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Newark Central Verona

Blue Devils

Hillbillies

The Verona (NJ) varsity football team won Saturday's neutral conference game against Newark Central (Newark, NJ) by a score of 31-20.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Newark Central	8	6	0	6	20
Verona	15	8	0	8	31

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Recap
Box Score
Matchup Info

Game Stats

Newark Central (24-25)

Newark Central has not entered stats for this game.

Verona (24-25)

Verona

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	3	5	56	.600	18.7	2	0	33	138.3
10	Connor Demasi (Sr)	3	5	56	.600	18.7	2	0	33	138.3

Verona

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	100+	TD
	Team Totals	45	255	5.7	26	1	2
5	G. Checchetto (Sr)	1	-2	-2.0	-2	0
10	Connor Demasi (Sr)	3	20	6.7	17	0	1
11	Jesse Wagner (Sr)	3	44	14.7	26	0
20	Jayden Nigro (Jr)	11	54	4.9	14	0	1
27	Nick Nazzaretto (So)	1	5	5.0	5	0
33	Tristan Newman (Sr)	2	5	2.5	3	0
44	Bodie Maisano (Jr)	24	129	5.4	15	1

Verona

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	3	56	18.7	33	2
5	G. Checchetto (Sr)	1	33	33.0	33	1
7	Dean Algieri (Jr)	1	10	10.0	10	1
20	Jayden Nigro (Jr)	1	13	13.0	13

Verona

Offensive Fumbles and Pancake Blocks

#	Athlete Name	Fum	Lost	Pnk Blk
	Team Totals	1
27	Nick Nazzaretto (So)	1

Verona

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	KR	PR	Total
	Team Totals	255	56	67	22	400
5	G. Checchetto (Sr)	-2	33	67		98
7	Dean Algieri (Jr)		10			10
10	Connor Demasi (Sr)	20				20
11	Jesse Wagner (Sr)	44			12	56
20	Jayden Nigro (Jr)	54	13		10	77
27	Nick Nazzaretto (So)	5				5
33	Tristan Newman (Sr)	5				5
44	Bodie Maisano (Jr)	129				129

Verona

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	255	56	56	311
5	G. Checchetto (Sr)	-2		33	31
7	Dean Algieri (Jr)			10	10
10	Connor Demasi (Sr)	20	56		76
11	Jesse Wagner (Sr)	44			44
20	Jayden Nigro (Jr)	54		13	67
27	Nick Nazzaretto (So)	5			5
33	Tristan Newman (Sr)	5			5
44	Bodie Maisano (Jr)	129			129

Verona

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	32	19	51	3.0
3	Dante Palmer (So)	1	1	2
5	G. Checchetto (Sr)	2	1	3
7	Dean Algieri (Jr)		1	1
8	Finn Mac evoy (Jr)	1	1	2
11	Jesse Wagner (Sr)	1	1	2
13	S. Santos-ditrani (Sr)	3	2	5
17	Logan Knoetig (Jr)	3	3	6
20	Jayden Nigro (Jr)	2	1	3
27	Nick Nazzaretto (So)		1	1
44	Bodie Maisano (Jr)	11	2	13	1.0
51	Ryan Cavallo (Jr)	5	2	7	1.0
55	D. Frenklakh (Sr)		2	2
81	J.p. Alfano (Sr)	3	1	4	1.0

Verona

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks	Ydl	Hurs
	Team Totals	1.0
17	Logan Knoetig (Jr)	1.0

Verona

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	PD
	Team Totals	1	3
11	Jesse Wagner (Sr)		2
20	Jayden Nigro (Jr)	1	1

Verona

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	3	115	38.3	55
4	John Mcenerney (So)	3	115	38.3	55

Verona

Kickoff and Punt Returns

#	Athlete Name	KO Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	P Rets	Yds	Avg	Lng	KR Yds
	Team Totals	2	67	33.5	48	2	22	11.0	12	89
5	G. Checchetto (Sr)	2	67	33.5	48					67
11	Jesse Wagner (Sr)					1	12	12.0	12	12
20	Jayden Nigro (Jr)					1	10	10.0	10	10

Verona

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv	Kick Pts	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	4	24	6	1	31
5	G. Checchetto (Sr)	1	6			6
7	Dean Algieri (Jr)	1	6			6
8	Finn Mac evoy (Jr)			4		4
10	Connor Demasi (Sr)	1	6			6
20	Jayden Nigro (Jr)	1	6			6
23	Landon Vacca (Fr)				1	1
27	Nick Nazzaretto (So)			2		2

