The Jersey Shore Bulldogs will head out to face off against the Scranton Prep Cavaliers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Jersey Shore will roll into the contest after a wild two-game stretch: they only put up seven points last Friday, then bounced right back against Penn Wood on Friday. The Bulldogs blew past the Patriots 44-20. The Bulldogs pushed the score to 44-13 by the end of the third, a deficit the Patriots cut but never quite recovered from.
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A big part of Jersey Shore's victory came down to the chemistry between Nolen Pauling and his top target Carson Watkins. Pauling threw for 196 yards and four touchdowns while Watkins picked up 71 receiving yards and three scores. Those three receiving touchdowns gave Watkins a new career-high. A healthy portion of Pauling's aerial production (101 yards to be exact) also went to Luke Ryan.
Special teams played a big role in the game for Jersey Shore, adding 12 points to the final score. The biggest highlight from special teams (and perhaps the team as a whole) came courtesy of Carter Rhinehart, who ran a punt back for a touchdown.
Jersey Shore didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. In fact, those interceptions all came courtesy of defensive juggernaut Watkins.
Meanwhile, Scranton Prep got themselves on the board against Mid Valley on Friday, but Mid Valley never followed suit. They claimed a resounding 35-0 win over the Spartans. The victory continues a trend for the Cavaliers in their matchups with the Spartans: they've now won five in a row.
The win got Scranton Prep back to even at 4-4. As for Jersey Shore, their record now sits at 6-2.
Jersey Shore came up short against Scranton Prep in their previous meeting back in October of 2024, falling 27-19. Can the Bulldogs avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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