Cranford is 7-2 against Summit since October of 2014, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Saturday. The Cranford Cougars will square off against the Summit Hilltoppers at 1:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Cranford's defense heads into the matchup hoping to repeat the dominance they displayed on Friday. They blew past South Plainfield, posting a 38-0 victory on the road. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Cougars just coasted through the last quarter.
Cranford'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 Dylan Jones and Luciano Fiorenza.
Meanwhile, everything went Summit's way against Carteret on Saturday as Summit made off with a 33-12 win. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 26-6.
The victory made it two in a row for Cranford and bumps their season record up to 2-1. As for Summit, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with the win, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season.
Cranford was taken down by Summit 46-13 when the teams last played back in September of 2023. Can Cranford avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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