Lakewood lost against Barnegat back in October of 2021, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Lakewood Piners took a 35-22 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Barnegat Bengals. The Piners haven't had much luck with the Bengals recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Despite the loss, Lakewood still got an impressive performance from Rahmel Anderson, who rushed for 172 yards and three touchdowns. Anderson's rushing production has been exceptional for a while as that marked his 15th straight game with at least 106 rushing yards dating back to last season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Barnegat to victory, but perhaps none more so than Myquan Rush-Esdaile, who rushed for 164 yards and a touchdown while picking up 9.1 yards per carry, and also caught a touchdown. With that strong performance, Rush-Esdaile is now averaging an impressive 100.6 rushing yards per game. Johnnel Johnson was another key player, rushing for 85 yards and two touchdowns on only nine carries.
Lakewood's loss dropped their record down to 5-4. As for Barnegat, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 6-3.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Lakewood will head out to take on Bordentown at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Lakewood is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 26.2 points per game this season. As for Barnegat, they will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against Mainland Regional. Barnegat also hasn't been messing around on offense: they've averaged 31.8 points per game.
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