Trenton Central hasn't had much luck against Eastern recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Trenton Central Tornadoes will be staying on the road to face off against the Eastern Vikings at 6:00 p.m. Trenton Central's defense has only allowed 11.8 points per game this season, so Eastern's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Trenton Central will head into Saturday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big two weeks ago (they won by 40) but on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Ewing 14-12. The 14-point effort marked the Tornadoes' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Eastern entered their match against Pennsauken on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Eastern lost 49-29 to Pennsauken.
Trenton Central's win bumped their record up to 4-1. As for Eastern, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Trenton Central was taken down by Eastern 40-0 in their previous matchup back in October of 2023. Thankfully for Trenton Central, Izzy Hernandez (who rushed for 71 yards and three touchdowns, and also caught a touchdown) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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