NUTLEY/BELLEVILLE, NJ — The Nutley and Belleville football rivalry will be renewed on Friday night, Sept. 10, at Belleville’s Doc Ellis Field at Municipal Stadium.
Prior to the game, a ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place to officially unveil the new turf field at Doc Ellis Field. The new turf replaced the old turf.
Both teams are 1-0 after they won their openers.
Nutley defeated Bloomfield, 18-13, at Owens field in Nutley on Friday, Sept. 3. The game was originally scheduled to be held at Bloomfield’s Foley Field, but the field was damaged due to the remnants of Hurricane Ida.
It marked the first game for Nutley head coach JD Vick, who has been a longtime assistant coach for the Nutley Raiders. Vick served as the interim head coach for the Raiders in 2019.
“We made a lot of mistakes in the game,” said Vick, “however our defense came up with some key stops when they needed to and our offense came up with a huge game-winning 95-yard drive in 90 seconds for the go-ahead score with 50 seconds left in the game.”
The Belleville Buccaneers, under head coach Jermain Johnson, downed Barringer, 44-6, Saturday, Sept. 4 at Schools Stadium in Newark.
The Raiders are looking forward to the game with Belleville.
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