Metuchen’s Justus Leitner makes a touchdown catch against Roselle in a 35-28 road win on September 13, 2024. (Photo: Marcus Borden)
Metuchen took a 21-6 lead over Roselle at halftime, but needed to score more in the second half of a 35-28 win over the Rams up in Union County Friday night.
Jason Woods opened the scoring with an 11-yard touchdown run four minutes into the game, then Evan Toth punched one in a few minutes later to make it 14-0. Roselle got on the board with a Damari Julius return of the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown, but Toth plunged in from four yards out with 9:05 to go before the half to make it 21-6.
After the break, Rams junior Brandon Puryear scored on a 40-yard touchdown run seven minutes into the third quarter to make it 21-12 – as Roselle’s second two-point try of the night failed, but then Justus Leitner caught a 25-yard touchdown pass to make it 28-12 with a half-minute left before the final quarter.
Puryear then threw a touchdown pass on fourth down to Damari Julius get the Rams back within eight on the QB’s two-point conversion run, but the Bulldogs’ Kyle McPartlan answered with a seven-yard scamper to make it 35-20.
And Roselle wasn’t done yet. Puryear scored on his second TD run of the night with 2:37 left to get Roselle within nine. They got the two to get it to 35-28, stopped Metuchen’s next drive, and got the ball back with 1:24 left, with both sides out of timeouts.
Evan Toth then sealed the deal for Metuchen (3-0) with an interception with 26 seconds left. Roselle falls to 0-3.
Click below for postgame reaction from Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Marcus Borden, presented by Sportsplex at Metuchen:
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