Carteret head coach Kevin Freeman addresses his team after a 40-7 win over South Plainfield at the Pit on Friday, September 8, 2023. (Source: @Ramblers_SC on Twitter)
The third season under head coach Kevin Freeman – a Carteret alum – is paying dividends for the Rambler football team.
With a 40-7 win over South Plainfield Friday night at The Pit, Carteret is off to a 3-0 start for the first time since 2016, when the team started 5-0 en route to a 6-4 season under Matt Yascko.
Jahad Thompson figured large for the Ramblers; he had a punt return for a touchdown and a long interception return that set up another score.
The 40 points scored by Carteret also make it three games in a row the Ramblers have scored 40-plus points, something they haven’t done since at least the turn of the century, in the last 23 seasons. The last time they scored 40-plus points three times in a season also was 2016, and they turned the trick five times in 2012, when the Ramblers went undefeated – 12-0 – and won the Central Jersey Group 2 title.
Carteret has outscored its first three opponents this season – St. Joe’s-Hammonton, Perth Amboy, and South Plainfield (1-2) – by a 124-26 margin.
Click below to hear Carteret head coach Kevin Freeman talk about Friday’s win over South Plainfield and the Ramblers’ 3-0 start to the season:
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