The Westfield Blue Devils will head out to square off against the Northern Highlands Highlanders at 6:15 p.m. on Friday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Westfield is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 35 points last Saturday, they were much more limited against Ridge on Friday. They took a hard 28-10 fall against the Red Devil. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 67th, while the Red Devil are ranked 17th).
Meanwhile, Northern Highlands fought the good fight in their overtime matchup against Ramapo on Friday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Raiders by a score of 25-23. The Highlanders have struggled against the Raiders recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.
Westfield's loss dropped their record down to 4-4. As for Northern Highlands, their defeat dropped their record down to an identical 4-4.
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