The Morris Hills Knights will venture away from home to face off against the Morris Knolls Golden Eagles on Thursday. Morris Hills, yet to win a game, are hoping to taste some of the success that has characterized Morris Knolls' (thus far) undefeated season.
Morris Hills' offense might be in the hot seat on Thursday considering what happened against West Morris Mendham on Saturday. They were dealt a 34-0 defeat at the hands of the Minutemen. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 271st, while the Minutemen are ranked 75th).
Meanwhile, everything went Morris Knolls' way against Mount Olive on Saturday as Morris Knolls made off with a 27-7 victory. The Golden Eagles might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three games by 20 points or more this season.
Christopher Kaiser and Jayden Koger were among the main playmakers for Morris Knolls as the former rushed for 110 yards and two touchdowns on only eight carries and the latter rushed for 79 yards and a touchdown. Kaiser didn't just play on offense: he also made six total tackles (1.0 for loss) and defended two passes.
Morris Knolls was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 377 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 231 rushing yards in five consecutive contests.
Morris Hills' loss dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Morris Knolls, their win was their sixth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 5-0.
Morris Hills took a serious blow against Morris Knolls in their previous meeting back in October of 2023, falling 30-0. Can Morris Hills avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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