Bound Brook scored an enormous win tonight in Blairstown -- love those hay bales! -- against North Warren. The 22-19 win should be enough to qualify the Crusaders for their second straight Central Jersey Group I playoff berth and perhaps get them a first-round home game.
Did I say it was a big win? The Crusaders (4-2) lost to Group II North Warren (4-2) 28-26 back on Sept. 14 in Bound Brook. That game counted as the Skyland Conference Valley Division game.
This game was simply about Bound Brook recovering from its 37-12 loss to Belvidere, and getting back on track toward a playoff berth. The Crusaders were eighth in the section last week. North Warren also desperately needed it as it wanted to make some headway in the North 1 Group II field. The Patriots were ninth last week.
Bound Brook coach Kevin Carty believed that if his team was 5-3 a the cutoff, there'd be no playoffs this year. Bound Brook was eighth last week in the sectional playoff race power points, but gained 12 power points with the win.
It wasn't easy. The Crusaders had four fumbles -- every one of them was taken of advantage of by North Warren and turned into a touchdown. Bound Brook's first two touchdowns were set up on blocked punts by senior Chris Jeskie and junior Joe Caban.
The Crusaders jumped out to a 14-0 lead on two touchdown passes from junior quarterback Mike Romanella to junior wide receiver Jordan Hawkins, fell behind 19-14, but rallied to win it on freshman -- yes freshman -- Andrew Campolattano's 1-yard touchdown run with 1:58 left in the third quarter. Campolattano ran in the two-point conversion to make it 22-19.
More on the game in Monday's paper.
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