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Ridge Rips Montgomery Behind Hughes in Opener

Touchdowns in the air, on the ground and on defense lead Red Devils to season-opening win.

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Ridge High School came out strong to start the football season with a big victory over Montgomery 36-7. The game was played away, and the second half started with a half-hour delay due to lightning.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th FINAL Ridge (1-0) 7 22 0 7 36 Montgomery (0-1) 7 0 0 0 7

Ridge had two passing touchdowns on big plays from Nick Franzese from quarterback Conor Hughes. Hughes brought in his own score taking an interception 50 yards for a score. Hughes found paydirt passing in the air again finding Ryan Bell for another touchdown. Rounding out the scoring was Captain Evan Skea who brought in the final touchdown with a one-foot run.  

Ridge next faces Immaculata High School at home Sept. 14 at 7 p.m.  

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