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The Cedar Grove (NJ) varsity football team lost Friday's home conference game against Newark Central (Newark, NJ) by a score of 20-16.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Newark Central	0	0	14	6	20
Cedar Grove	7	3	0	6	16

Final score provided by M. Porrazzo.

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Box Score
Matchup Info

Box Score Stats

Newark Central (25-26)		Cedar Grove (25-26)
48	Total Plays	58
11	First Downs	10
4	Penalties	3
30	Penalty Yards	30

Game Stats

Newark Central (25-26)

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Cedar Grove (25-26)

Cedar Grove

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	20	33	246	.606	12.3	1	4	37	54.2
8	M. Cantarelli (Sr)	1	1	9	1.000	9.0	0	0	9	122.9
12	Pierce Asfalg (Sr)	19	32	237	.594	12.5	1	4	37	53.3

Cedar Grove

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	25	46	1.8	20	1
4	Jerry Targia (Sr)	1	3	3.0	3
8	M. Cantarelli (Sr)	4	8	2.0	4
11	J. Catanzarite (Jr)	1	0	0.0	0
12	Pierce Asfalg (Sr)	9	24	2.7	20
32	James Policano (Jr)	1	5	5.0	5
44	T. Cannataro (Sr)	9	6	0.7	3	1

Cedar Grove

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	20	246	12.3	37	1
4	Jerry Targia (Sr)	2	10	5.0	8
8	M. Cantarelli (Sr)	4	40	10.0	18
10	Jack Velonas (Jr)	1	2	2.0	2
21	Xavier Andujar (Sr)	7	151	21.6	37
31	George Dakar (Sr)	1	5	5.0	5	1
44	T. Cannataro (Sr)	3	18	6.0	11
85	A. Zajack (Jr)	2	20	10.0	11

Cedar Grove

Offensive Fumbles and Pancake Blocks

#	Athlete Name	Fum	Lost	Pnk Blk
	Team Totals	2	0
12	Pierce Asfalg (Sr)	2	0

Cedar Grove

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	IR	Total
	Team Totals	46	246	32	0	0	324
4	Jerry Targia (Sr)	3	10	8			21
8	M. Cantarelli (Sr)	8	40				48
10	Jack Velonas (Jr)		2			0	2
12	Pierce Asfalg (Sr)	24					24
21	Xavier Andujar (Sr)		151		0		151
31	George Dakar (Sr)		5				5
32	James Policano (Jr)	5		24			29
44	T. Cannataro (Sr)	6	18				24
85	A. Zajack (Jr)		20				20

Cedar Grove

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	46	246	246	292
4	Jerry Targia (Sr)	3		10	13
8	M. Cantarelli (Sr)	8	9	40	57
10	Jack Velonas (Jr)			2	2
12	Pierce Asfalg (Sr)	24	237		261
21	Xavier Andujar (Sr)			151	151
31	George Dakar (Sr)			5	5
32	James Policano (Jr)	5			5
44	T. Cannataro (Sr)	6		18	24
85	A. Zajack (Jr)			20	20

Cedar Grove

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	32	16	48	4.0
2	Jerry Dalessio (Sr)	3	0	3	.0
4	Jerry Targia (Sr)	2	0	2	1.0
8	M. Cantarelli (Sr)	6	2	8
9	Nate Masson (Sr)	3	0	3
10	Jack Velonas (Jr)	1	3	4
31	George Dakar (Sr)	2	1	3	1.0
34	John Policano (Jr)	1	0	1	.0
44	T. Cannataro (Sr)	4	3	7
52	Jake Saraiva (Sr)	3	3	6
55	Michael Leno (Sr)	5	1	6	2.0
56	Evan Skabich (Jr)	2	3	5

Cedar Grove

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks	Ydl
	Team Totals	3.0	24
31	George Dakar (Sr)	1.0	9
55	Michael Leno (Sr)	2.0	15

Cedar Grove

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	Int Yds	Avg	Fmb Rec	FR Yds	Caus
	Team Totals	1	0	0.0	2	22	2
10	Jack Velonas (Jr)	1	0	0.0
44	T. Cannataro (Sr)				2	22	1
55	Michael Leno (Sr)						1

Cedar Grove

Kickoffs

#	Athlete Name	KO	Yds	Avg	Lng	TB
	Team Totals	3	180	60.0	60	3
3	S. Kovacs (Sr)	3	180	60.0	60	3

Cedar Grove

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	3	87	29.0	35	0
12	Pierce Asfalg (Sr)	3	87	29.0	35	0

