Football Preview: Piscataway Chiefs vs. Hillsborough Raiders
Piscataway has been away from home for two games now, but on Friday they'll finally make their return. They will host the Hillsborough Raiders at 6:00 p.m. Piscataway will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last.
Piscataway is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Thursday as they easily beat East Brunswick 55-0 on the road. Considering the Chiefs have won three contests by more than 24 points this season, Thursday's blowout was nothing new.
Meanwhile, Hillsborough beat Bridgewater-Raritan 34-24 on Thursday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Raiders.
Jackson Jankowicz continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 169 yards and three touchdowns, while also picking up 59 receiving yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards he has posted since back in October of 2023.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Hillsborough's defense and their three sacks. Xander Borowski was especially locked on to Bridgewater-Raritan's QB and sacked him twice. Borowski is also on a roll when it comes to total tackles, as he's now made six or more in the last four games he's played dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Hillsborough was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 244 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Piscataway has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for Hillsborough, their victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-3.
Piscataway took a serious blow against Hillsborough in their previous matchup back in October of 2021, falling 36-7. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Piscataway was down 29-0.
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