Football Preview: Roxbury Gaels vs. Morris Knolls Golden Eagles
The Roxbury Gaels are taking a road trip to square off against the Morris Knolls Golden Eagles at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. Roxbury has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with three straight losses, while Morris Knolls will come in with three straight victories.
Roxbury's offense might be in the hot seat on Saturday considering what happened against Montville on Friday. They were dealt a 28-0 defeat at the hands of the Mustangs. While losing is never fun, the Gaels can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 151st, while the Mustangs are ranked 28th).
Meanwhile, Morris Knolls was not the first on the board last Friday, but they got there more often. They took down Randolph 36-18. The Golden Eagles pushed the score to 36-12 by the end of the third, a deficit the Rams cut but never quite recovered from.
Justin Hanson had a dynamite game for Morris Knolls, rushing for 104 yards and two touchdowns on only six carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: Morris Knolls was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 294 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 231 rushing yards in three consecutive matchups.
Morris Knolls' defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Christopher Kaiser and Robert (Bobby) Brickner.
Roxbury's loss dropped their record down to 1-3. As for Morris Knolls, they pushed their record up to 3-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season.
Roxbury was able to grind out a solid victory over Morris Knolls when the teams last played back in September of 2023, winning 21-14. The rematch might be a little tougher for Roxbury since the team won't have the home-field advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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