Bridgewater-Raritan Falls to Westfield in State Championship Game

The Westfield Blue Devils took home the state championship title last night as they triumphed over Bridgewater-Raritan’s Panthers with a 10 to 7 win.

This is the first state championship game Westfield has won since 1977 when they ousted Barringer High School in Newark.

“Huge win for WHS football,” Tweeted Peter Renwick, Westfield High School principal, who attended the game. “Congratulations to our State Champs!! We are so proud of all of you.”

The North 2, Group 5 football championship kicked off on Dec. 4 at 8 p.m. at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford.

“We are very excited here, very excited,” said Jim DeSarno, Westfield High School football coach. “The kids really did a great job last night. They played a very good Bridgewater team.”

It was a match of the undefeated. Westfield and Bridgewater-Raritan both came into the game with an 11-0 record. Yet Westfield edged them out to keep their undefeated streak going once again.

The two squads last met in the first round of the 2014 NJSIAA North II Group V Play-offs with Westfield edging the Panthers 24-14.

“It was a great night for Westfield,” DeSarno said. “It was just a memorable night.”

(Photo by Principal of Westfield High School, Peter Renwick).