Butler has enjoyed a three-game homestand but will soon have to dust off their road jerseys. They will face off against the Glen Ridge Ridgers on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Butler is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They claimed a resounding 47-8 victory over Weehawken. With the Bulldogs ahead 34-0 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Butler to victory, but perhaps none more so than Pj Coffey, who rushed for 91 yards and a touchdown on only five carries, and also caught a touchdown. The dominant performance gave Coffey a new career-high in rushing yards. Butler also got a significant boost from Yadi Perez, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 109 yards.
Butler was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 307 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Butler didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Cj Bentley and Nick Parkinson.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Glen Ridge). They breezed by Pompton Lakes to the tune of 47-13 on Saturday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Butler pushed their record up to 9-0 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 38.9 points per game. As for Glen Ridge, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Butler was taken down by Glen Ridge 48-6 when the teams last played back in September of 2017. Can Butler avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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