Football Preview: Perth Amboy Panthers vs. Linden Tigers
Perth Amboy is on a six-game streak of home losses also dating back to last season, Linden a four-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when Panthers challenges the Linden Tigers at 6:00 p.m.
Perth Amboy's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Woodbridge on Friday. They were dealt a 35-0 defeat at the hands of the Barrons. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 229th, while the Barrons are ranked 44th).
Even if they lost, Perth Amboy's defensive line still kept up the pressure with 3.5 sacks. Jasiah Andrews was particularly dangerous to the passing game, picking up threehimself.
Meanwhile, Linden came into Saturday's matchup having lost three straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Montgomery 13-10. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Tigers have posted since October 13, 2023.
The critical scores for Linden came from Cole Watkins and Tyrone Hinton.
Linden was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 255 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in October of 2023.
Linden wouldn't let Montgomery keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Linden can thank Braeden Delbrune and Hinton for forcing both of them. The dominant performance also gave Hinton a new career-high in rushing yards.
Perth Amboy's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Linden, their win bumped their record up to 2-4.
Perth Amboy was dealt a bruising 35-7 defeat at the hands of Linden in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. Can Perth Amboy avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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