Football Preview: Morristown Colonials vs. Mount Olive Marauders
The Morristown Colonials will head out on the road to take on the Mount Olive Marauders at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Morristown is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Morristown is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Clifton 43-6 at home on Friday. The high-scoring effort was just what the Colonials needed considering they were shutout in their previous game.
Reed Donegan and James Dzikowski were among the main playmakers for Morristown as the former gained 107 total yards and the latter threw for 153 yards and two touchdowns while completing 75% of his passes. The dominant performance also gave Dzikowski a new career-high in rushing yards. Jasiah Brown got in on the action too, returning a kick for a touchdown.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 49 points the game before, Mount Olive was a bit more limited in their contest on Saturday. They lost 31-6 to Chatham. The loss was the Marauders' first of the season.
Mount Olive's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged six passes before it was all said and done. Anthony Collier led the group effort, picking up four of those interceptions all by himself.
The win got Morristown back to even at 2-2. As for Mount Olive, their loss ended a seven-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 2-1.
Morristown came up short against Mount Olive in their previous meeting back in September of 2023, falling 13-7. Can Morristown avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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