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by Mike Pavlichko

Munn runs it! New Providence takes out Boonton, 49-24, in North 2, Group 1 first round

Senior quarterback T.J. Munn ran for 231 yards on 12 carries, scoring three touchdowns, threw for another and hand an interception that helped salt away their 49-24 playoff win over Boonton Saturday in the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 opening round.

The performance has the second-seeded Pioneers (8-2) a win away from their first berth in a sectional final in 14 years, as they’ll take on third-seed Hasbrouck Heights (6-2) out of the NJIC next Friday night in the semifinals, with game time to be determined.

Boonton won the toss and deferred, and New Providence took the ball, a move that paid off, as the Pioneers scored first and had the Bombers playing catch up all afternoon.

New Providence kicked off the scoring with an 11-yard touchdown from A.J. Whitehead on the game’s opening drive.  Boonton answered with a nearly ten-minute drive that spanned into the second quarter, settling for a 26-yard field goal.

The Pioneers added another score on their next drive, a 24-yard TD run by TJ Munn.  The Bombers then answered with another long drive, this time finding the end zone, with Josiah Chapman hitting paydirt from six yards out.

With a 14-10 halftime lead, Boonton got the ball first, but fumbled at their own 29 on a pitch play, and just three plays later, Whitehead scored his second touchdown of the game – from six yards out – to make it 21-10. Boonton answered on a one-yard run by Metin Ahmedi, but the Pioneers came right back with a four-play drive that ended with Munn’s 45-yard run to the end zone, making it 28-17.

The Bombers came back again in the early fourth quarter, and scored on a 29-yard TD pass from Ahmedi to Sylas White, but New Providence would get the next three scores to finish off Boonton.

Mike Petses of New Providence scores in the fourth quarter of a 49-24 playoff win over Boonton on November 2, 2024. (Photo: Mike Pavlichko)

Munn hit Mike Petses for a 29-yard score with 8:20 to go, then off another fumble, Munn went 66-yards for his third TD of the day, and on the next Boonton possession, he picked off Ahmedi and set up an 11-yard Petses run to make the final 49-24.

Click below for postgame reaction from Mike Pavlichko in New Providence, presented by Sportsplex at Metuchen: