Piscataway hosts Bridgewater-Raritan on September 6, 2024. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)
In a wild game that see-sawed back and forth, but which Bridgewater-Raritan led for most of the way, the 0-1 Panthers evened their record at 1-1 with a 52-48 win at No. 6 Piscataway Friday night.
In the Big Central Game of the Week presented by Bellamy & Son Paving heard on Central Jersey Sports Radio, Bridgewater mostly won the battle up front against a veteran Piscataway line.
There were 100 points scored in the game between the two teams, 15 scoring plays, and did we mention four of them were kick returns for touchdowns?
Perhaps even more amazing, while Nick DiEsso had one of them for Bridgewater-Raritan, Jahai Johnson of Piscataway had three.
The last one got the Chiefs within five with 3:26 to play in the third, then James Bodley scored from five yards out after Piscataway got a stop to get his team its first lead of the game at 7:28 of the fourth.
But in the end, DiEsso scored from four yards out with 1:39 left to put Bridgewater back on top 52-48 – with the help of a fourth-and-short fake punt conversion near midfield to keep the drive alive – then another gutsy call helped seal it.
Head coach DJ Catalano called timeout after the PAT and then called for an onside kick, which they recovered, and with Piscataway low on time outs, the Panthers ran out the clock for the win.
Piscataway falls to 1-1 on the year.
Click below for postgame reaction from Alec Crouthamel with Bridgewater head coach DJ Catalano and QB Declan Kurdyla, presented by Sportsplex at Metuchen:
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