Ridgewood High School Hall of Fame inductions, banquet set for Oct. 24

The Stroker family, four athletes, one coach and a pair of contributors will be inducted at the Ridgewood High School Athletics Hall of Game banquet Oct. 24 at the Brick House in Wyckoff.

Ceremonies begin with a social hour at 6 p.m. with a sit-down dinner to follow.

The Stroker Family has contributed to the Ridgewood High School community for almost 100 years. Jack E. Stroker was a soccer and basketball player in the 1930s who married standout swimmer Virginia, who was a Ridgewood High School cheerleader.

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Jack B. Stroker (Class of 1965) and Jim Stroker (Class of 1970) were the next generation. Jack B. worked for the Ridgewood Board of Education and was also a youth coach. Jim became a legendary coach in multiple sports for the Maroons.

The Hall of Fame class also includes George Rork (Class of 1968), a standout tennis player who was part of two Group 4 state championship teams before playing at U. Penn.

Blair Fuentez (Class of 2011) was an All-County selection in volleyball for the Maroons and still holds the school record for kills with 905. She played for four years as a setter at Miami.

Mark Kossick (Class of 1993) played four different sports at Ridgewood, excelling at them all and was hailed by former football coach Chuck Johnson as the most complete player to ever wear maroon. He remains the all-time leading scorer in football and was a first-team All-County pick in swimming and tennis.

Inducted posthumously, Stuart Mozeleski (Class of 1958) was a stellar football player and golfer. “Stu” led the Maroons to undefeated football seasons in 1956 and 1957 and a pair of North Bergen Interscholastic League titles. He was captain of the Maroons golf team in 1958.

Coach Nancy Hyman became the Maroons’ head boys tennis coach in 1989 and led them to a pair of Group 4 State titles, 11 sectional titles and 11 league championships. When she retired in 2002, she had a career record of 303-33.

The broadcasting duo of Dan D’Uva and Guy Benson changed the way Ridgewood High School athletics were delivered, creating the popular RHS Sports on-campus network. Both men parlayed their broadcasting days at Ridgewood into professional success. D’Uva is the play-by-play announcer for the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights, while Benson is a political commentator and a contributor on FOX News.