The Newark Central Blue Devils will head out on the road to face off against the Shabazz Bulldogs at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Newark Central has six straight wins, Shabazz has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Newark Central is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of New Jersey's top teams: DePaul Catholic, who was ranked eighth at the time (Newark Central was ranked fifth). The Blue Devils secured a 6-0 W over the Spartans on Tuesday. The six-point effort marked the Blue Devils' lowest-scoring matchup of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, Shabazz unfortunately couldn't capitalize on their home-field advantage in their season opener. They took a hard 23-6 fall against Weequahic on April 3rd.
Newark Central pushed their record up to 6-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season. The home wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 4.2 points on average over those games. As for Shabazz, their loss dropped their record down to 0-1.
Newark Central was able to grind out a solid victory over Shabazz in their previous meeting back in April of 2024, winning 22-13. Will the Blue Devils repeat their success, or do the Bulldogs have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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