Football Rivalry Is Back On Thanksgiving Day Table For Highland, Triton

Gloucester Township, NJ -- Thanksgiving Day football is back at Highland Regional High School.

The Tartans will host Triton on Thursday morning, Nov. 24, 10 a.m. in a renewal of a rivalry that ran for 30 years, according to the Courier Post.

The teams played from 1971-2001, ending the series when Highland joined the Tri-County Conference.
Since then, Triton has played Timber Creek on Turkey Day. This year, Timber Creek plays at Winslow Township before the big feast.

Highland played Deptford twice and Overbrook four times as a member of the Tri-County Conference. The Tartans didn’t play anyone last year, but some of the players watched the Timber Creek vs. Triton game live.

“We wanted this and we finally got this,” senior Orlando Council told the newspaper. He watched the game with teammates Jerry Fuller, Daejuan Sanders, Devon Starks and Matthew Parker.

Highland is 8-2 this season, and advanced to the semifinals of the NJSIAA South Jersey Group 4 playoffs.
Triton is 3-6, and is coming off a 42-12 win over Cherry Hill East.