a time, it did not seem fair to Szott and his teammates that a rash of fumbles cost them a chance to play in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association's postseason playoffs. "I guess I grew up a little this season," Szott says. "You bury the guy in front of you with a block, and you look up to see a guy from the other team running with a fumble.

It's tough to accept. But somewhere along the line, you're going to have your bad years. Now I just thank God for wrestling. We have 10 kids back from last year and we're usually pretty good." Szott emphasizes that he is one of those wrestling returnees, and LePage is making sure that he gives his heavyweight two days off against weaker opponents so that he can fit in two of his campus visits. The wooing of Dave Szott the phone calls, the letters, and the personal visits will continue in earnest until he huddles with his family and announces his decision.

I nam-' lLi -f up some day driving a Porsche." After the season ended with a win over Bloomfield, it was finally within NCAA rules for college reps to make personal contact with Szott. The lineman's coach, Dennis Heck, has attempted to make the recruitment rush as orderly as possible by scheduling appointments. Yesterday he welcomed recruiters into his office, at half-hour intervals, to speak with Szott. "Our state school Rutgers comes in first, at noon," Heck said. "Then it's Penn State, then Duke, Syracuse, and either Boston College or Temple.

The scouts will be all over the school. The ones who come in unannounced I'll ask to come in the next day." No recruiter missed his appointment. Szott began the school year as the third most wanted senior in the nation, and nothing has changed the scouts' opinions of him, not even a disappointing 6-3 team record. Heck expects to remain fully booked for a while. Mail has continued to pour in from every major football institution.

All of it has been stuffed into an interesting mailbox outside the boys gym. Called "Szott's Spot' the receptacle was constructed out of wood by coaches and friends of Szott's who are as impressed as much by his personality apparently without conceit as they are with his athletic talent. The box is four feet tall and is dominated by a photo of a grizzly bear. The space is needed because many colleges, such as Penn State and Clemson, mail a game program to Szott each week. Some need not bother.

"There are some schools like Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Stanford that are great institutions," Szott says, "but they don't have veterinary-medicine programs, so I just can't go there." When Szott makes his decision, it will be an educated decision. Each time a recruiter has telephoned his home, the 6-foot-5 lineman has asked about the availability of veterinary courses and has requested descriptive material "I'm trying to keep my head about it all," says the amiable Szott "But it's tough when people keep telling me I'm good and I can go anywhere. They say, 'If you want a full scholarship, give me a calL' Szott knows he can lean on his parents, his brothers, and coaches like Heck and wrestling coach Steve LePage for sound advice. "David has an advantage, because all the people around him really care about him," says Heck, who went through the recruitment process as a lineman at Pequannock High School before going to the University of Rhode Island. Szott continues to contemplate the five schools he will visit free under NCAA rules.

He has chosen three so fan Kentucky, Oklahoma State, and Maryland, where a distant uncle works in the athletic department Rutgers, he says, is another strong possibility. At the moment Szott is leaning slightly toward Kentucky. He is to visit the campus this weekend. Oklahoma State has surfaced as a possibility, if only to serve as a gauge. "I've heard and read that they have one of the best vet-school programs in the country, and I i The Record seeking H.S.

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MONDAY, Dec. 9 All-Bergen and Passaic boys soccer, all-league field hockey. TUESDAY, Dec. 10 All-Bergen, Passaic, and Morris field hockey; all-league volleyball. WEDNESDAY, Dec.

11 All-Bergen and Passaic volleyball; all-league girls tennis. THURSDAY, Dec 12 All-Bergen and Passaic girls tennis; all-league girls crosscountry. FRIDAY, Dec 13 All-Bergen and Passaic girls cross-country; all-league boys crosscountry. SUNDAY, Dec 15 All-Bergen and Passaic boys cross-country; all-league football. MONDAY, Dec 16 All-Bergen and Passaic football; all-league girls gymnastics.

TUESDAY, Dec 17 All-Bergen girls gymnastics. Return information forms Preseason information sheets have been mailed to athletic directors at all area high schools. Coaches are asked to return the forms no later than tomorrow so that their schools can be included in the winter sport previews which will begin appearing in The Record next Sunday. EXPERIENCE NECESSARY The Record needs winter sports schedules from the following high schools: Belleville, Bergen Catholic, Bogota, Boon-ton, Butler, Caldwell, Cliffside Park, Clifton, Cresskill, Del barton, DePaul, Don Bosco Tech (wrestling), Dwight-Englewood, Emerson, Erv-glewood, Essex Catholic, Fair Lawn, Fort Lee, Hackensack, Hackensack Christian, Harrison, Hasbrouck Heights, Holy Angels, Immaculate Heart, Indian Hills, Madison, Mah-wah, Manchester (except wrestling), Miliburn, Montclair, Montville, Morris Catholic, Neumann Prep (wrestling and girls basketball). New Milford, North Arlington, North Bergen, Northern Highlands, Nutley.

Orange, Paramus Catholic Girls, Passaic, Paterson Catholic, Pompton Lakes, Ramapo, Ramsey, Ridgefieid, SL Cecilia, St. Joseph, St. Mary, Clifford Scott, Secaucus, Summit, Tenafly, Verona, Weehawken, and West Orange. Athletic directors are asked to forward copies of their schedules to: The Record, 150 River Hackensack, N.J. 07602.

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