Somerville head coach Matt Bloom talks to his team after a 41-28 win at South Brunswick on October 21, 2022. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)
It was a game that looked like it would be a rout at halftime, but turned out to be an old-fashioned Donnybrook.
That is, until Somerville finally decided to eat the clock before scoring its final touchdown in a 41-28 win over South Brunswick, a victory that appears to have locked up a playoff spot for the Pioneers, avoiding a miss for the first time since 2015.
On touchdowns from runningbacks Terrell Mitchel and Hashym Hobbs-Harris, and a touchdown catch by Quinn Carran that opened the scoring, Somerville led South Brunswick on the road 21-0 in a game heard on Central Jersey Sports Radio Friday night.
But South Brunswick came out angry in the second half, with Jacob Brokaw leading the way on his Senior Night.
Brokaw had a five-yard touchdown run to pull the Vikings withing 21-7. But Julian Finger’s touchdown pass answered right back for the Pioneers.
Then quarterback Braden Paulmenn finished off a drive led by Brokaw to make it 28-14, but Hobbs-Harris came back with a 54-yard score.
Paulmenn added another one-yard run, but QB Mike Miller of the Pioneers got it back to a three-schore lead at 41-21.
South Brunswick would add another touchdown from Brokaw with 1:19 left, but that would be all they’d get as Somerville came away with a 41-28 road win that should clinch a playoff berth.
Official state playoff pairings will be out Sunday from the NJSIAA, but Central Jersey Sports Radio will have a live Playoff Update Saturday morning at 11 (click here to listen) followed by a live Twitter Spaces at noon for a Q&A with Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Mike Pavlichko. Then, at 6, Mike is back with a full Playoff Projection Show, with a live look at the likely matchups.
Click below for postgame reaction from Somerville’s playoff berth-clinching win over South Brunswick Friday night:
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I have been saying all year The Ville is a very good team playing a tough group 5 schedule all year climaxing it with a convincing victory tonight over a tough South Brunswick team. What a difference the coaching change made. In my opinion The Ville will be a tough opponent for whoever they are matched up with in South Group 3. Once again thank you for the continued good coverage of the BCC and your complimentary comments to n The Ville- I am waiting to see where I will be traveling to next weekend-GO VILLE!!!
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