Verona

PATs and Field Goals

#	Athlete Name	PAT	Att	%	FG	Att	%	Lng	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	1	1	1.0					1
23	Landon Vacca (Fr)	1	1	1.0					1

Verona

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	Total
	Team Totals	2	2	4
5	G. Checchetto (Sr)		1	1
7	Dean Algieri (Jr)		1	1
10	Connor Demasi (Sr)	1		1
20	Jayden Nigro (Jr)	1		1

Verona

Conversions

#	Athlete Name	C Rush	C Rec	Total
	Team Totals	1	2	3
8	Finn Mac evoy (Jr)		2	2
27	Nick Nazzaretto (So)	1		1

Game Story

New Jersey High School Football - Central defeated by Verona

September 28, 2024: Newark, NJ 07103

The Verona Hillbillies were victorious over the host Central Blue Devils football team by a score of 31-20 in Saturday's league challenge.

In their next game, the Hillbillies face the Hoboken Redwings (Hoboken, NJ) in a Super - National Red challenge, on Friday, October 4. Verona will attempt to improve on its 4-1 season record. The Redwings enter the challenge with a 1-3 record after their 17-6 league loss to Glen Ridge (Glen Ridge, NJ).

The Blue Devils (4-1) will now prepare for their challenge against Hoboken (Hoboken, NJ). The Redwings enter the Super - National Red challenge with a 1-3 record.

NCHS vs Verona Football Game Info

Sat., Sep. 28, 2024 @ 12p

The Verona (NJ) varsity football team won Saturday's neutral conference game against Newark Central (Newark, NJ) by a score of 31-20.

Rankings & Records

Newark Central (24-25)

NJ	Div.
140	16

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
6-3	3-2	2-1	4-1	0-1	.667	.600	163	183

Verona (24-25)

NJ	Div.
133	3

Overall	League	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	League %	PF	PA
7-4	3-3	4-1	1-3	2-0	.636	.500	232	242

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Newark Central	7.0	3.0	0	3.0	18.1
Verona	7.2	5.2	1.4	5.4	21.1

Team Stat Comparison

Newark Central		Verona
-	Rushing Yards Per Game	173.3
-	Passing Yards Per Game	95.7
-	Receiving Yards Per Game	95.4
-	Total Yards Per Game	269.0
-	Tackles Per Game	47.2
-	Sacks Per Game	2.2
-	Points Per Game	21.1
-	Pancake Blocks	2

Team Leaders

Newark Central		Verona	National Avg.
-	Rushing Yards Per Game	#44 Bodie Maisano77.5	20.4
-	Passing Yards Per Game	#10 Connor Demasi101.2	51.0
-	Receiving Yards Per Game	#20 Jayden Nigro24.2	17.4
-	Total Yards Per Game	#10 Connor Demasi118.4	36.6
-	Tackles Per Game	#44 Bodie Maisano8.2	2.7
-	Sacks Per Game	#17 Logan Knoetig0.8	0.2
-	Points Per Game	#20 Jayden Nigro6.5	2.2
-	Pancake Blocks	#61 Tyler Burns1	6

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Newark Central	3-1		Verona	2-3

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/14/24	Glen Ridge	Newark Central	(W) 36-13	10/19/24	Verona	Glen Ridge	(L) 21-14
10/11/24	Newark Central	Hoboken	(W) 24-20	10/4/24	Verona	Hoboken	(W) 26-19
10/19/24	Cedar Grove	Newark Central	(L) 44-6	9/13/24	Verona	Cedar Grove	(L) 41-0
				11/8/24	Verona	Cedar Grove	(L) 42-14
10/24/24	Newark Central	Newark Collegiate Academy	(W) 2-0 (F)	9/20/24	Newark Collegiate Academy	Verona	(W) 24-8

Record Breakdown

Newark Central (24-25)		Verona (24-25)
6-3	Overall	7-4
3-2	League	3-3
3-0	Non-League	3-0
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
3-1	Common Opponent	2-3
2-1	Home	4-1
4-1	Away	1-3
0-1	Neutral	2-0
0-1	Playoff	1-1
6-3	In-State	7-4
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0