The Northern Highlands Highlanders will take on the Union City Soaring Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Northern Highlands' offense will try to repeat the strong performance it gave on Friday, when they got past Pascack Valley's usually-dominant defense. Northern Highlands blew past Pascack Valley 31-6. The victory was familiar territory for the Highlanders who have now won three contests in a row.
Meanwhile, Union City humbled East Side with a 42-6 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Soaring Eagles.
Mark Boyd had an outrageously good game as he rushed for 102 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries. His longest rush was for an impressive 53 yards, which helps to explain his lofty yards per carry total. The team also got some help courtesy of Jasiah Espinal, who rushed for 54 yards and a touchdown.
Union City's defense was in the mix too, especially the secondary: they snagged two passes before it was all said and done. The picks came courtesy of Nah'Jeer Stokes and Ja'Zaire Aurelus. Union City got some further help from Reynaldo Mercedes: he made eight total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Northern Highlands' win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Union City, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
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