Phillipsburg head coach Frank Duffy on the sidelines during a game at Bridgewater-Raritan on October 6, 2023. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)
All year long, and even before this year, Phillipsburg’s motto has been D.I.G.
That’s Discipline, Ignore The Noise, and Grit.
They have lived that to the letter all year long, and despite a pair of losses to two very good teams – Ridge back in late September and Easton on Thanksgiving – it has gotten them where they are today. Or, more accurately, where they’ll be Wednesday night.
And that’s playing in the final game of the year in the entire state of New Jersey: Phillipsburg (11-2) vs. Winslow (13-0) for the state Group 4 championship.
We’ll have that game on Central Jersey Sports Radio, with live coverage beginning at 6:40 pm, and kickoff at 7:00 as Mike Pavlichko and Dom Savino cover all the action. Click here to listen.
There certainly is a lot of noise to tune out. All year, it’s been about how good Phillipsburg has been. A few weeks ago, it was about their state championship win over Northern Highlands on a school-record game-winning field goal by rookie Alexie Moriera. And last week, it was about the Thanksgiving defeat to Easton.
As a fictional New Jersey gangster once said – in one of the show’s many malapropisms – “all water under the dam.”
That is, to say, ancient history. Might as well be talking about the Mayans. All that’s been done this year matters not one whit Wednesday night when these two teams take the field.
Click below to listen to Phillipsburg coach Frank Duffy talk about Wednesday night’s Group 4 state final against Winslow Township:
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