No. 6 Piscataway looks to keep things rolling against battle-tested Bridgewater-Raritan

The Piscataway football program is one defined by champions. It’s been a while since they’ve won one, but they’ve come a long way since not playing the entire 2020 season – while nearly everyone else did – during he COVID-19 pandemic.

But with little change otherwise around the program – including Dan Higgins as head coach, a position he’s held since 2003 – and stability on the rest of the coaching staff – the Chiefs have their eye on a championship again.

One game at a time, mind you, but there’s always that goal. And it seems more realistic this year than it has since their last title, which came back in 2018.

As always, the Chiefs have much talent at the skill positions, but as Higgins often says, it all comes down to line play. And that line play is what has gotten his juices flowing here in 2024, early as it may be.

Friday night, No. 6 Piscataway – coming off a 21-11 season-opening win against Manalapan – will be back at Kenny Armwood Stadium taking on Bridgewater-Raritan, which lost its opener to Notre Dame down inn Lawrenceville last week, 40-38.

You can hear the game on Central Jersey Sports Radio, with pregame at 5:45 pm, and kickoff at 6:00, as Mike Pavlichko and Alec Crouthamel call all the action. Click here to listen.

Higgins knows Bridgewater will be a challenge. Though just 3-7 last year, the Panthers made the playoffs, and their American Silver Division in the Big Central – one of the toughest in the state, with Ridge, Hunterdon Central, Phillipsburg and Hillsborough rounding out the group – is the only one in the league to have all five teams make the playoffs each of the last two seasons.

Click below to hear Piscataway head coach Dan Higgins talk about the Chiefs, and Friday night’s matchup against Bridgewater-Raritan, with Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Mike Pavlichko: