Plainfield players celebrate after their first win over Westfield since 2011, snapping a 17-game Thanksgiving losing streak. (Photo: Marcus Borden)
Ala-Meen Watkins scored on the opening play from scrimmage, while E.J. Brown set up his own one-yard touchdown run on the second quarter with a longer scamper of his own, powering Plainfield to a 14-9 Thanksgiving Day win at Westfield, its first in the rivalry series in 19 years.
After Watkins’ score – on which Plainfield failed to convert the extra point – Westfield was able to record a safety to cut it to 6-2.
Later, Brown’s TD – and his own run for two – made it 14-2 in the second quarter, before Jake Zemsky’s 55-yard fumble return for a score for Westfield cut it to 14-9.
Neither team scored in the second half on a rainy morning at Kehler Stadium.
The Cardinals had dropped 12 in a row in the series before Thursday’s win, and finish the season 6-4, with the Blue Devils dropping to 5-6.
It’s the first time Plainfield has had back-to-back winning seasons since they did it four straight seasons from 1996-1999.
Click below for postgame reaction from Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Marcus Borden, presented by Sportsplext at Metuchen:
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