There were just two games Thursday night in the Big Central Conference, with Middlesex and Rahway coming up winners.
The Saturday schedule is light, too, with the bulk of the teams in the league playing Friday night.
Here’s a look at Thursday night’s action, following by the weekend schedule.
Rahway 43, Perth Amboy 8
Senior runningback Andrew Avent scored three times for the Indians as they cruised past visiting Perth Amboy Thursday evening to improve to 2-1 on the season. He had a 29-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, one of three by Rahway, the other two coming from Jyvon Cooper on a four-yard TD run and a 52-yard pass play from Jaquan Robinson to Zaire Fields. Avent added a 54-yarder in the second to give his team a 28-0 lead at halftime, then had a 20-yard jaunt in the third quarter. Fields ran one in from 57-yards out in the third.
It was the second straight win for Rahway, which will host No. 2 Somerville (2-0) next Saturday at noon, while Perth Amboy falls to 0-3. The Panthers host Plainfield next Friday night.
Middlesex 20, South Hunterdon 12
The Blue Jays scored three ways Thursday night after falling down 6-0 early in the second quarter. Marcus Lavornia caught a 45-yard touchdown pass from Matthew Petti, Jr., Julian Samuels grabbed a 50-yard pick-six, and Gerard Boateng ran one in from five yards to erase the deficit and give Middlesex a 20-12 lead at halftime. South Hunterdon would get to within eight on a 35-yard third-quarter touchdown run, but could get no closer.
It was the first win of the season for the Blue Jays, who’d lost big in their first two games. Next, they’ll visit Manville next Friday night. South Hunterdon drops to 0-2, and travels to Bound Brook next Friday evening.
FRIDAY SCHEDULE:
- #3 Woodbridge at Plainfield, 6 pm
- North Brunswick at #5 St. Thomas Aquinas, 6 pm
- #6 Old Bridge at Piscataway, 6 pm
- Morris Knolls at #8 Bridgewater-Raritan, 6 pm
- Franklin at East Brunswick, 6 pm
- Governor Livingston at JFK, 6 pm
- Voorhees at JP Stevens, 6 pm
- Monroe at South Brunswick, 6 pm
- North Plainfield at South Plainfield, 6 pm
- Westfield at Elizabeth, 6 pm
- South River at Roselle Park, 6 pm
- Brearley at Spotswood, 6 pm
- Linden at Colonia, 6 pm
- Montgomery at #2 Somerville, 6:30 pm
- Johnson at #10 New Providence, 6:30 pm
- #1 Phillipsburg at #7 Hunterdon Central, 7 pm
- Delaware Valley at #4 Bernards, 7 pm
- #9 St. Joseph-Metuchen at Union, 7 pm
- Bound Brook at Dunellen, 7 pm
- Ridge at Hillsborough, 7 pm
- Belvidere at Manville, 7 pm
- Carteret at Cranford, 7 pm
- New Brunswick at Scotch Plains-Fanwood, 7 pm
- Watchung Hills at North Hunterdon, 7 pm
- Sayreville at Edison, 7 pm
- Dayton at Highland Park, 7 pm
SATURDAY SCHEDULE
- Roselle at Metuchen, 1 pm
- Hillside at Summit, 2 pm
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