South Brunswick Football Wins Fifth Game Going Away

Thanks to a great game on Friday night, the members of the South Brunswick High School football team were able to sleep in on Saturday morning.

"We made a bet where we could get Saturday off," noted South Brunswick senior two-way lineman Bryan Stonkus.

The bet was centered around the way South Brunswick played on Friday. After a 48-0 victory at Monroe, it was clear the players won the game and the wager.

South Brunswick scored on seven of its 10 possessions. A fumble and the end of the two halves were responsbile for denying South Brunswick on the other three occasions.

South Brunswick ran the ball 44 times for 330 yards, It spread out its attack to the point where no one carried the ball more than 10 times and 10 different runners finished with positive yardage.

"The offensive line is getting the job done," Stonkus said. "We're very disciplined up front. We know if we do our jobs, the plays will break. We'll then see the faster guys going by. That's what we want."

The South Brunswick offensive line is Stonkus (left tackle), Chris Molnar (left guard), Jeff Lewis (center), Rashan Baker (right guard) and Bob Spilatore (right tackle).

Darrell Harper had 111 yards on six carries. Harper had touchdown runs of 37 and 25 yards in the second quarter.

Dion Hooper had touchdown runs of 1, 1 and 5 yards. Hooper carried the ball 10 times for 32 yards.

Jevon Tyree had only one carry, but that produced a 60-yard touchdown in the first quarter for South Brunswick's first score.

Tre Tisdale (8-57), TJ Perkowski (4-23), Dahrae Ford (6-22), David Flanders (2-9), Azim Blakey (2-8), Ryan Woisznies (3-5) and Gorzynski (2-3) also rushed for positive yardage.

South Brunswick only attempted two passes and completed one. The completion was a 46-yard touchdown pass from Dan Gorzynski to Tre Tisdale.

Dylan Olsson connected on six extra point tries to provide the additional scores.

South Brunswick also went deep onto its roster on defense and everyone contributed. A total of 17 players -- Isnard Mir-Merced, Alex Bercutta, Hooper, TJ Taylor, Joe Pietrefesa, Jake Pietrefesa, Harper, Tisdael, Flanders, Stonkus, Bob Spilatore, Chris Molnar, Ken Drost, Blakey, Nick Cima, Zhamir Ibezim and Trey Taylor -- all had tackles.

"We got up early and ended up having the JV come it at the end," Stonkus noted. "It was a good night."

South Brunswick, now 5-0, will be at home at 7 p.m. on Friday to host Old Bridge.

"We're looking forward to that," Stonkus said. "We have an awesome student section. It's great to have fans that even come to away games. It's definitely awesome playing at home."

Of course, there is one place every member of the team would rather play than a home game.

"We're treating every game like a playoff game," Stonkus said. "We all have visions of playing at Rutgers University (in the state title game) in December."