The Newark Central Blue Devils will take on the Newark Collegiate Academy Panthers on Friday. Newark Central will be strutting in after a victory while Newark Collegiate Academy will be coming in after a defeat.
Newark Central will bounce into Friday's matchup after beating Cedar Grove, who they had gone 0-4 against in their four prior meetings. The Blue Devils snuck past the Panthers with a 20-16 win on Friday.
Meanwhile, after soaring to 32 points the game before, Newark Collegiate Academy was a bit more limited in their contest on Thursday. They lost 28-6 to Hoboken. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 284th, while the Redwings are ranked 115th).
Newark Central pushed their record up to 5-3 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. Those road wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 32.0 points over those games. As for Newark Collegiate Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
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