The Union City Soaring Eagles are taking a road trip to square off against the Orange Tornadoes at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Union City will be looking to extend their current four-game winning streak.
Union City's defense heads into the match hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They breezed by Montclair at home to the tune of 35-0. Given the Soaring Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 29th, while the Mounties are ranked 93rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Ja'Zaire Aurelus and he. Aurelus rushed for 96 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries while he rushed for 96 yards and two touchdowns on only 12 carries. Mark Boyd's rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fourth straight game with at least 102 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Union City was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 221 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 197 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, Orange came up short against East Side on Friday and fell 18-9. The Tornadoes have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Union City's win was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-1. As for Orange, their loss dropped their record down to 2-4.
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