Going through an 0-8 season isn’t easy. Sometimes when you don’t win, you don’t know how to win. How can you do one without the other?

Well, Franklin has done it, and the hard work paid off.

The Warriors beat East Brunswick last Friday on the road 27-12 – forcing Bears’ QB Vito Tropeano, Jr. into three interceptions – for the program’s first win since November, 2021. And they are doing more than hoping that more wins will come. They are working hard toward that goal.

Head coach Blair Wilson says it’s all about the challenging work – on and off the field – his team put in this summer, as well as their experiences last year. If in the past, they didn’t know how to finish, now they do; they’ve actually done it.

It’s not an easy schedule, with teams like Piscataway, Hunterdon Central, Sayreville and others on the schedule. But they’ll lace it up again Friday when they head to Montgomery for the second of a three-game road stretch to start the season.

Click below to hear Mike Pavlichko with Franklin head coach Blair Wilson, along with junior two-way lineman Ethan Villa and senior tight end/linebacker Joseph Nwachukwu: