Dylan Wragg – Central Jersey Sports Radio

From 2015 to 2017, Westfield went 36-0, and won three straight North Jersey, Section 2, Group 5 championships, all at MetLife Stadium and all coming over Bridgewater-Raritan.

Dylan Wragg say those games as a kid, and now – as a senior – has a chance to go out that way – as a champ – if his team can win two more games.

The first of those two comes Friday night, when the third-seeded Blue Devils (7-2) visit 6-seed Union City (8-1) in the North 1, Group 5 semifinals. The winner will play either top-seed Passaic Tech or fourth-seed Clifton.

Wragg is the leading rusher on the team, with 929 yards and nine touchdowns, while senior quarterback Trey Brown – the son of one0time Giants QB Dave Brown – runs the offense well, going 51-for-121 on the season with 648 yards and five TDs.

Click below to hear Mike Pavlichko talk with Westfield senior runningback Dylan Wragg about his season, growing up with football, and watching the Blue Devils of the mid-2010s win back-to-back-to-back championships:

The Westfield defense might not hold its next opponent to seven points.

But they did in the first round of the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 5 playoffs, as the 3rd-seeded Blue Devils topped 6th-seed Bridgewater-Raritan Saturday afternoon at Kehler Stadium in Westfield, 28-7.

Dylan Wragg rushed for 163 yards and a touchdown, while quarterback Trey Brown rushed for another 123 yards and two scores ,also throwing a touchdown pass. The Panther offense was held to just 107 yards of total offense, 53 on the ground and 54 through the air.

Defense has been a calling card of Westfield for years under Jim DeSarno. And Saturday afternoon was no exception. It’s the fifth time this season the Blue Devils (7-2) have held an opponent to 12 points or fewer, while they also have two shutouts.

Bridgewater falls to 4-6, having played one of the toughest schedules in the entire Big Central Conference.

Next up for Westfield is second-seed Union City, which plays on the roof of its Hudson County high school. The 2nd-seeded Soaring Eagles – now 8-1 – beat 7th-seed Union at home Friday night 62-20 to make it to their ninth sectional semifinal since 2010.

Westfield is looking to make it to a sectional finals for the first time 2017, when they won the last of three in a row, all over Brigdewater-Raritan, in a stretch that saw the Blue Devils go 36-0 from 2015 to 2017.

Click below for postgame reaction from Chris Taskonas who was in Westfield for today’s game: