Football Preview: Manchester Regional Falcons vs. Pompton Lakes Cardinals
The Manchester Regional Falcons will head out on the road to challenge the Pompton Lakes Cardinals on Saturday.
Manchester Regional will head out to face Pompton Lakes after giving up their first home loss of the season last Thursday. Manchester Regional lost 40-14 to Glen Rock. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 251st, while the Panthers are ranked 119th).
Meanwhile, Pompton Lakes didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Waldwick/Midland Park on Saturday, but they still walked away with a 27-21 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Cardinals.
Vinnie Stigliano had a dynamite game for Pompton Lakes, picking up 173 receiving yards and three touchdowns. Stigliano showed off some serious burst, cutting upfield on a catch for 67 yards. The team also got some help courtesy of Jonah Fabian, who threw for 143 yards and two touchdowns on perfect 8-for-8 passing.
Pompton Lakes wouldn't let Waldwick/Midland Park keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Pompton Lakes can thank Stigliano and Redon Xheladini for forcing both of them. What's more, Stigliano also racked up 20 rushing yards, the mosthe's had since back in September of 2023.
This is the second loss in a row for Manchester Regional and nudges their season record down to 2-2. As for Pompton Lakes, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Manchester Regional took a serious blow against Pompton Lakes in their previous matchup back in October of 2021, falling 35-8. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Manchester Regional was down 21-0.
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