The Bordentown Scotties will square off against the Lakewood Piners at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday. Lakewood took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Bordentown, who comes in off a win.
Bordentown will head into Saturday's match hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big two weeks ago (they won by 27) but on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Pemberton 10-7.
Meanwhile, Lakewood came up short against Barnegat on Saturday and fell 35-22. The Piners haven't had much luck with the Bengals recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
The match pitted two dominant backs against one another in Rahmel Anderson and Myquan Rush-Esdaile. Rush-Esdaile had a great game and gained 172 total yards and two touchdowns. Meanwhile, Anderson was balling out in the loss, rushing for 172 yards and three touchdowns.
Bordentown is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Lakewood, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-4.
Bordentown came up short against Lakewood in their previous matchup back in November of 2023, falling 30-20. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Anderson, who rushed for 230 yards while picking up 7.7 yards per carry. Now that Bordentown knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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