The Camden Catholic Fighting Irish have the luxury of staying home for another week and will welcome the Haddon Heights Garnets at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Camden Catholic's defense has only allowed 12 points per game this season, so Haddon Heights' offense will have their work cut out for them.
Camden Catholic is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Pennsville Memorial at home to the tune of 44-0 on Friday. While the Fighting Irish didn't have the best season last year (they finished 3-7), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Meanwhile, Haddon Heights can finally bid farewell to their five-game losing streak dating back to last season thanks to their game on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 28-13 win over Moorestown.
Haddon Heights found their leader in underclassman Camaj Matthews, who picked up ten receiving yards. The dominant performance also gave Amare Ridley a new career-high in rushing yards.
Haddon Heights was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 250 rushing yards. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved they're rushing yard total in three consecutive contests.
On the defensive side of the ball, a lot of the credit has to go to Haddon Heights' defense and their five sacks. The heavy lifting was done by Matthews and Raffael Ali, who racked up four sacks between them.
Camden Catholic's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 4-0. As for Haddon Heights, their win (their first of the season) made their record 1-3.
Camden Catholic was taken down by Haddon Heights 41-6 in their previous meeting back in October of 2023. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Camden Catholic was down 28-6.
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