The New Brunswick Zebra will square off against the South Plainfield Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with 15 consecutive losses dating back to last season for New Brunswick and three for South Plainfield.
New Brunswick is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They lost 29-8 to Carteret on Friday.
Meanwhile, South Plainfield fell victim to Bernards and their airtight defense on Friday. They were dealt a 28-0 loss at the hands of the Mountaineers. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 264th, while the Mountaineers are ranked 120th).
South Plainfield wouldn't let Bernards keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. South Plainfield can thank Erick Hernandez and Kaden Deakyne for forcing all of them. With that strong performance, Hernandez is now averaging an impressive 5.5 total tackles per game.
New Brunswick's defeat dropped their record down to 0-6. As for South Plainfield, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
New Brunswick strolled past South Plainfield in their previous meeting back in September of 2015 by a score of 27-12. Will New Brunswick repeat their success, or does South Plainfield have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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