Football Preview: Bridgewater-Raritan Panthers vs. Union City Soaring Eagles
The Bridgewater-Raritan Panthers will challenge the Union City Soaring Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Bridgewater-Raritan is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They slipped by Irvington 34-33. The score was all tied up 13-13 at the break, but the Panthers were the better team in the second half.
Meanwhile, Union City's rock-solid defense showed up for the team's fifth consecutive shutout on Friday. They claimed a resounding 49-0 victory over East Side. Given the Soaring Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 33rd, while the Red Raiders are ranked 187th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Union City can attribute much of their success to Mark Boyd, who rushed for 108 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries, and Kingston Evans, who rushed for 56 yards and two touchdowns.
Union City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 277 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 197 rushing yards in nine consecutive contests.
Union City's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB three times. In that department, Khalil Sutton was the leader with two sacks.
Union City's win was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-1. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 36.9 points. As for Bridgewater-Raritan, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 4-6.
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