Tag: De’Shaun Stephens

by Mike Pavlichko

Piscataway perfect in first half of 54-14 win over East Brunswick on Senior Night

Piscataway had the ball seven times in the first half of their Big Central National Gold Division game against East Brunswick.

They scored eight times.

The Chiefs got seven touchdowns on offense – plus a big punt return for a score – and about the only thing they didn’t get right was a missed extra point on the first TD of the game in a 54-14 win over the Bears as heard on Central Jersey Sports Radio.

James Bodley got the scoring started on a 54-yard touchdown run with 9:36 to go in the first. After a 3-and-out, DeShaun Stephens returned the Bears’ punt 70-yards for a score, then on the next possession, Kiandre Dato-Snead caught a 48-yard touchdown pass to make it 20-0 less than five minutes in.

The Piscataway-East Brunswick game is sponsored by Piscataway Township and Mayor Brian Wahler.

Jahai Johnson kicked in a five-yard TD haul on the next possession, then Dato-Snead ran one in from tne yards out on the next possession from the wildcat formation, Kenley Candil took a run 27-yards to paydirt, and then fullback Horace Thompson got into the act with a 2-yard TD run, making it 48-0 at the half.

With a running clock, EB got two second half TD passes from backup QB Landon Pernell – starter Elan McCrorey hurt his ankle in the middle of the first half. They sandwiched another kick return by Stephens for Piscataway, who brought the kick back 90 yards after that first EB score.

The Chiefs improve to 4-3, while East Brunswick falls to 0-6.

Click below for postgame reaction presented by Sportsplex at Metuchen:

Piscataway QB Landon Pernell
Piscataway head coach Dan Higgins
by Mike Pavlichko

Piscataway rebounded in ’22 after COVID stoppage, but Chiefs eye even more

The story of Piscataway football was all about championships for the better part of the last 20 years. Anything short of that was a disappointment.

Then, a global pandemic broke out. And Piscataway joined Carteret as one of two Big Central schools not to play football in 2020.

It set the program back to be sure, going winless in 2021. But last year, the Chiefs came back with a 6-3 season. That was the goal: get some wins.

Now in 2023, the goal is: win a title.

Click below to hear Mike Pavlichko’s conversation at Big Central Media Days with three seniors expected to make an impact in 2023: Kiandre Dato-Snead, DeShaun Stephens, and Kenley Candil: