New Providence celebrates a 28-21 win over Delaware Valley in its regular season finale on October 25, 2024. (Photo: Marcus Borden)
Senior quarterback TJ Munn’s one-yard touchdown run with 2:02 to go in the third quarter gave New Providence the insurance they needed to hang on for a 28-21 Cutoff Weekend win over visiting Delaware Valley Friday night.
After a scoreless first quarter, Del Val got on the board first, but New Providence answered back. A.J. Whitehead have the Pioneers the lead with a 51-yard touchdown run with 4:24 to go before the half, but the Terriers answered this time with a 27-yard pass play from Kelton Ibach to Will Weckesser to even things at 14.
With 21 seconds left before the break, quarterback TJ Munn hit Jack Fitzgerald from 40-yards out to make it 21-14. The insurance came on Munn’s one-yard run late in the third, and it helped stave off Del Val, which got within a score at 8:00 of the fourth quarter on another Ibach TD pass, this one to Eric Klemmer, and they hung on to win.
New Providence ends the regular seaosn on a two-game winning streak, improving to 7-2. They should have wrapped up at least a first-round home game with the win.
Del Val drops to 6-2, with its five-game winning streak – including a forfeit win over Roselle – snapped. The Terriers will likely open the playoffs on the road, probably finishing in the bottom eight in South 2.
Click below for postgame reaction from Marcus Borden in Union County, presented by Sportsplex at Metuchen:
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