The Cranford Cougars will head out on the road to face off against the South Plainfield Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Having struggled with four defeats in a row dating back to last season, Cranford finally turned things around against Carteret on Friday. They never let the Ramblers onto the board and left with a 21-0 win. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as the Cougars just coasted through the last quarter.
South Plainfield never got on the board in their matchup last Friday, but that sure wasn't the case in their game against North Plainfield last Friday. They blew past the Canucks, posting a 35-0 victory on the road.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, South Plainfield was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 430 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 209 rushing yards in four consecutive matchups dating back to last season.
The win got Cranford back to even at 1-1. As for South Plainfield, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.
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