Tag: TJ Munn

by Mike Pavlichko

Three more TD runs from Munn send New Providence into first sectional title game since 2010, with 21-14 win over Hasbrouck Heights

Run, Munn, Run.

That’s the mantra for the New Providence football team, as the second-seeded Pioneers beat third-seed Hasbrouck Heights Friday night in the North 2, Group 1 semifinals, 21-14, and advanced to a sectional final for the first time since 2010.

The Pioneers will play at top-seed Cedar Grove (11-0) next Friday night; the Panthers beat fourth-seed Verona in the other semifinal in the section, 42-14.

Senior quarterback T.J. Munn was nearly impossible to bring down on several occasions, running unofficially for 128 yards and three touchdowns, staking his team to a 14-0 lead at halftime.

The Pioneers actually led 21-0 with 4:23 in the third before Hasbrouck Heights started to make it close. A two-yard run by Jake Summers less than a minute into the final quarter got the Aviators within two scores, then they punched another one in with 1:22 to play on a 12-play, 80-yard drive, capped by a nine-yard TD pass from Daniel Amendola to Michael Napolitano, their stud runningback, who took several snaps in a wildcat.

But Hasbrouck’s on-side kick attempt was recovered by New Providence, which came up with big plays when the needed them in the win, and the Pioners were able to run the clock out.

It’ll be the first sectional finals appearance for New Providence under eighth-year head coach Chet Parlavecchio, Jr., who won his 50th game as head coach in last Saturday’s opening round against Boonton.

Junior runningback A.J. Whitehead finished with 73 yards on 17 carries for the Pioneers.

Click below for postgame reaction, presented by Sportsplex at Metuchen:

by Mike Pavlichko

New Providence pounds the rock, tops Delaware Valley, 28-21, to head into playoffs with a win

Senior quarterback TJ Munn’s one-yard touchdown run with 2:02 to go in the third quarter gave New Providence the insurance they needed to hang on for a 28-21 Cutoff Weekend win over visiting Delaware Valley Friday night.

After a scoreless first quarter, Del Val got on the board first, but New Providence answered back. A.J. Whitehead have the Pioneers the lead with a 51-yard touchdown run with 4:24 to go before the half, but the Terriers answered this time with a 27-yard pass play from Kelton Ibach to Will Weckesser to even things at 14.

With 21 seconds left before the break, quarterback TJ Munn hit Jack Fitzgerald from 40-yards out to make it 21-14. The insurance came on Munn’s one-yard run late in the third, and it helped stave off Del Val, which got within a score at 8:00 of the fourth quarter on another Ibach TD pass, this one to Eric Klemmer, and they hung on to win.

New Providence ends the regular seaosn on a two-game winning streak, improving to 7-2. They should have wrapped up at least a first-round home game with the win.

Del Val drops to 6-2, with its five-game winning streak – including a forfeit win over Roselle – snapped. The Terriers will likely open the playoffs on the road, probably finishing in the bottom eight in South 2.

Click below for postgame reaction from Marcus Borden in Union County, presented by Sportsplex at Metuchen:

by Mike Pavlichko

Marcus Borden’s 2024 GMC/BCC Camp Caravan: Monday Morning quad scrimmage kicks off Week Two with JFK, Dayton and New Providence

Central Jersey Sports Radio high school football analyst Marcus Borden opened up Week Two of coverage with a busy morning, visiting a quad scrimmage at JFK in Iselin that included the Mustangs, New Providence and Dayton, along with non-conference Lakewood out of the Shore Conference.

You can find videos – including video highlights and interviews – from all three participating Big Central Conference teams below:

JFK: Head Coach Mike Henderson and seniors Brenden Denti (C/DL), Manny Perez-Quijano (FB/NG), Dylan Driz (MLB/FB) and Lee Tobon (WR/DB)

New Providence: Head Coach Chet Parlevecchio, Jr., and seniors TJ Munn (QB/CB), Owen Silver (WR/S/Ret), Sam Sicolil (OT/DT), and Jameson Moore (RT/DT)

Dayton: Head Coach Nick Iannacone and seniors John DeSarno (QB) and James Walker (RB/MLB)