Bridgewater-Raritan’s Dane Sorensen celebrates his second touchdown catch of the day from Panther teammate Jack Bray for Team Otto, in the inaugural Shaun O’Hara Bowl at Hillsborough’s Noonan Field on June 12, 2024. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)
Two seniors from one of Hillsborough’s biggest rivals, Bridgewater-Raritan, made it count in their final game as high school students, and they did it on the Raiders’ field.
Of course, it was all fun and games. There were no kickoffs, no power points or division titles at stake.
It was all to benefit the Shaun O’Hara Foundation, which resurrected the now-defunct Basilone Bowl after a year off, raising money for the foundation and its support of children and their families dealing with cystic fibrosis.
Click below to see Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Mike Pavlichko talk to former Rutgers standout and New York Giant Super Bowl Champion Shaun O’Hara about the inaugural O’Hara Foundation Senior Bowl:
But quarterback Jack Bray and wide receiver Dane Sorensen made it count. They were the Co-Offensive Players of the Game from Team Rocky, which beat Team Otto 21-7 in the inaugural Senior Bowl, as they hooked up twice in the first quarter for touchdowns that helped their team to a 21-7 halftime lead they wouldn’t relinquish.
Their first TD connection came just over a minute into the game. And after Hillsborough’s Nick Santa Barbara ran back a pick-six to make it 7-7 midway through the first quarter, the two hooked up again for another score just 41 seconds into period two.
Then, Keith Polin of Delaware Valley got a pick-six of his own to make it 21-7 with 1:01 to play in the half. the second half was scoreless.
Polin was Team Rocky’s Defensive Player of the Game. Team Otto Honors went to Santa Barbara on defense and Josh Woodfield on Pingry on offense.
Click below for postgame reaction with Jack Bray and Dane Sorensen, presented by Sportsplex at Metuchen:
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