The South Plainfield Tigers will be staying on the road on Wednesday to face off against the Millburn Millers at 6:00 p.m. South Plainfield will be strutting in after a victory while Millburn will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Friday, South Plainfield earned a 21-14 win over Kennedy Memorial.
The critical scores for South Plainfield came from Matthew Rennie, AJ Perales, and Dominic Massaro.
South Plainfield didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Jack Jones and Jordan Magazine. Jones has been hot recently, having also posted five or more total tackles the last three times he's played. Another thorn in Kennedy Memorial's side was Dylan Oller, who made 13 total tackles (1.5 for loss) and defended a pass.
South Plainfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 287 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 210 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Millburn was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fifth straight loss. They were dealt a 42-7 defeat at the hands of Wayne Hills. While losing is never fun, the Millers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 255th, while the Patriots are ranked 81st).
South Plainfield's victory bumped their record up to 4-5. As for Millburn, their loss dropped their record down to 2-6.
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