Football Game Preview: Spotswood Plays at Home

By Team Reports Sep 18, 2024, 2:11am

Football Preview: Spotswood Chargers vs. South River Rams

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After starting their season with three straight games on the road, Spotswood is finally coming home. They will look to take advantage of their home-field as they take on the South River Rams at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.

Spotswood's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past Brearley 24-0.

Meanwhile, South River had to endure an 11-game losing streak dating back to last season, but that streak is no more. Everything went their way against Roselle Park on Saturday as South River made off with a 45-19 victory. The high-scoring effort was just what the Rams needed considering they were shutout in their previous contest.

South River wouldn't let Roselle Park keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. South River can thank Michael Marchesi and Connor Chandler for forcing both of them.

Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, South River was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 330 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since was before the start of last season.

Spotswood now has a winning record of 2-1. As for South River, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.

Everything came up roses for Spotswood against South River in their previous matchup back in September of 2023 as the squad secured a 30-0 victory. Does Spotswood have another victory up their sleeve, or will South River turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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