Following an 0-10 season, Brearley made a football coaching change for 2025, bringing in alum Elliot Platt.

And after three losses to start the season, making it 15 straight defeats going back to the final game of 2023, all of a sudden the Bears have figured it out and won three straight.

The latest came Friday night all the way out in Lambertville against South Hunterdon, a 21-0 victory that evened their record at 3-3, with winnable games down the stretch against South River, Metuchen and Dayton.

Much of the first half was scoreless. Senior quarterback Joe Squillaro got the Bears on the board with a five-yard touchdown run just 31 seconds before the half, and Brearley took a 7-0 lead into the locker room.

Their lock down defense against a physical Eagles squad – now 0-5 – continued in the second half, while two more scores in the third quarter gave Brearley some breathing room.

Senior Matthew Resende ran one in out of the wildcat just 17 seconds into the half, and Squillaro ran in another three-yard score with 7:26 to go in the third.

Click below for postgame reaction from Marcus Borden with Brearley head coach Elliot Platt, and seniors Joe Squillari (QB/DB) and Matthew Resende (RB/LB) presented by Sportsplex at Metuchen!