Hunterdon Central saw another of the state's best junior running backs Friday night, but the outcome of their meeting with Elizabeth's Raymond Graham in a North 2 Group IV quarterfinal was dramatically different than its experience with Immaculata's Theo Riddick last week. Riddick had more than 200 yards and a touchdown in Immaculata's 16-6 win at Brooks Field in Somerville that snapped the Red Devils 11-game winning streak.
Graham, who led Elizabeth to a North 2 Grup IV title last year with a phenominal second half in the 14-9 win against Phillipsburg at Rutgers Stadium in the section final, was limited to 61 yards Friday night. His longest run was 10 yards. Graham is good, very good.
Central won the game 20-0, recording its fourth shutout of the season and blanking Elizabeth for the first time since the last game of the 2003 season, a 6-0 loss to Scotch Plains-Fanwood.
This game was more about Central's defense than anything else. The Red Devils had fumble recoveries from senior linebackers Matt Schenck, Mike Diehl and Tim Irwin and the versatile Derek Goreczny had an interception. Elizabeth's best chance to score came early in the fourth quarter with a first-and-10 from the Red Devil 10. But after a one-yard loss, Schenck recovered a Graham fumble.
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