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Watchung Hills 23, Montgomery 16

October 31, 2008

H.S. Football: Watchung Hills capitalizes on mistakes

By TODD COHEN
Correspondent

Watchung Hills found out Friday night that it's definitely not over until it's over.

Trailing by two touchdowns and hampered by an offense that couldn't finish any of its first seven drives and served up three turnovers, the Warriors found new life on its opposition's own sloppy play.

The Warriors rallied for three scores off of three turnovers in the final 12:48 to shock Montgomery 23-16. Watchung Hills, which was ranked 8th in North 2, Group IV, kept its postseason hopes alive with the victory.

Everything appeared to be going Montgomery's way in the first three quarters. The Cougars were finishing drives, connecting on their occasional pass attempts, and taking advantage of Watchung Hills' miscues.

The story was the exact opposite for the rest of the game.

Watchung Hills had the ball three times with an average field position of the Montgomery 15 yard line. With the short field, the Warriors were almost handed opportunities to crawl back into the game.

"We weren't focused at all in the first half," said Warriors quarterback Will Hering, who had two interceptions in a dismal first half. "We didn't have great ball security, and at halftime, we realized playoffs were on the line and we needed to step it up."

Montgomery muffed the first of two punts with 3:06 left in the third quarter, giving the ball to Watchung Hills (5-3) at the 12-yard line. Hering found Kevin Scholato for a touchdown and then a two-point conversion with 48 seconds left in the quarter.

With a few seconds left in the third quarter, Montgomery's Connor Chick was intercepted by David Stone, who brought the ball up to the Cougars 17 yard line. Hering found Scholato wide open in the flat for a 17-yard strike off play action to tie the game.

On its first play of the next time, Montgomery lost the ball for the third time at its own 26. Six plays later, Matt Netta pounded through for the game-winning 1-yard score with 8:09 left.

"We've had some success with play action in the past," Watchung Hills coach Jim Benedict said. "Our quarterback was poised even with the way things went in the first half."

Montgomery had one final chance to tie the game. Quarterback Connor Chick completed three straight passes to get the ball to the Warriors' 37-yard line. But linebacker Adam Laird and lineman Mark Wroblewski came up with two huge sacks to thwart the Cougars chances.

The loss eliminated Montgomery's hopes of making the playoffs in Central Jersey IV. The Cougars (3-5) dropped below the required .500 mark.

"This one is tough," Montgomery coach Zoran Milich said. "It's a bitter pill to swallow. We didn't play clean football for 48 minutes."

 

Watchung Hills 34, Franklin 0

by THE STAR-LEDGER
Friday October 10, 2008, 9:58 PM

Ronnie Rowe caught two touchdown passes and Sam Morrison also scored twice to power Watchung Hills to a 34-0 victory over Franklin last night in Warren Twp.

Watchung Hills (3-2) began its scoring with a 52-yard touchdown run by Chris Giraldo in the first quarter. Will Herring, who completed eight of 10 passes for 83 yards and three touchdowns, then hooked up with Rowe on a 15-yard score. He also connected for scores with Rowe on a 9-yard touchdown and Morrison from 10 yards out.

Morrison also scored on a 19-yard run.

Franklin, which was playing the first of four straight road games, fell to 2-3.

 				1st   2nd   3rd   4th   Final 
 Watchung Hills (3-2)           7    14     6     7      34 
 Franklin (2-3)                 0     0     0     0       0

First Quarter

Watchung Hills: Chris Giraldo 52 run (Ronnie Rowe kick)

Second Quarter

Watchung Hills: Ronnie Rowe 15 pass from Will Herring (Ronnie Rowe kick)

Watchung Hills: Sam Morrison 19 run (Ronnie Rowe kick)

Third Quarter

Watchung Hills: Ronnie Rowe 9 pass from Will Herring (kick failed)

Fourth Quarter

Watchung Hills: Sam Morrison 10 pass from Will Herring (Ronnie Rowe kick)

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WATCHUNG HILLS 12, BRIDGEWATER-RARITAN 7: Matt Netta rushed for 64 yards and a touchdown to lead Watchung Hills in a defensive battle.

Kevin Morse's 3-yard run in the second quarter erased a 7-6 deficit and produced the final margin.

David Stone anchored Watchung Hills' defense, recording nine tackles, a fumble recovery and an interception. Netta recorded six tackles.

Netta's 16-yard scoring run gave the Warriors a 6-0 lead. Josh Gabriel answered with a touchdown run for the Panthers.

Sam Morris logged 73 receiving yards for Watchung Hills, while teammate Kevin Scholato completed six passes for 85 yards.

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2008 Skyland Conf Results

Week 9

Phillipsburg 44, North H 14

Immaculata 24, Hunt. Cent. 14

Hillsborough 6, Montgomery 3

Plainfield 35, Bridgewater 13

Week 8

Hunt. Cent 40, North Hunterdon 0

Ridge 32, Hillsborough 6

Phillipsburg 35, Warren Hills 0

Union 32, Bridgewater 10

Immaculata 34, Franklin 14

Week 7

Hunt. Cent 12, Hillsborough 7

Franklin 14, Bridgewater 12

Somerville 30, Montgomery 6

Ridge 43, Warren Hills 19

Week 6

Hunt. Cent 32, Phillipsburg 28

Bridgewater 14, Hillsborough 0

Ridge 24, Franklin 14

Montgomery 20, Warren Hills 7

Week 5

Hillsborough 21, North Hunterdon 10

Phillipsburg 24, St. Joe's 0

Hunt. Cent 30, Warren Hills 7

Ridge 37, Somerville 13

Immaculata 35, Bridgewater 19

Montgomery 16, Monroe 6

 

Week 4

Hillsborough 21, Franklin 14

Phillipsburg 31, Bridgewater 13

Immaculata 21, Ridge 14

Montgomery 34, Voorhees 0

 

Week 3

Phillipsburg 13, Hillsborough 7

Franklin 28, Hunt. Central 17

Ridge 20, No. Hunterdon 13

Immaculata 33, Montgomery 7

Week 2

Phillipsburg 38, Franklin 14

Hunterdon C 31, Bridgewater 7

Montgomery 41, North Hunt 13

Ridge 37, Voorhees 20

 

Week 1

Hillsborough 6, Warren Hills 0

Franklin 19, Old Bridge 13

Hunt. Central 31, Union City 12

Bridgewater 13, North Hunt. 0