Old Bridge senior QB Brody Nugent puts away a 21-7 win against Cedar Creek with his third touchdown of the game on August 30, 2025 at the Battle at the Beach at Rowan University in Glassboro. (Photo: Marcus Borden)
Expectations around Old Bridge football this year are high, and maybe even higher for senior quarterback Brody Nugent.
Anyone who might have dared to question either of those statements probably has a stomach full of crow right about now. Nugent scored all three touchdowns Saturday afternoon in a 21-7 win over Cedar Creek on Day Three of the Battle at the Beach at Rowan University in Glassboro, and was named the game’s MVP.
Nugent opened the scoring with a one-yard touchdown run with 4:04 to go in the first quarter.
The Pirates tied it at seven in the second as quarterback Frenchmon Bethea hit Justus Payton from four yards out for a touchdown, but Nugent and Old Bridge answered right back with a 68-yard touchdown run.
A Knights’ interception by senior defensive back Xavier Diaz – his second of the game – four seconds before the half with Cedar Creek near midfield helped preserve the lead heading into the locker room.
Meanwhile, the Old Bridge defense played superbly. Sophomore DB Justin Burch grabbed another pick on Bethea. All that effort gave Nugent the chance to put the game away, which he did, with a 48-yard touchdown run with 3:04 to play that made it 21-7, the final.
Nugent finished just shy of 200 yards rushing in the game on just 15 carries.
Click below to watch postgame reaction from Marcus Borden with Old Bridge senior quarterback Brody Nugent and head coach Matt Donaghue, presented by Sportsplex at Metuchen:
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