Two dominant backs in Liam Brosnan and Kenny Smith are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Point Pleasant Beach Garnet Gulls will face off against the Glassboro Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Point Pleasant Beach didn't have too much trouble with New Egypt as they won 28-14.
Brosnan continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 217 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 8.7 yards per carry. He has become a key player for Point Pleasant Beach: the team is 4-1 when he posts at least two rushing touchdowns, but 1-2 otherwise.
Point Pleasant Beach was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 301 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Glassboro put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. They walked away with a 20-7 victory over Woodstown. 20 seems to be a good number for the Bulldogs as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Smith was his usual excellent self, rushing for 159 yards and a touchdown on only 15 carries, while also picking up 45 receiving yards and a touchdown.
Glassboro didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Xavier Sabb and Kenny Johnson. Another thorn in Woodstown's side was Brandon Simmons Jr, who picked up a sack and made eight total tackles (4.0 for loss).
Point Pleasant Beach's record now sits at 5-3. As for Glassboro, they pushed their record up to 8-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
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