The West Morris Mendham Minutemen will challenge the Warren Hills Regional Blue Streaks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. West Morris Mendham knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 31 points or more in their past three games -- so hopefully Warren Hills Regional likes a good challenge.
If West Morris Mendham beats Warren Hills Regional with 42 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. West Morris Mendham took down Dover 42-27 on Friday. Given the Minutemen's advantage in MaxPreps' New Jersey football rankings (they are ranked 95th, while the Tigers are ranked 210th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jordan Lieberwirh went supernova for West Morris Mendham, rushing for 101 yards and three touchdowns on only eight carries. Another rusher making a difference was Cole Capuzzi, who rushed for 90 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries.
He was just one part of a punishing run game: West Morris Mendham was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 380 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 244 rushing yards in six consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Warren Hills Regional entered their matchup against West Morris Central on Friday without any home losses, but there's a first time for everything. Warren Hills Regional was outmatched by West Morris Central at home and fell 35-7. Having soared to a lofty 56 points in the game before, the Blue Streaks couldn't push the score so high this time.
West Morris Mendham's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Warren Hills Regional, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
West Morris Mendham was dealt a bruising 42-8 loss at the hands of Warren Hills Regional in their previous meeting back in September of 2023. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point West Morris Mendham was down 28-0.
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