Football Game Preview: Mount Olive Marauders vs. Wayne Valley Indians + Official Tickets

Two dominant backs in Brayden Longo and Elizer Estevez are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Mount Olive Marauders will look to defend their home field on Friday against the Wayne Valley Indians at 6:30 p.m. Mount Olive knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 31 points or more in their past six matchups -- so hopefully Wayne Valley likes a good challenge.

Mount Olive is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed past Vernon to the tune of 62-27 on Friday. Given the Marauders' advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 25th, while the Vikings are ranked 133rd) , the win wasn't entirely unexpected.

Frank Gallo looked great while leading his team to the win, rushing for 33 yards and one TD, while also throwing for 114 yards and one touchdown while completing 86.7% of his passes. He also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, making five total tackles and defending one pass.

Mount Olive's run defense was locked in: Vernon could only muster 3.2 yards per carry. The team can thank James Giammanco for the heroic effort on defense: he. Mount Olive didn't have any issues in that department, having averaged 9.8.

Mount Olive's defense didn't let Kimkowski Nate, get away unscathed either: they got into the backfield for four sacks. Vernon's QB won't forget Jared Martini anytime soon given he sacked him twice.

Meanwhile, after some red-hot attacks on offense in their last four games, Wayne Valley finally came back down to earth on Friday. They were beaten by Ramapo 42-7. The contest marked the Indians' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.

Mount Olive pushed their record up to 6-0 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. The team's perfect season has a lot to do with their offensive performance: the team's won by an average of 26 points thus far. As for Wayne Valley, they moved to 5-2 with that loss, which also ended their four-game winning streak.

Mount Olive and Wayne Valley were neck-and-neck in their previous matchup back in October of 2024, but Mount Olive came up empty-handed after a 28-27 defeat. Will the Marauders have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more football content.