The Marlboro Mustangs will look to defend their home field on Saturday against the Long Branch Green Wave. Marlboro will be strutting in after a victory while Long Branch will be coming in after a loss.
Marlboro is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Lacey Township, posting a 35-0 win on the road. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 85th, while the Lions are ranked 234th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Long Branch came up short against Red Bank Regional on Saturday and fell 27-20. That's two games in a row now that the Green Wave have lost by exactly seven points.
Marlboro now has a winning record of 4-3. As for Long Branch, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-6.
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