Football Preview: Sayreville Bombers vs. St. Thomas Aquinas Trojans
The Sayreville Bombers are taking a road trip to take on the St. Thomas Aquinas Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Sayreville's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They walked away with a 7-0 victory over Montgomery.
Meanwhile, St. Thomas Aquinas strolled past St. Joseph with points to spare on Saturday, taking the game 34-20. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Trojans.
Chukwuma Odoh continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 189 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 9.9 yards per carry. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his seventh straight game with at least 107 rushing yards dating back to last season. Ca'Si Thomas also helped out as he racked up 132 rushing yards.
Another reason for the win was St. Thomas Aquinas' imposing defense, which managed to get into the backfield for 7.5 sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Jose Tejeiro and Anwar Witherspoon, who racked up five sacks between them. Tejeiro also set a new season high mark in sacks with three.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, St. Thomas Aquinas was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 381 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 150 rushing yards in nine consecutive games dating back to last season.
Sayreville's win bumped their record up to 3-5. As for St. Thomas Aquinas, their victory bumped their record up to 6-2.
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