Dunellen head coach Dave DeNapoli (left, in red) and players Jordan Diaz (#47) and Jason Scott (#74) before the coin toss of their game against Dayton in Springfield, NJ, on September 2, 2022. (Submitted photo, credit: John Paul Osborn)
Last year’s 3-7 Dunellen team almost got off on the right foot.
The Destroyers were up in Springfield to play Dayton and held the Bulldogs scoreless in the first half. The problem was Dunellen couldn’t score either.
Dayton got the first two touchdowns, and Dunellen answered with a kick return to the house by Chiekezie Ogbuewu to make it 14-8, but that was as close as they could get.
This year, Dunellen – with a 25-man roster, now 24 with Ogbuewu unavailable Friday – will try and flip the script when Dayton comes down to Middlesex County to open the season.
You can hear it all on Central Jersey Sports Radio, with Mike Pavlichko and Dylan Allen on the call. Kickoff is at 7:00 from Columbia Park, with pregame set for 6:45. Click here to listen.
Dunellen runs the tough-to-defend double-wing offense, with some single-wing mixed in. It’s been dubbed the “offense in a phone booth,” and though head coach Dave DeNapoli says the goal is “two-and-a-half yards a carry” – they rarely throw the ball, if ever – it has been known to break some big runs.
They’ll need that in order to have a successful season in 2023.
Click below to hear Mike Pavlichko preview the Dunellen-Dayton game with Destroyers’ head coach Dave DeNapoli:
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