Scotch Plains-Fanwood’s Jayden Richards scores on a 50-yard TD run in the second quarter against New Brunswick on September 14, 2024 at Memorial Stadium in the Hub City. (Photo: Marcus Borden)
Scotch Plains-Fanwood scored early and often Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium, as the Raiders won a Big Central Conference crossover game 42-0 at New Brunswick.
After a scoreless first quarter, Jaden Richards got SPF on the board first with a six-yard touchdown run with 10:08 to go in the second quarter. Less than four game minutes later, he broke a 50-yarder, taking it all the way to paydirt, to give the Raiders a 14-0 lead.
T.J. Raspberry punched in one more score from three yards out with 13 seconds to go in the half to make it 21-0 going into the locker room.
And on it went in the second half, with the running clock starting after the Raiders’ second score of the half – another TD run by Raspberry – with Scotch Plains tacking on one more to win it 42-0.
It was the first win as head coach for Shawn Johnson at his alma mater, where he was a standout on the gridiron. He also has coached the Scotch Plains-Fanwood PAL youth team, leading them to a Super Bowl victory, and retired last year as a juvenile detective as a sergeant, spending 25 years with the department.
Click below for postgame reaction from Marcus Borden, presented by Sportsplex at Metuchen:
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