Football Recap: East Orange Campus Takes Down Ridgewood in a Playoff Battle

By Team Reports Nov 12, 2024, 2:10pm

Football Recap: East Orange Campus Jaguars vs. Ridgewood Maroons

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but East Orange Campus had no problem doing just that on Friday. They came out on top against the Ridgewood Maroons by a score of 14-3. The win was familiar territory for the Jaguars who have now won three matchups in a row.

Sa?Eed Cole was his usual excellent self, rushing for 145 yards and a touchdown on only 14 carries, while also throwing for 99 yards and a touchdown. His longest rush was for an impressive 63 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total.

East Orange Campus was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 207 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September.

East Orange Campus has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-2 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 6.4 points per game. As for Ridgewood, their loss dropped their record down to 6-4.

East Orange Campus is taking a road trip to take on West Orange at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. East Orange Campus is looking to tack on another W to their five-game streak on the road dating back to last season. Ridgewood does not have any more games scheduled as of now.

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