Football Recap: Heaven Porter Key Part of Team Effort in Indians Win

The Weequahic Indians made easy work of the East Orange Campus Jaguars on Thursday and carried off a 26-6 victory. The Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by 20 points or more this season.

Heaven Porter

Receiving Yards

05/01/25 vs East Orange Campus	60
04/29/25 @ KIPP Newark Lab	13
04/23/25 vs Union City	50
04/10/25 @ Newark Central	30
04/03/25 @ Shabazz	10
+ 2 more games

Weequahic's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Heaven Porter, who picked up 60 receiving yards and one touchdown, and also rushed for 47 yards and one score. That's the most receiving yards Porter has posted since back in March. Another passer making a difference was Haddiyah Bell, who threw for 160 yards and one TD on only 11 passes.

Weequahic didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off three passes before the game was over. Porter picked up that interception and then proceeded to rub salt in the wound by taking it back the other way for a touchdown. She got in on the action too, converting a pick into a touchdown.

Weequahic has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches. That's provided a nice bump to their 6-4 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 6.2 points on average over those games. As for East Orange Campus, their defeat was their first in the league, dropping their league record down to 1-1-2 and their overall record down to 1-2-2.

As of now, neither Weequahic nor the Jaguars have any future games scheduled.