Football Preview: Winslow Township Eagles vs. Highland Regional Tartans
The Winslow Township Eagles will look to take advantage of their home-field for the first time this season as they take on the Highland Regional Tartans at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Winslow Township will be strutting in after a win while Highland Regional will be coming in after a defeat.
Winslow Township is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Montclair. Winslow Township's defense stepped up to hand Montclair a 21-0 shutout on Friday. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 12th, while the Mounties are ranked 70th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
KaRon Ali was nothing short of spectacular: he rushed for 118 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries. The team also got some help courtesy of Roman Duckett, who rushed for 69 yards and a touchdown.
On the other side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Winslow Township's defense and their ten sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Ausar Heard and Benjamin Carter Jr who racked up four sacks between them. Heard's also deserves a shoutout for his performance on D, picking up two sacks and making nine total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Meanwhile, Highland Regional was not able to break out of their rough patch on Saturday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. The matchup between them and Southern Regional wasn't particularly close, with Highland Regional falling 17-0.
Winslow Township came up short against Highland Regional in their previous matchup back in September of 2019, falling 12-7. Thankfully for Winslow Township, Johnny Martin Iii (who rushed for 131 yards and two touchdowns) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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