Football Preview: Long Branch Green Wave vs. Rumson-Fair Haven Bulldogs
The Long Branch Green Wave have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Rumson-Fair Haven Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Long Branch is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 34 points two weeks ago, they were much more limited against Red Bank Catholic on Saturday. They took a blow against the Caseys, falling 41-7. The Green Wave haven't had much luck with the Caseys recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Meanwhile, Rumson-Fair Haven blew past Marlboro, posting a 35-6 victory at home. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 15th, while the Mustangs are ranked 83rd), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Long Branch's loss dropped their record down to 0-3. As for Rumson-Fair Haven, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with that win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
Long Branch took a serious blow against Rumson-Fair Haven when the teams last played back in October of 2021, falling 43-6. Thankfully for Long Branch, Geoffrey Schroeder (who rushed for 261 yards and four touchdowns while picking up 10.9 yards per carry) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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