Metuchen’s Kyle McPartlan scores a fourth-quarter insurance touchdown at Roselle that it turns out the Bulldogs would need to come out with a win on Friday, September 13, 2024. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)
The last time the Metuchen and Highland Park football teams both had three wins before the calendar flipped to October was 2008.
And that’s really all you need to know about Saturday’s game, which will be played in Metuchen, and will be one of the most highly anticipated matchups between the two teams in quite some time.
Granted, last year’s game was as close as they’ve been in years. But Highland Park had a 51-game losing streak from the start of the 2017 season through the last game of last year, when they ended the skid with a win at Point Pleasant Beach. Metuchen has had its own dry spell over the years, as well.
So this one is going to have some extra juice.
And you can hear it Saturday afternoon in the “Big Central Game of the Week” presented by Bellamy & Son Paving, with pregame set for 12:45 and kickoff at 1:00, with Mike Pavlichko and Chris Tsakonas calling all the action. Click here to listen.
Both teams have some players.
On the Metuchen side, there’s a young quarterback who can put it in the air in Ryan Toth. The sophomore’s older brother – Evan, a senior, who missed last season due to injury – is running it well too: for 318 yards on 51 carries. That’s an average of about six yards per carry, along with five touchdowns.
Click below to hear Metuchen head coach Jordan Leitner talk about the Bulldogs and Saturday’s home matchup with Highland Park:
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