The Barnegat Bengals will challenge the Neptune Scarlet Fliers at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
The home team had won the previous four meetings between Barnegat and Pinelands Regional, and Pinelands Regional kept the tradition alive. The Bengals took a 21-14 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Wildcats on Friday.
Barnegat might have lost, but man, Jack Haviland was a machine: he rushed for 171 yards and a pair of TDs while picking up 10.1 yards per carry, and also threw for 124 yards on nine of 19 attempts.
Meanwhile, Neptune had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27.2 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. They enjoyed a cozy 27-10 win over the Spartans.
Neptune's victory bumped their record up to 6-1. As for Barnegat, they dropped their record down to 3-4 with the loss, which was their third straight on the road.
Barnegat didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Neptune when the teams last played back in October of 2023, but they still walked away with a 19-14 win. Will the Bengals repeat their success, or do the Scarlet Fliers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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