The Somerville Pioneers will venture away from home to challenge the Plainfield Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Somerville sitting on seven straight wins and Plainfield on three.
Somerville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past North Hunterdon, posting a 56-7 victory at home. The matchup was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 50-7.
Terrell Mitchell was his usual excellent self, rushing for 146 yards and two touchdowns, while also picking up 31 receiving yards and a touchdown. His rushing production has been exceptional recently as that marked his fifth straight game with at least 100 rushing yards dating back to last season. Joshua Rodriguez was in the mix as well, providing Somerville with two touchdowns.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Somerville was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 278 rushing yards. That's the most rushing yards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Plainfield took their match on the road on Friday with ease, bagging a 35-6 win over Colonia. The result was nothing new for the Cardinals, who have now won four games by 29 points or more so far this season.
Somerville pushed their record up to 7-0 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. As for Plainfield, their win bumped their record up to 4-2.
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