Spotswood seeks first 3-0 start since 2016 when Brearley visits Saturday

Spotswood found good success in the mid-2010s under Andy Cammarano, now his successor is building something similar off Summerhill Road.

After a couple of rough seasons that also coincided with the COVID-19 pandemic – and Cammarano departing after that 2020 season, third-year head coach Chris Meagher took the Chargers from 2-5 his debut season of 2021 to 7-3 last season.

This year, the club is off to a 2-0 start.

A big key has been senior quarterback Trey Lazar, who has thrown for 133 yards his first two games, while rushing for 190 yards and two touchdowns. He’s also found six different receivers already through just two games.

Saturday, they host Brearley in a game you can hear on Central Jersey Sports Radio, starting with pregame at 1:45 and kickoff at 12 noon – moved up from the original 1:00 start time due to lightning in the forecast. Mike Pavlichko will call all the play-by-play, with Max Scheiner serving as analyst. Click here to listen.

Brearley has won the last three in the series, but they’ve only played twice recently. The Bears won 36-0 last year and 32-0 two years ago. The other three meetings all precede even the Greater Middlesex Conference. Brearly beat Spotswood 20-14 in 1981, but Spotswood won the first two meetings of the series: 22-7 in 1980 and 30-28 in their first meeting in 1979, just the fourth year of existence for Spotswood High School.

Click below to listen to Mike Pavlichko talk with Spotswood head coach Chris Meagher about the program’s trajectory and Saturday’s game against Brearley: