Football Preview: Freehold Township Patriots vs. Freehold Boro Colonials
The Freehold Township Patriots will venture away from home to challenge the Freehold Boro Colonials at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Freehold Township is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 28.4 points per game this season.
Freehold Township took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They walked away with a 32-20 win over Freehold Boro. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 95th, while the Colonials are ranked 257th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Nick Cardone was his usual excellent self, throwing for 331 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 10.7 yards per attempt, and also punching in two rushing scores. Justin Tamai helped Cardone out on the ground, rushing for 84 yards and a touchdown, while also picking up 32 receiving yards.
Freehold Township didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Johnathan Kokotis.
Freehold Township is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-2 record this season. As for Freehold Boro, they are on a six-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6.
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