Rancocas Valley football. (Source: Hudl)
Rancocas Valley football ins 2026 has a lot of zeros on the board.
The one that immediately jumps out at you is the loss column: zero losses.
Then there are the seven zeros that sit in the score column of their opponents: seven shutouts this season, including one last week in the postseason.
But some bigger numbers also are a key for the Red Devils, where none of the tallies in their own scoring column are smaller than 21: Valley is averaging 37.3 points per game, and has scored exactly 42 points each in their last five games.
The only exception? The 52 they scored against Pleasantville on October 16th. They have scored 42 in each of their last three games, including playoff contests with Jackson Township and Sayreville.
But there’s one difference from those first two playoff games. This Friday night, second-seeded Rancocas Valley (11-0) will be on the road for the first time this postseason, as it travels to top-seed Old Bridge (10-1) for the Central Jersey Group 5 title game.
You can hear that game live on Central Jersey Sports Radio, with Mike Pavlichko calling the play-by-play and Max Scheiner on color, with kickoff at 6 pm; pregame starts at 5:40; click here to listen.
Everybody takes part for the Red Devils, one of the big reasons for their immense success in 2026. Junior QB Zach Merhar runs the show, passing for 1,856 yards and 33 touchdowns. Three different receivers have the bulk of the catches: seniors Mikey McQueen (35 for 623 yards, 15 TDs) and Malcolm Harrison (23 for 447 yards, 7 TDs) and junior Andre Byrdsong (24 for 521 yards, 5 TDs).
But Merhar can also distribute on this very balanced squad, that has passed for 1,962 yards and run for 1,890, a difference of just 72 yards. That’s about as close as you can get.
While Rancocas Valley doesn’t have a thousand-yard rusher, junior Hakeem Theresa, Jr., is close enough, with 915 yards rushing and 11 touchdowns to lead the team. Last week, against Sayreville in the CJ5 semis, he had a career night: 262 rush yards and five touchdowns, to send his team to a final for the second time in three years.
Fellow junior J.J. Stewart had 477 yards and five touchdowns, while Aahmil Alghanee has 347 yards and three touchdowns on the ground.
Defensively? How about 30 sacks and 162 tackles for loss, led by senior David Ogunsola, with 10 1/2 sacks and 43 TFLs all on his own. Junior Michael Beasley follows, with 7 1/2 sacks and 29 tackles for loss. As a team, they also have 12 picks, led by five – and two pick-sixes – from McQueen, who also plays in the Red Devil secondary.
Click below to hear Rancocas Valley head coach Garrett Lucas talk about the Red Devils’ matchup against Old Bridge in the Central Jersey Group 5 final with Central Jersey Sports Radio’s Mike Pavlichko:
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