Video Highlights From Football Game Between Dunellen And Middlesex–Thanksgiving Eve 2007

Good evening again. I’ve continued to work on the video highlights I compiled from the games I saw on Wednesday night between Bishop Ahr and Cardinal McCarrick, and Dunellen and Middlesex. I’ve just posted the video highlights from the contest between the Destroyers and the Blue Jays on YouTube. While it was a low scoring affair, it was a very exciting and competitive game with both teams moving the ball fairly well, and the defenses coming up with big plays when they needed to. Similar to Ahr and McCarrick, this game, which is a great geographic rivalry since both schools are located right down the road from each other on Route 28, has only been around for nine years.

Middlesex, which was led by Quarterback Nick Farriella, who played basketball last season for the Blue Jays, scored first with a minute left in the first quarter, and then added a very important two point conversion for an 8-0 lead. On the very next Dunellen drive, the Destroyers, led by Quarterback T.J. Wenzel, who played basketball for DHS in 2006-07, came right back down the field and scored on a run up the middle by Chris Hartje midway through the second period for an 8-6 score. However, on the two point conversion attempt, Middlesex was able to prevent Owen Harshaney from getting into the end zone, and the score stood at 8-6, and despite several opportunities by both teams the rest of the game, that is how the contest ended with the Blue Jays winning its sixth game in the nine meetings of this young, but hotly contested rivalry. Both teams finished the season at 6-4 overall and 2-2 in the GMC Gold. View the highlights below.