Football Preview: Rahway Indians vs. Montgomery Cougars
The Rahway Indians will venture away from home to face off against the Montgomery Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Rahway is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 27 points per game this season.
Rahway's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They claimed a resounding 42-0 victory over New Brunswick at home. The Indians might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won five games by 21 points or more this season.
Andrew Avent continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 59 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries. Jaylen Eastman was in the mix as well, providing Rahway with a touchdown.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Rahway was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 257 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 172 rushing yards in eight consecutive matches.
Rahway wouldn't let New Brunswick keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force two fumbles. Rahway can thank Brandon Ross and Jaylyn Cooper for forcing both of them.
Meanwhile, Montgomery was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss dating back to last season. They took a 7-0 hit to the loss column at the hands of Sayreville.
Rahway's win bumped their record up to 6-2. As for Montgomery, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-8.
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