Football Recap: Phillipsburg Stateliners vs. St. Joseph Falcons
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Phillipsburg). They blew past the St. Joseph Falcons 49-14 at home on Friday. Considering the Stateliners have won four matches by more than 26 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Phillipsburg was led to victory by Jett Genovese and Shane Moore. Genovese rushed for 83 yards on only six carries, while Moore rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown. Genovese also put in work on the defensive side of the ball, picking up a sack and making two total tackles.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Phillipsburg was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 385 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as St. Joseph only rushed for 37.
Despite the loss, St. Joseph still got an impressive performance from Justin Scaramuzzo, who threw for 273 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.5 yards per attempt.
Phillipsburg's victory was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 6-1. As for St. Joseph, their defeat ended a seven-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 5-1.
Phillipsburg will square off against Union on Friday. Phillipsburg is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 35.3 points per game this season. As for St. Joseph, they will be playing at home against St. Thomas Aquinas on Saturday. St. Thomas Aquinas also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averged 40.1 points per game.
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