Andrew Avent of Rahway (with the football) scores a touchdown against Ridge earlier this season. He now holds the career Rahway overall touchdown record with 54, all but two of which have come on offense. (Photo: Marcus Borden)
After a busy night with a number of critical results on Friday night in the Big Central, things cooled down a little bit – the calm before the storm of Cutoff Weekend – with just two games on the docket.
One of them was a historic occasion, indeed.
Rahway 41, New Brunswick 6…
Senior Andrew Avent set three Rahway football program records in a 41-6 win at New Brunswick that was over pretty early at Memorial Stadium.
On just nine carries, Avent ran for 240 yards and four touchdowns against the Zebras. Personally, he topped 4,000 yards for his career, now with 1,520 yards over 37 games across four varsity seasons. That’s also a single-season best for Avent.
And then there are the school marks:
- Avent’s 1,520 yards this season is five over the school’s single-season record of 1,515 set by Harold “Butchie” Young in 1981. That team finished 8-1-2.
- With four TDs Saturday, Avent now has 54 total career touchdowns, and he’s now one better than the mark of 51 overall set by Joe Williams. Avent also has once receiving touchdown, and another on defense.,
- With the 24 points scored by Avent Saturday, he’s now got 330 in his career a dozen more than the 318 scored by Williams.
Williams played for Rahway from 1956 through 1957, with the team going 21-4 in that span, including 8-0 in 1958, when they were declared North 2, Group 3 champions by the NJSIAA – in the days before the playoffs – with 630 points in the Colliton system.
As for the 2025 team, Rahway sat in 16th place in North Group 4 after Friday’s results, and it’s unclear yet – at least until all scores are reported – if they’ll dip further (since New Brunswick remains winless with an SI under 25) or move up.
Either way, it likely sets up a “play in” type of situation for Rahway next Friday, when they host ranked Montgomery at Madden Field for a 7 pm kickoff. Central Jersey Sports Radio will broadcast the game live, with Mike Pavlichko and Dom Savino on the call. Bookmark this link to listen live!
Click hear to listen to Rahway senior Andrew Avent talk about his record-setting day with Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Mike Pavlichko:
In the only game of the day involving a Big Central Conference school, Belvidere beat North Warren at home, 22-12, to improve to 4-4 on the season.
FRIDAY’S GAMES:
- No. 1 St. Joseph-Metuchen 41, No. 3 St. Thomas Aquinas 19 (coverage from Marcus Borden)
- Summit 10, No. 2 Woodbridge 7 (recap with audio)
- No. 4 Phillipsburg 42, Union 0
- No. 10 Montgomery 41, No. 5 Sayreville 15 (recap with audio)
- No. 6 Bernards 35, Governor Livingston 7
- No. 7 Somerville 40, Plainfield 28 (recap with audio)
- No. 8 Piscataway 21, Hillsborough 7
- No. 9 Old Bridge 45, Hunterdon Central 29
- Franklin 40, Monroe 22
- Bridgewater-Raritan 28, Westfield 7
- Colonia 40, Cranford 15
- JFK 42, Middlesex 0
- Roselle Park 49, JP Stevens 6
- New Providence 49, Bound Brook 3
- Perth Amboy 34, Scotch Plains-Fanwood 14
- East Brunswick 13, North Hunterdon 10
- Ridge 57, North Brunswick 20
- Elizabeth 28, Watchung Hills 14
- Delaware Valley 21, Roselle 18
- Spotswood 41, South Hunterdon 8
- Dayton 48, Dunellen 0
- Voorhees 6, Hillside 0
- Manville 48, Highland Park 14
- AL Johnson 36, North Plainfield 0
- Linden 27, Carteret 10
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