New Brunswick Boys' Soccer Downs Sayreville; Football Team Falls to Colonia

The New Brunswick High School football team fell in an early hole it was never able to climb out of in a  48-14 loss to Colonia this week, according to nj.com.

Maurice Ffrench accounted for both of New Brunswick's touchdowns. He scored on a 4-yard run in the second quarter. In the fourth, he caught a 26-yard pass from Kristian Tejada for a score.

Colonia scored the first three touchdowns, and finished with seven total, including an interception return to cap the scoring in the fourth quarter.

Tennis Adewusi threw three touchdown passes, including a 12-yard pass to Elijah Williams; a 70-yard pass to Sam Pero; and a 70-yard pass to Raul Cardona. He rushed for another, a 34-yard dash to the end zone to open the scoring in the first quarter. Pero also scored on a 3-yard run in the second quarter. Soloman Manning added a 25-yard run for a touchdown.

New Brunswick fell to 0-3 and hosts Carteret on Friday night, 7 p.m.

Here's a look at some other sports action that took place at New Brunswick High School this week, with information coming from statistics posted on nj.com.

Boys' soccer

New Brunswick 2, Sayreville 0: Both of New Brunswick's goals came in the second half, from Jose Torres and Carlos Lopez. New Brunswick was 3-3-1 heading into Saturday's game at Edison.

Girls' soccer

New Brunswick dropped to 0-7 with a 3-0 loss to Metuchen and a 7-2 loss to Plainfield. Yaqueline Juare scored both goals for New Brunswick. Ashley Palma had eight saves against Plainfield.