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Ridgewood Kicker Playing in All-Star Football Classic

Ridgewood's Younghoe Koo will be heading to Georgia Southern University on a scholarship this fall.

Ridgewood kicker Younghoe Koo is among New Jersey’s best 80 football stars participating in the annual North vs. South New Jersey All-Star High School Football Classic.

The 35th annual classic is set to kick off at 7 p.m. on Monday at Kean University in Union.

Not only do the players participating in this classic match up get the experience of going against the best competition in the state, they also get the experience of a 4 day and night football camp that leads up to the game.

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Players moved into their short-term homes at Kean University on Friday morning. Gerry Gallagher, head coach at Montville, will be running the sideline for the North and recently retired Palmyra head coach Ty Belford will run things for the South.

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