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Woodbridge Football Team Falls to Colonia

Colonia came away with a 21-7 win.

The Woodbridge High School football team took the lead in the first quarter, but Colonia responded with three scores from Sam Pero in a 21-7 victory, according to nj.com.

Pero scored on a 38-yard run in the second quarter to tie the game at halftime. He had a pair of 1-yard touchdown runs in the second half to secure the win.

Brad Rayborn’s 40-yard touchdown run put Woodbridge on the board first, in the first quarter.

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Colonia improved to 4-1, and visits South Plainfield on Friday night, 7 p.m.

Woodbridge fell to 2-3, and hosts Carteret on Saturday, 1 p.m.

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Woodbridge 4, Piscataway 2: Woodbridge broke a 2-2 halftime tie with two goals in the second half. Alexus Fuentes led the way with two goals and an assist, and Hadiza Mamman had a goal and an assist. Karina Roldan had a goal and Jatzia Gilzean had an assist.

Goalie Maura Walsh stopped 22 shots.

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