Football: Thursday's Mid-State 37 Roundup
Westfield 35, Watchung Hills 7: Adam McDaniel caught four passes for 90 yards and three touchdowns as Westfield (4-0) extended its win streak to 29 games. Steve Barden caught three passes for 89 yards and one touchdown. Quarterback Hank Shapiro was 9-of-16 for 188 yards and four touchdowns. Tim Alliego scored on an a 10-yard run. Aidan Boland connected on five extra points. Drew Ortiz finished with 10 tackles and Rory McGovern had six tackles and one sack. Jake Vall-Llobera added six tackles and three sacks. Colin Freer had one sack. For Watchung Hills (0-4), Zahveae Thorne caught an 81-yard pass from Connor James in the second quarter.
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Pingry 15, Hackley School 6: Obi Nnaeto rushed 27 times for 133 yards and two touchdowns for Pingry (2-2). James Draper kicked a 24-yard field goal. Clyde Leef had one forced fumble and three tackles. Peter Nicoletti had seven tackles. Channing Russell and Jack Baulig each made six tackles. James Wang had a fumble recovery.
Bridgewater-Raritan 53, Montgomery 0: Anthony Goffe rushed for 86 yards and two touchdowns, and quarterback Greg Verano ran one in and threw another score to Justin Bryant as Bridgewater-Raritan rolled. Casey Hnasko, Brett MacMath and Ryan Salvatore also found the end zone for the Panthers (3-1), while Nick Balliro added a 25-yard field goal. Montgomery (0-4) committed six turnovers in the game.
Bernards 35, New Providence 14: Joey Bilotti tallied 185 rushing yards and three touchdowns and Cookie Desiderio added a two-yard touchdown run on offense and 10 tackles and a sack on defense, as Bernards notched its first victory. Quarterback Lofton Hoover scored on a 75-yard run, while Ethan Caldwell added 55 yards rushing for the Mountaineers (1-4). New Providence is 0-4.
Manville 52, South Hunterdon 13: Steven Garcia collected 133 rushing yards and three touchdowns, adding a 21-yard touchdown catch from Shane Demeter, who tossed a pair of scores Friday, and Manville improved to 3-1. Nick Firth also caught a TD in the victory, while Nasir Peek rushed for 96 yards and two touchdowns. John Sharbaugh also scored for the Mustangs. Garcia also chipped in a fumble recovery in the victory. Quarterback Justin Torres hit Eric Myers with two touchdown passes to fuel South Hunterdon (0-5).
Cranford 28, North Plainfield 6: Josh Cadet scored two rushing touchdowns, and Dan Curren added a touchdown run and Jimmy Schriner scored on a 39-yard pass from Curren to fuel Cranford (2-2). North Plainfield (0-4) scored on a first-quarter fumble recovery in the end zone.
Phillipsburg 35, Hillsborough 7: Justin Brown caught a 35-yard pass from Matt Moore in the second quarter for Hillsborough, as the Raiders tied the game 7-7 in the second quarter, but Phillipsburg scored 28 unanswered in the fourth quarter to send Boro to 2-2. Phillipsburg is 4-0 and clinches the Mid-SDtate 37 Delaware Division title with the win.