The crowd at Friday's non-league contest between the Newark Central Blue Devils (Newark, NJ) and the visiting Bloomfield Bengals (Bloomfield, NJ), witnessed Newark Central's football squad edge Bloomfield by a tally of 18-12.

The Blue Devils (1-0) will now prepare for their contest against Glen Ridge (Glen Ridge, NJ). The Ridgers go into the non-league battle with a 0-0 record.

The Bengals now own a 0-1 record. They play next when they host Nutley for a non-league battle on Monday, September 8. Bloomfield will play a Maroon Raiders team coming off a 22-14 non-league loss to River Dell (Oradell, NJ). The Maroon Raiders record now stands at 0-1.