Football Preview: West Brunswick Trojans vs. New Hanover Wildcats
West Brunswick is 1-9 against New Hanover since October of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The West Brunswick Trojans will be playing in front of their home fans against the New Hanover Wildcats at 7:00 p.m.
West Brunswick is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fifth straight game on Friday. They took a 38-19 bruising from North Brunswick.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the best came from Josiah Borton, who rushed for 57 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 156 yards and a touchdown. Joseph Hamric was Borton's top target, picking up 93 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Meanwhile, New Hanover's game on Friday was all tied up 3-3 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They blew past Laney 38-10 at home. Considering the Wildcats have won four matchups by more than 20 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
It was another big night for Jacob Monroe, who rushed for 89 yards and a touchdown, and also threw for 171 yards and two touchdowns. Those 89 rushing yards gave him a new career-high. A healthy portion of that aerial production (95 yards to be exact) went to Zymir Batts.
West Brunswick's defeat dropped their record down to 1-7. As for New Hanover, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season.
West Brunswick was dealt a bruising 42-6 loss at the hands of New Hanover when the teams last played back in October of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point West Brunswick was down 34-0.
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