Football Preview: Linden Tigers vs. Watchung Hills Regional Warriors
The Linden Tigers are taking a road trip to take on the Watchung Hills Regional Warriors on Friday.
Linden is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Colonia on Saturday. Linden fell 21-14 to Colonia.
Although Linden took the loss, they still got scores from Tyrone Hinton and Richard Lugardo.
Even though they lost, Linden was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 226 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 196 rushing yards in three consecutive matches.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Watchung Hills Regional, who bounced back after a loss on the road last Friday. They blew past North Hunterdon 28-7 on Friday. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Lions are ranked 227th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Linden now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Watchung Hills Regional, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
Linden couldn't quite finish off Watchung Hills Regional when the teams last played back in September of 2019 and fell 23-21. Can Linden avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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