Neptune has been on the road for two straight, but on Saturday they'll finally head home. They will host the Point Pleasant Beach Garnet Gulls at 1:00 p.m. Both have allowed few points on average, (Neptune: 15.2, Point Pleasant Beach: 14.8) so any points scored will be well earned.
Neptune is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 37 points back in September, they were much more limited against New Egypt two weeks ago. They were just a hair shy of victory and fell 7-6 to the Warriors.
Meanwhile, Point Pleasant Beach was not the first on the board last Friday, but they got there more often. They came out on top against Asbury Park by a score of 22-12. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Garnet Gulls.
Liam Brosnan continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 182 yards and two touchdowns. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Point Pleasant Beach was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 272 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Point Pleasant Beach'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 Brosnan and Danny Cavanaugh.
Neptune's defeat dropped their record down to 2-2. As for Point Pleasant Beach, their win bumped their record up to 3-1.
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