With Yom Kippur landing on a Friday this week, it’s a long three-day weekend of high school football across the Garden State, and – of course – in the Big Central Conference.
Here’s a look at some of the key games on Thursday in Week Six, with full scores and the rest of the weekend’s schedule as well.
No. 2 Somerville 56, North Hunterdon 7: Terrell Mitchell scored four touchdowns in another romp for the Pioneers, this time over the visiting Lions at Brooks Field. Mitchell – a Wake Forest commit – opened the scoring with an 83-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, then added a 30-yard reception and a 75-yard run in the first quarter.
Along with two Josh Rodriguez touchdown runs, Somerville led 37-0 after the first 12 minutes of play, with the running clock going. Mitchell added a 60-yard run in the second quarter, while Justin Bowen and Leo Altomari also scored for Somerville.
The Pioneers are now 7-0, with the second quarter touchdown they allowed to North Hunterdon’s Cole O’Connor the first score they let up in three games, their previous two being shutouts.
The ‘Ville travels to Plainfield next Friday night, while the Lions (2-5) will visit East Brunswick (1-6).
No. 6 Ridge 41, No. 10 Hunterdon Central 13: In a battle of Red Devils, Ridge built up a 34-0 lead with a running clock before halftime, thanks to four touchdowns by Aiden Stieglitz, and a touchdown catch from Joseph Dachnowitz. Stieglitz scored on 48-, six- and 19-yard runs in the first quarter, and an eight-yard run in the second to activate the running clock.
Hunterdon Central got on the board in the third before Adian Siteglitz scored his fifth touchdown of the game in the fourth – on a six-yard run – while Hunterdon Central added one more score to make it 40-13, the final.
Ridge (5-1) has now won five straight games since a 37-34 loss at St. Joseph-Metuchen to open the season, and will visit North Brunswick (1-6) next Friday night. Central had a mini two-game win streak snapped, and will travel to Old Bridge (4-3) next Friday night.
No. 8 Piscataway 55, East Brunswick 0: The Chiefs pitched their second shutout in three weeks, while blowing past the Bears in a game where the running clock kicked in during the first half. QB Landon Pernell hooked up with Jahai Johnson on three first-half touchdown passes, in a win that moves Piscataway to 5-2 on the season; they’ll host Hillsborough (4-3) next Friday night. East Brunswick falls to 1-6 and will host North Hunterdon (2-5) next Friday night.
Union 35, South Brunswick 7: Jason Scott picked up his first win as Farmers’ head coach in a 35-7 win over the Vikings in Monmouth Junction. The win snapped a six-game losing streak, and puts Union at 1-6 heading into a home game with No. 6 Phillipsburg at Stewart Field next week.
Other Thursday night scores….
- No. 4 Bernards 29, Summit 22 (CJSR)
- No. 7 Old Bridge 38, Monroe 0
- Hillsborough 34, Bridgewater-Raritan 24
- Metuchen 40, JP Stevens 6
- JFK 39, North Plainfield 26
- Elizabeth 26, Morristown 24
- Cranford 45, Scotch Plains-Fanwood 13
- Union 35, South Brunswick 7
- Belvidere 36, South Hunterdon 0
- Vernoa 26, New Providence 13
- Westfield 21, North Brunswick 13
Friday’s Games:
- Plainfield at Colonia, 6 pm
- Linden at Perth Amboy, 6 pm
- Newark Collegiate at Roselle, 6 pm
- New Brunswick at South Plainfield, 6 pm
- Edison at No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas, 6:30 pm
- No. 5 St. Joseph-Metuchen at No. 7 Phillipsburg, 7 pm (Listen on CJSR)
- Montgomery at No. 1 Woodbridge, 7 pm
- Franklin at Sayreville, 7 pm (Follow Marcus Borden)
- Middlesex at Bound Brook, 7 pm
- Hillside at Carteret, 7 pm
- Manville at Dunellen, 7 pm
- Delaware Valley at Johnson, 7 pm
- Highland Park at Roselle Park, 7 pm
Saturday’s Games:
- Brearley at South River, 1 pm
- Dayton at Spotswood, 1 pm
- Rahway at No. 9 Watchung Hills, 7 pm
- Governor Livingston at Voorhees, 7 pm
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