New Providence celebrates a 28-21 win over Delaware Valley in its regular season finale on October 25, 2024. (Photo: Marcus Borden)
New Providence football is a storied program with an awards case that features a trophy from the inaugural year of New Jersey’s sectional championships in 1974.
It’s been a while since the Pioneers played for a state title. But this year’s team is writing the latest chapter in a rich postseason history.
Two-seed New Providence (9-2) will make its first sectional final appearance in 14 years when it travels to top-seed Cedar Grove (11-0) for the North 2, Group 1 title game Friday night at 7.
The game will mark the Pioneers’ 20th trip to a sectional final and occurs during their 40th postseason run, both Union County records. New Providence last raised a sectional trophy in 2010, the final season that the program’s founder Frank Bottone served as head coach.
New Providence has been carried by a two-headed rushing attack of senior quarterback T.J. Munn and junior tailback A.J. Whitehead, each 1,000-yard runners with a combined 28 rushing touchdowns.
The duo has provided the spark for a turnaround season after last year’s 4-6 record, launching New Providence to its best postseason run under head coach Chet Parlavecchio.
Click below to hear New Providence head coach Chet Parlavecchio talk with Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Dom Savino:
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