The Watchung Hills Regional Warriors will head out on the road to take on the Somerville Pioneers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams have allowed few points on average, (Watchung Hills Regional: 10.5, Somerville: 8.9) so any points scored will be well earned.
Watchung Hills Regional's usually-dominant defense will be looking to make up for Friday's struggle, when Elizabeth offense got past them. Watchung Hills Regional received a blow on Friday as they fell 43-29 to Elizabeth. The Warriors have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Somerville put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. Everything went their way against Plainfield as Somerville made off with a 30-7 victory. Considering the Pioneers have won five matches by more than 21 points this season, Friday's blowout was nothing new.
Terrell Mitchell and Joshua Rodriguez were among the main playmakers for Somerville as the former rushed for 187 yards and two touchdowns while picking up 8.9 yards per carry and the latter gained 113 total yards and two touchdowns. Mitchell showed off some serious burst, turning on the afterburners on one carry for 68 yards.
Somerville didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off four passes before the game was over. Brady Scheier led the group effort, picking up two of those interceptions all by himself. Another thorn in Plainfield's side was Maximus Nuzzi, who picked up a sack and made 16 total tackles (3.0 for loss).
Somerville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 282 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Watchung Hills Regional's defeat dropped their record down to 5-3. As for Somerville, their win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-0.
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