Football Game Preview: Rancocas Valley Red Devils vs. Hillsborough Raiders

The Rancocas Valley Red Devils will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Hillsborough Raiders at 12:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.

Rancocas Valley's defense heads into the contest hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Saturday. They blew past Lenape, posting a 34-0 victory. The final result isn't all that surprising considering the Red Devils' considerable advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 25th, while the Indians are ranked 150th).

Meanwhile, after only seven points in their last game, Hillsborough made sure to put some points up on the board against Hunterdon Central on Friday. The Raiders were the clear victors by a 33-8 margin over the Red Devils. The Raiders haven't had any issues with the Red Devils recently, as the game was their seventh consecutive win against them.

Rancocas Valley better keep an eye on Andrew Schwarz. He was instrumental in Hillsborough's win, rushing for 178 yards while picking up 9.9 yards per carry. Schwarz is becoming a predictor of the Raiders' success: when he posts at least 100 rushing yards the team is 4-1 (and 0-4 when he doesn't). Zion Grant also helped with two TDs in total.

Hillsborough was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 215 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in November of 2024.

Hillsborough's defense made their presence known, laying out the QB three times. Jamie Piccirillo refused to say out of the backfield, picking up two sacks all by himself. Another thorn in Hunterdon Central's side was Kyle Simonitis, who picked up a sack and made ten total tackles (2.0 for loss) in addition to snagging two interceptions.

Rancocas Valley now has a winning record of 5-4. As for Hillsborough, their record now sits at 4-5.

Rancocas Valley beat Hillsborough 37-28 in their previous matchup back in November of 2024. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was the Raiders' Jackson Jankowicz, who rushed for 256 yards and four touchdowns, and also picked up 48 receiving yards. Now that he won't be playing on Saturday, will it be easier for the Red Devils to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.