After both having extra time off, the Teaneck Highwaymen and the Eastside Ghosts will shake off the cobwebs and face off against one another at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Teaneck is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Bergenfield to the tune of 36-7 back in October. The team's explosion on offense also rewarded the Highwaymen with their most commanding win of the season.
This one was won in the trenches and the lion's share of the credit has to go to Brenden Hamilton and Isaac Combs |||. Hamilton rushed for 89 yards and a touchdown on only nine carries while Combs ||| rushed for 77 yards and a touchdown. That's the most rushing yards Hamilton has posted since back in August.
Teaneck was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 247 rushing yards. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Bergenfield only rushed for 77.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Eastside, who bounced back after a loss on the road back in October. They claimed a resounding 35-7 win over Perth Amboy. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Ghosts have posted since August 25, 2023.
Eastside's record is now 3-7. As for Teaneck, the win got them back to even at 4-4.
Teaneck was dealt a bruising 38-0 loss at the hands of Eastside when the teams last played back in September of 2019. Can Teaneck avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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