IRVINGTON, NJ — In a battle of two of the state’s best teams, both of which won state regional championships last year, the Irvington High School football team defeated Millville, 25-17, in the Rumble on the Raritan at Rutgers University’s SHI Stadium in Piscataway on Friday night, Sept. 2.
The Blue Knights improved to 2-0 on the season. Millville was ranked No. 4 and Irvington was ranked No. 8 in the state by NJ.com coming into the game.
Famah Toure had a great performance at the site of his future college. The senior wide receiver, defensive back and Rutgers commit scored two touchdowns to lead the Blue Knights.
In the second quarter, Toure scored on a 1-yard run to give Irvington a 6-0 lead. With Irvington leading 19-17 in the fourth quarter, Toure iced the game when he scored on a 9-yard run.
After a 24-yard field goal in the second quarter cut the Irvington lead to 6-3 at the half, Millville scored on a 79-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter to take the lead.
Irvington responded on Kyshir Desir’s 1-yard touchdown run to take a 12-10 lead, followed by CJ Pittman’s 65-yard touchdown pass to senior and University of Kentucky commit Nasir Addison to make it 19-10 at the end of the third quarter.
Millville scored on a 5-yard run in the fourth quarter to cut the lead to 19-17.
Last season, Irvington won the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state title. Irvington then defeated Northern Highlands in the North Jersey, Group 4 regional championship at SHI Stadium. Millville won the South Jersey, Group 4 regional title last year.
The Blue Knights, under seventh-year head coach Ashley “Smoke” Pierre, will host East Orange Campus this Friday, Sept. 9, at 7 p.m. East Orange Campus, the defending North, Group 5 regional champions, lost at Clifton, 21-0, in the season opener in a rematch of the regional final.
The Rumble on the Raritan featured several games at Rutgers Sept. 2-4.
Photos Courtesy of Felicia Laguerre Owens.
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