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Big Offensive Performances Highlight Week 6
Hillsborough put up 21 points in one quarter of action.
Despite being 0-6, most of the Watchung Hills Warriors games this season have been relatively close. Even against Immaculata, one of The Star-Ledger’s top ranked teams in the state and a current 6-0 team, the Warriors lost by a score of only 12-0, and it was 6-0 most of the game.
On , though, the Raiders came out and scored 21 points in the first quarter alone, not allowing Watchung Hills to score its six points until the third quarter. The final was 34-6.
Hillsborough’s offense has put together some impressive performances throughout this season, including a 49-point, against Bridgewater in the season opener and a 429-yard game led by John Banaciski’s .
Against Watchung Hills, until their fifth drive. On the first four Hillsborough possessions, John Banaciski scored touchdowns on 68, 6, 34, and 4-yard runs. Before halftime, Banaciski had rushed for 178-yards and had hit the 1,000 yard mark for the season. Banaciski did not play in the second half of Friday night’s game.
Franklin, a 4-1 team that was dealt its only loss against highly-ranked Elizabeth in week one, traveled to Bridgewater on Friday and . With the loss, Bridgewater drops to 0-6 for the season.
Ridge took an , ranked in the top 20 in The Star-Ledger consistently throughout this season, on Friday night. Ridge scored 14 points in the first quarter, but by the end of the game they only scored two more on a safety in the third quarter. Hunterdon Central, despite falling behind at the start of the game, ended up scoring 48 points for the win.
Biggest Upset of Week 6
Elizabeth, ranked by The Star-Ledger as the No. 13 team in the state, was 5-0 going into this week’s game against Union. Union was an unranked 3-2 team going into the game. But it was Union that won this game, and according to NJ.com, it was the leadership of a sophomore running back that led the team to unexpected victory.
Standout Performance
NJ.com reported that Union’s tailback Jamauri Bogan scored six touchdowns and ran for 376 yards on 50 carries against Elizabeth. This would be an impressive performance against any team, but against an undefeated and highly ranked team like Elizabeth, the sophomore’s performance is unparalleled this season.
Mid-State 39 Standings
Standings are a combination of Patch records, as well as from NJ.com. Coaches are required by the NJSIAA to submit results to NJ.com in order to be eligible for the post season, due to a contract between the two.
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Delaware Division
4 - 0 - 0 5 - 1 - 0 Franklin 4 - 0 - 0 4 - 1 - 0 Phillipsburg
3 - 1 - 0 4 - 1 - 0 Hillsborough
3 - 2 - 0 4 - 2 - 0 North Hunterdon
1 - 3 - 0 2 - 3 - 0 Montgomery
1 - 3 - 0 2 - 4 - 0 Ridge
1 - 4 - 0 1 - 5 - 0 Bridgewater-Raritan 0 - 4 - 0 0 - 6 - 0
Watchung Division
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0 - 4 - 0 0 - 6 - 0
Mountain Division
1 - 2 - 0 3 - 2 - 0 Johnson 1 - 2 - 0 3 - 2 - 0 Governor Livingston
0 - 2 - 0 1 - 4 - 0 Hillside 0 - 3 - 0 0 - 6 - 0
Union Division
2 - 2 - 0 3 - 3 - 0 Roselle Park 1 - 2 - 0 2 - 4 - 0 Bound Brook 0 - 5 - 0 1 - 5 - 0
Raritan Division
3 - 0 - 0 5 - 0 - 0 Somerville
3 - 0 - 0 4 - 2 - 0 Warren Hills
2 - 1 - 0 2 - 4 - 0 Scotch Plains-Fanwood
1 - 2 - 0 1 - 5 - 0 North Plainfield
0 - 3 - 0 1 - 5 - 0 Voorhees
0 - 3 - 0 0 - 6 - 0
Hills Division
2 - 1 - 0 3 - 3 - 0 South Hunterdon
2 - 2 - 0 2 - 4 - 0 Pingry
2 - 3 - 0 3 - 3 - 0 Manville 0 - 5 - 0 0 - 6 - 0