Cedar Grove

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	P Rets	Yds	Lng	FC	KR Yds
	Team Totals	3	32	10.7	14	0	0	0	1	32
4	Jerry Targia (Sr)	1	8	8.0	8					8
21	Xavier Andujar (Sr)					0	0	0	1	0
32	James Policano (Jr)	2	24	12.0	14					24

Cedar Grove

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Kick Pts	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	2	12	4	4
3	S. Kovacs (Sr)			4	4
31	George Dakar (Sr)	1	6
44	T. Cannataro (Sr)	1	6

Cedar Grove

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	1	2	.5	1	2	.5	34	4
3	S. Kovacs (Sr)	1	2	.5	1	2	.5	34	4

Cedar Grove

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	Total
	Team Totals	1	1	2
31	George Dakar (Sr)		1	1
44	T. Cannataro (Sr)	1		1

Game Story

New Jersey High School Football - Newark Central nudges Cedar Grove

October 17, 2025: Cedar Grove, NJ 07009

In Friday's league match, the visiting Newark Central Blue Devils football squad scored a close 20-16 triumph over the Cedar Grove Panthers.

With the win, Newark Central improves its record to 5-3 on the season. The Blue Devils host Newark Collegiate Academy (Newark, NJ) to play the Panthers in a Super - National Red match on Friday, October 24. The Panthers come into the match with a record of 1-6. Newark Collegiate Academy lost 28-6 in their recent league match against Hoboken (Hoboken, NJ)

Coming up next, the Panthers meet the Boonton Bombers (Boonton, NJ) in a non-league match, on Friday, October 24. Cedar Grove will attempt to upgrade on its 5-3 season record. The Bombers come into the match with a 4-3 record after their 13-7 league loss to Wallkill Valley (Hamburg, NJ).

NCHS @ Cedar Grove Football Game Info

Fri., Oct. 17, 2025 @ 7p

Cedar Grove High School

The Cedar Grove (NJ) varsity football team lost Friday's home conference game against Newark Central (Newark, NJ) by a score of 20-16.

Rankings & Records

Newark Central (25-26)

NJ	Div.
153	16

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	PF	PA
6-4	3-2	3-1	3-3	.600	.600	237	195

Cedar Grove (25-26)

NJ	Div.
80	2

Overall	League	Home	Away	Win %	League %	PF	PA
7-3	3-1	3-2	4-1	.700	.750	339	201

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Newark Central	0	1.5	5.5	4.5	23.7
Cedar Grove	7.8	9.8	6.8	8.8	33.9

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Team Stat Comparison

Newark Central		Cedar Grove
-	Rushing Yards Per Game	164.7
-	Passing Yards Per Game	222.4
-	Receiving Yards Per Game	222.4
-	Total Yards Per Game	387.1
-	Tackles Per Game	58.8
-	Sacks Per Game	1.2
-	Points Per Game	2.0
-	Pancake Blocks	0

Team Leaders

Newark Central		Cedar Grove	National Avg.
-	Rushing Yards Per Game	#12 Pierce Asfalg71.5	11.7
-	Passing Yards Per Game	#12 Pierce Asfalg210.2	11.7
-	Receiving Yards Per Game	#21 Xavier Andujar73.5	9.3
-	Total Yards Per Game	#12 Pierce Asfalg281.7	25.6
-	Tackles Per Game	#8 Michael Cantarelli8.8	2.6
-	Sacks Per Game	#55 Michael Leno0.6	0.2
-	Points Per Game	#3 Sebastian Kovacs2.2	2.0
-	Pancake Blocks	#12 Pierce Asfalg0	5

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Newark Central	2-1		Cedar Grove	4-0

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/13/25	Newark Central	Glen Ridge	(L) 20-12	10/11/25	Cedar Grove	Glen Ridge	(W) 42-34
				10/31/25	Glen Ridge	Cedar Grove	(W) 35-20
9/26/25	Newark Central	Verona	(W) 26-7	9/12/25	Cedar Grove	Verona	(W) 41-7
10/25/25	Newark Collegiate Academy	Newark Central	(W) 39-18	9/27/25	Cedar Grove	Newark Collegiate Academy	(W) 48-12

Record Breakdown

Newark Central (25-26)		Cedar Grove (25-26)
6-4	Overall	7-3
3-2	League	3-1
3-1	Non-League	3-2
1-0	Head to Head	0-1
2-1	Common Opponent	4-0
3-1	Home	3-2
3-3	Away	4-1
0-0	Neutral	0-0
0-1	Playoff	1-0
6-4	In-State	7-3
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0