South Plainfield is on a six-game streak of home losses also dating back to last season, New Brunswick a six-game streak of away losses also dating back to last season, but someone's luck is about to change on Friday. The South Plainfield Tigers will host the New Brunswick Zebra at 7:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
South Plainfield's offense might be in the hot seat on Friday considering what happened against Bernards on Friday. They were dealt a 28-0 defeat at the hands of the Mountaineers. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 264th, while the Mountaineers are ranked 120th).
South Plainfield wouldn't let Bernards keep a hold of the ball as they managed to force three fumbles. South Plainfield can thank Erick Hernandez and Kaden Deakyne for forcing all of them. With that strong performance, Hernandez is now averaging an impressive 5.5 total tackles per game.
Meanwhile, New Brunswick scored the most points they've had all season on Friday, but it wasn't enough. They came up short against Carteret, falling 29-8.
South Plainfield's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for New Brunswick, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-6.
Things could have been worse for South Plainfield, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 27-12 loss to New Brunswick when the teams last played back in September of 2015. Can South Plainfield avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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