The Morristown Colonials will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Elizabeth Minutemen at 6:00 p.m. Morristown will be hoping to continue their three-game streak of scoring more points each match than the last.
Morristown will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Roxbury, who they had gone 0-9 against in their nine prior meetings. Morristown breezed by Roxbury to the tune of 42-7 on Friday. Given the Colonials' advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 99th, while the Gaels are ranked 203rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Reed Donegan was his usual excellent self, rushing for 85 yards and three touchdowns. Jasiah Brown did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 100 receiving yards.
Morristown was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 241 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since back in September of 2023.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Morristown's defense and their three sacks. In that department, Ny Aire Lyle was the leader with two.
Meanwhile, Elizabeth had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They came out on top against the Farmers by a score of 26-15.
Morristown's win ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-5. As for Elizabeth, they now have a winning record of 5-4.
Morristown couldn't quite finish off Elizabeth when the teams last played on October 10th and fell 26-24. Can Morristown avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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