The Ridge Red Devil will square off against the North Brunswick North Brunswick Raiders at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Ridge has three straight wins, North Brunswick has seven straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
On Friday, Ridge got the win against Hunterdon Central by a conclusive 28-7.
C.J. Griffith
| 10/10/25 vs Hunterdon Central | 121 |
| 09/12/25 @ Hillsborough | 118 |
| 09/26/25 vs Bridgewater-Raritan | 101 |
| 10/04/25 @ Union | 52 |
| 09/05/25 vs St. Joseph | 5 |
C.J. Griffith had a dynamite game, rushing for 121 yards and one TD. He has become a key player for Ridge: the team is undefeated when he posts at least 80 rushing yards, but 1-2 otherwise. The Red Devil also got a significant boost from Nick Pfennig, who ran away from the competition to the tune of 90 yards.
They were just one part of a punishing run game: Ridge was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 296 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Ridge didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Christian Dulyn and Stephen Coffey.
Meanwhile, North Brunswick had to suffer through a 35-6 loss at the hands of Westfield. While losing is never fun, the North Brunswick Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 220th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 100th).
Ridge's victory bumped their record up to 4-2. As for North Brunswick, their loss dropped their record down to 0-7.
Everything came up roses for Ridge against North Brunswick in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, as the team secured a 42-14 win. In that contest, the Red Devil amassed a halftime lead of 21-0, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
