Pre-Thanksgiving South Jersey football roundup: Rancocas Valley tops Burlington Township
Highlights from Wednesday's sports in South Jersey.
Marc Sykes rushed for two touchdowns and caught one more on Wednesday night to lead Rancocas Valley past Burlington Township, 35-12. Sykes scored on a 21-yard touchdown reception to open the scoring for the Red Devils and Iverson Clement tacked on a second score as Rancocas Valley jumped out to a 14-6 lead at halftime. Sykes rushed for two scores in the second half and Bryce Mangene threw a pair of touchdown passes to give Rancocas Valley the win and the Capitol Division title.
The Red Devils' season continues on Dec. 2 when they face Lenape in the South Group 5 title match at Rowan University.
New Egypt 48, Bordentown 12:
Kyle Frimel threw for THREE touchdowns and rushed for another score as the Warriors routed the Scotties. Frimel connected with Owen Raab from 6 yards out to open the scoring. Neal Flogel and Cole Curran had touchdown receptions of 15 and 11 yards respectively. The Warriors capitalized on three first-half fumbles by the Scotties. The New Egypt defense forced one fumble, Matt Soles fell on a second fumble in the end zone and Bryce Cristman recovered a fumble on a kickoff to score for New Egypt. Jacquey Mendez had both scores for Bordentown in the loss.
Cherry Hill West 48, Cherry Hill East 12:
Monte Williams rushed for two touchdowns and threw for three others as the Lions topped the Cougars. Naiem Simmons had four touchdown receptions on the night. Williams rushed for a 1-yard score before leaving the contest with an injury. Freshman Max McCollough found Simmons for a 15-yard touchdown reception just two plays after Williams went down to make it 13-6. Williams returned to the game in the second quarter and rushed for a second score to give the Lions the 20-6 advantage. Nick Gazzola rushed for two scores for Cherry Hill East in the loss.
Northern Burlington 27, Pemberton 14:
The Hornets jumped out to a 6-0 lead after a 46-yard run by Tyshene Williams. It was all Greyhounds after that. Amir Stevenson raced 63 yards down the field to tie the game 6-6 after a failed two-point conversion. Cameron Clauser connected with Wil Mesa to get the Greyhounds out in front, 13-6. Tommy Hill opened the second half with a 5-yard rushing score to extend Northern Burlington's lead to 20-6 and Clauser added a rushing touchdown of his own to give the Greyhounds the win.